SAG Winners

Here are the winners from the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Little Miss Sunshine

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Forest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Helen Mirren-The Queen

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
The Office

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
Grey's Anatomy

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin-30 Rock

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
America Ferrera-Ugly Betty

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Hugh Laurie-House M.D.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Chandra Wilson-Grey's Anatomy

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Jeremy Irons-Elizabeth I

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Helen Mirren-Elizabeth I

DGA Award Nominees

Here are the nominees for the Directors Guild of America Awards, being held on Saturday February 3rd.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOTION PICTURES
Babel-Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
The Departed-Martin Scorsese
Dreamgirls-Bill Condon
Little Miss Sunshine-Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
The Queen-Stephen Frears

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION
Broken Trail-Walter Hill
Flight 93-Peter Markle
The Ron Clark Story- Rand Haines
Sleeper Cell-Charles S. Dutton
Walkout-Edward James Olmos

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES-NIGHT
24-John Cassar
Grey's Anatomy-Peter Horton
The Sopranos-David Nutter
The Sopranos-Timothy Van Patten
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip-Thomas Schlamme

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock-Adam Bernstein
Boston Legal-Arlene Sanford
Entourage-Julian Farino
Grey's Anatomy-Seith Mann
Ugly Betty-Richard Shepard

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL VARIETY
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar-Bruce Gowers
Saturday Night Live-Don Roy King
Tony Bennett: An American Classic-Rob Marshall
The Daily Show-Chuck O'Neil
The 60th Annual Tony Awards-Glenn Weiss

Academy Award Nominations

Here are the nominees for the 79th Annual Academy Awards. They were announced this morning by previous nominee Salma Hayek and Academy President Sid Ganis.

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Leonardo DiCaprio-Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling-Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole-Venus
Will Smith-The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Penelope Cruz-Volver
Judi Dench-Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren-The Queen
Meryl Streep-The Devil
kate Winslet-Little Children

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin-Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley-Little Children
Djimon Hounsou-Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg-The Departed

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Adriana Barraza-Babel
Cate Blanchett-Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin-Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi-Babel

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Clint Eastwood-Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears-The Queen
Paul Greengrass-United 93

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN
Babel-Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima-Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis
Little Miss Sunshine-Michael Arndt
Pans Labyrinth-Guillermo Del Toro
The Queen-Peter Morgan

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan-Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Daynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips
Children of Men-Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
The Departed-William Monahan
Little Children-Todd Field, Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal-Patrick Marber

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Black Dahlia-Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men-Emmanuel Lubezki
The Illusionist-Dick Pope
Pans Labyrinth-Guillermo Navarro
The Prestige-Wally Pfister

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
Babel-Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Blood Diamond-Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men-Alfonso Cuaron, Alex Rodriguez
The Departed-Thelma Schoonmaker
United 93-Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Dreamgirls-John Myhre, Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepard-Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E. Rollins
Pan's Labyrinth-Eugenio caballero, Pilar Revuelta
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-Rich Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik
The Prestige-Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
The Curse of the Golden Flower-Chung Man Yee
The Devil Wears Prada-Patricia Field
Dreamgirls-Sharen Davis
Marie Antoinette-Milena Canonero
The Queen-Consolata Boyle

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURE, ORIGINAL SCORE
Babel-Gustavo Santaolalla
The Good German-Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal-Phillip Glass
Pans Labyrinth-Javier Navarrete
The Queen-Alexandre Desplat

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SONG
An Inconvenient Truth-Melissa Etheridge "I Need To Wake-Up"
Dreamgirls-Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Ann Preven "Listen"
Dreamgirls-Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett "Love You I Do"
Cars-Randy Newman "Our Town"
Dreamgirls-Henry Krieger, Willie Reale "Patience"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Apocalypto-Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
Click-Kazuhiro Tsuji, Bill Corso
Pan's Labyrinth-David Marti, Montse Ribe

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Apocalypto-Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Fernando Camara
Blood Diamond-Andy Nelson, AnnaBehimer, Ivan Sharrock
Dreamgirls-Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton
Flags of Our Fathers-John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, Lee Orioff

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Apocalypto-Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond-Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers-Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Letters from Iwo Jima-Alan Robery Murray
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-George Watter II, Christopher Boyes

