PRECIOUS Sweeps 25th Spirits Awards
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique in Precious (top); Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (bottom)
Lee Daniels‘ urban family drama Precious swept the 25th Spirit Awards held this evening at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles.
Precious won a total of five awards out of five nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe), Best Supporting Actress (Mo’Nique), and Best First Screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher). Upon receiving his Best Director trophy from The Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner and two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster, Daniels referred to the odds-on Oscar favorite: “Kathryn Bigelow isn’t here tonight. I am.” Lucky him, though, ironically, Bigelow was not nominated last year, when her Iraq War drama was eligible for the Spirits. (There had been no Oscar buzz [...]
by Steve Montgomery | March 5, 2010
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Mo’Nique, Roger Deakins Win Spirit Awards
Mo’Nique won Precious its second Spirit Award. The Best Supporting Actress winner was present to receive her award at a ceremony being held in downtown Los Angeles. Previously known for her comedy work, Mo’Nique’s highly dramatic turn as an abusive mother has made her the odds-on favorite to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday evening.
“Gabby, you are truly a special gift to the universe, baby,” Mo’Nique said upon accepting her trophy. “For people to get to know you and be in your presence, they are all honored.” Best Actress Spirit Award nominee Gabourey Sidibe is also up for this year’s Best Actress Academy Award.
Roger Deakins took home the Best Cinematography Award for his work on [...]
by Steve Montgomery | March 5, 2010
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Spirit Awards 2010
2010 Spirit Awards
2010 Spirit Award nominations: Dec. 1, 2009
2010 Spirit Award winners: LA Live in Los Angeles on Mar. 5, 2010
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
(500) Days Of Summer – Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
Amreeka – Producers: Paul Barkin, Christina Piovesan
* Precious – Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness
Sin Nombre – Producer: Amy Kaufman
The Last Station – Producers: Bonnie Arnold, Chris Curling, Jens Meuer
BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
A Prophet (France) – Director: Jacques Audiard
* An Education (UK/France)- Director: Lone Scherfig
Everlasting Moments (Sweden) [...]
by Anna Robinson | March 5, 2010
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Tags: A Serious Man, Christopher Plummer, Colin Firth, Film Awards, Gabourey Sidibe, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Maria Bello, Precious, Spirit Awards, Spirit Awards 2010
2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture
2010 Oscar Predictions
Best Picture
Avatar (Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington), James Cameron
Broken Embraces (Penelope Cruz), Pedro Almodóvar
District 9, Neill Blomkamp
An Education (Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard), Lone Scherfig
The Hurt Locker (Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie), Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds (Melanie Laurent), Quentin Tarantino
Nine (Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Fergie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren), Rob Marshall
Precious (Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique), Lee Daniels
A Serious Man (Michael Stuhlbarg), Joel and Ethan Coen
Up in the Air (George Clooney, Vera Farmiga), Jason Reitman
Other possibilities: Pete Docter’s Up, Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer, Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, John Lee Hancock’s The Blind Side, J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek, Oren Moverman’s The Messenger, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, Louie Psihoyos‘ The Cove, Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station, Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. [...]
by Steve Montgomery | January 28, 2010
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2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor
2010 Oscar Predictions
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
In the last fifteen years, only four times have the nominees in the Academy Awards’ best actor category matched those up for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Two of those times took place in the last three years.
There’s a very good chance that this year will be the fifth time the two lists will mirror one another. So, why wasn’t Morgan Freeman listed up above for his stately performance as Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus?
Well, in all honesty, we’ve decided to go out on a limb in the Best Actor category. Apart [...]
by Steve Montgomery | January 26, 2010
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, 2010 Oscar Predictions, A Serious Man, Academy Awards, Colin Firth, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Michael Stuhlbarg, Morgan Freeman