Full list of SAMA 19 nominees list

Here they are:

• Album of the Year

Kelly Khumalo – The Past, The Present, The Future

Khuli Chana   – Lost in Time

Maleh  – Step Child

Ntokozo Mbambo  – Filled

The Muffinz – Have you Heard?

• Duo or Group of the Year

BlackByrd                              Strong

Desmond & The Tutus            MNUSIC

DJ Vetkuk Vs Mahoota            Dinaledi

Freshlyground                       Take Me to the Dance

The Muffinz                           Have you Heard?

• Female Artist of the Year

ChianoSky                             Hungry

Kelly Khumalo                       The Past, The Present, The Future

Lulu Dikana                           This is the Life

Maleh                                   Step Child

Ntokozo Mbambo                   Filled

• Male Artist of the Year

Arno Carstens                       Atari Gala

Elvis Blue                             Journey

Khuli Chana                          Lost in Time

ProVerb                                Fourthwrite

Reason                                 Audio3D

• Newcomer of the Year

Bongeziwe Mabandla           Umlilo

Khaya                                 For You

Tailor                                 The Dark Horse

The Muffinz                        Have you Heard?

Toya Delazy                        Due Drop Deluxe

• Best Rock Album

Arno Carstens                    Atari Gala

Desmond & The Tutus        MNUSIC

Prime Circle                      Evidence

The Plastics                       Pyramid

Zebra & Giraffe                 The Wisest Ones

• Best Pop Album

ChianoSky                          Hungry

Kurt Darren                        In Jou Oë

Lloyd Cele                          No Limits

Snotkop                             Oppas

Toya Delazy                       Due Drop Deluxe

• Best Adult Contemporary Album

BlackByrd                          Strong

Elvis Blue                          Journey

Freshlyground                   Take Me to the Dance

Lira                                  The Captured Tour Concert Film

Nianell                             My Heart

• Best Kontemporêre Musiek

Bobby Van Jaarsveld             Wat Geld Nie Kan Koop Nie

Jay & Lianie                         Bonnie En Clyde

Juanita du Plessis                 Jy Voltooi My

Romanz                                Hou Vas

Theuns Jordaan                    Roeper

• Best African Adult Album

Bongeziwe Mabandla           Umlilo

Cama Gwini                        Re-Birth

Kelly Khumalo                    The Past, The Present, The Future

Maleh                                 Step Child

Nomfusi                             Take Me Home

• Best Alternative Album

Bittereinder                                          Die Dinkdansmasjien

Fetish                                                   Little Heart

iScream & The Chocolate Stix                The Paradox

Tailor                                                   The Dark Horse

Yoav                                                     Blood Vine

• Best R&B / Soul / Reggae Album

Kabomo                                 Memory Remains

Khaya                                    For You

Lulu Dikana                           This is the Life

The Muffinz                           Have you Heard?

Zaki Ibrahim                          Every Opposite

• Best Rap Album

Khuli Chana                         Lost in Time

Last Days Fam                     Eternal Effect

PRO                                    Continua

ProVerb                               Fourthwrite

Reason                                Audio3D

• Best Kwaito Album

Bhar                                          Morning Bang

Kabelo                                       Immortal Vol. 2

L’Vovo Derrango                         The Headmaster

Professor                                   The Orientation

Teddybears                               Teddybears

• Best Dance Album

Black Coffee                              Africa Rising

DJ Pepsi                                    Royal House Collection Vol. 2

DJ Vetkuk Vs Mahoota                Dinaledi

Oskido                                       I Believe

Pascal & Pearce                         Passport 2.0

• Best Traditional Faith Music Album

Hlengiwe Mhlaba                     Abba Baba

Rebecca                                  Live in Concert

Thulile Mbili                            My Home-Heaven Spirit Of Praise Vol. 4

Winnie Mashaba                       Bophelo Ke Leeto

• Best Contemporary Faith Music Album

Jonathan Butler                                                                              Grace and Mercy

