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Showing posts with label Oscars. Show all posts

Anne Hathaway & James Franco are focus for Oscars 2011 Promo Video (Wardrobe Malfunction)

Anne Hathaway and James Franco wants their hosting duties to be perfect and this brand new promo shows you that they are hilariously focus for the 2011 Oscars.



The 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony will be on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.

James Franco & Anne Hathaway 2011 Academy Awards Promo Photos

Checkout the promo photos for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards featuring this year's hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco. The ceremony will be held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, February 27.

It was just announced that "The King’s Speech” is leading the Oscar race with 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor followed by "True Grit" with 10 nods while "Social Network" And "Inception" both got 8 nominations.





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“The King’s Speech” leads the 2011 Oscars nominations; 83rd Annual Academy Awards Complete List of Nominees

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards list of nominees were announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday (January 25).

“The King’s Speech” is the film to beat with 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor followed by "True Grit" with 10 nods, "Social Network" And "Inception" both got 8 nominations.

83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony will be hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.

83rd Annual Academy Awards  Complete List of Nominees 

BEST PICTURE
127 HOURS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
INCEPTION (Warner Bros Pictures)
THE FIGHTER (Relativity Media/Paramount Pictures)
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)
THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Co)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Sony Pictures)
TOY STORY 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)
TRUE GRIT (Paramount Pictures)
WINTER’S BONE Roadside Attractions


BEST ACTOR
JEFF BRIDGES – TRUE GRIT (Paramount Pictures)

JAVIER BARDEM – BIUTIFUL (Roadside Attractions)
JESSE EISENBERG – THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Sony Pictures)
COLIN FIRTH – THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Company)
JAMES FRANCO – 127 HOURS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ACTRESS
ANNETTE BENING – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)
NICOLE KIDMAN – RABBIT HOLE (Lionsgate)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE – WINTER’S BONE (Roadside Attractions)
NATALIE PORTMAN – BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
MICHELLE WILLIAMS – BLUE VALENTINECONVICTION (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
CHRISTIAN BALE – THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures)
JOHN HAWKES – WINTER’S BONE (Roadside Attractions)
JEREMY RENNER – THE TOWN (Warner Bros Pictures)
MARK RUFFALO – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)
GEOFFREY RUSH – THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Company)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
AMY ADAMS – THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures)
HELENA BONHAM CARTER – THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Company)
MELISSA LEO – THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures)
HAILEE STEINFELD – TRUE GRIT (Paramount Pictures)
JACKIE WEAVER – ANIMAL KINGDOM

BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (DreamWorks Animation)
TOY STORY 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)
THE ILLUSIONIST (Sony Pictures Classics)

BEST DIRECTOR
DARREN ARONOFSKY – BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
DAVID FINCHER – THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Sony Pictures)
TOM HOOPER – THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Co.)
JOEL AND ETHAN COEN – TRUE GRIT (Paramount Pictures)
DAVID O. RUSSELL – THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
ANOTHER YEAR, Mike Leigh (Sony Pictures Classics)
THE FIGHTER, Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Paramount Pictures)
INCEPTION, Christopher Nolan (Warner Bros Pictures)
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg (Focus Features)
THE KING’S SPEECH, David Seidler (The Weinstein Co)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 HOURS, Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy (Fox Searchlight)
TOY STORY 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK, Aaron Sorkin (Sony Pictures)
WINTER’S BONE (Roadside Attractions)
TRUE GRIT, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (Paramount Pictures)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Algeria, “Hors la Loi” (“Outside the Law”), Rachid Bouchareb, director;
Canada, “Incendies,” Denis Villeneuve, director;
Denmark, “In a Better World,” Susanne Bier, director;
Greece, “Dogtooth,” Yorgos Lanthimos, director;
Mexico, “Biutiful,” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director;

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) – Matthew Libatique
Inception (Warner Bros.) – Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Danny Cohen
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (Paramount) – Roger Deakins

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit Through The Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) A Paranoid Pictures Production Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland – A Gasland Production Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) – A Representational Pictures Production Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) – An Outpost Films Production Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land (Arthouse Films) – An Almega Projects Production Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Killing In The Name – A Moxie Firecracker Films Production Nominees to be determined
Poster Girl – A Portrayal Films Production Nominees to be determined
Strangers No More – A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up – A Sun Come Up Production Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors Of Qiugang – A Thomas Lennon Films Production Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter (Paramount) Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter (Warner Bros) – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception (Warner Bros) – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) – Production Design: Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) – Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Inception (Warner Bros) – Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Production Design: Eve Stewart, Set Decoration: Judy Farr
True Grit (Paramount) – Production Design: Jess Gonchor, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) – Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) – Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (Miramax) - Sandy Powell
True Grit (Paramount) – Mary Zophres

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Barney’s Version (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot
The Way Back (Newmarket Films/Wrekin Hill Entertainment/Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) – John Powell
Inception (Warner Bros.) – Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) – A.R. Rahman
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Coming Home” from Country Strong (Sony Pictures/Screen Gems) – Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from Tangled (Walt Disney) – Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) – Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Day & Night (Walt Disney) – A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo – A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute – A Geefwee Boedoe Production Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) – A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) - A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The Confession (National Film and Television School) – A National Film and Television School Production – Tanel Toom
The Crush (Network Ireland Television) – A Purdy Pictures Production – Michael Creagh
God Of Love – A Luke Matheny Production – Luke Matheny
Na Wewe (Premium Films) – A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 – A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Inception (Warner Bros) – Richard King
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit (Paramount) – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) – Mark P. Stoeckinger

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Inception (Warner Bros) – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit (Paramount) – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland



Anne Hathaway Invites PS22 Choir To Academy Awards (Video)

Anne Hathaway delivered a holiday surprise to remember to the children of the PS22 Chorus last Thursday (December 16) at their Annual Winter Concert in New York City.

Anne gave a big announcement by inviting the choir to perform at the Academy Awards ceremony. The kids goes wild hearing the exciting news.

The 28 year-old is hosting the Academy Awards in February 27 with James Franco.







Anne Hathaway: Oscars Is "Intimidating"

Anne Hathaway will be doing the Oscar duties for the 83rd annual Academy Awards with James Franco and Anne knows she's facing a big responsibility.  

Anne tells ET, "I found out that I'm one of three women to host since... I think it was 1987. Maybe I'm the fourth, I'm not sure. I'm still learning all the amazing statistics that I almost don't want to know because it gets a little bit too intimidating."
Definitely a challenge for Anne and a little bit of her charm will surely help do the job.


[Photo courtesy by imitrios Kambouris/Getty Images]

Anne Hathaway & James Franco to Host 83rd annual Academy Awards

Hosting the Oscar magic for the 83rd annual Academy Awards are James Franco and the lovely Anne Hathaway.

The Academy made the official announcement via Twitter page:
“OFFICIAL: James Franco & Anne Hathaway to host #Oscars – Tweet them your advice! #OscarsHosts”
The prestigious event will be held February 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.


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Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin to host the Oscars

It seems they want to surpass the hosting success delivered by Neil Patrick Harris in the last primetime Emmys. The Oscars is getting two funny guys to host the next year's awards event.

Their tapping the services of Hollywood veterans Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin to co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

Sharing the hosting spotlight, Steve Martin said,"I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin

For Steve Martin, "I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it's the opportunity of a lifetime."

An Oscar veteran, Martin has hosted the show twice before, in 2001 and 2003, and has appeared as a presenter several times while 30 Rock actor is a first-timer as Oscar host.