The Dark Knight Rises poster revealed

It has been a couple of year’s since we’ve seen Batman looking out over Gotham City, but that is all about to change. On the 27th of July, The Dark Knight Rises and it’s bound to blow your mind. This is the final installment in director Christopher Nolan‘s trilogy. The official movie poster was revealed this week and I think it looks awesome. Definitely one for the diary.

In this film you’ll get to see the likes of Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman and many many more.

I’ll bring you more on this release in the weeks to come. Stay tuned.

The Oscars 2012 – Hugo, Christopher Plummer

Ben Stiller and Emma Stone are up to present the Achievement in Visual Effects. She’s very excited to be on the stage to present an award at the Oscars. She’s poking fun at all the presenters gone by in the past. Singing, doing the ever-so rehearsed antiques so many of the presenters go through every year. That was fun.

Hugo wins the award in this category.”I know it’s a huge thrill to be nominated, but it’s awesome to win. Really underrated.” The winners thanked Martin Scorsese once again.

Melissa Leo is up to present the Best Supporting Actor Award. And that award goes to… Christopher Plummer for his role in The Beginners. He is the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar. He gets a standing ovation.

Holding the Oscar in his hand he says, “You’re only two years older than me darling, where have you been all my life? I have a confession to make, when I first emerged from my mother’s womb, I was already rehearsing my Academy thank you speech. But it was so long ago, mercifully for you, I’ve forgotten it. But I haven’t forgotten who to thank. The Academy, of course, for this extraordinary honor and my fellow nominees: Kenneth, Nick, Jonah, dear Max, I’m so proud to be in your company. And of course I wouldn’t be here at all if it weren’t for Michael Mills and his enchanting film, “Beginners,” and my screen partner of course, Ewan McGregor, that superb artist, who I would happily share this award with if I had any decency, but I don’t.

To all the producers, at Olympus Films especially, Leslie Urdang and Miranda de Pencier. All the people at Focus for their tremendous generosity and support, and not to mention my, haha, little band of agents provocateurs: Lou Pitt and his wife Berta, Carter Cohn, Pippa Markham, Perry Zimel, who’ve tried so hard to keep me out of jail, my daughter Amanda who always makes me proud and lastly, my long-suffering wife, Elaine, who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for coming to my rescue every day of my life. Thank you so much.”

The Oscars 2012 – A Seperation, Octavia Spencer win

Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock is up to present the Best Foreign Language Award. The award goes to A Separation, Iran.

Christian Bale is up to present the Best Supporting Actress nomination. Four of the five nominees are first-timers. Congrats to them all, but there can only be one winner and that is…

Octavia Spencer wins for her role in The Help:

Shivering, the star got a standing ovation “Thank you Academy for putting me with the hottest guy in the room. I have to thank my families. The State of Alabama. My LA family. My husband. Tate. Thank you Steven Spielberg for changing my life. I love you guys, thank you I’m sorry.”

2011 Academy Awards full list of winners

AP


Best Picture:
The King’s Speech

Actor in a Leading Role:
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

Actress in a Leading Role:
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Director:
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

Original Song:
“We Belong Together” (Toy Story 3), music and lyrics by Randy Newman

Film Editing:
The Social Network

Visual Effects:
Inception

Documentary Feature:
Inside Job

Live Action Short Film:
God of Love

Documentary Short Subject:

Strangers No More

Costume Design:
Alice in Wonderland

Makeup:
The Wolfman

Sound Editing:
Inception

Sound Mixing:
Inception

Original Score:
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Christian Bale, The Fighter

Foreign Language Film:
In a Better World (Denmark)

Original Screenplay:
David Seidler, The King’s Speech

Adapted Screenplay:
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Animated Feature Film:
Toy Story 3

Animated Short Film:
The Lost Thing

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Cinematography:
Inception

Art Direction:
Alice in Wonderland

2011 Oscars- “In a Better World,” Denmark wins

Dame Helen Mirren and Russel Brand present the next award, which is the Best Foreign Language Film category. The award goes to “In a Better World,” Denmark. Susanne Bier accepted the award:

“Oh my God. This is a real Oscar. Thank you so much the Academy. What an honour. I am so truly honored and grateful and happy, thank you very much. I really need to congratulate my fellow nominees whose movies were amazing. And I really want to thank Tom Bernard and Michael Barker at Sony Classics for believing so strongly “In a Better World.” All my, all my creative partners whether they are in this room or in Denmark or Sweden, this one belongs to all of you as much as it belongs to me. Thank you very much.”


Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon presents the award for Best Supporting Actor. Christian Bale wins the award for his role in The Fighter. “Bloody hell. What an honour to be in a room full of talented and inspirational people. Melissa I’m not going to drop the F-bomb like she did. I’ve done that plenty of times before. Dicky, you’re the best. He’s had a wonderful story and I can’t wait to see the next chapter.”