Retief Burger, Helmut Meijer, Neil Büchner, Louis Britz                   In Verwondering

Loyiso                                                                                            Love Complete

Ntokozo Mbambo                                                                            Filled

Retief Burger                                                                                  Luidkeels Dieper

• Best Traditional Album

George Maluleke                                              Magolongwani

Shabalala Rhythm                                            Please Call Me

Soul Brothers                                                   Siphithiphithi

Dr. Thomas Chauke – Na Shinyori Sisters           Shimatsatsa No. 31

Zozo & Sangere Superbeat                               Mabindu Vol 14

• Best Maskandi Album

Ichwane Lebhaca                        Inkunzi Yomthakathi

Imithente                                   Vuka Mathambo

Ntombethongo                           Thokozile

Phuzekhemisi                             Bayede Zulu

Zero Khumalo                             O Sugar Daddy

• Best Jazz Album

Herbie Tsoaeli                       African Time

Kyle Shepherd                       South African History !X

Lindiwe Maxolo                     Time

Steve Dyer                            Ubuntu Music

Tutu Puoane                         Breathe

• Best Classic & Instrumental Album

Maria du Toit & Nina Schumann                      Luminous Shade

CH2                                                               CH 2 Guitar Duo Live with the UP Symphony Orchestra

Derek Gripper                                                One Night On Earth

Guy Buttery                                                    To Disappear In Place

Nibs van der Spuy & Guy Buttery                     In The Shade of the Wild Fig

• Best Live DVD

Black Coffee                            Africa Rising

Lira                                         The Captured Tour Concert Film

The Parlotones                         Dragonflies and Astronauts

Huisgenoot Skouspel                 Huisgenoot Skouspel 2012

Zahara                                     The Beginning LIVE

• Best Collaboration

Lloyd Cele Feat. Fresh, Euphonik & Slikour                              Louder!
Riot Feat. Zahara                                                                   Thetha Nami
Shabalala Rhythm Feat. Oliver Mtukudzi and DJ Tira                Please Call Me
V.Underground Feat. Mishka                                                   Gelo Wandi
Zahara Feat. Leroy Bell & Soweto Gospel Choir                        Hold On (Bambelela)

• Best Music Video of the YearBenza                                               AKA                                       Jealousy
Salomon Ligthelm                             Gangs Of Ballet                      Hello Sweet World
Warwick Allan                                   Prime Circle                          Evidence
Jolyon Ellis                                        Spoonfeedas                         Attack Of The Hadedas
Claudio Pavan                                   The Parlotones                       Honey Spiders

• Best Producer

Mark Beling                                       BlackByrd                              Strong
Crighton Goodwill                             ChianoSky                              Hungry
Theo Crous                                        Prime Circle                          Evidence
Theo Crous                                       The Parlotones                       Journey  Through The Shadows
Jax Panik                                          Toya Delazy                           Due Drop Deluxe

• Best Engineer

Christopher Tuck                              Macstanley                                                             Lucid Alive And Dreaming
Mark Beling                                      BlackByrd                                                               Strong
Crighton Goodwill                             ChianoSky                                                              Hungry
Jake Odendaal                                 Joe Niemand Night of Light Die Beste Van               Joe Niemand
Marius Marais                                                                                                                Huisgenoot Skouspel 2012

• Remix of the Year

Zynne Sibika                                     J Vetkuk Vs Mahoota                                Istokvel
Chris Sen                                          RJ Benjamin                                            2012 Change The World
DJ Kent                                            Theo Kgosinkwe                                       Thinking About You Ft. Zonke – DJ Kent Remix
Pascal & Pearce                                Toya Delazy                                             Heart – Pascal & Pearce Remix
ClassyMenace                                   Toya Delazy                                              Pump It On – Classy Menace Remix

Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart coming to SA

Hollywood actors, Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart are heading out to South Africa next month. The stars will be out here to promote their new film, Olympus Has Fallen. Now if you’re a fan of either one of them and you live in South Africa, you’ll get the opportunity to hang out with them an an exclusive fan event courtesy of the good folks at Nu Metro.

