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Ah the Academy Awards…where everyone only cares about 3 categories and who wore what dress resembling the business end of a peacock.
This year, ‘The Artist’ and ‘Hugo’ were all given a plethora of back patting. Joseph Gordon Levitt was robbed of a nod for ‘50/50,’ so I have already clocked out, but here is the list of your Academy Award nominees for 2012.
Ah, the Oscars. One hour of sparkly dresses that Joan Rivers will somehow turn into a vagina joke that is followed by nearly 4 hours of nap inducing tv. The Academy Awards has had a tumultuous week as producer Brett Ratner angered the gay community after using the “F” word. This move was Ashton Kutcher level of dumb being that women and fashionably sensitive gay men make up the Oscars target audience.
Brett issued a sorry statement ant then exited stage left on the awards. I am sure it was more like being yanked off stage with a giant hook, but will give Ratner a Yeah, Okay anyway. Eddie Murphy then hit the ESC button on being host in protest.
Aside from the fashion that will be subjected to Joan River’s endless puns, the night belongs who took home the Academy Award. Anne Hathaway and James Franco hosted the evenings events as two of the youngest hosts in the event’s history.
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The theme of the night screamed “THE OSCARS ARE NOW HIP AND FUN!!!! YOU ARE HAVING FUN!!!” Too bad it was the typical snoozefest despite Anne’s high on life energy. She was brought down by Franco’s Ovah This Mess/Probably Stoned Right Now demeanor. Even with James briefly dressed as Marilyn Monroe and a skit in which he was in a white skintight leotard couldn’t save things from the sleepy state. Half way through the show most of the celebs were ready to hand over the Best Actor statue to Colin Firth and get to the bar already.
Oscars 2011 Winners List:
Best Picture: “The King’s Speech.”
Actor: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech.”
Actress: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan.”
Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, “The Fighter.”
Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, “The Fighter.”
Directing: Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech.”
Foreign Language Film: “In a Better World,” Denmark.
Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network.”
Original Screenplay: David Seidler, “The King’s Speech.”
Animated Feature Film: “Toy Story 3.”
Art Direction: “Alice in Wonderland.”
Cinematography: “Inception.”
Sound Mixing: “Inception.”
Sound Editing: “Inception.”
Original Score: “The Social Network,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Original Song: “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3,” Randy Newman.
Costume Design: “Alice in Wonderland.”
Documentary Feature: “Inside Job.”
Documentary (short subject): “Strangers No More.”
Film Editing: “The Social Network.”
Makeup: “The Wolfman.”
Animated Short Film: “The Lost Thing.”
Live Action Short Film: “God of Love.”
Visual Effects: “Inception.”
Click HERE for a recap of the Oscars Fashion: Best and Worst Dressed…
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The Academy Awards is the highlight of awards season. A celeb’s garb at the Oscars can make or break their fashion icon status in just one night. Sure, winning that naked gold little man is what the night’s supposed to be about, but even if you loose at least you look damn good. Here are the Fashion Winners for the night… (You can click HERE for the 2011 Oscars Winners List…)
Mila Kunis – She wore an airy lavender lace gown that hugged her body in all the right places. Elie Saa created this dress that was easily one of my favorites and will no doubt be on several best dressed lists.
Jennifer Hudson looked amazing in her Versace. Camera and tv hues affected just about every red color palate that walked the carpet. I believe Hudson’s gown was a tangerine masterpiece. I typically avoid any color in the orange family, but this was by far one of the best dresses on the red carpet. She will be fighting Kunis for the place as Best Dressed. It’s a tough call.
Gwyneth Paltrow – As much as the mere mention of GOOP sends my eyes rolling followed by exasperated sighs, Paltrow’s look was refreshing in the sea of Bumpit filled updos and gowns with trains. Her metallic Calvin Klein was modern. (The fact that her mother is Blythe Danner helped.)
Amy Adams will be present on most best dressed lists with her gorgeous L’Wren Scott dress. The navy blue against her hair made her pop on the carpet and drew your eyes.
Honorable Mentions…
Michelle Williams‘ pearly Chanel dress worked wonders with her platinum super short locks without washing her out.
Natalie Portman wore a purple/wine colored gown that downplayed her growing baby bump but still looked chic. The Rodarte creation will probably find it’s way to several best dressed lists.
Halle Berry chose a champagne toned Marchesa dress that will also make it’s way to many best dressed lists.
Sandra Bullock embraced the red dress trend that was a popular choice this year. Her Vera Wang gown was beautiful, but didn’t outshine her competition.
Penelope Cruz‘s dress put me on the fence. I love that she is proud of her post baby figure and went with such a bold choice, but this flaming red gown looks more like an ice dancer’s costume. Regardless, she still looked fantastic.
Reese Witherspoon was channeling Julia Roberts simple black Valentino number from a few years back, but her dress in comparison to the aforementioned eye-catching garbs looked boring.
On the Fence…
I had to add a place for Cate Blanchett. I adore her and her fearless sense of style, but this Givenchy gown has qualities I love and hate. The front has too much of a messy bib quality, but the back has playful and skin revealing structure. The pale pink/purple hue is a gorgeous color on her, but the fake sleeves are such a head smacker. You will find her on both best and worst dressed lists today as many others will be split between worshiping it’s risky integrity and hating on it due to the odd nature. Yet, there is still something about it I love.
Oh Honey, No…
Nicole Kidman is a statuesque beauty that towers over everyone on the carpet. So why she gave herself a kimono battleship hip look is beyond me. It covered her lovely figure and looked unpolished. Dior is typically one of my favorites and never as safe as say…Calvin Klein…but this had to send Tim Gunn’s tender fashion sense into fits.
Scarlett Johansson wore a carpet clashing red/magenta hue. First mistake. Pair that with the lace and the ill fit around her chest and we have a rejected Victoria Secret design.
Melissa Leo‘s Marc Bouwer gown will also be a repeat on the worst dressed. It was an Elvis meets Star Wars. Never a good fashion marriage.
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The 2011 Academy Award nominees were announced early this morning. 10 films are up for Best Picture, including my pick for the win ‘Inception,’ however Christopher Nolan was notably snub from the Best Director nominees list. He also failed to make the directing list last year after the phenomenal success of ‘The Dark Knight.’
‘The Fighter’ is up for Best Picture. Christian Bale and Amy Adams each received nominations in for the film, but Mark Wahlberg was snubbed for his performance.
Golden Globe contenders ‘The Tourist’ and ‘Burlesque’ were also totally absent from every category. Both films failed to land a single nomination. Looks like Ricky Gervais was right.
Despite his heavy campaign efforts, Justin Timberlake was snubbed along with his co-star, Andrew Garfield. Ryan Gosling was generating huge Oscar buzz for his performance in ‘Blue Valentine,’ but didn’t make the list. Mila Kunis was another actress that we all assumed would make the cut. Unfortunately she too was snubbed. Barbara Hershey was another actress that should be on the list for her supporting performance in “The Black Swan.”
The full 2011 Oscar Nominees List can be found by clicking HERE…
The 2011 Academy Awards and the nominees were announced in the wee hours of the morning. I am guessing Lindsay Lohan wasn’t waiting eagerly by the phone.
James Franco and Anne Hathaway are hosting the 2011 Oscars and nabbed the honor of being two of the youngest to host the Academy Awards. ‘The Kings Speech’ had the most nominations with 12 chances to take home an Oscar. “True Grit” received 10 nods. When it comes to Best Picture there are a whopping 10 films that will battle it out for the award. It seems ridiculous but ‘Black Swan,’ ‘The Fighter,’ ‘Inception’ – my pick for the win, ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ ‘The King’s Speech,’ ‘127 Hours,’ ‘The Social Network,’ ‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘True Grit’ and ‘Winter’s Bone’ are all contenders.
2011 Oscar Nominees List:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
* 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
Achievement in Directing
* Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
* David O. Russell, The Fighter
* Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
* David Fincher, The Social Network
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
* Javier Bardem, Biutiful
* Jeff Bridges, True Grit
* Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
* Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
* James Franco, 127 Hours
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
* 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
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
* Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
* Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
* Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
* Natalie Portman, Black Swan
* Michelle Wiliams, Blue Valentine
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
* Amy Adams, The Fighter
* Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
* Melissa Leo, The Fighter
* Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
* Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
* How to Train Your Dragon
* The Illusionist
* Toy Story 3
Original Screenplay
* Another Year, Written by Mike Leigh
* The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
* Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan
* The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
* The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler
Adapted Screenplay
* 127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
* 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 and Ethan Coen
* Winter’s Bone, Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
* Biutiful (Mexico)
* Dogtooth (Greece)
* In a Better World (Denmark)
* Incendies (Canada)
* Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi, Algeria)
Original Score
* John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon
* Hans Zimmer, Inception
* Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech
* A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Original Song
* “Coming Home,” Music and Lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey (Country Strong)
* “I See the Light,” Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater (Tangled)
* “If I Rise,” Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong (127 Hours)
* “We Belong Together,” Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (Toy Story 3)
Achievement in Art Direction
* Alice in Wonderland
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
* Inception
* The King’s Speech
* True Grit
Achievement in Cinematography
* Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
* Inception, Wally Pfister
* The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
* The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
* True Grit, Roger Deakins
Achievement in Costume Design
* Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
* I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
* The King’s Speech, Jenny Beavan
* The Tempest, Sandy Powell
* True Grit, Mary Zophres
Best Documentary Feature
* Exit through the Gift Shop
* Gasland
* Inside Job
* Restrepo
* Waste Land
Best Documentary Short Subject
* Killing in the Name
* Poster Girl
* Strangers No More
* Sun Come Up
* The Warriors of Qiugang
Achievement in Film Editing
* Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
* The Fighter, Pamela Martin
* The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar
* 127 Hours, Jon Harris
* The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Achievement in Makeup
* Barney’s Version
* The Way Back
* The Wolfman
Best Animated Short Film
* Day & Night
* The Gruffalo
* Let’s Pollute
* The Lost Thing
* Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
Yesterday, reports began flying after ‘In Touch’ weekly released a story that Sandra Bullock’s husband, Jesse James, was cheating on her with some tattoo artist named Michelle ‘Bombshell’ McGee. In case you haven’t heard about that yet, click here for a refresher and Michelle Bombshell Mcgee pictures
Now, People Magazine is reporting that Bullock has in fact moved out of the home she shared with James.
The actress left the Southern California house she shares with James just days before a report of infidelity by her husband surfaced, a source tells PEOPLE.
Bullock, 45, left on Monday, the source says. Bullock, who won her first Oscar – a Best Actress award – for The Blind Side on March 7, also abruptly canceled a trip to Europe for the London premiere of the film.
This is yet another starlet to fall victim to the ‘Best Actress Oscar Curse.’ Hilary Swank split with her husband, Chad Lowe, after winning the award twice, Resse Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe ended their marriage after she took home the award for ‘Walk the Line,’ and as we reported earlier this week, Kate Winslet-who won for her performance in ‘The Reader,’ is officially separated from her director-husband, Sam Mendes. Add Halle Berry to that line up too. She and hubby Eric Benet divorced in 2005 after it was discovered he was a sex addict and had been cheating.
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Was it just me, or did George Clooney seem a little off at last night’s Oscar ceremony?
The usually accommodating Clooney breezed by many reporters on the red carpet and, though funny, seemed to glare throughout the telecast.
However, his off attitude with reporters was not the case with the ladies. After swooping in and kissing several women (including snatching a kiss on Queen Latifiah’s arm), Clooney revealed his secret.
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Via E!:
“To show you why I mean it,” Clooney offered the perfectly delighted gal he’d just kiss-kissed, the Oscar-winning dude opened his tux jacket.
And there, gleaming and looking awfully deliciously discreet, was a silver flask.
Although funny, this really isn’t the first time someone had to hit the sauce to lip-lock with some of Hollywood’s biggest players. Seriously, can you imagine having to plant one on Harvey Weinstein?
Madonna reportedly had a little bit of a hissy fit during Sir Elton John’s intimate pre-Oscars party when the bartender couldn’t provide her with her favorite vodka. She asked organizers to provide her with her favorite Belvedere vodka, instead of the Grey Goose, who was sponsoring the party – which is what caused Madge to flip her shiz!
Per Mirror:
“It was left to one rather nervous waiter to tell her only Grey Goose was available and when he did all hell broke loose. Madonna was dropping F-bombs like they were going out of fashion. Fortunately Guy [Oseary] was able to calm her down. But she sulked about the vodka and ordered a non-alcoholic virgin mojito instead. She was clearly up for a drink, but wasn’t prepared to compromise on her vodka choice.”
Wow, thats weird! Only Grey Goose at a party sponsored by Grey Goose? Who would have thought? Seems like she’s getting a little finicky in her old age! That incident apparently seemed to set the mood for the rest of the Material Girls’ night – resulting in her rudely snubbing Jane Fonda.
“Jane spotted Madonna and yelled, ‘Hey Madonna! It’s me… Jane’. But Madonna didn’t even turn to look at her and just said, ‘Hey Jane’ as she marched past.”
Apparently Madonna has no social skills unless she is drunk or talking about herself.
Seems as though prim and proper British actress Helen Mirren has a bit of a wild side.
The actress, who was nominated this year for an Academy Award for her performance in ‘The Last Station,’ sported a tattoo along with her Chopard jewels and Monique Lhuillier gown.
Via Popeater:
“I decided to get a tattoo because it was the most shocking thing I could think of doing… Now I’m utterly disgusted and shocked because it’s become completely mainstream, which is unacceptable to me.”
No worries Dame Helen (yes, she is a dame-literally), old bitches with tats are hot.
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To commemorate Valentine’s Day and the release of his new album Ringo 2012, Ringo Starr has launched a “Wonderful Valentine” contest on his Facebook. Fans can visit the contest tab on Facebook and tell one of their friends they think they are “Wonderful.” Each fan can enter to win a personalized message from Ringo Starr [...]
With the official cast announcement just a few weeks away, “Dancing With the Stars” casting rumors are running rampant. Ryan Tedder of One Republic dropped the ‘mirror’ ball on the red carpet last night at the Grammy Awards. In an interview, Ryan revealed his good friend Gavin Degraw is lined up for the next season [...]
Grammys: Adele’s First Post-Surgery Performance by Spi0n Adele returned to the stage at the 2012 Grammy Awards. She swept most of the awards and treated the audience to ‘Rolling in the Deep.’ This is her first public performance since recovering from vocal cord surgery, [Keep Clicking Thumbnails for a Larger Image] Images Via: Wenn.com
Katy Perry debuted ‘Part of Me’ at the 2012 Grammy Awards. The break up tune has also been leaked online. The song was actually created before she split with Russell Brand. It has since been reworked and Katy werked it at the awards. [Keep Clicking Thumbnails for a Larger Image] Images Via: Wenn.com