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall
Poseidon-Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, John Frazier
Superman Returns-Mart Statson, Richard r. Hoover, Neil Corbould Jon Thum

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Car-John Lasseter
Happy Feet-George Miller
Monster House-Gil Kenan

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding)-Denmark
Indigenes (Days of Glory)-Algeria
El Laberinto Del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)-Mexico
Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives of Others)-Germany
Water-Canada

BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES
Deliver Us from Evil-Amy Berg, Frank Donner
An Inconvenient Truth-Davis Guggenheim
Iraq in Fragments-James Longley, Yahya Sinno
Jesus Camp-Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
My Country My Country-Laura Poitras, Jocelyn Glatzer

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECTS
The Blood of Yingzhou District-Ruby Yang, Thoam Lennon
Recycled Life-Leslie Iwerks, Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream-Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Two Hands-Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED
The Danish Poet-Torill Kove
Lifted-Gary Rydstrom
The Little Matchgirl-Roger Allers, Don Hahn
Maestro-Geza M. Toth
No Time for Nuts: Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier

BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION
Binta y la gran idea-Javier Fesser, Luis Manso
Eramos pocos-Borja Cobeaga
Helmer & Son-Soren Pilmark, Kim Magnusson
The Saviour-Peter Templeman, Stuart Parkyn
West Bank Story-Ari Sandel

SAG Nominees

So the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards are right around the corner, and here are the nominees for Sundays (January 28th) show.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Leonardo DiCaprio-Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling-Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole-Venus
Will Smith-The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Penelope Cruz-Volver
Judi Dench-Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren-The Queen
Meryl Streep-The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Windslet-Little Children

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin-Little Miss Sunshine
Leonardo DiCaprio-The Departed
Jackie Earle Haley-Little Children
Djimon Hounsou-Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Adriana Barraza-Babel
Cate Blanchett-Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin-Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi-Babel

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Ugly Betty
Weeds

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
24
Boston Legal
Deadwood
Grey's Anatomy
The Sopranos

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin-30 Rock
Steve Carell-The Office
Jason Lee-My Name is Earl
Jeremy Piven-Entourage
Tony Shalhoub-Monk

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
America Ferrera-Ugly Betty
Felicity Huffman-Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus-The New Adventures of Old Christine
Megan Mullally-Will & Grace
Mary-Louise Parker-Weeds
Jaime Pressly-My Name is Earl

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
James Gandolfini-The Sopranos
Michael C. Hall-Dexter
Hugh Laurie-House M.D.
James Spader-Boston Legal
Kiefer Sutherland-24

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Patricia Arquette-Medium
Edie Falco-The Sopranos
Mariska Hargitay-Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kyra Sedgwick-The Closer
Chandra Wilson-Grey's Anatomy

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Thomas Haden Church-Broken Trail
Robert Duvall-Broken Trail
Jeremy Irons-Elizabeth I
William H. Macy-Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Matthew Perry-The Ron Clark Story

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Annette Bening-Mrs. Harris
Shirley Jones-Hidden Places
Cloris Leachman-Mrs. Harris
Helen Mirren-Elizabeth I
Greta Scacchi-Broken Trail

2007 PGA Winners

Here are the winners (and the nominees) from the 2007 Producers Guild of America Awards that were held on Saturday January 20th, 2007.

FEATURE FILM
Winner: Little Miss Sunshine-Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Babel-Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik
The Departed-Graham King
Dreamgirls-Laurence Mark
The Queen-Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward

ANIMATED FILM
Winner: Cars-Darla K. Anderson

Flushed Away-Cecil Kramer, Peter Lord
Happy Feet-Doug Mitchell, George Miller, Bill Miller
Ice Age: The Meltdown-Lori Forte
Monster House-Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke

LONG-FORM TELEVISION
Winner: Elizabeth I-Suzan Harrison, George Faber, Charles Pattinson, Barney Reisz

Bleak House-Nigel Strafford-Clark
Flight 93-David Gerber, Clara George
High School Musical-Bill Borden, Barry Rosenbush
Mrs. Harris-Elizabeth Karlsen, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