The event is taking place at Montecasino on the 9th. R100 will secure you a ticket to see the film as well as to participate in a Q&A session with Gerard and Aaron.

The two will also be participating in a press junket and a premiere of the movie in Mzansi. Naturally my request has gone in and if all goes according to plan, I’ll be sitting down with them to discuss the film. More on that in the next few weeks, but for now check out the full press release below

Johannesburg, March 18th, 2013:  Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart, who will be visiting South Africa in April as part of a global tour to promote their new film, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, will now also participate in an exclusive Fan Event at Nu Metro Montecasino.

 

The event will take place on Tuesday, April 9^th and will include a screening of their latest film; OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, followed by a Q&A session with Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart.

 

Tickets for this “hot-ticket event” will cost R100 per person and will include a Coke and Popcorn. Tickets will go on sale on Friday 22 March 2013 and will be available through numetro.co.za or at the box office at Nu Metro Montecasino. 

 

The event begins at 18:30 for 19:00 and the Q&A with Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart will take place immediately after the film.   

 

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN releases at Nu Metro Cinemas on April 12^th, 2013.

 

 

About the Film

When the White House (Secret Service code: “Olympus”) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, it is forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the president and avert an even bigger disaster.

 

The film stars Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart, as well as Morgan Freeman and Angela Bassett

Full list of 2013 SAFTA nominees

The South African Film and Television Awards take place tonight and tomorrow night. The awards honour the stars from the big and small screens for their work in the entertainment industry. I’m going to be honest here. I’m pretty pissed with them organisers. They don’t bother to respond to requests to cover the awards and for information on the awards. It’s the second time this has happened and as someone who clearly likes to cover awards as a journalist, a blogger, a radio contributor and a videographer, that clearly isn’t enough. Pretty lame, but hey, their choice I guess.

Right, now that the rant is over, here is a full list of nominees for this year’s SAFTAs:

TELEVISION
DRAMA

Best TV Drama Series

Erfsondes – Imani Media
90 Plein Street – Born Free Media
4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Quizzical Pictures

Best Director of a TV Drama Series
Peter Heaney – Erfsondes
Amanda Lane – 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls
Akin Omotoso, Vincent Moloi – Soul City

Best Actor in a TV Drama Series

Mothusi Magano as Tshepo in 90 Plein Street
Richard Lukunku as Phaka in Mshika Shika
Emmanuel Castis as Chris in Erfsondes
Jacques Bessenger as Renier in Erfsondes

Best Actress in a TV Drama Series

Jana Strydom as Kate in Erfsondes
Tiffany Jones-Barbuzano as Danny in 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls
Xolile Tshabalala as Noma in 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls

Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama Series

Terence Bridgett as Wong in Erfsondes
Molefi Monaisa as Wallet in Skeem Saam
Pallance Dladla as Jimmy in 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama Series

Samkelo Ndlovu as Nkosazana in Soul City
Pearl Thusi as Samkelisiwe in Zone 14
Nazli George as Shireen in 90 Plein Street

Best Writing Team of a TV Drama Series

Khalo Matabane, Sue de Groot, Ndumiso Khovano, Teddy Mattera – 90 Plein Street
Minky Schlesinger, Gillian Breslin, Busisiwe Ntintili – 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls
Brent Quinn – Soul City

Best DOP / Cinematographer of a TV Drama Series

Trevor Brown – Erfsondes
Jonathan Kovel – Hartland
Tom Marais – Soul City

#AMVCA – full list of winners

Harriet Manamela, Sara Blecher, Thomas Gumede and Nolwazi Shange in Lagos, Nigeria for the AMVCAs – 09/03/2013

Last night the inaugural AfricaMagic Viewers’ Choice Awards took place in Lagos, Nigeria. The awards honoured some of the continent’s top film and TV talent and judging by the amount of support and the turnout, people are impressed by the content coming out of Africa. We covered the awards in real time i.e. in addition to social media, we were blogging, uploading pictures and interviewing the winners as they walked off the stage via my beloved ipad. You can check all of that content out here www.AfricaMagic.tv.

