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Sunday, February 24, 2013

OSCAR OPENING NUMBERS, SPEECHES, HONORARY ICONS...WE LOOK BACK AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS

Academy Awards - Oscar Family Album of past winners - Reunion


FAVOURITE OSCAR MOMENTS ON THE NIGHT OF THE 85TH ACADEMY AWARDS

Tonite Quvenzhané Wallis nominated for best actress for Beasts of
the Southern Wild could become the youngest ever winner of the
best actress oscar. Here is some more Oscar trvia on the video
below;
Quvenzhané Wallis

ACADEMY AWARD TRIVIA - WALT DISNEY WON 24 OSCARS/ JOHN FORD WON MOST FOR DIRECTING 4 OSCARS, ONLY 3 FILMS HAVE WON BIG 5
AWARDS...find out who they arehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDsL9jL4pdY

OSCAR ICONIC MOMENTS


SAMMY DAVIS JNR INTRODUCES SHIRLEY TEMPLE & GINGER ROGERS Scroll  to 7.34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvuyRaZ2u8E

Alfred Hitchcock receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Awardhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2zjm79Esq4

Marlon Brando rejects his Oscar for The Godfather to raise
awareness about the plight o native Americans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU

Judy Garland receiving a Special Award for the Wizard of Oz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V__t43Hjug

The legendary Olivia De Havilland presents the 75th Past Oscar
Winner Reunion (Oscar Family Album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyOYokyiCF8

Hattie McDaniel 1st African American to win
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7t4pTNZshA


HONORARY OSCARS

Orson Welles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fak_GL0P7F4
Deborah Kerr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQMdxLkvUaA
Mary Pickford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXhqrbSeOE
Groucho Marx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1YsAxiiH98
Stanley Donen (Director of musicals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMC8kHycgwM
Chuck Jones (animator) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ1xZsv5t6A
Myrna Loy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFg0GXvfnM
Charlie Chaplin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Pl-qvA1X8

OPENING NUMBERS/MONOLGUE
Hugh Jackman song & dance number http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Terhj8mjPwY

Ellen Degeneres opening monologue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whgVLNC5KSY


Thursday, February 21, 2013

ROB LOWE'S SNOW WHITE (FULL VIDEO): OSCARS NIGHTMARE OPENING 1989


I Was Rob Lowe's Snow White": The Untold Story of Oscar's Nightmare Opening
(FULL VIDEO BELOW)

...THE ROAD TO THE 85TH ACADEMY AWARDS 2013, SUNDAY 24 FEBRUARY, HOSTED BY SETH MCFARLANE


FULL VIDEO - OSCAR 1989 Opening Number snow White and Rob Lowe
ENTIRE VIDEO: Another site to view video  http://videos.sapo.pt/lKZQghUeztLnH6Q2mWhl
 
Actress Eileen Bowman breaks her silence on the surreal tale of how she became part of Oscars infamy. In a THR exclusive, Bowman, now 46, relates in her own words the tale of how she became Snow White for one bizarre night, about which the Academy now maintains a sense of humor.Read more here hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-ro
 
THR profiles the Worst Oscars number of all time (with video)
 


THE NOMINEES FOR THE BIG AWARDS (Our Oscar predictions in red)
 



























Best Picture:




Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty




Best Actor in a Leading Role:




Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Denzel Washington




Best Actress in a Leading Role:




Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhané Wallis, Naomi Watts




Best Director:




Amour (Michael Haneke), Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin), Life of Pi (Ang Lee), Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell), Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)
 

Monday, February 11, 2013

THE BAFTAS 2012...WINNERS


THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AWARDS 2012 (EE BAFTA AWARDS)

Hosted by Stephen Fry at the Royal Opera House


BAFTA FILM WINNERS SUNDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 

 BEST FILM
 Argo – WINNER
 Les Misérables
 Life Of Pi
 Lincoln
 Zero Dark Thirty


 OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
 Anna Karenina
 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
 Les Misérables
 Seven Psychopaths
 Skyfall – WINNER

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Bart Layton (Director), Dimitri Doganis (Producer) The Imposter - WINNER
 David Morris (Director), Jacqui Morris (Director/Producer) McCullin
 Dexter Fletcher (Director/Writer), Danny King (Writer) Wild Bill
 James Bobin (Director) The Muppets
 Tina Gharavi (Director/Writer) I Am Nasrine

 FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
 Amour - WINNER
 Headhunters
 The Hunt
 Rust And Bone
 Untouchable




 DOCUMENTARY
 The Imposter
 Marley
 McCullin
 Searching For Sugar Man - WINNER
 West Of Memphis

ANIMATED FILM
 Brave – WINNER
 Frankenweenie
 Paranorman

DIRECTOR
 Michael Haneke – Amour
 Ben Affleck – Argo – WINNER
 Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
 Ang Lee – Life Of Pi
 Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
 Michael Haneke – Amour
 Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained – WINNER
 Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
 Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola – Moonrise Kingdom
 Mark Boal – Zero Dark Thirty

 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
 Chris Terrio – Argo
 Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin – Beasts Of The Southern Wild
 David Magee – Life Of Pi
 Tony Kushner – Lincoln
 David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook – WINNER

 LEADING ACTOR
 Ben Affleck – Argo
 Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
 Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln – WINNER
 Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
 Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

 LEADING ACTRESS
 Emmanuelle Riva – Amour – WINNER
 Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
 Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
 Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
 Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone

 SUPPORTING ACTOR
 Alan Arkin – Argo
 Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained – WINNER
 Javier Bardem – Skyfall
 Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
 Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

 SUPPORTING ACTRESS
 Amy Adams – The Master
 Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables - WINNER
 Helen Hunt – The Sessions
 Judi Dench – Skyfall
 Sally Field – Lincoln

 ORIGINAL MUSIC
 Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
 Argo – Alexandre Desplat
 Life Of Pi – Mychael Danna
 Lincoln – John Williams
 Skyfall – Thomas Newman - WINNER

 CINEMATOGRAPHY
 Anna Karenina
 Les Misérables
 Life Of Pi - WINNER
 Lincoln
 Skyfall

 EDITING
 Argo - WINNER
 Django Unchained
 Life Of Pi
 Skyfall
 Zero Dark Thirty

 PRODUCTION DESIGN
 Anna Karenina
 Les Misérables – WINNER
 Life Of Pi
 Lincoln
 Skyfall

 COSTUME DESIGN
 Anna Karenina – WINNER
 Great Expectations
 Les Misérables
 Lincoln
 Snow White And The Huntsman

 MAKE UP & HAIR
 Anna Karenina
 Hitchcock
 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 Les Misérables – WINNER
 Lincoln

 SOUND
 Django Unchained
 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 Les Misérables - WINNER
 Life Of Pi
 Skyfall

 SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
 The Dark Knight Rises
 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 Life Of Pi – WINNER
 Marvel Avengers Assemble
 Prometheus

 SHORT ANIMATION
 Here To Fall
 I’m Fine Thanks
 The Making Of Longbird – WINNER

 SHORT FILM
 The Curse
 Good Night
 Swimmer - WINNER
 Tumult
 The Voorman Problem

 THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
 Elizabeth Olsen
 Andrea Riseborough
 Suraj Sharma
 Juno Temple – WINNER
 Alicia Vikander