EPISODIC TELEVISION-COMEDY
Winner: The Office-Greg Daniels, Kent Zbornak

Arrested Development-Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Mitchell Hurwitz, John Amodeo, Dean Lorey, James Vallely, Richard Day, Tom Saunders
Curb Your Enthusiasm-Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Robert B. Weide, Larry Charles, Tim Gibbons, Eric O'Malley
My Name Is Earl-Gregory Thoams Garcia, Marc Buckland, Henry J. Lange Jr.
Weeds-Jenji Kohan, Roberto Benabib, Mark A. Burley

EPISODIC TELEVISION-DRAMA
Winner: Grey's Anatomy-Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, James D. Parriott, Peter Horton, Rob Corn

House M.D.-David Shore, Katie Jacobs
Lost-J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender, Jean Higgins, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Liz Samoff
The Sopranos-David Chase, Brad Grey, Ilene S. Landresss, Terence Winter, Matthew Weiner, Diane Frolov, Andre Schneider, Henry Bronchtein, Gianna Maria Smart
24-Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Jon Cassar, Michael Loceff, Michael Klick

NON-FICTION TELEVISION
Winner: 60 Minutes-Jeff Fager

The Amazing Race-Jerry Bruckheimer, Bert Van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Amy Chacon, Hayma Washington, Evan Weinstein, Elise Donanieri, Mark A. Vertullo
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway

VARIETY TELEVISION
Winner: Real Time with Bill Maher-Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean E. Johnsen

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show-Ellen DeGeneres, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, Karen Kilgariff
Late Night with Conan O'Brien-Lorne Michaels, Jeff Ross, Tracy King, Frank Smiley, Daniel Ferguson
Late Show with David Letterman-Maria Pope, Barbara Gaines, Rob Burnett, Jude Brennan
Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games-Dick Ebersol, David Neal, Molly Solomon

Golden Globe Winners

BEST MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Babel

BEST MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Dreamgirls

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR INA MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Forrest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Helen Miren-The Queen

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sacha Baron Cohen-Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Meryl Streep-The Devil Wears Prada

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls

BEST DIRECTOR-MOTION PICTURE
Martin Scorsese-The Departed

BEST SCREENPLAY-MOTION PICTURE
The Queen-Peter Morgan

BEST ORIGINAL SONG-MOTION PICTURE
Happy Feet-"The Song of the Heart"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE-MOTION PICTURE
The Painted Veil

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Letters From Iwo Jima

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Cars

BEST TELEVISION SERIES-DRAMA
Grey's Anatomy

BEST TELEVISION SERIES-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Ugly Betty

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Elizabeth I

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bill Nighy-Gideon's Daughter

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Helen Mirren-Elizabeth I

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin-30 Rock

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
America Ferrera-Ugly Betty

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES-DRAMA
Hugh Laurie-House M.D.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES-DRAMA
Kyra Sedgwick-The Closer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jeremy Irons-Elizabeth I

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Emily Blunt-Gideon's Daughter

Golden Globe Nominees

The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Being presented on January 15th, 2007

And the nominees are:

BEST MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen

BEST MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You For Smoking

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Leonardo DiCaprio- Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio-The Departed
Peter O'Toole-Venus
Will Smith-The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Penelope Cruz-Volver
Judi Dench-Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal-SherryBaby
Helen Miren-The Queen
Kate Winslet-Little Children

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Sacha Baron Cohen-Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Johnny Depp- Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest
Aaron Eckhart-Thank You For Smoking
Chiwetel Ejiofor-Kinky Boots
Will Ferrell-Stranger Than Fiction

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Annette Bening-Running with Scissors
Toni Collette-Little Miss Sunshine
Beyonce Knowles-Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep-The Devil Wears Prada
Renee zellweger-Miss Potter

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Ben Affleck-Hollywoodland
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson-The Departed
Brad Pitt-Babel
Mark Wahlberg-The Departed

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Adriana Barraza-Babel
Cate Blanchett-Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt-The Devil Wears Prada
Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi-Babel

BEST DIRECTOR-MOTION PICTURE
Clint Eastwood-Flags of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood-Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears-The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu-Babel
Martin Scorsese-The Departed

BEST SCREENPLAY-MOTION PICTURE
Babel-Guillermo Arriaga
The Departed-William Monahan
Little Children-Todd Field, Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal-Patrick Marber
The Queen-Peter Morgan

