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The script of the 83rd Oscars was drawn three weeks back when ‘The King’s Speech’ swept the ‘BAFTA’, before winning at Golden Globe. It was written and expected that Colin Firth, Natalie Portman [Black Swan] and The King’s Speech will be going to sweep the 83rd Academy Awards. And it did happen when left behind Jeff Bridges who won last year for ‘Crazy Heart’ beating Firth’s Single Man.

The evening belonged to the British monarch ‘The King’s Speech’ with 5 awards including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director. Here is the full list of the 83rd Academy Award Winners.

BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
WINNER: The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
WINNER: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
WINNER: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
WINNER: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter

BEST SONG
“Coming Home,” Country Strong, Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light,” Tangled, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
“If I Rise,” 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo Armstrong
WINNER: “We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman

BEST EDITING
127 Hours, Jon Harris
Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter, Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar
WINNER: The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland, Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter, Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
WINNER: Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
WINNER: Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynley

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
The Confession, Tanel Toom
The Crush, Michael Creagh
WINNER: God of Love, Luke Matheny
Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Killing in the Name (Nominees TBD)
Poster Girl (Nominees (TBD)
WINNER: Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lenno

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech, Jenny Beaven
The Tempest, Sandy Powell
True Grit, Mary Zophres

BEST MAKEUP
Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Eduoard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
WINNER: The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

BEST SOUND EDITING
WINNER: Inception, Richard King
Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger

BEST SOUND MIXING
WINNER: Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley
Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin
The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten
True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Inception, Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
WINNER: The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
WINNER: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year, written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception, written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
WINNER: The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
WINNER: The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3, Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit, written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone, adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

BEST ANIMATED FILM
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
WINNER: Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Day & Night, Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe
WINNER: The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
WINNER: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
WINNER: Inception, Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION
WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara

Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
The King’s Speech, Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit, Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

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Colin Firth Sets his feet to the Oscars https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/02/15/colin-firth-sets-his-feet-to-the-oscars/ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/02/15/colin-firth-sets-his-feet-to-the-oscars/#respond Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:55:28 +0000 http://www.bollywoodnites.com/?p=3345

It is nearly confirmed that Colin Firth and Natalie Portman would get the top honor at the Academy Awards on February 28, 2011. After the duo clinched the top actress trophies at BAFTA and earlier concluded Golden Globe Awards.

‘The King’s Speech’ expectedly won the Best Film award in addition to unpredictable Best British film of the year. The film based on the British Monarch’s triumph over his stammering struggle delivered the punch with 7 BAFTA awards out of 14 nominations.

What's next? Oscars probably!

However, the ‘Black Swan’ makers would be a little upset with the only award ‘Best actress’ which went to Portman despite 12 nominations it has received.

Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter, the duo who played the speech therapist of the monarch went home with the best supporting actor and actress trophies.

But, what would have been the most satisfactory award, the best director trophy for ‘The King…’ Tom Hooper went to ‘David Fincher’, who directed ‘The Social Network,’ which also got two other awards including the best adapted screenplay to ‘Aaron Sorkin’.

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Hail!! ‘The King’s Speech’ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/01/25/hail-the-kings-speech/ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/01/25/hail-the-kings-speech/#respond Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:20:03 +0000 http://www.bollywoodnites.com/?p=2923

A stammering British Monarch delivers a speech of a life time only to get 12 – highest – nominations at the Academy Awards. The King’s Speech, a historical drama directed by Tom Hooper overshadows every other film at the Oscar nominations with the biggest chunk including best film and acting honors to Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush.

The other film that has caught the eyes at the Oscar nominations is the ‘True Grit’ with 10 nominations under its name with Jeff Bridges and Hailee Stainfeld getting acting honors for their act in the film.

Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network and Winter’s Bone made to the nomination list of Best Films.

Check Below the full list of the Oscar Nominations 2011:

Best Picture

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King’s Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter’s Bone

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan

David O Russell – The Fighter

Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech

David Fincher – The Social Network

Coen Brothers – True Grit

Best Actress

Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone

Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Natalie Portman – Black Swan

Best Actor

Javier Bardem – Biutiful

Jeff Bridges – True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network

Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

James Franco – 127 Hours

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – The Fighter

Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Melissa Leo – The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter

Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right

Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech

Jeremy Renner – The Town

John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone

Best Animated Feature

How To Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3

Best Original Score

127 Hours – A R Rahman

How To Train Your Dragon – John Powell

Inception – Hans Zimmer

The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat

The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Best Original Song

If I Rise from 127 Hours – Music: A R Rahman Lyrics: Dido and Rollo Armstrong

Coming Home from Country Strong – Music and Lyrics: Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey

I See The Light from Tangled – Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Glenn Slater

We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 – Music and Lyrics: Randy Newman

Best Art Direction

Alice In Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Inception

The King’s Speech

True Grit

Best Visual Effects

Alice In Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Hereafter

Inception

Iron Man 2

Best Adapted Screenplay

127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy

The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt

True Grit – The Coen Brothers

Winter’s Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini

Best Original Screenplay

Another Year – Mike Leigh

The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Keith Dorrington

Inception – Christopher Nolan

The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

The King’s Speech – David Seidler

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The King’s Speech gets the King’s Share of Nominations at BAFTA https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/01/18/the-kings-speech-gets-the-kings-share-of-nominations-at-bafta/ https://www.bollywoodnites.com/2011/01/18/the-kings-speech-gets-the-kings-share-of-nominations-at-bafta/#respond Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:14:51 +0000 http://www.bollywoodnites.com/?p=2820

A day after the 68th Golden Globe Awards the British version of Oscars announces the nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Art giving the very British ‘The King’s Speech’ 14 nomination the most number of nominations including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.

Check the Nominations List:

BEST FILM

  1. BLACK SWAN
  2. INCEPTION
  3. THE KING’S SPEECH
  4. THE SOCIAL NETWORK
  5. TRUE GRIT

DIRECTOR

  1. 127 HOURS – Danny Boyle
  2. BLACK SWAN – Darren Aronofsky
  3. INCEPTION – Christopher Nolan
  4. THE KING’S SPEECH – Tom Hooper
  5. THE SOCIAL NETWORK – David Fincher

LEADING ACTOR

  1. JAVIER BARDEM – Biutiful
  2. JEFF BRIDGES – True Grit
  3. JESSE EISENBERG – The Social Network
  4. COLIN FIRTH – The King’s Speech
  5. JAMES FRANCO – 127 Hours

LEADING ACTRESS

  1. ANNETTE BENING – The Kids Are All Right
  2. JULIANNE MOORE – The Kids Are All Right
  3. NATALIE PORTMAN – Black Swan
  4. NOOMI RAPACE – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  5. HAILEE STEINFELD – True Grit

SUPPORTING ACTOR

  1. CHRISTIAN BALE – The Fighter
  2. ANDREW GARFIELD – The Social Network
  3. PETE POSTLETHWAITE – The Town
  4. MARK RUFFALO – The Kids Are All Right
  5. GEOFFREY RUSH – The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  1. AMY ADAMS – The Fighter
  2. HELENA BONHAM CARTER – The King’s Speech
  3. BARBARA HERSHEY – Black Swan
  4. LESLEY MANVILLE – Another Year
  5. MIRANDA RICHARDSON – Made in Dagenham

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