Oscar Nominations Are In....
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! The Oscar nominations are in signalling the very close end to awards season-finally.
Did Nylon Have Their Picks Right?
It’s been interesting seeing what films finally made it this far. Early Oscar hopefuls were jettisoned pretty quickly namely “J. Edgar” for Best Picture and Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor.
“You ruined my record, old man. If people weren’t watching I’d have my boyfriend Lukas slap you.”
A few months ago I was thinking that there would be no way they could get 5 Best Picture nominees let alone ten, but they came close with nine. People and films that were low on the radar suddenly gained traction like Christopher Plummer for “Beginners” and “The Artist” and “Tree of Life”. At least this year has been intriguing in that nothing was written in stone for months unlike last year where it was pretty much a done deal that Colin Firth and “The King’s Speech” were the ones to beat. There were a few surprises to me like Melissa McCarthy getting the nom for her bawdy turn in "Bridesmaids", yet Charlize Theron not getting a nod for "Young Adult". Michael Fassbender didn’t get Best Actor nominee and Gary Oldman did considering “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” began losing steam with its lack of nominations at other awards. He certainly electioneered for the nomination, unlike Brad Pitt who sat back this season and let the nomination come to him. And no nomination for Albert Brooks for his role in “Drive” when he was the critical darling fairly recently.
Whaa-whaaaa
or Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
"Midnight in Paris"
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
His boyfriend's wife is thrilled for him
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"
Animated Feature Film
"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"
Cinematography
"The Artist"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
Costume Design
"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E."
Directing
"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick
*Since Clint Eastwood didn’t get the nomination for “J.Edgar” here are pictures of his cute son Scott and his other children. Namely Scott.
Scott’s an actor. He had a small role in “Invictus”
Scott with sister Alison
Alison with Kyle, the oldest. He was in “Honky Tonk Man” with Clint eons ago, a film that made my stepfather cry like a baby. He’s also does scores for his father’s films and continues to look like a tall Rufus Wainwright.
Francesca is Clint’s daughter with actress Frances Fisher
Francesca and little sister Morgan, whose mom is Clint’s current wife.
Documentary (Feature)
"Hell and Back Again" Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Pina" Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated" TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Documentary (Short Subject)
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"James Spione
"Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
Foreign Language Film
"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran
Makeup
"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Iron Lady”
Music (Original Score)
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams
Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie (dawnybee: Thrilled for Bret, but c’mon, only two nominations when the Golden Globes had a few like Madonna’s song for “W.E” and Chris Cornell for “Machine Gun Preacher”? Even Glenn Close’s song from “Albert Nodd)
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett (dawnybee: Where did they find Siedah? She hasn’t been seen since the early 90s/late 80s, maybe).
Short Film (Animated)
"Dimanche/Sunday"
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"
"La Luna"
"A Morning Stroll"
"Wild Life"
Short Film (Live Action)
"Pentecost"
"Raju"
"The Shore"
"Time Freak"
"Tuba Atlantic"
Sound Editing
"Drive"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"
Sound Mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"
Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Real Steel"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (dawnybee:It galled me when Clooney accepted his Golden Globe he only thanked Payne.)
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
*Peter's reaction: "“I'm stunned and thrilled to hear about the nomination. I wish more than anything in the world that my wife Bridget O'Connor - who did the lion's share of the adaptation - could be here to enjoy this moment. She would be so happy and so proud. I'm going to go and meet my daughter now and tell her how clever her mother was!”
Peter was on hand for the "TTSS" Q&A I went to and I was so conflicted because the love and admiration he has for his late wife is so evident and her passing is still too fresh for him to even talk about, but he's so CUTE. Oh, my goodness. He reminds me of Ed O'Brien of Radiohead and I'm enamored with Ed. But the entire time he was talking about her and how they met (she was his writing teacher and older than he was so that was their joke: that she had seduced a pupil) I was just thinking if he's ready for a new wife.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi
~Since Michael Fassbender didn’t get a nomination, I will spam you with pictures of the German-Irish actor who I find oddly appealing. Plus in interviews he talked about how he wanted to be Superman as a kid and that as a kid he started having feelings in his pants for Wonder Woman.
No Oscar, but he did win the London Film Critics Award last week
With “Shame” costar Carey Mulligan
Cute creeper
*For the others who were courted, there will always be another chance.
