Oscars 2011 -- Discussion, Rants, etc

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James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be hosting the Oscars next year. Ceremony will be held on Feb 27, 2011.

I like this choice of hosts.

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I just hope James Franco comes stoned to the presentation.

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i'm not sure if it's the writer's strike effects or the economy crisis effects but i think it's quite obvious that there were less movies this year....i'm not complaining! i think it's exciting time,time to check out older movies on your list.or just focus more on other things in your life.

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I just hope James Franco comes stoned to the presentation.

Lol, I second that. The man seems everywhere these days. Does this rule out his winning the Oscar? Wouldn't that be something!

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David Niven won the best-actor Oscar for 1958's "Separate Tables" at the same ceremony in which he was co-host.

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David Niven won the best-actor Oscar for 1958's "Separate Tables" at the same ceremony in which he was co-host.

Interesting trivia. Maybe this is a sign (yes!).

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Franco & Hathaway as Oscar Hosts: New Blood, or Favoritism?

by: Steve Pond
 
A pair of nominees might serve as hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards.
Could that be a problem?

"They've committed a casting taboo," an Academy member who works on Oscar campaigns told theWrap on Monday morning, after the announcement that James Franco and Anne Hathaway would host the February 27 show. "They're wrong-headed on this one."

Franco is an all-but-certain Best Actor nominee for his leading role in Danny Boyle's "127 Hours," while Hathaway is a longshot Best Actress contender for "Love and Other Drugs."

If the choice is seen by Oscar voters as giving the Academy's seal of approval to those two performers, and by extension their performances, it could bestow an edge to Franco and Hathaway in their races.

Academy president Tom Sherak, though, pointed out that the Oscars have been hosted by nominees seven times in the past, though not since 1987.

"It makes no difference to us," he said of the possibility that the hosts might be contending for Oscars. "It never really entered the conversation, and I don't see it having an effect on any voters."
"If both of them are nominated, good for them," he told theWrap on Monday. "And if one of them wins that night, we'll deal with it."

No Oscar nominee has served as host since screenplay nominee Paul Hogan was one of three hosts at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987. Other host/nominees include Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges in 1985, Walter Matthau in 1976, Michael Caine in 1973, David Niven in 1959 and Academy president Frank Capra, who hosted in 1939 and also won the Best Director prize. All except Capra served as co-hosts of shows that had between three and 10 hosts.
Last year's Oscar hosts, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, both starred in the movie "It's Complicated," which was considered a possible contender at the time that they were named hosts, but which ended up not figuring in the Oscar race.

"You could eliminate lots of people because they might be nominees," said Sherak. "You never know who's going to be nominated. I only know that we have two really glamorous people who have the ability to put on a show that we will all be proud of, and who fit into the framework of the show that Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer have laid out."

There's no question that Franco and Hathaway have the skills to pull off the gig -- both have hosted "Saturday Night Live," which seems to have become the new testing ground for Oscar hosts -- but the fact that at least one of the hosts will be in the thick of the race has raised eyebrows around Hollywood.

"I don't work with Colin Firth," said one consultant who represents potential nominees, "but if I did, I would be worried that Franco is going to get a lot of goodwill out of this."

Sherak admits that while the possible conflict did not enter into the conversation with producers Cohen and Mischer, the idea of attracting a younger viewing audience (and the young stars who attended the recent Governors Awards) did.

"We want young Hollywood to embrace our history and take it forward, so we can stay relevant," he said. "I think the two of them hosting says something exciting about our industry."

One of the writers of the Oscar show, Bruce Vilanch, told theWrap that he's similarly unconcerned about the appearance of favoritism – and similarly thrilled about the influx of new blood.

"I'm very excited," 22-year Oscar vet Vilanch said.  "It gives the show a whole different energy, much as when Hugh Jackman hosted it.  I've watched their 'SNL' gigs and they're funny and flexible.  Plus I get to sit in a room with two of the most gorgeous people in the world.

"Shallow? Me?"

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If you remember Anne Hathaway's part when she joined Hugh Jackman on stage in 2009, she does make for good stage presence. Honestly, this announcement has made the upcoming Oscars worth looking forward to.

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Gotta love James Franco.

“When he asked me to host, I was very, very surprised, and my initial reaction was ‘No. Then I thought about it and I thought, well, why not? Because I’ll look bad? Well, I don’t care.”

“When we finally met and discussed it in person, all my representatives were saying, ‘No! Of course not!’. So that always sparks something in me. So I said, ‘Yes, of course!’ Because that reaction that they have is based on conventional wisdom of what makes a good career. And that can be boring — really boring.

I’m front and center, but … I feel confident. I’m happy to take the criticism. Even if it’s ‘The Worst Oscars Ever,’ I don’t care. It’s one night of the year.”

Full article here.

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lol this is a talk of a nervous man...i hope he doesn't take too much valium that day

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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=72563

what the fuck is "diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs."?

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Inception shut out. No best direction award for Nolan? Javier Bardem Best Actor nod? John Hawkes Best Supporting Actor over Andrew Garfield? WTF?

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Nominations announced:

Best Motion Picture of the Year
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Colin Firth for The King's Speech
James Franco for 127 Hours

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner for The Town
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom

Best Achievement in Directing
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit
David Fincher for The Social Network
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
David O. Russell for The Fighter

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Another Year : Mike Leigh
The Fighter : Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Inception : Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right : Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech : David Seidler

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
127 Hours : Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network : by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 : Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
True Grit : Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone : Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Biutiful : Alejandro González Iñárritu(Mexico)
Dogtooth : Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece)
In a Better World : Susanne Bier(Denmark)
Incendies : Denis Villeneuve(Canada)
Outside the Law : Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan : Matthew Libatique
Inception : Wally Pfister
The King's Speech : Danny Cohen
The Social Network : Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit : Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing
127 Hours : Jon Harris
Black Swan : Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter : Pamela Martin
The King's Speech : Tariq Anwar
The Social Network : Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland : Stefan Dechant
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 : Andrew Ackland-Snow
Inception : Guy Hendrix Dyas
The King's Speech : Netty Chapman
True Grit : Stefan Dechant

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland : Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (2009): Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech : Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (2010/II): Sandy Powell
True Grit : Mary Zophres

Best Achievement in Makeup
Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
127 Hours : A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon : John Powell
Inception : Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech : Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network : Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
127 Hours : A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido("If I Rise")
Country Strong : Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home")
Tangled : Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")
Toy Story 3 : Randy Newman("We Belong Together")

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Inception
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Documentary, Features
Exit Through the Gift Shop : Banksy
GasLand : Josh Fox
Inside Job : Charles Ferguson
Restrepo : Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Waste Land : Lucy Walker

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Short Film, Animated
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, a Journey Diary

Best Short Film, Live Action
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

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Inception shut out. No best direction award for Nolan? Javier Bardem Best Actor nod? John Hawkes Best Supporting Actor over Andrew Garfield? WTF?

Inception is not shut-out, just been snubbed from Best Director. It's sad, but looking at the field, any of the other five not nominated would also have been a snub.

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those bitches! they fucked up the foreign film category yet AGAIN..."Of God & Men" isn't there...i think it's by France.