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Sunday, April 25, 2021

THE 93RD ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS

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The complete list of this year's Oscar winners.

NOMINEES (WINNERS IN BOLD)

Best Picture

  • The Father (David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, producers)
  • Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, producers)
  • Mank (Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, producers)
  • Minari (Christina Oh, producer)
  • Nomadland (Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, producers)
  • Promising Young Woman (Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, producers)
  • Sound of Metal (Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, producers)
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, producers)


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Best Director

  • Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)
  • David Fincher (Mank
  • Lee Isaac Chung (Minari
  • Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) 
  • Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman


Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal
  • Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Anthony Hopkins (The Father) 
  • Gary Oldman (Mank
  • Steven Yeun (Minari


Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Andra Day (The United States v. Billie Holiday
  • Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman
  • Frances McDormand (Nomadland) 
  • Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman


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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) 
  • Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami
  • Paul Raci (Sound of Metal
  • Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)


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Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy
  • Olivia Colman (The Father
  • Amanda Seyfried (Mank
  • Yuh-jung Youn (Minari) 


Best Animated Feature Film

  • Onward (Pixar) 
  • Over the Moon (Netflix) 
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix) 
  • Soul (Pixar) 
  • Wolfwalkers (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS) 


Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Nina Pedrad
  • The Father, Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
  • Nomadland, Chloé Zhao 
  • One Night in Miami, Kemp Powers 
  • The White Tiger, Ramin Bahrani 


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Best Original Screenplay

  • Judas and the Black Messiah. Screenplay by Will Berson, Shaka King; Story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas
  • Minari, Lee Isaac Chung 
  • Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell 
  • Sound of Metal. Screenplay by Darius Marder, Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin 


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Best Original Song

  • "Fight for You", (Judas and the Black Messiah). Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
  • "Hear My Voice", (The Trial of the Chicago 7). Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
  • "Húsavík", (Eurovision Song Contest). Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
  • "Io Si" ("Seen"), (The Life Ahead). Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
  • "Speak Now", (One Night in Miami). Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth


Best Original Score

  • Da 5 Bloods, Terence Blanchard 
  • Mank, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross 
  • Minari, Emile Mosseri 
  • News of the World, James Newton Howard 
  • Soul, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste 


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Best Sound

  • Greyhound, Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
  • Mank, Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
  • News of the World, Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
  • Soul, Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
  • Sound of Metal, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh


Best Costume Design

  • Emma, Alexandra Byrne 
  • Mank, Trish Summerville 
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ann Roth 
  • Mulan, Bina Daigeler 
  • Pinocchio, Massimo Cantini Parrini


Best Animated Short Film

  • Burrow (Disney Plus/Pixar)
  • Genius Loci (Kazak Productions) 
  • If Anything Happens I Love You (Netflix) 
  • Opera (Beasts and Natives Alike) 
  • Yes-People (CAOZ hf. Hólamói) 


Best Live-Action Short Film

  • Feeling Through 
  • The Letter Room 
  • The Present 
  • Two Distant Strangers 
  • White Eye 


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Best Cinematography

  • Judas and the Black Messiah, Sean Bobbitt 
  • Mank, Erik Messerschmidt 
  • News of the World, Dariusz Wolski 
  • Nomadland, Joshua James Richards 
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7, Phedon Papamichael 


Best Documentary Feature

  • Collective, Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
  • Crip Camp, Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
  • The Mole Agent, Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
  • My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
  • Time, Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn


Best Documentary Short Subject

  • Colette, Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
  • A Concerto Is a Conversation, Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
  • Do Not Split, Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
  • Hunger Ward, Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
  • A Love Song for Latasha, Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan


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Best Film Editing

  • The Father, Yorgos Lamprinos
  • Nomadland, Chloé Zhao 
  • Promising Young Woman, Frédéric Thoraval 
  • Sound of Metal, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen 
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7, Alan Baumgarten 