BEST ORIGINAL SONG-MOTION PICTURE
Bobby-"Never Gonna Break My Faith"
Dreamgirls-"Listen"
Happy Feet-"The song of the Heart"
Home of the Brave-"Try Not to Remember"
The Pursuit of Happyness-"A Father's Way"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE-MOTION PICTURE
Babel
The Da Vinci Code
The Fountain
Nomad
The Painted Veil

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Aplcalypto
El Laberinto del Fauno
Das Leben Der Anderen
Letters from Iwo Jima
Volver

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

BEST TELEVISION SERIES-DRAMA
24
Big Love
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
Lost

BEST TELEVISION SERIES-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Ugly Betty
Weeds

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bleak House
Broken Trail
Elizabeth I
Mrs Harris
Prime Suspect: The Final Act

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Andre Braugher-Thief
Robert Duvall-Broken Trail
Michael ealy-Sleeper Cell
Chiwetel Ejiofor-Tsunami: The Aftermath
Ben Kingsley-Mrs. Harris
Bill Nighy-Gideon's Daughter
Matthew Perry-The Ron Clark Story

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Gillian Anderson-Bleak House
Annette Bening-Mrs Harris
Helen Mirren-Elizabeth I
Helen Mirren-Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Sophie Okonedo-Tsunami: The Aftermath

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin-30 Rock
Zach Braff-Scrubs
Steve Carell-The Office
Jason Lee-My Name Is Earl
Tony Shalhoub-Monk

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Marcia Cross-Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera- Ugly Betty
Felicity Huffman-Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis Dreyfus-The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker-Weeds

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES-DRAMA
Patrick Dempsey-Grey's Anatomy
Michael C. Hall- Dexter
Hugh Laurie- House M.D.
Bill Paxton-Big Love
Keifer Sutherland-24

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES-DRAMA
Patricia Arquette-Medium
Edie Falco-The Sopranos
Evangeline Lilly-Lost
Ellen Pompeo-Grey's Anatomy
Kyra Sedgwick-The Closer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Thomas Haden Church- Broken Trail
Jeremy Irons-Elizabeth I
Justin Kirk-Weeds
Masi Oka-Heroes
Jeremy Piven-Entourage

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Emily Blunt-Gideon's Daughter
Toni collette-Tsunami: The Aftermath
Katherine Heigl-Grey's Anatomy
Sarah Paulson-Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Elizabeth Perkins-Weeds

Upcoming Awards

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.

SO AWARD SEASON IS COMING UPON US, AND HERE IS A SCHEDULE OF THE UPCOMING AWARD CEEREMONIES, LEADING UP TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS ON FEBRUARY 25th, BEING HOSTED BY ELLEN DEGENERES.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES- Monday January 15th, 2007
THE PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA-Saturday January 20th, 2007
THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD OF AMERICA-Sunday January 28th, 2007
THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA-Saturday February 3rd, 2007
THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA-Sunday February 11th, 2007
THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS-Sunday February 11th, 2007
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS-Saturday February 24th, 2007

My 10 Greatest Comic Book Films

Ok so in response to Empires list, here is my own, except I am only going to do my top 10. Enjoy.


10. Dick Tracy
09. A History Of Violence
08. Constantine
07. Road To Perdition
06. X-Men 3
05. Hellboy
04. Spiderman 2
03. Sin City
02. X-Men 2
01. Batman Begins

Upcoming comic book films (dates subject to change):
300- March 9 2007
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer- June 15 2007
Spiderman 3- May 4 2007
Hellboy 2- June 2008
Ghost Rider- February 16 2007
Wolverine- 2008
The Dark Knight- July 18 2008
Magneto- 2007
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay- 2007

Empires 20 Greatest Comic Book Films

So when I saw this feature by EMPIRE, I was intrigued. I really enjoy comic book films, so I wanted to see where my favorites made the list.

20. Constantine
19. Ghost World
18. Batman Returns
17. Superman Returns
16. Dick Tracy
15. Hulk
14. Mystery Men
13. Akira
12. Danger Diabolik
11. Hellboy
10. Superman II
09. A History Of Violence
08. Sin City
07. Oldboy
06. Road To Perdition
05. Blade
04. Spider-Man
03. Batman Begins
02. Superman The Movie
01. X-Men 2

Stay tuned, for my own version of this list, coming soon!!!!

