Oscar 2007 Performers: Beyoncé, Melissa Etheridge, James Taylor
Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls
Oscar telecast producer Laura Ziskin has announced the show’s musical performers at the upcoming 2007 Academy Awards.
Beyoncé will perform “Listen” (music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, lyric by Anne Preven), one of three Original Song nominees from the musical Dreamgirls.
Jennifer Hudson will be singing “Love You I Do” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Siedah Garrett), also from Dreamgirls.
Keith Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, and other Dreamgirls cast members will perform “Patience” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Willie Reale).
Melissa Etheridge will perform “I Need to Wake Up” from the global-warming documentary feature An Inconvenient Truth. Etheridge wrote the music and lyric for the nominated song.
Accompanied by singer-guitarist James [...]
by Andre Soares | February 21, 2007
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Tags: 2007 Oscar, Academy Awards, Anika Noni Rose, Beyoncé Knowles, Dreamgirls, Film Awards, Henry Krieger, Jennifer Hudson, Laura Ziskin, Melissa Etheridge
American Cinema Editors Awards 2007
2007 American Cinema Editors Awards
2007 American Cinema Editors Award (Eddie) nominations: January 12, 2007
2007 American Cinema Editors Award winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 18, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Adriana Barraza in Babel (top); Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon in The Departed (middle); Dreamgirls (bottom)
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC) (tie):
* Babel, Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E. & Douglas Crise
Casino Royale, Stuart Baird, A.C.E.
* The Departed, Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.
The Queen, Lucia Zuccheti
United 93, Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, A.C.E. & Richard Pearson
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
The Devil Wears Prada, Mark Livolsi, A.C.E.
* Dreamgirls, Virginia Katz, A.C.E.
Little Miss Sunshine, Pamela Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Craig Wood & Stephen Rivkin, A.C.E.
Thank You for Smoking, Dana Glauberman
BEST EDITED [...]
by Andre Soares | February 18, 2007
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Tags: American Cinema Editors Awards, An Inconvenient Truth, Babel, Dreamgirls, Eddie Awards, Film Awards, Film Editors, Stephen Mirrione, The Departed, Thelma Schoonmaker, Virginia Katz
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2007
2007 Cinema Audio Society Awards
The 2007 Cinema Audio Society nominations: January 18, 2007
The 2007 Cinema Audio Society winners: Millennium-Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on February 17, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose in Dreamgirls
Motion Pictures
Babel
Re-recording Mixers Jon Taylor, CAS, Christian Minkler
Production Mixer Jose Antonio Garcia
Blood Diamond
Re-recording Mixers Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer
Production Mixer Ivan Sharrock, CAS
* Dreamgirls
Re-recording Mixers Michael Minkler, CAS, Bob Beemer, CAS
Production Mixer Willie D. Burton, CAS
Flags of Our Fathers
Re-recording Mixers John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell
Production Mixer Walter Martin Jr., CAS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Re-recording Mixers Paul Massey, CAS, Christopher Boyes
Production Mixer Lee Orloff, CAS
Television Movies and Mini-Series
Desperation
Re-recording Mixer Andre Perreault, Ken Burton, CAS
Production Mixer Lisa [...]
by Andre Soares | February 17, 2007
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Tags: Babel, Blood Diamond, Bob Beemer, Cinema Audio Society Awards, Dreamgirls, Film Awards, Flags of Our Fathers, Michael Minkler, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Sound Recording, Willie D. Burton
SAG Awards 2007
2007 SAG Awards
2007 SAG Award nominations: January 4, 2007
2007 SAG Award winners: Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on January 28, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio / BLOOD DIAMOND — Archer, Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Gosling / Half Nelson — Dan Dunne, THINKFilm
Peter O’Toole / VENUS — Maurice, Miramax Films
Will Smith / THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS — Chris Gardner, Sony Pictures
* Forest Whitaker / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND — Idi Amin, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Penélope Cruz / VOLVER — Raimunda, Sony Pictures Classics
Judi Dench / Notes on a Scandal — Barbara Covett, Fox Searchlight Pictures
* Helen Mirren [...]
by Andre Soares | January 28, 2007
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Tags: Dreamgirls, Eddie Murphy, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Julie Andrews, Little Miss Sunshine, SAG Awards, The Queen
Oscar 2007 Nominations
Penélope Cruz told Academy members to vote for her — or else.
Pedro Almodóvar should have used the same vote-getting technique.
"There’s so many Mexicans!" exclaimed Mexican actress Salma Hayek, too excited to conjugate her verbs properly, upon announcing — along with Academy president Sid Ganis — some of the nominees for the 2007 Academy Awards.
Indeed. Best supporting actress nominee Adriana Barraza (for Babel); best direction nominee Alejandro González Iñárritu, who also happens to be one of the producers of best picture nominee Babel; best original screenplay nominee Guillermo del Toro, whose Pan’s Labyrinth was also nominated in the best foreign-language film category; best adapted screenplay nominee Alfonso Cuarón, one of the screenwriters of Children of Men (which he also directed — [...]
by Andre Soares | January 23, 2007
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Tags: 2007 Oscar, Academy Awards, Bill Condon, Dreamgirls, Film Awards, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Volver
Producers Guild Awards 2007
2007 Producers Guild Awards
2007 Producers Guild of America episodic television nominees: December 5, 2006. Feature-film and long-form television nominees: January 3, 2007
Producers Guild’s 2007 Golden Laurel winners: Los Angeles on January 20, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear in Little Miss Sunshine
The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
BABEL (Paramount Vantage)
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Steve Golin
Jon Kilik
THE DEPARTED (Warner Bros.)
Graham King
DREAMGIRLS (Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures)
Laurence Mark
* LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Fox Searchlight)
Marc Turtletaub
David T. Friendly
Peter Saraf
Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa
THE QUEEN (Miramax Films)
Andy Harries
Christine Langan
Tracey Seaward
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
* CARS (Walt Disney [...]
by Andre Soares | January 20, 2007
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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Babel, Cars, Dreamgirls, Film Awards, Graham King, Little Miss Sunshine, Marc Turtletaub, The Departed, The Queen
Golden Globes 2007
2007 Golden Globes
Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 2007 Golden Globe nominations: December 14, 2006
2007 Golden Globe winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on January 15, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
© HFPA 64th Golden Globe® Awards
FILM
Best Motion Picture – Drama
* Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
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 Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto (USA)
* Letters from Iwo Jima (USA/Japan)
Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others (Germany)
El Laberinto del fauno / Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico)
Volver (Spain)
Best Animated Feature Film
* Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
© HFPA 64th Golden Globe® Awards
Best Director – Motion Picture
Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers
Clint [...]
by Andre Soares | January 15, 2007
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Tags: 2007 Golden Globes, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel, Dreamgirls, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Golden Globes, Helen Mirren, Letters from Iwo Jima, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Sacha Baron Cohen