Best International Feature Film

  • Another Round (Denmark) 
  • Better Days (Hong Kong)
  • Collective (Romania) 
  • The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
  • Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 


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Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Emma, Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze
  • Hillbilly Elegy, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle 
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson
  • Mank, Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams, Colleen LaBaff
  • Pinocchio, Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli, Francesco Pegoretti


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Best Production Design

  • The Father. Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
  • Mank. Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
  • News of the World. Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
  • Tenet. Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas


Best Visual Effects

  • Love and Monsters, Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox 
  • The Midnight Sky, Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
  • Mulan, Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
  • The One and Only Ivan, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
  • Tenet, Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

Monday, January 13, 2020

The 92nd Academy Awards Nominations

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It's a record setting year, but not without controversy
by Chuck Duncan

Probably the least interesting thing about this year's Oscars ceremony will be that for the second year in a row, there will be no traditional host. What should be of great interest is the completely open races there are in several categories, including Best Picture. The reason: this is the first time in Oscars history that FOUR films have earned ten or more nominations. That means four films will be duking it out for Best Picture with a possible fifth as a real spoiler. Among the Best Picture nominees, Joker scored 11 nominations while The Irishman, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood and 1917 racked up 10 each. Of course, nominations don't always matter. In 1977, Star Wars had 10 nominations including Best Picture, and Julia and The Turning Point scored 11 noms plus Best Picture. The winner was Annie Hall with just five nominations ... and four wins.

But in the Best Picture race, the nominees in the Editing category seem to predict what film will win Best Picture. Only ten films since 1934 have won Best Picture without winning in the Editing category, the most recent being 2014's Birdman, but that was promoted as a 'single-shot' movie so no Editing nomination was expected. The same holds for 1917, also billed as one continuous take. Before Birdman, Ordinary People in 1980 was the last Best Picture winner with no Editing nomination. And of the four top nominees, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood joins 1917 without an Editing nomination. The spoiler here could be Parasite, which is also up for Director, Original Screenplay and International Film as well as Editing. That film has been a critical darling, scooping up awards left and right, so it very well could go on to win both Best Picture and International Foreign Film and upset everyone. 1917's Golden Globe win for Best Picture - Drama is not a guarantee of an Oscar.

Where it gets a little less crazy is in the acting categories. You can almost bet on DiCaprio, Zellweger and Pitt to take their categories, and Laura Dern may have a lock on Supporting Actress.

Like it or not, Netflix is a major player this year with three Best Picture nominees -- The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Two Popes -- as well as two of the Animated Feature nominations for I Lost My Body and Klaus, icing out Disney's expected Frozen II nomination. The Mouse House scored just one in the category with Toy Story 4, only one of two sequels in the category.

Where the Academy stumbled this year was in its representation of women and diversity, at least in the major categories. Everyone held their breath during the Directing nominations, hoping to hear the name of at least one of the three women directors eligible in the category -- Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Lulu Wang (The Farewell) and Melina Matsoukas (Queen & Slim). Gerwig did get notice with an Adapted Screenplay nomination as well as Best Picture, but the directing omission that was carried over from the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs is causing some uproar. Cynthia Erivo represents the only real diversity in the major nominations with her Best Actress nod (as well as Best Song), while many expected and hoped Awkwafina would score for The Farewell, and Eddie Murphy would have seen a nomination for Dolemite Is My Name. One may think the Academy is still congratulating itself for egregiously awarding Green Book the Best Picture Oscar last year.

Say what you will, it should all make for a very interesting ceremony come February 9. Below is a complete list of this year's Oscar nominees. Did your favorites score or get snubbed?