2007 Independent Spirit Awards

The nominees were announced today and here they are:

Best Feature:
"American Gun"
"The Dead Girl"
"Half Nelson"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Pan's Labyrinth"

Best Director:
Robert Altman, "A Prairie Home Companion"
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Ryan Fleck, "Half Nelson"
Karen Moncrieff, "The Dead Girl"
Steven Soderbergh, "Bubble"

Best First Feature:
"Day Night Day Night"
"Man Push Cart"
"The Motel"
"Sweet Land"
"Wristcutters: A Love Story"

Best Documentary:
"A Lion in the House"
"My Country, My Country"
"The Road to Guantanamo"
"The Trials of Darryl Hunt"
"You're Gonna Miss Me"

Best Foreign Film:
"12:08 East of Bucharest"
"The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros"
"Chronicle of an Escape"
"Days of Glory"
"The Lives of Others"

Best Female Lead:
Shareeka Epps, "Half Nelson"
Catherine O'Hara, "For Your Consideration"
Elizabeth Reaser, "Sweet Land"
Michelle Williams, "Land of Plenty"
Robin Wright Penn, "Sorry, Haters"

Best Male Lead:
Aaron Eckhart, "Thank You For Smoking"
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"
Edward Norton, "The Painted Veil"
Ahmad Razvi, "Man Push Cart"
Forest Whitaker, "American Gun"

Best Supporting Female:
Melonie Diaz, "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"
Marcia Gay Harden, "American Gun"
Mary Beth Hurt, "The Dead Girl"
Frances McDormand, "Friends With Money"
Amber Tamblyn, "Stephanie Daley"

Best Supporting Male:
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Raymond J. Barry, "Steel City"
Daniel Craig, "Infamous"
Paul Dano, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Channing Tatum, "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"

Best Screenplay:
Neil Burger, "The Illusionist"
Nicole Holofcener, "Friends with Money"
Ron Nyswaner, "The Painted Veil"
Jason Reitman, "Thank You For Smoking"
Jeff Stanzler, "Sorry, Haters"

Best First Screenplay:
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, "Half Nelson"
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Goran Dukic, "Wristcutters: A Love Story"
Dito Montiel, "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"
Gabrielle Zevin, "Conversations with Other Women"

Best Cinematography:
Arin Crumley, "Four Eyed Monsters"
Anthony Dod Mantle, "Brothers of the Head"
Guillermo Navarro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Aaron Platt, "Wild Tigers I Have Known"
Michael Simmonds, "Man Push Cart"

Someone to Watch Award:
So Yong Kim, "In Between Days"
Julia Loktev, "Day Night Day Night"
Richard Wong, "Colma: The Musical"

John Cassavetes Award:
"Chalk"
"Four Eyed Monsters"
"Old Joy"
"Quinceañera"
"Twelve and Holding"

Truer Than Fiction Award:
AJ Schnack, "Kurt Cobain: About a Son"
Adele Horne, "The Tailenders"
Eric Daniel Metzgar, "The Chances of the World Changing"

Producers Award:
Julie Lynn, "Nine Lives," "10 Items or Less"
Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof, "Half Nelson," "Point&Shoot"
Howard Gertler and Tim Perell, "Shortbus," "Pizza"

Special Distinction:
David Lynch, Laura Dern, "Inland Empire"

Summer and Smoke

Yesterday I went to see the play Summer and Smoke. It was a very good play, and it is a shame that it is closing this weekend. The play starred Rosamund Pike from Pride and Prejudice and Chris Carmack from The O.C.. I really enjoyed the play and thought that all of the actors did an amazing job. It was a great night.

Remembering Robert Altman

A few days ago, Hollywood lost a legend, Robert Altman. The legendary director who made films such as MASH, Nashville, The Player, A Prairie Home Companion, Short Cuts, and Gosford Park, was 81. He was a five time Academy Award nominee for Best Direcotr, and at this past years awards ceremony he receieved an honory award for being a pioneering filmmaker and an amazing director. He was known for having large ensamble casts, and overlapping dialogue. In 2002 he won the Golden Globe for Best Director, for Gosford Park. Altman will truly be missed by the filmmaking industry, and his last project has already come to hault, because it is doubted that any other filmmaker would be able to make the film, Hands on a Hard Body.

