2013 Oscar nominations out today

Awards seasons rolls on. Today we found out who and which films will score nominations for this year’s Academy Awards. The nominations will be hosted by actress Emma Stone (who I think should host the show) and then this year’s host Seth MacFarlane.

See how Seth broke the news about him hosting the awards above.

I haven’t seen many of these films but from what I’ve seen online, these are the films I reckon will score big come 15:30 (CAT):

Argo

Les Miserables

Lincoln

Life of Pi

I know that this year’s awards will honour Bond… James Bond and the franchise, so expect some skits at the opening of MacFarlane doing some tribute to the Bond stars throughout the years. I’m sure Skyfall will also be nominated in some of the categories.

As far as the actors and actresses go, I’m not even going to attempt a guess here, but if you have any ideas, do share them.

I’ll have more on the nominations a little later.

Jameson First Shot Premiere with Kevin Spacey

Last night I went through to the Turbine Hall in Newtown, Johannesburg for the Jameson First Shot premiere. I’ll have more on this campaign in the week, but in short Alan Shelley from Cape Town got to film his movie in Los Angeles with the help of Jameson, Kevin Spacey and Trigger Street Productions. An absolute cracker of a campaign I tell you. I got to interview Spacey and many others on the Green Carpet last night and I left feeling very inspired and hopeful that I can live out my dream in this industry. I’ll bring you more this week so stay tuned. For now, here are some pics.

Pic courtesy of Dana Brunetti’s Twitter profile

 

The Oscars 2012- List of winners

1. BEST PICTURE The Artist

2. BEST ACTOR Jean Dujardin, The Artist

3. BEST ACTRESS Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

4. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christopher Plummer, Beginners

5. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Octavia Spencer, “The Help

6. BEST DIRECTING Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

7. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Separation, Iran.

8. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants

9. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

10. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Rango

11. BEST ART DIRECTION Hugo

12. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Hugo

13. BEST SOUND MIXING Hugo BEST SOUND EDITING Hugo

14. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE The Artist, Ludovic Bource;

15. BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie

16. BEST COSTUME The Artist

17. BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Undefeated

18. BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) Saving Face

19. BEST FILM EDITING Hugo

20. BEST MAKEUP The Iron Lady

21. BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

22. BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM The Shore

24. BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Hugo

The Oscars 2012 – The Artist wins Best Picture

Tom Cruise is up to present the award for Best Picture. And the Oscar goes to The Artist.

Thomas Langmann says “I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

I want to say hi to my kids. It’s six in the morning in Paris. I want to say thank you to my wife.”

The Oscars 2012 – Meryl Streep wins Best Actress

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The King is here to deliver his speech… aka Colin Firth. He is up to present the Best Actress Award. He speaks fondly of each nominee, their achievement in film and in particular this year. Who wins?

Meryl Streep wins

“Oh my God. Oh come on. Alright. Thank you so much. Thank you thank you. When they called my name I had this feeling half of America going aah come alive, her again. But whatever. First I’m going to thank Don. I want him to know everything I value in our lives you’ve given me…. I just want to thank all my colleagues, all my friends. I see my life before my eyes. Really, this is such an honour. The thing that counts the most with me are the friendships. Thank you for this inextricably wonderful career.”

The Oscars 2012 – Jean DuJardin wins Best Actor

Last year’s Best Actress winner Natalie Portman is up to present the Best Actor in a Leading Role. The Oscar goes to Jean DuJardin for his role in the silent film, The Artist.

“Thank you, Oiu. I love your country. Thank you to the Academy. So many of you here tonight have inspired me. Thank you to the wonderful cast and crew. Merci beaucoup I love you.”

The Oscars 2012 – In Memorium tribute

Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding has the honours of singing A Wonderful World during the In Memorium tribute to those the industry lost in the past year. It was done very beautifully. The tribute ends off with a short interview of dame Elizabeth Taylor, who was one of the many stars we lost last year.

 

The Oscars 2012 – Michel Hazanavicius wins Best Director

Michael Douglas is here to present an award. After his struggle with cancer last year, the star is back, looking and sounding great. He is presenting the award for Best Director. The award goes to Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist.

“I am the happiest director in the world right now. Thank you Academy. I want to thank the cast. I want to thank all the crew. Agi (sp) the dog. Sometimes life is beautiful and today is one of those days”.

The Oscars 2012- the cast of Bridesmaids present three awards

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The cast from Bridesmaids are up to present three awards. They’re waffling on about length, sizes and gosh who knows what else Fun times. The first award they’re presenting is the Best Live Action Short Film, which goes to The Shore:

“Thanks this is my daughter the producer. I want to thank the Academy. Our little film was inspired by the people of Northern Ireland, who after thirty years of war sat down and negotiated peace.”

Next: Before presenting the Best Documentary (Short Subject) award, stars Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy called a shotgun down-down. Someone shouted something and the two shouted Scorsese and then down a shot of what looked like a vodka or something. They then presented the award to those involved in Saving Face:

“It’s more important that the Pakistani on this stage speaks and not me.”

“I just want to dedicate this award to all of those who are working on the ground in Pakistan. To all the women working on the ground in Pakistan, don’t give up on your dreams. This is for you.”

And lastly, Best Animated Short Film award goes to The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg. “Look we’re like these two swamp rats from Louisiana. We’re going to keep on trying. Thank you to the Academy, our families, our wives, the Academy and you guys. And THANK YOU”

The Oscars 2012 – The Descendants, Woody Allen win

Angelina Jolie is up to present an award now. She’s presenting the award for the Best Adapted Screenplay. The winners are Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants

Showing some of their leg (like Angelina) Payne said on behalf of the three, “We bow to our fellow nominees. My mother is with me. after watching the show a few years she said if you ever win another Oscar you’ll dedicate it to me. “

She also presented the award for Best Original Screenplay. Angelina accepted the award on Woody Allen’s behalf. He won the award for Midnight in Paris.