BEST PICTURE

  • Ford v Ferrari
  • The Irishman
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Joker
  • Little Women
  • Marriage Story
  • 1917
  • Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
  • Parasite

 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
  • Adam Drive, Marriage Story
  • Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
  • Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

 

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
  • Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
  • Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
  • Charlize Theron, Bombshell
  • Renée Zellweger, Judy

 

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  • Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
  • Al Pacino, The Irishman
  • Joe Pesci, The Irishman
  • Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

 

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
  • Laura Dern, Marriage Story
  • Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
  • Florence Pugh, Little Women
  • Margot Robbie, Bombshell

 

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
  • I Lost My Body
  • Klaus
  • Missing Link
  • Toy Story 4

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • The Irishman
  • Joker
  • The Lighthouse
  • 1917
  • Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

 

COSTUME DESIGN

  • The Irishman
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Joker
  • Little Women
  • Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

 

DIRECTING

  • Martin Scorses, The Irishman
  • Todd Phillips, Joker
  • Sam Mendes, 1917
  • Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
  • Bong Joon Ho, Parasite

 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • American Factory
  • The Cave
  • The Edge of Democracy
  • For Sama
  • Honeyland

 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

  • In the Absence
  • Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone
  • Life Overtakes Me
  • St. Louis Superman
  • Walk Run Cha-Cha

 

FILM EDITING

  • Ford v Ferrari
  • The Irishman
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Joker
  • Parasite

 

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

  • Corpus Christi
  • Honeyland
  • Les Misérables
  • Pain and Glory
  • Parasite

 

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

  • Bombshell
  • Joker
  • Judy
  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
  • 1917

 

ORIGINAL SCORE

  • Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
  • Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
  • Randy Newman, Marriage Story
  • Thomas Newman, 1917
  • John Williams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

 

ORIGINAL SONG

  • 'I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away', Toy Story 4
  • '(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again', Rocketman
  • 'I'm Standing With You', Breakthrough
  • 'Into the Unknown', Frozen II
  • 'Stand Up', Harriet

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • The Irishman
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • 1917
  • Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
  • Parasite

 

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

  • Dcera (Daughter)
  • Hair Love
  • Kitbull
  • Memorable
  • Sister

 

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

  • Brotherhood
  • Nefta Football Club
  • The Neighbors' Window
  • Saria
  • A Sister

 

SOUND EDITING

  • Ford v Ferrari
  • Joker
  • 1917
  • Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

 

SOUND MIXING

  • Ad Astra
  • Ford v Ferrari
  • Joker
  • 1917
  • Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

 

VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Avengers: Endgame
  • The Irishman
  • The Lion King
  • 1917
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • The Irishman
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Joker
  • Little Women
  • The Two Popes

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Knives Out
  • Marriage Story
  • 1917
  • Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
  • Parasite

Sunday, March 2, 2014

My 2014 Oscar predictions


It's Oscar night, so I just wanted to make a quick list of all the awards I'm predicting (or guessing, since who has seen any of the documentary and animated short subjects?! Okay, I did see Get a Horse because it was shown with Frozen.) for the March 2, 2014 ceremony. I'll update with the actual winners after the ceremony is over to see how well (or poorly) I did.

UPDATED WITH WINNERS IN RED


  • Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
  • Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey
  • Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto
  • Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
  • Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o
  • Animated Feature: Frozen
  • Cinematography: Gravity
  • Costume Design: American Hustle [The Great Gatsby]
  • Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
  • Documentary Feature: Dirty Wars [20 Feet From Stardom]
  • Documentary Short: Prison Terminal [The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life]
  • Film Editing: Gravity
  • Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty (Italy)
  • Makeup and Hair: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa [Dallas Buyers Club]
  • Original Score: Gravity
  • Original Song: "Let It Go," Frozen
  • Production Design: The Great Gatsby
  • Animated Short: Get a Horse [Mr. Hublot]
  • Live Action Short: Helium
  • Sound Editing: Gravity
  • Sound Mixing: Gravity
  • Visual Effects: Gravity
  • Adapted Screenplay: Philomena [12 Years a Slave]
  • Original Screenplay: American Hustle [Her]
My final score: 17 out of 24. Biggest surprise -- Her winning Best Original Screenplay. Biggest disappointment -- Bad Grandpa not winning for hair and makeup.