SAG Awards 2011- full list of winners

AP Photo/ Mark J. Terrill)


The King’s Speech, The Fighter, Boardwalk Empire and Natalie Portman got a whole lot of love at last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards and this is surely an indication of where next month’s Academy Awards are going. Colin Firth must be the male favourite, while Natalie Portman is expected to take the big honours in the Best Male/ Female Lead categories respectively. Let’s wait and see, but in the mean time, check out the full list of winners below:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“The King’s Speech”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth – “The King’s Speech”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman – “Black Swan”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale – “The Fighter”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo – “The Fighter”

Primetime Television

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Modern Family”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi – “Boardwalk Empire”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Julianna Margulies – “The Good Wife”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Betty White – “Hot In Cleveland”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Al Pacino – “You Don’t Know Jack”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Claire Danes – “Temple Grandin”

SAG Honors for Stunt Ensembles


Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

“Inception”

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
“True Blood”

83rd Academy Awards Nominations list

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The biggest night in film is coming, but what would the Academy Awards be without acknowledging the outstanding achievements in film making; be it directing, editing, make-up or acting. So to see who is in the running for the 83rd Academy Awards, going down on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, see the full list of nominations below. The King’s Speech is clearly the one to watch out for. I hope Colin Firth walks away with the top honours for leading man. As for female lead, Natalie Portman is the one for me, but let’s see if Annette Bening will take top honours instead. The Social Network is up there too. Newcomer Jesse Eisenberg’s performance was fantastic, but was it enough to trump Mr Firth? Hmmm… we’ll have to wait and see!
Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)
* Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount)
* Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
* Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
* James Franco in “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
* John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
* Jeremy Renner in “The Town” (Warner Bros.)
* Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
* Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
* Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate)
* Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
* Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)
* Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Amy Adams in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
* Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
* Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
* Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”(Paramount)
* Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best animated feature film of the year

* “How to Train Your Dragon” (Paramount), Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* “The Illusionist” (Sony Pictures Classics), Sylvain Chomet
* “Toy Story 3″ (Walt Disney), Lee Unkrich

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

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

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

Achievement in directing

* “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
* “The Fighter” (Paramount), David O. Russell
* “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
* “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
* “True Grit” (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

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

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

Best foreign language film of the year

* “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions), A Menage Atroz, Mod Producciones and Ikiru Films Production, Mexico
* “Dogtooth” (Kino International), A Boo Production, Greece
* “In a Better World” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Zentropa Production, Denmark
* “Incendies” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Micro-Scope Production, Canada
* “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” (Cohen Media Group), A Tassili Films Production, Algeria

Achievement in makeup

* “Barney’s Version” (Sony Pictures Classics), Adrien Morot
* “The Way Back” (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment), Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
* “The Wolfman” (Universal), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

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 Releasing (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 motion picture of the year

* “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight), A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
* “The Fighter” (Paramount), A Relativity Media Production, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
* “Inception” (Warner Bros.), A Warner Bros. UK Services Production, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
* “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features), An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production, Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
* “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
* “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight), An Hours Production, Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
* “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), A Columbia Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Toy Story 3″ (Walt Disney), A Pixar Production, Darla K. Anderson, Producer
* “True Grit” (Paramount), A Paramount Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
* “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions), A Winter’s Bone Production, Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

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

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

Adapted screenplay

* “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
* “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
* “Toy Story 3″ (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt, Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
* “True Grit” (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original screenplay

* “Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
* “The Fighter” (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
* “Inception” (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
* “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
* “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

2009 highlights…. in a video! Brilliant!

Here’s a montage, auto tune style of what went down in 2009 including Kanye West “immaletchu finish Taylor but…”, Balloon boy, octo mom and more. Wicked!

What the F? Are u eFed in your head

How’s this for good press? Well it might not be the best way to promote the movie, but hey… press is press and if it sparks some interest in the film, then your job is done. Take Welsh actor Christian Bale’s tactic. In July last year, TMZ reported that the star hit a bizzurk on the set of his new movie Terminator Salvation. While engrossed in the middle of a emotional scene, the DOP (Director Of Photography) Shane Hurlbut walked in, willy nilly and ‘ruined the moment’. Well according to Bale that is. Enter the rant from Bale. Damn this is well hectic, how intense. Listen to the clip here… and warning, it’s not for sensitive ears. Can he actually just calm down. Moral of the story, don’t walk in on a scene where Christian Bale is on set. Gosh.

This chap must’ve been paid a fortune for keeping this hush, or did he? The movie is set for release on the 22nd of May, so it’s quite convenient how this little clip has surfaced huh?

Now the rant has been remixed into a classic track and you can see/hear it below:
WARNING THIS CLIP CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND MIGHT OFFEND SENSITIVE VIEWERS: