Best Picture: The Artist (Thomas Langmann, producer)
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin for The Artist Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer for Beginners Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer for The Help
Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash (from the novel "The Descendants" by Kaui Hart Hemmings)
Best Animated Feature: Rango Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation (Iran) Best Documentary Feature: Undefeated
Best Documentary Short: Saving Face Best Live Action Short: The Shore Best Animated Short: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson for Hugo Best Film Editing: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource for The Artist Best Original Song: "Man or Muppet" by Bret McKenzie (from The Muppets)
Best Sound Editing: Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty for Hugo Best Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley for Hugo Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti (production design) and Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration) for Hugo Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland for The Iron Lady Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges for The Artist Best Visual Effects: Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning for Hugo
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Oprah Winfrey Honorary Oscar: Dick Smith, James Earl Jones
Multiple winners: The Artist: 5 Hugo: 5 The Iron Lady: 2
This was a terrible night for Billy Crystal. He just didn't have it this year the way he did in the past. Chris Rock in a two minute bit was funnier than Crystal was all night.
Holy cow, I was excited enough to see Dean Pelton win, but I didn't realize the other Descendants co-writer (besides Payne) was a guy who has dozens of small, funny roles in loads of commercials, movies and TV shows.
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I just watched this a few days ago. It was very good if a bit sad. It's about women who are the victims of acid attacks by their husbands and the Pakistani court system.
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A dead, bland evening smothered in weak comedy (even from the Christopher Guest gang) and an inexcusably bad sound system. Pretty lackluster winners too. A very weak year.
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The Academy just doesn't seem to like Clooney and Pitt. Meryl Streep, again in what is considered a weak film? A french guy who can't say three words of English, at least the Best Actor crazy Italian guy who walked on seats knew some English. If anything the Muppets were avenged for Rainbow Connection losing back in the day. I have been shouting for Super 8 for best picture at least a nod for that tenth spot due to my nostalgia for those type of films when I was a kid. I guess the Academy voters felt the same way about The Artist when they were kids. Again Walkind Dead > Oscars.
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Twitter: @realjoecarfley its a bit more toned down there. A bit.
So if they're gonna nominate Meryl Streep for Best Actress, why even bother nominating anybody else? You just know they're gonna hand the Oscar to her no matter what.
Originally posted by MattitudeSo if they're gonna nominate Meryl Streep for Best Actress, why even bother nominating anybody else? You just know they're gonna hand the Oscar to her no matter what.
Uh, she's won 3 times in 17 nominations. It would seem her being nominated hardly equates to a win. I believe last night was her first win in 30 years.
Huh. I did not know that. Blame me never paying any real attention to the Oscars, because for some reason it felt like she wins all the time. My mistake.
Originally posted by Reverend J Shaft Uh, she's won 3 times in 17 nominations. It would seem her being nominated hardly equates to a win. I believe last night was her first win in 30 years.
The list of people to win 3 or more Academy Awards in acting categories is Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment, As Good As It Gets), Meryl Streep (Kramer Vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, The Iron Lady), Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, The Lion In Winter [shared with Barbara Streisand], On Golden Pond), and Walter Brennan (Best Supporting Actor 1936, 1938, and 1940). Getting even 3 Academy Awards is a big deal.
Originally posted by lotjxThe Academy just doesn't seem to like Clooney and Pitt. Meryl Streep, again in what is considered a weak film? A french guy who can't say three words of English, at least the Best Actor crazy Italian guy who walked on seats knew some English. If anything the Muppets were avenged for Rainbow Connection losing back in the day. I have been shouting for Super 8 for best picture at least a nod for that tenth spot due to my nostalgia for those type of films when I was a kid. I guess the Academy voters felt the same way about The Artist when they were kids. Again Walkind Dead > Oscars.
Just curious how many of the films you've referred to here you have actually seen. Dujardin's basic English has nothing to do with his win. You'd understand that if you had seen the film.
I call BS on Streep winning. Same reason Fox winning for Ray was crap. They are doing impressions. If that is what it takes to win Best Actress, Tina Fey should have one for doing Palin.
The dame from The Artist should have won. She was a huge part of that movie and was as engaging as Dujardin IMO.
I still think Viola Davis got robbed. I also was kind of hoping Bridesmaids would have gotten original screenplay because good comedies never seem to get there due from the academy. Finally, I wish Transformers would have won one of the technical awards just so I could say Academy award winning Transformers: Dark of the moon everytime I referenced the movie.
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Originally posted by Doc_whiskeyI still think Viola Davis got robbed.
Ebert was tweeting links about her Sunday/Monday with weird angles:
1) There was an online effort to convince her to wear her natural hair to the Oscars to inspire the young black girls watching to be proud of their hair.
2) There was relief expressed that she lost because some didn't want her to win for playing a maid.
Neither of these have anything to do with her earning an Academy Award, which I think she did for Doubt. She had such a small role there, and she stole that film from Streep AND Hoffman.
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Originally posted by Reverend J Shaft Uh, she's won 3 times in 17 nominations. It would seem her being nominated hardly equates to a win. I believe last night was her first win in 30 years.
The list of people to win 3 or more Academy Awards in acting categories is Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment, As Good As It Gets), Meryl Streep (Kramer Vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, The Iron Lady), Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, The Lion In Winter [shared with Barbara Streisand], On Golden Pond), and Walter Brennan (Best Supporting Actor 1936, 1938, and 1940). Getting even 3 Academy Awards is a big deal.
Not sure why you quoted me here, but I agree. Three wins IS a big deal. Part of me thinks the Academy enjoys giving Oscars to actors that come out of nowhere (like Dujardin), partly to snub those actors that get nominated a bunch and partly hoping that the winner is a flash in the pan so they can boast the rarity of multiple time winners.
I love that Mr. Garrison would just sit there and let the story go on without stopping it. His complete lack of interest was great. He is one of my favorite characters on the show.