Check out a full list of winners below.

Best Movie (Comedy)

Skeem Tim Greene

 

Best Movie (Drama)

The Mirror Boy Obi Emelonye

 

Best Movie (Overall)

Otelo Burning Sara Blecher

 

Best Television Series

The XYZ Show Godffrey Mwampembwa and Marie Lora-Mungai

 

Best Local Language – Swahili

The Ray of Hope  Sameer Srivastava/Sanjni Srivastava

 

Best Local Language – Yoruba

Maami Tunde Kelani

 

Best Local Language – Hausa

Faida Nura A Ali and Hafizu Bello

 

Best Movie Director

Man on Ground Akin Omotoso

 

Best Writer (Drama)

The Mirror Boy Obi Emelonye and Amaka Obi Emelonye

 

Best Writer (Comedy)

Skeem Tim Greene

 

Best Cinematographer

Man on Ground Paul Michelson

 

Best Short Film

Yellow Fever Ngendo Mukii

 

Best Art Director

Otelo Burning Anita van Hemert and Chantel Carter

 

Best Costume Designer

The Mirror Boy Ngozi Obasi

 

Best Make-up Artist

Otelo Burning Jacqui Bannermen

 

Best Lighting Designer

Otelo Burning Dave Howe

 

Best Picture Editor

Man on Ground Aryan Kaganof

 

Best Sound Editor

Man on Ground Micheal Botha and Joel Assaizky

 

Best Actor – Comedy

House a Part Hafiz Oyetoro

 

Best Actor – Drama

Two Brides and a Baby OC Ukeje

Best Actress – Comedy

Dumebi – the Dirty Girl Mercy Johnson

 

Best Actress – Drama

Perfect Picture Jackie Appiah

 

Best Supporting Actor – Drama

A Good Catholic Girl Matthew Nabwiso

 

Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Lies that Bind Maureen Koech

My Lagos adventure continued

Lagos; one of Africa’s busiest cities. With a population of more than 7million people, it’s a city with a lot of energy, entertainment and on a broader note, opportunity. I’m staying at a hotel called the Eko Hotel & Suites, which is the venue for the inaugural Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards taking place this Saturday. The hotel is located on Victoria Island, which is  one of the most sought-after locations in the city. There’s a huge amount of development happening around here with a massive land reclaiming project underway. The new area is called Eko Atlantic. It is being referred to as a city and it will retrieve over nine million square metres of land from the sea and will ease the current demand for property, resources and the rapid population growth in this busy city. Check out this incredible pic (and the site) to see how this land reclamation process is going.

So that’s just a little bit of what’s going on the city. I’m loving being here – traveling the globe is incredible. Meeting new people from different cultures and seeing places you never thought you would is nothing short of awesome. I had a few issues with my passport on Monday. In fact I only got word that I was flying to Nigeria at 23:40 on Monday evening (my flight was set to depart JHB at 08:30). Tight much? Alas, it worked out and while I was exhausted on Tuesday morning, my flight here was great. The cabin crew were friendly, the leg room on board was fantastic and in general I was highly impressed with Arik Air – highly recommended.

After clearing customs and all of that jazz we hit the busy streets of Lagos en route to our hotel. I’d heard many stories about how heavy the traffic was and that we would be stuck for hours on end. That wasn’t the case. I think we got lucky, but it was great to move freely in the streets. Our driver was a little scary, I won’t lie. The way he was weaving through the streets and using that hooter at quite a high speed was all kinds of hair-raising. It’s the same anywhere you go in the world, so it’s not a surprise, but it’s always quite daunting when you can see how close the car next to you is etc, haha.

