the globes are here!

can you feel it in the air? AWARD SEASON is here! and with all the amazing entrys into this year’s pot, i’m more excited than usual to watch the victories and upsets.

the 67th annual golden globes awards will be hitting your tv this sunday night, january 17th. check them out on nbc at 8pst. funnyman ricky gervais is hosting the gala… and he never disappoints. the host has already warned he will be “off-script” during the live show and to “poke fun at anyone who is younger, thinner and more handsome than me, which is everyone in the room.” HA!

read below for a list of this year’s nominees. my picks are bolded!

Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical):
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”

“Nine”

Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical):
Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal”
Marion Cotillard, “Nine”
Julia Roberts, “Duplicity”
Meryl Streep, “It’s Complicated”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical):
Matt Damon, “The Informant!”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Nine”
Robert Downey Jr., “Sherlock Holmes”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “(500) Days of Summer”
Michael Stuhlberg, “A Serious Man”

Best Motion Picture (Drama):
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”

Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama):
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Tobey Maguire, “Brother”

Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama):
Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture:
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Monique, “Precious”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”

Best Director for a Motion Picture:
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Clint Eastwood, “Invictus”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture:
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, “District 9″
Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Nancy Meyers, “It’s Complicated”
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Animated Movie:
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Up”

Best Foreign-Language Film:
“Baaria”
“Broken Embraces”
“The Maid”
“A Prophet”
“The White Ribbon”

Best Television Series (Drama):
“Big Love”
“Dexter”
“House”
“Mad Men”
“True Blood” 

Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical):
“30 Rock”
“Entourage”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”

“The Office”

Best Supporting Actor (Television):
Michael Emerson, “Lost”
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
William Hurt, “Damages”
John Lithgow, “Dexter”
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”

Best Supporting Actress (Television):
Jane Adams, “Hung”
Rose Byrne, “Damages”
Jane Lynch, “Glee”
Chloe Sevigny, “Big Love”
Janet McTeer, “Into the Storm”

Best Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical):
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carell, “The Office”
David Duchovny, “Californication”
Thomas Jane, “Hung”
Matthew Morrison, “Glee”

Best Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical):
Toni Collette, “The United States of Tara”
Courteney Cox, “Cougar Town”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Lea Michele, “Glee”

Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama):
Glenn Close, “Damages”
January Jones, “Mad Men”
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”

Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama):
Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”
Bill Paxton, “Big Love”

Best Miniseries or Made-for-Television Movie:
“Georgia O’Keeffe”
“Grey Gardens”
“Into the Storm”
“Little Dorritt”
“Taking Chance”

Best Actor in a Miniseries/Made-for-Television Movie:
Kevin Bacon, ”Taking Chance”
Kenneth Branagh, “Wallander: One Step Behind”
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Endgame”
Brendan Gleeson, “Into the Storm”
Jeremy Irons, “Georgia O’Keeffe”

Best Actress in a Miniseries/Made-for-Television Movie:
Joan Allen, “Georgia O’Keeffe”
Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”
Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens”
Anna Paquin, “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler”
Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers for Bobby”

who & why

Alrighty so the biggest night in cinema is upon us. The Academy Awards will be on in less than 2 hours! I threw together my predictions for the biggest categories, and explained why I think they are a shoe-in for the Oscar honor.

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog is sure to take home the prize. if you’ve seen the movie, I’m sure you’d agree. I was truly captivated the entire length of the movie. The screenplay, actors, theme, costumes – every bit of the movie was riveting. Plus, they’ve already got a Golden Globe (among others) for Best Picture. How crazy is it that this film was supposed to be released straight to DVD? Good thing the film debuted huge at the Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by Fox Searchlight!


BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

I don’t LOVE Mickey Rourke, but it has to be said that he was quite the actor in this film. While he is always eccentric an has had his share of ups & downs, his role in The Wrestler was definitely an ‘up’.


BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – The Reader

Such a ridiculous group of women in this category – I think all of them are very deserving. But I think this award belongs to Kate Winslet. I haven’t seen a more skilled actress than her.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey Jr – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
Heath Ledger -The Dark Knight

Obvi. This one is going to Heath Ledger, hands-down. It does not have to be said that he threw himself into this role, and in doing so created an incredible character in The Joker. I’d be truly shocked if it turned out otherwise.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji Henson – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

While I’d love to see Amy Adams take home the award, I have a sneaking suspicion that Marisa Tomei will receive the honor. You know, the Academy always have a soft spot for interesting characters, and I’m betting Marisa’s role as a stripper will be no different.


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

All I know is that Wall-E was a joy to watch. I think those cute little robots captured the hearts of every viewer!


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
Defiance – James Newton Howard
Milk – Danny Elfman
WALL-E – Thomas Newman
Slumdog Millionaire – AR Rahman

If you’ve seen Slumdog, you will agree that the film was driven by its musical backdrop. It was brilliantly catered to fit the film at each scene. Also, my most favorite song of the year “Paper Planes” by MIA was mashed up as part of the soundtrack, so I am loving it even more.


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Down To Earth from WALL-E – Peter Gabriel
O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire – AR Rahman
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire – AR Rahman

I cannot even WAIT to see the performances for the two Slumdog songs. While I am pulling for Jai Ho to take home the Oscar, either one will do! They’re both so fun.

academy award nominations!

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – The Reader

 

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey Jr – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger -The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P Henson – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

 

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black – Milk
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter – WALL-E

 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
Defiance – James Newton Howard
Milk – Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire – AR Rahman
WALL-E – Thomas Newman

 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Down To Earth from WALL-E – Peter Gabriel
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire – AR Rahman
O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire – AR Rahman

 

BEST COSTUME
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road. 

BEST MAKE-UP
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army