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Oscar 2010: Early Predictions – Best Supporting Actress

Best Supporting Actress

Penélope Cruz, Nine
A film director’s seductive mistress (if she’s half as tantalizing in the film as she is in the above photo, Cruz deserves not only a nod but the golden statuette itself)

Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
A professional downsizer’s trainee

Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A pregnant, illiterate teen’s Mom from Hell

Julianne Moore, A Single Man (with Colin Firth)
A married alcoholic pining for an English professor — who just happens to be both gay and suicidal

Emma Thompson, An Education
A school headmistress in 1960s London

The most disputed acting category in the 2010 Oscar race. In addition to the aforementioned five actresses, five others who could easily land a nomination (in case their movies open [...]

Cannes 2009: Isabelle Huppert, Robin Wright, Jean-Marc Barr, Monica Bellucci

Sharmila Tagore, Isabelle Huppert, Robin Wright (Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage)

Jean-Marc Barr at Montblanc Party

Sophie Marceau, Monica Bellucci (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)

Rachel Weisz (Photo by Tony Barson/WireImage)
 

Cannes 2009: Juliette Binoche, Monica Bellucci, Rachel Weisz, Robin Wright

Juliette Binoche (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/FilmMagic)

Monica Bellucci (Photo by Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)

Rachel Weisz (Photo by Tony Barson/WireImage)

Robin Wright Penn (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage)
 

Cannes 2009: Out of Competition Films, Special Screenings

Cannes 2009: Out of Competition Films / Special Screenings
Below is a sample of out-of-competition films, special screenings, and midnight screenings at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Click on the photos to enlarge them.
 

Pete DOCTER, UP (Opening Night Film)

Anne AGHION, MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER

Alejandro AMENABAR, AGORA

Terry GILLIAM, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Robert GUÉDIGUIAN, L’ARMÉE DU CRIME (The Army of crime)

Sam RAIMI, DRAG ME TO HELL

Marina de VAN, NE TE RETOURNE PAS (Don’t look back)

Jan KOUNEN, COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY (Closing Night Film)
 
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes

 

Oscar 2006

2006 Academy Awards
2006 Academy Award nominations: January 31, 2006
2006 Academy Award winners: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles on March 5, 2006
2006 Oscar Ceremony
2006 Oscar Nominations
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Photos: © AMPAS
 

Best Film
Brokeback Mountain, Diana Ossana and James Schamus
Capote, Caroline Baron, William Vince, and Michael Ohoven
* Crash, Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman
Good Night and Good Luck., Grant Heslov
Munich, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, and Barry Mendel

Best Foreign Language Film
La Bestia nel cuore / Don’t Tell (Italy)
Joyeux Noël / Merry Christmas (France)
Paradise Now (Palestine)
Sophie Scholl – Die Letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (Germany)
* Tsotsi (South Africa)

Best Documentary, Features
Darwin’s Nightmare, Hubert Sauper
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, [...]

London Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
2006 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Dorchester Hotel on February 8, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain
 

Best Film:
* Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Crash
A History of Violence
King Kong
The Attenborough Award for British Film:
* The Constant Gardener
The Descent
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Foreign-Language Film:
Hidden
The Chorus
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Sea Inside
* Downfall
Best Director:
David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)
Paul Haggis (Crash)
Peter Jackson (King Kong)
* Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener)
Best British Director:
Stephen Frears (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Terry George (Hotel Rwanda)
Neil Marshall (The Descent) [...]

2006 SAG Award Winners

Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (top); Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener in Capote; Sandra Bullock in Crash

Among the winners of the 2006 Actor statuettes, the Screen Actors Guild awards, were:

Best actress Reese Witherspoon for playing country singer June Carter in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line
Best actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote, for playing another real-life character, Truman Capote
Best (faux) supporting actress Rachel Weisz for her tragic human-rights fighter in The Constant Gardener (Weisz is actually a lead character in the political drama, and is being recognized as such in Britain)
Best supporting actor Paul Giamatti for the box-office disappointment Cinderella Man
The ethnically conscious melodrama Crash, for its all-star cast, including Matt [...]