Doggies Auggie and Cosmo
Auggie
Elizabeth Olsen of “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Ezra Miller of “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Kristen Dunst of “Melancholia”
Shailene Woodley of “The Descendents”
Antonio Banderas of “The Skin I Live In”
Leonardo DiCaprio of “J. Edgar”
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Andy Serkis of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Ryan Gosling of “Ides of March” and “Drive”
~I interrupt this post with a jump across the pond.
I’ve been meaning to do a Six Degrees of Separation post about British actors but now this will be a salute to European actors….and Six Degrees of Separation.
Starting out with Tom Hardy. Of course.
This sexpot will next be see in “This Means War”. The film’s date has been pushed up from February 25th to February 14th for Valentine’s Day. That’s exactly what your man wants: to see a film with you starring Chris Pine and Tom Hardy so that you can look at your man like he’s rotten liver with maggots crawling from it.
Anyways: New stills from the film.
More pics of this right sexy bastard
Out at the premiere of “The Iron Lady” looking like Henry the Fifth, but that’s cool.
That Stance!!
He should be satisfied with himself.
I want to see a sack in his hands but not of that
“I can’t argue with that.”
I think Tom and Charlotte are gorgeous together but zebra shoes with a mustard top? She has Eames’ fashion sense.
*Tom’s friends with he with the funny name Benedict Cumberbatch. The two costarred in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” but also “Stuart: A Life Backwards”
Benedict and Tom have also worked with Jonny Lee Miller in theater. Tom when he was a young thang.
Before he got his tat filled in completely
And Benedict recently in the stage play “Frankenstein”
Benedict is one of the many actors in “War Horse”
*The film costars Tom Hiddleston, “Loki” of “Thor”.
Sherlock and Loki hanging out
*I don’t find Benedict attractive,
Though sometimes he looks decent
…but in a recent interview he said that someone online said he looked like Sid from “Ice Age” and I laughed…felt bad for him…then laughed some more.
He’s not this bad
*Jonny Lee Miller is best friends with Jude Law.
Besides being friends, the two were former producing partners with their studio Natural Nylon. The founding members also included actor Sean Pertwee, Ewan McGregor,
and Jude’s former wife, Sadie Frost
Jude, Sadie and their oldest, Rafferty at Kate Moss’ wedding
Sadie’s oldest son is Finlay. His father is actor ("The Bodyguard" and former Spandau Ballet member Gary Kemp
Finlay Kempy and Rafferty Law
*Jude famously left Sadie for his “Alfie” costar Sienna Miller. Sienna is rumored to be engaged to and expecting a baby with Tom Sturridge of “Pirate Radio” and “Waiting for Forever”.
Someone’s finally going to make an honest woman out of this slapper.
She certainly has a type.
I wonder what Tom’s best friend Robert Pattinson has to say about this.
Prior to Sturridge, Sienna was dating Balthazar Getty who was married at the time.
They weren’t discreet about their relationship at all. But somehow his marriage survived. He and his wife did an interview talking about how they made it work.
*And though he’s not an actor, and not as interesting as his brother Prince Ginger Balls, I have to give it up to Prince William..
Brushing dirt off his shoulders
~I Leave
Clark’s astonishment at “Drive” not getting an Oscar nod
*Did the Academy *not* see the film????!!!
Did Nylon Have Their Picks Right?
It’s been interesting seeing what films finally made it this far. Early Oscar hopefuls were jettisoned pretty quickly namely “J. Edgar” for Best Picture and Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor.
“You ruined my record, old man. If people weren’t watching I’d have my boyfriend Lukas slap you.”
A few months ago I was thinking that there would be no way they could get 5 Best Picture nominees let alone ten, but they came close with nine. People and films that were low on the radar suddenly gained traction like Christopher Plummer for “Beginners” and “The Artist” and “Tree of Life”. At least this year has been intriguing in that nothing was written in stone for months unlike last year where it was pretty much a done deal that Colin Firth and “The King’s Speech” were the ones to beat. There were a few surprises to me like Melissa McCarthy getting the nom for her bawdy turn in "Bridesmaids", yet Charlize Theron not getting a nod for "Young Adult". Michael Fassbender didn’t get Best Actor nominee and Gary Oldman did considering “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” began losing steam with its lack of nominations at other awards. He certainly electioneered for the nomination, unlike Brad Pitt who sat back this season and let the nomination come to him. And no nomination for Albert Brooks for his role in “Drive” when he was the critical darling fairly recently.