Our night was super chilled, relaxing and bed summoned us pretty early. I got up at the crack of dawn to hit the gym (I’m a freak like that, but then you should know that by now). Now imagine running in a gym in Lagos, a city known for it’s extreme temperatures, humidity. Imagine there are no windows there, so there is no fresh air and then imagine the AC isn’t working. It’s not ideal, but at least I sweated out all the garlic I consumed the night before It wasn’t ideal but hey, one remains calm and keeps running.

Another great thing about traveling? The random conversations you have with people? I was sitting working at breakfast and a local asked if he could sit at the table. Now for us South Africans, it’s kind of strange for someone you don’t know to ask if they can sit at your breakfast table. It’s just something we don’t really do, but in retrospect I think it’s really weird that we don’t. It’s common in the US and the UK, so we should exercise this in our own country. *Noted. Anyway, my new ‘friend’ told me he was a geologist out in Lagos for some meetings, blah blah. He then quizzed myself and my friend/ colleague Leanne about our country, our purpose for being in Lagos and our thoughts on apartheid. The latter is a little deep for 7:30am, but hey. The conversation was good, we served as great ambassadors and then we said goodbye and moved on. The beauty of traveling. Leanne and I needed to get connected to the Net and on our mobiles so we hit up a cellphone shop. What was expected to be a 1 hour max excursion turned out to be just short of two and a half hours. Organised chaos I tell you, but the assistants were patient, extremely apologetic for the delays and friendly throughout, so it made it worthwhile. Note to prospective travelers, you will need to get your new sim card rica’d by the officials here. All you need is your passport, your address in the city and you’re good to go. Pretty easy going, but there are delays-  clearly.

I was then supposed to head off to Freedom Park for a workshop, but a compulsory meeting back here didn’t allow for that. I got a little nervous at one point because the driver who was supposed to take me didn’t speak a lot of English and his tone of voice sounded quite angry at one point, especially when I didn’t know the address, but eventually, in some random way we understood one another and everything returned to normal

Today we’re in a series of script and audio/visual workshops and later we’ll hopefully sneak into the rehearsals for the big show. Tomorrow will be a busy ass day, but more on that then So now you know where I am, what I’m up to and hopefully you’ve learned a bit about Lagos too.

Laters.

Full list of 2013 Oscars winners

Actor in a Leading Role

• Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”

 Actress in a Supporting Role

• Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”

 Animated Feature Film

• “Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

 Cinematography

• “ “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda

 Costume Design

• “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran

 Directing

•  “Life of Pi” Ang Lee

 Documentary Feature

• “Searching for Sugar Man”
  Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

 Documentary Short Subject

• “Inocente”
  Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Film Editing

• “Argo” William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

• “Amour” Austria

 Makeup and Hairstyling

•  “Les Misérables”
  Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

•  “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna

 Music (Original Song)

•  “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
  Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Best Picture

• “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers

Production Design

•  “Lincoln”
  Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Short Film (Animated)

•  “Paperman” John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)

• “ “Curfew” Shawn Christensen

 

Sound Editing

•  “Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

•  “Les Misérables”
  Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

 

Visual Effects

•  “Life of Pi”
  Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio

Writing (Original Screenplay)

•  “Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino

Oscars 2013 – blow by blow

Credit: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S.

And we’re live. Welcome to my account of the 85th Academy Awards, aka the culmination of Awards Season. The show kicked off with a joke from the host, Seth MacFarlane i.e. his quest to make Tommy Lee Jones laugh. Success. We can all go home It’s become tradition to kind of pick out a handful of the stars in attendance and pick on them. So far some of the ‘victims’ include Ben Affleck, Daniel Day Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence and Jean Dujardin.

