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 [...]

Visual Effects Society Awards 2007

2007 Visual Effects Society Awards
2007 Visual Effects Society award nominations: January 8, 2007
2007 Visual Effects Society award winners: Kodak Grand Ballroom in Hollywood on February 11, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

With special effects provided by Industrial Light & Magic, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest won in six categories at the 2007 Visual Effects Society awards ceremony held at the Kodak Grand Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles. Massacred by critics, the adventure tale starring Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom was a big box-office hit nonetheless. Perhaps presenter John Landis was thinking of the night’s big winner while remarking about the difference between old and new movies with special effects. Landis said that when he [...]

Oscar 2007: Best Makeup Longlist

Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones in Pan’s Labyrinth (top); X-Men: The Last Stand (middle); Martin Short in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (bottom)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven films up for the 2007 best makeup Academy Award.
They are (in alphabetical order):

Apocalypto
Click
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Prestige
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
X-Men: The Last Stand

On Saturday, Jan. 20, the Academy’s Makeup Award Nominating Committee will view ten-minute excerpts from each of the listed films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three [...]

Oscar 2007: Visual Effects Longlist

Eragon (top); Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum (middle); Poseidon (bottom)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that seven films are "in consideration" for the 2007 visual effects Academy Award.
They are:
Casino Royale
Eragon
Night at the Museum
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns
X-Men: The Last Stand
Apparently, the visual effects found in Pan’s Labyrinth weren’t considered special enough.
On January 17, the Academy’s Visual Effects Award nominating committee will watch 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for the 2007 Oscar.
 

2007 Critics’ Choice Awards: Nominations

There were quite a few surprises among the nominees for the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s 2007 Critics’ Choice Awards.
Both Todd Field’s psychological sex drama Little Children (above, with Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson) and Clint Eastwood’s Japanese-language Letters from Iwo Jima were nominated in the best film category, but Eastwood’s highly praised Flags of Our Fathers was not.
Letters from Iwo Jima also showed up in the best foreign language film shortlist (a first at the Critics’ Choice Awards), along with Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto, which has been both panned and praised (sometimes in the same review).

Leonardo DiCaprio received two best actor nods (another first), for Blood Diamond and The Departed, while Ben Affleck (above, with Diane Lane) was [...]