2011 Academy Awards full list of winners

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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- The King’s Speech wins Best Picture

Steven Spielberg presents the award for Best Picture.

And the winner is…

The King’s Speech. Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers.

“What an incredible, incredible honour. Tom Hooper you put so much passion into this film. To our acting royalty, Colin, Geoffrey and Helana. Thank you for coming on board.”

2011 Oscars- Colin Firth wins Best Actor

Sandra Bullock announces the winner for Best Actor in a Lead Role.

And the winner is…

COLIN FIRTH for his role in The King’s Speech.

2011 Oscars – The Social Network, The King’s Speech win

Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem present the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Aaron Sorkin wins for his work on The Social Network.

David Seidler wins the Academy Award for The King’s Speech. “This is terrifying. My father always said to me I’d be a late bloomer”. The audience laughs. “I believe I am the oldest person to win this award. I hope this record is broken quickly and often. I would like to thank her majesty the queen. I would like to thank all the stutterers around the world. We have a voice. We have been heard.”

Oscars 2011- It’s the King’s Speech vs Black Swan.

Two days to go until the film industry’s big night… the Oscars. So I found myself heading off to the movies the other night to see the King’s Speech, ahead of the Academy Awards. It then makes it easier to make a judgment about a film, find out what all the hype is all about and then one can formulate an opinion as to whether it’s deserving or not. Look, Colin Firth is superb in the role, as are Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter in their roles respectively. However, for me, I preferred Black Swan. I thought Darren Aronovsky’s film was incredible, dark as it may have been. His vision came to life, it sparked debates, conversations and I would imagine that is what any filmmaker would love to achieve. So it will come down to Tom Hooper and Darren Aronovsky in the battle for best director and Black Swan versus The King’s Speech for the best film of the year. It looks like The King’s Speech is the firm favourite, but I really believe Black Swan has been hugely underrated. Mila Kunis was overlooked, but Natalie Portman will come out on top I believe. Who else do you think will be successful at this year’s Oscars?

I must also just say well done to the film distributors in South Africa. All the big titles and contenders at this year’s Academy Awards have been brought to our screens ahead of the ceremony and that is usually not the case. I’ve now seen three of the big nominees. I just need to make a plan to see The Fighter before Sunday. Remember, I’ll be up and at it, blogging, tweeting throughout the night. Do join me!

Road to the Oscars is on

Award Season is coming to an end, but you know it wont go down without a bang – and that bang is the annual Academy Awards. The awards go down in LA on Sunday night, live on ABC in the US and on DStv in the wee hours of Monday morning for all of us South Africans. I’ll be up, I hope you’ll join me as we watch who will take the big honours at the 83rd Academy Awards, live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Some of the highlights to look forward to:
- James Franco and Anne Hathaway hosting this year’s awards. The Academy seem to be going for a younger bunch of hosts, so as to attract a a younger audience going forward.
- Presenters include Russel Brand, Scarlett Johansson, Halle Berry, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Zachary Levi, Gwyneth Paltrow and Oprah Winfrey
- Films like The Social Network, Black Swan, The Fighter and The King’s Speech are big contenders at this year’s awards.
- Top honours? Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo in the acting nominations I feel. Darren Aronovsky should win for his directing duties in Black Swan, but Tom Hooper might just blindside us all for his directing of The King’s Speech.

I’m going to check out The King’s Speech tonight. I need to see what the fuss is all about. Report back tomorrow.

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SAG Awards 2011- full list of winners

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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”

Golden Globes, Best Actor goes to Colin Firth

Academy Award-winner, Sandra Bullock presented the award for Best Actor in a Motion picture, drama to Colin Firth

I want to thank you the Hollywood Foreign Press. This is the gentle reassurance I needed. Right now this is what stands between me and a Harley Davidson. My exquisite queen Helena. Thank you. “

See what he had to say about his win after his speech