Captain Kirk makes his appearance giving Seth some tips on how not to be the worst Oscars host ever. So he should refrain from the “We saw your boobs” number that he ‘performed’ earlier in the night. They then crossed to the montage of “We saw your boobs” musical number by the host. He listed all the stars whose boobs we’ve seen and by far we’ve seen Kate Winslet’s boobs the most.

He then welcomed to the stage Academy Award winner, Charlize Theron and Channing Tatum on stage dancing on the stage while Seth sings Sinatra’s “The way you look tonight”. How awesome. This was followed by Daniel Radcliffe and Joseph Gordon Levitt and them singing “He’s got high hopes”.

Captain Kirk is telling him to start the show with a showstopper. I wouldn’t quite call this a showstopping opening, but it works for now.

Octavia Spencer is up to present the first award of the night; the Best Actor in a Supporting role. And the Oscar goes to Christop Waltz for Django Unchained.

“Thank you so much. Mr Hoffman, Mr Jones *bows. My unlimited gratitude goes to this creator, Quinton Tarantino.”

Paul Rudd and Melissa McCarthy are up to present the Best Animated Short Film. The Oscar goes to Paperman for John Kahrs. They also present the award for Best Animated Feature film to Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman.

Reese Witherspoon introduces Best Picture nominees, Les Miserables, Life of Pi and Beasts of the Southern Wild.

The Avengers cast on stage – sans ScarJo. How weird?  Achievement in Cinematography Oscar goes to Claudio Miranda for Life of Pi.

The Visual Effects Oscar goes to Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott for Life of Pi.

Channing Tatum is getting loads of airtime tonight. He’s up to present alongside Jennifer Aniston. They shared some waxing jokes before present the award for Achievement in Costume Design to Jacqueline Durran for “Anna Karenina”.  “Thank you to the Academy. This is absolutely overwhelming and I’d like to accept this on behalf of the incredible team.”

Makeup and Hairstyling award goes to “Les Misérables”‘s Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell. “Woah. Thank you so much to the Academy. I must pay a huge tribute to the team who worked so hard on this film.”

Halle Berry is up to introduce the 50 years of Bond tribute. There’s a montage of scenes from the franchise, which is arguably one of the most successful franchises in the film industry. Dame Shirley Bassey takes to the stage singing Goldfinger. Fantastic!

Django Unchained stars, Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx are up. They’re presenting the Best Short Film (Live Action) award to “Curfew” Shawn Christensen. “

The Best Documentary Short Subject goes to “Inocente” Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine.

Liam Neeson introduces some of the other Best Picture nominees including Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty.

Ben Affleck is up to present an award to present the Best Documentary award. The award goes to Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn for “Searching for Sugar Man” “Rodrigues isn’t here tonight because he didn’t want to take any of the credit and that just says a lot about this incredible man.”

Jennifer Garner and Jessica Chastaine are up to present the Best Foreign Language Film. The Award goes to Michael Haneke for Amour (Austria).

John Travolta dances his way onto the Oscars stage. He introduces some of the best and biggest Oscar winning musicals and the stars to the stage including Chicago, Les Miserables and Dreamgirls  Catherine Zeta Jones sings All That Jazz from Chicago. This is followed by Jennifer Hudson’s performance of “I am telling You” from the hugely successful film, Dreamgirls. What she did right there was nothing short of incredible. She’s amazing, really amazing!

It’s kinda crap for the Les Miserables cast to try and follow that performance. They did well though, I’ll give them that much. Far better than what I could ever do

Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana do a quick intro for something, which I missed. Moment gone. Mark Walhberg and ‘Ted’ are up to present the award for the Best Sound Mixing Awrd to Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes for “Les Misérables”.

