Oscar 2010 Surprises: Joe Klotz, “Loin de Paname,” & IL DIVO
Toni Servillo in Il Divo (top); Gérard Jugnot, Nora Arnezeder in Paris 36 (bottom)
Oscar 2010: Very Few Surprises
This is a follow-up to my previous post on the Oscar 2010 surprises (or lack thereof). So, if you hear someone like Sandra Bullock or Jeff Bridges or Mo’Nique or even Stanley Tucci or Penelope Cruz telling the media, "Gee, whiz! By golly, this is all so totally unexpected." Feel free to call them shameless liars. Now, if someone like Joe Klotz says he was totally caught off guard when he found himself shortlisted for the 2010 Oscar, make sure to believe him.
Who’s Joe Klotz? See below a few more Oscar 2010 surprises in the less media-friendly categories.
Precious for best editing
Star Trek, [...]
by Andre Soares | February 2, 2010
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, Aldo Signoretti, Bob Murawski, Chris Innis, Film Awards, Frank Thomas, Gerard Jugnot, Il Divo, Joe Klotz, Paris 36, Reinhardt Wagner, The Hurt Locker, Toni Servillo, Vittorio Sodano
STAR TREK, IL DIVO, THE ROAD (But Not AVATAR): Oscar 2010 Makeup Semi-Finalists
Toni Servillo in Il Divo (MPI)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven semi-finalists in the Makeup category for the 2010 Academy Awards.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
District 9
Il Divo
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The Road
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
The biggest and best surprise was the inclusion of Il Divo among the seven. Paolo Sorrentino’s biting satire has been mostly ignored by US critics’ groups (the San Diego critics were an exception), so it’s good to see that it’s gotten some added [...]
by Andre Soares | January 11, 2010
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, District 9, Film Awards, Il Divo, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Star Trek, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Toni Servillo, Young Victoria
Colin Firth, Michelle Monaghan Win San Diego Critics Awards
Michelle Monaghan in Trucker
Quentin Tarantino’s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Is San Diego Critics’ Big Winner
Colin Firth’s best actor win for his gay college professor in Tom Ford’s A Single Man, however well-deserved, wasn’t really a surprise, but the San Diego critics‘ choice for best actress sure was: Michelle Monaghan for her portrayal of a carefree long-haul truck driver whose life suddenly undergoes a dramatic change in the concisely titled Trucker.
Among the critics’ other unusual choices were best supporting actress Samantha Morton for her war widow in Oren Moverman’s The Messenger; best editing to Alan Edward Bell for (500) Days of Summer, hardly one’s idea of "showy" film editing work; and the best cinematography award for [...]
by Andre Soares | December 16, 2009
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Tags: A Single Man, Film Awards, Giulio Andreotti, Il Divo, Javier Aguirresarobe, Michelle Monaghan, Paolo Sorrentino, Samantha Morton, San Diego Film Critics Awards, Toni Servillo, Woody Harrelson
Venice 2009: George Clooney, Toni Servillo, Best Director Shirin Neshat
Best director winner Shirin Neshat for Women Without Men at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
George Clooney, pushing The Men Who Stare at Goats and Up in the Air, and TV presenter-actress Elisabetta Canalis
Toni Servillo at a photocall for Maurizio Zaccaro’s Il Piccolo, screened in the Controcampo sidebar
Photos: Courtesy Venice Film Festival
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by Monica Montenegro | September 13, 2009
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Tags: Elisabetta Canalis, George Clooney, Photos, Shirin Neshat, Toni Servillo, Venice 2009, Venice Film Festival
Italian Film Critics Awards 2009
2009 Nastri d’Argento
National Union of Italian Film Journalists’ 2009 Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 29, 2009
2009 Nastri d’Argento winners: Taormina Film Festival, Sicily, on June 27, 2009
(“*” denotes the winner in each category)
Toni Servillo (center) as Italian prime-minister Giulio Andreotti in Paolo Sorrentino’s scathing political comedy-drama Il Divo. At the Nastri d’Argento awards ceremony, Sorrentino remarked that if he were to make Il Divo today, “and revolving around a woman, it’d certainly be about Veronica Lario.” Former actress Lario is right-wing prime-minister Silvio Berlusconi’s soon-to-be former wife, who recently filed for divorce while accusing her family-values proponent husband of being much too interested in some very young women.
Best Director
Francesca Archibugi (Questione di cuore)
Pupi Avati [...]
by Massimo David | June 27, 2009
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Tags: Ezio Greggio, Film Awards, Francesca Neri, Gianni Di Gregorio, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Gran Torino, Il Divo, Paolo Sorrentino, Slumdog Millionaire, Suddenly Last Winter, Toni Servillo