Casino Royale

James Bond is back, and this time he is better then ever. This is not the Bond that most people are used to. First off when the film starts he is yet to be a "00" and the beginning of the film is him gaining his "00" status. Second off, this Bond does not look like your typical blonde, he isn't a glamorous Bond, he gets bet up, and nearly killed, and even tourtured. Also he is a blonde haired, blue eyed Bond. And while others argue that Bond would never have blonde hair, but I don't think that his hair colour has anything to do with who Bond is. Daniel Craig, was the perfect Bond. I feel that he was the best choice for the role, and he did a smashing job.

The rest of the cast included Eva Green, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, and Jeffrey Wright. The cast did a fantastic job, and they really rejuvinated the franchise. This film was able to show, how Bond started out, and how he became the man he is. I certainly can not wait for the next installment.

The Magic of The Prestige

The Prestige is the tale of two turn of the century magicians, Alfred Borden (Hugh Jackman) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman). The two started out as friends, but later became bitter rivals, and each one tries to out do the other oneand when Alfred is able to do the transported man, Robert must beat him, and the games that they are playing have deadly consequences, not only for themselves, but also for their loved ones. The rest of the cast includes, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Andy Serkis and David Bowie. The film is directed by Chritopher Nolan, who also directed Memento and Batman Begins, and the screenplay was written by Christopher and his borther Jonathon Nolan. The film is made as though it is a magic trick, you can never be certain whether you are seeing something for real, or whether it is some slight of hand by Nolan.

With an amazing cast, and an interesting story, you can't go wrong with this film. Bale is fantastic, and Jackman delivers an emotional and amazing monologue, that showed his range as an actor. This was one of the better films of 2006, it was everything that I expected it to be and more, and it left nothing to e desire, any theater goer will leave completely satisfied.

The Dearly Departed

So I watched The Departed and wow. Thats all I can say. It is a great film, and I am hoping that it will finally earn Martin Scorsese an Oscar, although I doubt that it will happen. The film is about a police officer infiltrating the mob, and a man involved in the mob, infiltrating the police force. The film takes place in South Boston, and involves the Boston State Police. The film stars Leonardo DciCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, and Alec Baldwin. The movie was very entertaining, and it had a lot of funny moments. Mark Wahlberg did an amazing job, as a supporting actor, stealing all of the scenes that he was in.

I don't know if this film is Oscar worthy, especially so early in the year, and many movies haven't even come yet, but if the movies that come out are the same caliber as previous films this then this film stands a chance. I really want Scorsese to win an award he deserves one, there have been so many film that he has made, that were award worthy that just didn't win. I'm not trying to turn this into a campaign for an Oscar for Scorsese, but that is just the way that I feel.

so if anyone wants a good movie to see, I suggest that you go and see it. Its a good film that is entertaining, and very enjoyable.

Enjoy!

Little Miss Sunshine

I have wanted to see Little Miss Sunshine, since I read about it during Sundance. I had heard such wonderful things and I really wanted to see it. Was it everything that I expected, no...it was more then I expected. I knew it was going to be funny, but it was a lot funnier than I could have ever imagined. The movie was about a family, traveling to California in their VW van, for their daughter's beauty pagent. The family consists of Toni Collette as the mother Sheryl and Greg Kinnear as her husband Richard. They have a daughter Olive, played by Abigail Breslin and her brother Dwayne played by Paul Dano. Their uncle Frank is Sheryl's brother, he is a suicidal Proust scholar played by Steve Carell. The last member of the clan is Richard's father who is played by Alan Arkin. The Grandpa has been Olive's coach for the beauty pagent, and is funny throughout the film.

The film has a ton of great lines and was truely funny, but it was also in a way heart warming. The family goes through a lot throughout the film, and they have a lot of Roadbumps along the way, but the manage to stay together as a family and get through everything. I was excited by the cast in this film, I have enjoyed, Toni Collette has always been one of my favorite actresses, and Greg Kinnear has always done a fantastical job on screen, I loved The Matador and As Good As It Gets. Steve Carrell is one of my newer favorite actors, mainly because of Anchorman.