The Sound Editing Oscar goes to Paul N.J. Ottosson for “Zero Dark Thirty”. “To the Academy thank you. This is such an incredible honor”. The award also goes to Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers “Skyfall” . The last time I can see

Christopher Plummer is up to present the Best Supporting Actress award. The award goes to Anne Hathaway for her role in Les Miserables.

“It came true. Thank you so much to the Academy for this and to my fellow nominees.”

Sandra Bullock is up to present the Achievement in Film Editing award William Goldenberg for Argo.

Jennifer Lawrence introduces Adele, who performs for the first time ever on the Academy Awards stage. She’s singing the big hit, Skyfall. Lovely performance, perfect Oscars performance.

Nicole Kidman introduces Best Picture nominees, Silver Linings Playbook, Django Unchained and Amour.

Kristen Stewart and Daniel Radcliffe present the award for Best Production Design. “Lincoln” wins the Best Production Design award, which goes to Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

George Clooney presents the “In Memoriam” tribute now. Barbra Streisand takes to the stage singing “The Way We Were” by the late Marvin Hamlisch. This is the first time she has appeared on the Oscar stage in thirty six years.

Chicago’s Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Renee Zellweger and Catherine take to the stage to present the award for Best Original Score to Mychael Danna for Life of Pi.

Best Original Score goes to Adele and Paul Epworth for Skyfall “Thank you so much. This is amazing.”  Paul thanks The Academy, Sam Mendes, “Adele for being the best person he has ever worked with.”

Dustin Hoffman and Charlize Theron are up to present the Best Adapted Screenplay award to Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio. “Fifteen years ago you were up here for your screenplay”. Best Original Screenplay goes to Django Unchained. “That’s cool Charlize is my neighbour. Thank you Mr. Hoffman. I want to thank the actors. Thank you so much. I love the competition. You guys are all wonderful. Peace out”

Michael Douglas and Jane Fonda will present the Best Director award to Ang Lee for Life of Pi. “Thank you oh holy God. I really need to share this with all three thousand. Everybody I worked with on Life of Pi.”

Jean Dujardine is up to present the Best Actress in a Lead Role. The award goes to Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook. She just slipped on the stage, whoops. “Standing up because you feel bad that I fell and that’s really embarrassing. Thank you to the Academy and to the women in this category.”

Meryl Streep is up to present, who is “walking on her dress”, is up to present the Best Actor in a Lead Role. The award goes to Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln. Duh. “I really don’t know how any of this happened.”

Best Picture is presented by Jack Nicolson and live from the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama. The award goes to Argo. “I know what you’re thinking, three sexiest cruisers alive. I want to thank the Academy. This is truly an honor. There are too many people to thank. I want to thank them personally, but I want to acknowledge a couple of people. I want to thank my partner in crime, George.”

“It doesnt matter how you get knocked down in life cause that’s gonna happen All the matters is that you’ve got to get up” Ben Affleck.

2013 Oscars red carpet highlights

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Awards season is pretty much wrapping up now in the US and it all culminates in the big one, the 85th Academy Awards. I feel like the red carpet this year has been pretty dull rather than pretty but it looks like the stars have all saved themselves for tonight. Here are some fashion highlights:

Jennifer Lawrence in Dior Haute Couture. If there’s ever a night to make a statement, it’s tonight. The young star is expected to walk off with her first Oscar, so why not rock out on the red carpet while you’re prepping your Oscar speech. Very very nice JLaw.

Jennifer Hudson looks beautiful tonight and she’s showing a little big of leg on the red carpet. Roberto Cavalli. As does Rhys Witherspoon, Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington in her Miu Miu gown.

Came across this hilarious tweet earlier where someone alluded to Charlize Theron being butch and that she looks hot. The short blonde hair looks suits her and she looks gorgeous, really hot.

Dustin Hoffman told Ryan Seacrest that he first attended the Academy Awards back in 1967. That would mean he has seen, heard and experienced a lot in the years since. Hold up, 1967? He looks fantastic for his age, really, really good. Speaking off good, it’s good to see Michael Douglas back at it. He looks healthy and happy and this great news. He and his wife Catherine Zeta Jones seem to be going strong and in Hollywood that is rare.