SAG Awards 2006

2006 SAG Awards
2006 Screen Actors Guild of America award winners: January 29, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon in Crash
 

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Russell Crowe / CINDERELLA MAN – Jim Braddock (Universal Pictures)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman / CAPOTE – Truman Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Heath Ledger / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Ennis Del Mar (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix / WALK THE LINE– John R. Cash (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn / GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – Edward R. Murrow (Warner Independent Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Judi Dench / MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Mrs. Laura Henderson (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman / TRANSAMERICA – Bree [...]

2005 BAFTA Nominations

The 2006 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have been announced. The largest number of nominations went to The Constant Gardener (10), Crash (9), and Brokeback Mountain (9). All three films were nominated for best picture, while The Constant Gardener (above) also received a best British film nod. Mirroring the trend on the western side of the Atlantic, the best picture contenders are all relatively "small" (at least partly) American-financed films. The other two nominees are Capote and Good Night and Good Luck.
Peter Jackson’s King Kong only managed three nominations, all in the technical categories, whereas Steven Spielberg’s Munich, probably because of a screener snafu, was completely shut out. Considering how the British Academy awards tend to favor British [...]

Golden Globes 2006

2006 Golden Globes
2006 Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globe nominees
2006 Golden Globe winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on January 16, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

James Schamus, Diana Ossana, Ang Lee. © HFPA / 63rd Golden Globe Awards®

Best Motion Picture – Drama
* Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Good Night and Good Luck.
A History of Violence
Match Point
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Mrs Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice
The Producers
The Squid and the Whale
* Walk the Line
Best Foreign Language Film
Joyeux Noël / Merry Christmas (France)
Kung fu / Kung Fu Hustle (Hong Kong)
Mo gik / The Promise (China)
* Paradise Now (Palestine)
Tsotsi (South Africa)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Woody [...]

Iowa Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: January 10, 2006
 

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
 

Best Film: Brokeback Mountain
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress: Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
The Best Movie Yet to Open in Iowa: Match Point directed by Woody Allen
 
Iowa Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
 

St. Louis Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2006 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association award winners: January 8, 2006
 

 

Best Film Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee
Runner-up: Good Night and Good Luck. by George Clooney
Best Foreign-Language Film Tsotsi (South Africa) by Gavin Hood
Runner-up: 2046 (China) by Wong Kar Wai
Best Documentary March of the Penguins by Luc Jacquet
Runner-up (tie): Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room by Alex Gibney, Mad Hot Ballroom by Marilyn Agrelo
Best Director Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: George Clooney – Good Night and Good Luck.
Best Actor Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Best Actress Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Runner-up: Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
Best Supporting Actor George Clooney, Syriana
Runners-up (tie): Mickey Rourke – Sin City, [...]

Utah Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Utah Film Critics Association award winners: December 25, 2005
 

 

Best Film: Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July
Best Foreign-Language Film: Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow
Runner-up: Downfall by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Woody Allen, Match Point
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Runner-up: Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Best Supporting Actor: Andy Serkis, King Kong
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Runner-up: Amy Adams, Junebug
Best Screenplay (tie): Shane Black, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know
Best Documentary: Murderball by Henry Alex Rubin and [...]

San Diego Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Award winners: December 19, 2005
 

 

Best Film: King Kong directed by Peter Jackson
Runner-up: Capote directed by Bennett Miller
Best Foreign-Language Film: Innocent Voices by Luis Mandoki
Best Director: Bennett Miller, Capote
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress: Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Best Supporting Actor: Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Best Original Screenplay: Shane Black, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Best Adapted Screenplay: Dan Futterman, Capote
Best Non-Fiction Film: Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog
Best Animated Film: Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, The New World
Best Editing: Ronald Sanders, A History of Violence
Best Production Design: Jeanette Scott, Sin City
Body of [...]

ABOUT A BOY – Hugh Grant

About a Boy (2002)
Director: Chris and Paul Weitz
Screenplay: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Peter Hedges; from Nick Hornby’s novel
Cast: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz
 

 
"No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."
With the above statement, seventeenth-century English writer John Donne reached beyond the apparent [...]

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