Topic: Oscar Awards tonight, sino ang mga bets nyo?

[laitzu]

- Avatar and Hurt Locker have 9 nominations each para sa best picture.
- Ang directors ng Avatar at Hurt Locker ay dating mag-asawa si James Cameron at Kathryn Bigelow ay dating mag-asawa.
- History is on Avatar's side pag nanalo, it will be the first sci-fi pic to take the best picture prize. 

@@@ My bets...
I'll go for Avatar to win almost all categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, etc)
Sandra Bullock as Best Actress, Jeff Bridges - Best Actor, James Cameron - Best Director.

 

Nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards

Actor in a Leading Role

    * Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
    * George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
    * Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
    * Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
    * Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

    * Matt Damon in “Invictus”
    * Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
    * Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
    * Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
    * Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

    * Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
    * Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
    * Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
    * Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
    * Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role

    * Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
    * Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
    * Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
    * Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
    * Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film

    * “Coraline” Henry Selick
    * “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
    * “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
    * “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
    * “Up” Pete Docter

Art Direction

    * “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
    * “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
    * “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
    * “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
    * “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

    * “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
    * “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
    * “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
    * “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
    * “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design

    * “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
    * “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
    * “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
    * “Nine” Colleen Atwood
    * “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Directing

    * “Avatar” James Cameron
    * “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
    * “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
    * “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
    * “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)

    * “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
    * “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
    * “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
    * “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick 
        Goldsmith
    * “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

    * “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
    * “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
    * “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
    * “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
    * “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

    * “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
    * “District 9” Julian Clarke
    * “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
    * “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
    * “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

    * “Ajami” Israel
    * “The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
    * “A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
    * “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
    * “The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany

Makeup

    * “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
    * “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
    * “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

    * “Avatar” James Horner
    * “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
    * “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
    * “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
    * “Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

    * “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
    * “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
    * “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
    * “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
    * “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone
        Burnett

Best Picture

    * “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
    * “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
    * “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
    * “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
    * “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
    * “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
    * “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness,
        Producers
    * “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
    * “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
    * “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

    * “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
    * “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
    * “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
    * “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
    * “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

    * “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
    * “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
    * “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
    * “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
    * “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

    * “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
    * “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
    * “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
    * “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
    * “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

    * “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
    * “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
    * “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
    * “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
    * “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

    * “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
    * “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
    * “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    * “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
    * “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
    * “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
    * “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
    * “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

    * “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
    * “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
    * “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
    * “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    * “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

[laitzu]

Ang directors ng Avatar at Hurt Locker ay dating mag-asawa si James Cameron at Kathryn Bigelow ay dating mag-asawa.

should be...

Ang directors ng Avatar at Hurt Locker ay dating mag-asawa,  si James Cameron at Kathryn Bigelow.

[123kid123]

Picture - Hurt Locker
Director - Jim Cameron

Actor - Morgan Freeman
Support - The Jew Killer

Actress - Carrey Mulligan
Supporting - Monique

Original Screen Play - Coen Brothers
Adapted - Precious

[nenji]

best pictue : Avatar

[Saint Lucifer]

Hurt Locker will win best picture.

I really want District 9 to win as best picture. But that's not going to happen. The academy awards have a history of snubbing sci-fi films. Look at the Dark Knight last year. This is the same reason that Avatar probably not going to win (but it has a good chance). The best picture will probably go to Hurt Locker.

[laitzu]

Winners na sila.. 

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Writing (Original Screenplay)
    * “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal

Music (Original Song)
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Animated Feature Film
“Up” Pete Docter


@@@@ Maganda nga naman talaga ang Hurt Locker pero gut feel ko lang na ang mga hurado ay boboto sa Avatar.. sa akin lang naman ito..

[benny_blanco_frm_d_bronx]

best picture : the hurt locker
best actor : morgan freeman, invictus
best actress : sandra bullock, the blind side

hope they'll win!!!

[Yubi Akira]

si Jeff Bridges ang Best Actor

[The Dark Knight]

sandra bullokc just won...

[The Dark Knight]

Catherine bigelow just won..director of The Hurt Locker...

i dont get that movie...maybe only American can understand this because if this IRaq/Afghanistan War..or something...

[123kid123]

Catherine bigelow just won..director of The Hurt Locker...

i dont get that movie...maybe only American can understand this because if this IRaq/Afghanistan War..or something...

It's all about the characters and the decisions they take. Characters always drive movies and ultimately stories. The setting and the environment are just stage and back drops.

[The Dark Knight]

It's all about the characters and the decisions they take. Characters always drive movies and ultimately stories. The setting and the environment are just stage and back drops.

i think i have to watch it again....tho, i can tell you the story of "The Frog and the Princess"....backward, me and my daughter watch it a million times...

[Yubi Akira]

The Hurt Locker - Best Picture

 

The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war thriller. It was one of the most acclaimed films of 2009, earning awards and honors from numerous organizations, festivals and groups. The film swept the 2010 BAFTA Awards, winning best film, director, original screenplay, editing, cinematography and sound. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film follows a United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team during the Iraq War. The story was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded with a bomb squad. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty as members of a U.S. Army EOD unit in Iraq and follows their tour together as they contend with defusing bombs, the threat of insurgency, and the tension that develops among them.[3][4] The title is slang for being injured in an explosion, as in 'they sent him to the hurt locker'.[5][6]

The film was shot in the Middle East, specifically in Jordan, within miles of the Iraq border. It was first released theatrically in Italy in 2008. It was then released in the United States on June 26, 2009, in New York and Los Angeles. Based on the success of its limited run, the independent film received a more widespread theatrical release in the United States on July 24, 2009. The film had initially premiered at the Venice Film Festival in late 2008, then at the Toronto International Film Festival in North America, where it was picked up for distribution in the United States by Summit Entertainment.[7] Because this 2008 film was not originally released in the U.S. (at least in an Oscar-qualifying run in L.A.) until 2009, it did not qualify for the 2008 Academy Awards, and thus was eligible for the following year's Oscars. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2010, and director Kathryn Bigelow won the award for best director, becoming the first woman to win the award.

[Saint Lucifer]

Was it me or parang nagmamadali si Tom Hanks kanina?

[IWARAS]

HURT LOCKER???

Seriously...

[123kid123]

Was it me or parang nagmamadali si Tom Hanks kanina?

They already introduced and previewed the nominees for best picture throughout the show. For his part, I think it was all he was asked to do.

[123kid123]

It was a good show. No upsets. Hurt Locker is really really good. If I have to rank the top 3 nominees, it would go
1. Hurt Locker
15. Avatar
23. Up in the Air

[Saint Lucifer]

They already introduced and previewed the nominees for best picture throughout the show. For his part, I think it was all he was asked to do.

What I meant was usually presenters tell a little joke before the announce the winners. He was all business. Maybe you're right. He was probably told to keep it short.