Well thats al for this post, coming up on my next edition, will be my Emmy Picks.

Band of Brothers, you should rent it some time.

I finally had the time to sit down and watch "Band of Brothers", and I’m glad that I did it. It was one of the best mini-series that I had ever seen, and all of the battles were so intense and so well done. I love history, it has always fascinated me, especially the battles and wars, two of my favorite films are Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan. But Band of Brothers tops the list. For not having a lot of super well-known actors, I couldn’t see any one else playing those parts, they all did a phenomenal job. Now don’t get me wrong when I say that aren’t well known actors, but unless you are on imdb.com 24/7 then you might not know who they are. There were many actors who starred in this series, but the one that stood out the most was Damian Lewis who played Major Richard D. Winters aka Maj. Dick Winters.

Lewis went on later to make Dreamcatcher, and Keane (which I have heard wonderful things about, but haven’t been able to see yet). Major Winters was such an interesting character. The series followed Winters’ career, because with each episode it seemed that he got a higher rank.

Ron Livingston whom I enjoyed in both Office Space and Swingers starred as Captain Lewis Nixon, who was an alcoholic and Winter’s best friend. I would say that Livingston was the second star of the series, and at the end he had some really good scenes, that showed how good of an actor he is.

Other people who were in the series were Donnie Wahlberg, Matthew Settle, Scott Grimes , Eion Bailey, James Madio, Kirk Acevedo, Rick Gomez, Neal McDonough, Frank John Hughes, Rick Warden, Michael Cudlitz, and David Schwimmer.

The series covered from Normandy to the End of the war, and the first episode flashbacked to when the main characters went through their training. It covered all of the important aspects of World War II, including the concentration camps, the Battle of the Bulge, and the beginning of Normandy. Their were six DVDs with all 10 parts and a bunch of bonus material, which I just didn’t have time to watch, but once I buy it, I will make sure to watch everything.

There is the book Band of Brothers in which the series was based on and Major Dick Winters wrote a book, Beyond Band of Brothers, which sounds very interesting, and I plan on reading it on my vacation.

Sorry about the lack of updates.

So I know that I have been horrible at updating this thing, but I have resolved to be better at doing it. In my defense I have been really busy with work and before that with school. Also I have been preparing for big changes this fall, since I am moving to London. But still that is no excuse to not update this blog. The sad news is that I haven’t been able to go to the movies a lot lately, although I have been renting and buying a lot. So instead of talking about what is new in theaters or on DVD, from now on I am going to talk about what ever I watch so within the next few days and hours hopefully there will be quite a few new posts. So enjoy, and try to go out and see some movies.

Failure to Launch...not a failure at all!

I have to start this out by saying that I loved Failure to Launch. Not because it was an amazing film, thats going to win awards, but because it was funny. The film opened to mix reviews, but the movie made 24 million in its first weekend, taking the number 1 spot. I guess they didn't think about all the women who love Matthew McConaughey.

The film was about Tripp(McConaughey), a thritysomething freeloader, still living with his parents (Kathy Bates and Terry Bradshaw), much to their displeasure. His friends (Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha) are just like him, and the three of them love being that way. That starts to change, or at least his parents hope that will change when he meets Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker), who is actually hired by his parents to get him to move out. Is this just another job for Paula or could it be something more?

Both Tripp's and Paula's friends really add a lot to the film. Zooey Deschanel really shines as Kit, Paula's psychotic best friend/roommate, who is obsessed with finding the mocking bird that is singing while she tries to sleep. Tripp's friend Ace (Barta, the nerdier friend) of course falls for her, which makes an interesting side-story in the film. Demo (Cooper) is more of a free spirit, one with nature kind of guy, and he is a star in waiting really. After playing Sac in Wedding Crashers, he has certainly started to make a name for himself. He is in the upcoming play, Three Days of Rain, Which is starring Julia Robert, Cooper, and Paul Rudd.(Sidenote, I might be seeing this play in May).

All in all this film isn't just a romantic comedy, I would just call it a comedy with a bit of romance tied in.