Jane Fonda shocked everyone in that almost lumo dress. I don’t think she needed to shock us all like that, she’s still gorgeous and worthy of talking about. That colour though. No, no, no!

People are saying Jennifer Aniston looked a little boring. Whatever. Shut up your faces. I love Jennifer

Another lady looking to make a statement tonight is nominee, Jessica Chastaine. The star was in Armani and it seemed to have hit the right spot. What did you all think?

Other talking points:

@HathawayNipple check this out. Hilarious.

85th Academy Awards nominees

Tonight we’ll get to see who takes home the top honours at the Academy Awards. The Oscars go live to the world later tonight/ early hours of Monday morning. In terms of my predictions, I’m thinking the following:

Best Picture – ArgoBest Actor – Daniel Day Lewis

Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence

Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz

Best Supporting Actress – Anne Hathaway

Best Director – Ben Affleck in an ideal world, but in reality Steven Spielberg

Do you agree with me? See the full list of nominees below and join me later for updates from the 85th Academy Awards.

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
• Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
• Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
• Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alan Arkin in “Argo”
• Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
• Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
• Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
• Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
• Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams in “The Master”
• Sally Field in “Lincoln”
• Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
• Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
• Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

Animated Feature Film

• “Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• “Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
• “ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
• “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
• “Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore

Cinematography

• “Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
• “Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
• “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
• “Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
• “Skyfall” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
• “Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
• “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
• “Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
• “Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood

Directing

• “Amour” Michael Haneke
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
• “Life of Pi” Ang Lee
• “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
• “Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell

Documentary Feature

• “5 Broken Cameras”
  Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• “The Gatekeepers”
  Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
• “How to Survive a Plague”
  David France and Howard Gertler
• “The Invisible War”
  Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
• “Searching for Sugar Man”
  Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

Documentary Short Subject

• “Inocente”
  Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• “Kings Point”
  Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
• “Mondays at Racine”
  Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
• “Open Heart”
  Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
• “Redemption”
  Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Film Editing

• “Argo” William Goldenberg
• “Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
• “Lincoln” Michael Kahn
• “Silver Linings Playbook” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

• “Amour” Austria
• “Kon-Tiki” Norway
• “No” Chile
• “A Royal Affair” Denmark
• “War Witch” Canada

Makeup and Hairstyling

• “Hitchcock”
  Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
  Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• “Les Misérables”
  Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

• “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
• “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
• “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
• “Lincoln” John Williams
• “Skyfall” Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

• “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
  Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
  Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
  Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
  Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”
  Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best Picture

• “Amour” Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
• “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
• “Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
• “Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
• “Life of Pi” Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
• “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
• “Silver Linings Playbook” Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Production Design

• “Anna Karenina”
  Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey“
  Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• “Les Misérables”
  Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
• “Life of Pi”
  Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Lincoln”
  Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Short Film (Animated)

• “Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
• “Fresh Guacamole” PES
• “Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
• “Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”" David Silverman
• “Paperman” John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)

• “Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
• “Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr
• “Curfew” Shawn Christensen
• “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
• “Henry” Yan England

Sound Editing

• “Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
• “Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman
• “Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• “Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

• “Argo”
  John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• “Les Misérables”
  Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• “Life of Pi”
  Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• “Lincoln”
  Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• “Skyfall”
  Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
  Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
• “Life of Pi”
  Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• “Marvel’s The Avengers”
  Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• “Prometheus”
  Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• “Snow White and the Huntsman”
  Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
• “Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
• “Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
• “Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
• “Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “Flight” Written by John Gatins
• “Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal

Watch: Goldfish – Take Back Tomorrow

Check out the new video and single from the ever-cool, Goldfish. The song is called Take Back Tomorrow and it’s taken off their forthcoming album Three Second Memory, which is due out later this year.

The single is out on iTunes now, so be sure to grab yourself a copy. https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/tak…

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