Showing posts with label Oscar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oscar. Show all posts

Monday, February 28, 2011

Actress at Oscar Red Carpet 2011



Here are photos of gorgeous women who stood out on the Oscar red carpet 2011





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And the Oscar goes to



The complete list of Oscar winners 2011 for you below.
"The King's Speech" continued its winning momentum going into the 83rd annual Academy Awards, taking home the big prize of best picture, while its star Colin Firth received the Oscar for best actor; "Black Swan" star Natalie Portman received the award for best actress. Best Picture: The King’s Speech – Winner


Directing: Tom Hopper – The King’s Speech – Winner
Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth – The King’s Speech – Winner
Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale – The Fighter – Winner
Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman – Black Swan – Winner
Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo – The Fighter – Winner
Animated Feature Film: Toy Story 3 – Winner
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: David Seidler - The King's Speech
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: In a Better World (Denmark)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Wally Pfister – Inception
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Inside Job - Charles Ferguson
DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Strangers No More - Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon
ANIMATED SHORT: The Lost Thing - Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan
VISUAL EFFECTS: Inception
ART DIRECTION: Alice in Wonderland
COSTUME DESIGN: Alice in Wonderland
MAKEUP: The Wolfman
FILM EDITING: The Social Network
SOUND MIXING: Inception
SOUND EDITING: Inception
ORIGINAL SCORE: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network
ORIGINAL SONG: "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 by Randy Newman
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Francis Ford Coppola

Oscar 2011 Red Carpet Images

83. Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films from 2010. The ceremony took place on 27 2011 February, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. During the ceremony, the Academy Awards  awarded in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was a television in the United States on ABC. Starring James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-host the ceremony, which marked the first time for every.Nominations for the 2010 awards were announced on 25 January 2011. The King's Voice received the most nominations with twelve. True Grit came with ten and then the social network and the first with eight each. Toy Story 3, the highest grossing film in 2010, was the third animated film to be nominated for best film was also nominated for four awards, including best animated film.





































































Dianna Agron in Oscar Party Photos

Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia, daughter of Mary and Ronald S. Agron, managing director of Hyatt Hotels. She grew up in San Francisco, and also lived in Texas for several years. Agron father's family is originally from RussiaShe was among many young Hollywood stars chose to stay in Wal-Mart's Ocean pacific spring 2010 marketing campaign. The national campaign debuted in the fashion, lifestyle and entertainment magazines such as Elle, Teen Vogue, Seventeen and Cosmopolitan, outdoor and online at the official website Ocean Pacific. Furthermore, a number of celebrities Ocean Pacific party in Los Angeles in late April and made personal appearances on behalf of the brand.



















Friday, February 25, 2011

83rd Annual Academy Awards



                                                    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


Actor in a Leading Role:       Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Colin Firth, James Franco


Actress in a Leading Role:    Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams


Directing:                               Black Swan, The Fighter, The King's Speech, The Social Network, True Grit

Monday, February 23, 2009

Complete List of the 81st Annual Academy Awards


This year’s Best Motion Picture of the Year goes to "Slumdog Millionaire". Slumdog Millionaire sweeps a total of 8 Academy Awards which was held at Los Angeles' Kodak Theater on Sunday, February 22. Sean Penn has his second best-actor Academy Award with his win in the title role of "Milk."

Penn's first words upon taking the stage to accept his prize for playing the slain gay-rights pioneer were: "You commie, homo-loving sons of guns."

Kate Winslet, meantime, has taken best actress for the Holocaust-themed saga "The Reader," while best-picture favorite "Slumdog Millionaire" has cruised to seven Oscars, including best director for Danny Boyle.

Heath Ledger is the supporting-actor winner for his demented reinvention of Batman villain the Joker in "The Dark Knight," becoming only the second actor ever to win an Oscar posthumously.

The supporting-actress trophy has gone to Penelope Cruz as a tempestuous artist in Woody Allen's Spanish romance "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

Other multiple winners included "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "The Dark Knight" and "Milk". While being nominated for thirteen categories, "Benjamin Button" has only managed to take home three kudos on the night. Moreover, "Dark Knight" and "Milk" have each collected two statuettes.
And THE OSCAR GOES TO ….

Full Winners List of the 81st Annual Academy Awards:

-Motion Picture: "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk"
-Actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
-Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
-Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
-Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
-Foreign-Language Film: "Departures," Japan
-Animated Feature Film: "WALL-E"
-Cinematography: "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Film Editing: "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Art Direction: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
-Costume: "The Duchess"
-Makeup: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
-Sound Mixing: "Slumdog Millionaire"
-Sound Editing: "The Dark Knight"
-Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
-Original Score: "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
-Original Song: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
-Documentary Feature: "Man on Wire"
-Documentary (short subject): "Smile Pinki"
-Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes"
-Live Action Short Film: "Spielzeugland (Toyland)"


And the Oscar goes to ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ wins 8 Oscars


And the Oscars popular award of Best Motion Picture of the Year goes to "Slumdog Millionaire". ‘Slumdog Millionaire' swept the 81st Academy Awards by winning 8 major awards including Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Original Song.

Christian Colson said on the acceptance speech, "As you can see, our film was a collaboration of hundreds of people and I'm glad that so many of them could make it here tonight." "Slumdog" had virtually no money but a story that inspired "mad love" and a genius director.

Indian music maestro A R Rahman won two awards for Best Original Score for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and Best Original Song for ‘Jai Ho’ along side Gulzar also for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Rahman nominated for three awards in total. 36-year-old Resul Pookutty created history by becoming the first Indian to bag the Oscar for Best Sound mixing. Pookutty shared the Oscar with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for their collaborative work for the film

“I want to thank everyone. The essence of the film is optimism and hope. All through my life I had the choice of love and hate…I chose love and I am here,” an elated Rahman said.

AR Rehman’s speech:
I am excited. There is a dialogue in Hindi film - ‘mere pass maa hain’. Which means that I have nothing, but my mother. My mother is here. Her blessings are with me. God is Great”

AR Rehman’s speech about Jai Ho song:
This song belongs to the people of Mumbai. This song is about optimism and power of hope. We have a choice to choose hate or love. I choose love.

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Oscars:

1. Best Picture: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. “It has been collaboration between hundreds of people. All of us are here to share this moment. This was an extraordinary journey,” says the Slumdog... team.

2. Best Direction: Danny Boyle for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

3. Best Original Song: A R Rahman for ‘Jai Ho...’ (Slumdog Millionarie)

The Indian music maestro, Rahman wooed the audience with ‘O Saya’ and ‘Jai Ho...’ the nominated songs from ‘Slumdog...’, as the nominees for Best Original Song were being announced.

4. Best Original Score: A R Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire . “I have nothing but my mother and she is there with me. I thank her for making me coming all this way with her blessings,” said a proud Rahman.

5. Best Film Editing: Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire

6. Best Sound Mixing: Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke for Slumdog Millionaire. “This is just not a sound award, but a history being handed over,” said Indian receiver Pookutty.

7. Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire

8. Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire. “The cast and crew of the film told me so much about India and writing,” said a proud Beaufoy.

In a great night for Britain, Kate Winslet won the best actress Oscar for The Reader, finally clinching the award on her sixth nomination.

The big surprise of the night was Sean Penn, winning best actor for his role as gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for supporting actor for The Dark Knight.


In total

Slumdog Millionaire - 8
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 3
Milk - 2
The Dark Knight – 2