Whaa-whaaaa
or Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
"Midnight in Paris"
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
His boyfriend's wife is thrilled for him
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"
Animated Feature Film
"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"
Cinematography
"The Artist"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
Costume Design
"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E."
Directing
"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick
*Since Clint Eastwood didn’t get the nomination for “J.Edgar” here are pictures of his cute son Scott and his other children. Namely Scott.
Scott’s an actor. He had a small role in “Invictus”
Scott with sister Alison
Alison with Kyle, the oldest. He was in “Honky Tonk Man” with Clint eons ago, a film that made my stepfather cry like a baby. He’s also does scores for his father’s films and continues to look like a tall Rufus Wainwright.
Francesca is Clint’s daughter with actress Frances Fisher
Francesca and little sister Morgan, whose mom is Clint’s current wife.
Documentary (Feature)
"Hell and Back Again" Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Pina" Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated" TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Documentary (Short Subject)
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"James Spione
"Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
Foreign Language Film
"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran
Makeup
"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Iron Lady”
Music (Original Score)
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams
Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie (dawnybee: Thrilled for Bret, but c’mon, only two nominations when the Golden Globes had a few like Madonna’s song for “W.E” and Chris Cornell for “Machine Gun Preacher”? Even Glenn Close’s song from “Albert Nodd)
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett (dawnybee: Where did they find Siedah? She hasn’t been seen since the early 90s/late 80s, maybe).
Short Film (Animated)
"Dimanche/Sunday"
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"
"La Luna"
"A Morning Stroll"
"Wild Life"
Short Film (Live Action)
"Pentecost"
"Raju"
"The Shore"
"Time Freak"
"Tuba Atlantic"
Sound Editing
"Drive"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"
Sound Mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"
Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Real Steel"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (dawnybee:It galled me when Clooney accepted his Golden Globe he only thanked Payne.)
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
*Peter's reaction: "“I'm stunned and thrilled to hear about the nomination. I wish more than anything in the world that my wife Bridget O'Connor - who did the lion's share of the adaptation - could be here to enjoy this moment. She would be so happy and so proud. I'm going to go and meet my daughter now and tell her how clever her mother was!”
Peter was on hand for the "TTSS" Q&A I went to and I was so conflicted because the love and admiration he has for his late wife is so evident and her passing is still too fresh for him to even talk about, but he's so CUTE. Oh, my goodness. He reminds me of Ed O'Brien of Radiohead and I'm enamored with Ed. But the entire time he was talking about her and how they met (she was his writing teacher and older than he was so that was their joke: that she had seduced a pupil) I was just thinking if he's ready for a new wife.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi
~Since Michael Fassbender didn’t get a nomination, I will spam you with pictures of the German-Irish actor who I find oddly appealing. Plus in interviews he talked about how he wanted to be Superman as a kid and that as a kid he started having feelings in his pants for Wonder Woman.
No Oscar, but he did win the London Film Critics Award last week
With “Shame” costar Carey Mulligan
Cute creeper
*For the others who were courted, there will always be another chance.
Doggies Auggie and Cosmo
Click to viewAuggie
Elizabeth Olsen of “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Ezra Miller of “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Kristen Dunst of “Melancholia”
Shailene Woodley of “The Descendents”
Antonio Banderas of “The Skin I Live In”
Leonardo DiCaprio of “J. Edgar”
leo nylon
Andy Serkis of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Ryan Gosling of “Ides of March” and “Drive”
~I interrupt this post with a jump across the pond.
I’ve been meaning to do a Six Degrees of Separation post about British actors but now this will be a salute to European actors….and Six Degrees of Separation.
Starting out with Tom Hardy. Of course.
This sexpot will next be see in “This Means War”. The film’s date has been pushed up from February 25th to February 14th for Valentine’s Day. That’s exactly what your man wants: to see a film with you starring Chris Pine and Tom Hardy so that you can look at your man like he’s rotten liver with maggots crawling from it.
Anyways: New stills from the film.
More pics of this right sexy bastard
Out at the premiere of “The Iron Lady” looking like Henry the Fifth, but that’s cool.
That Stance!!
He should be satisfied with himself.
I want to see a sack in his hands but not of that
“I can’t argue with that.”
I think Tom and Charlotte are gorgeous together but zebra shoes with a mustard top? She has Eames’ fashion sense.
*Tom’s friends with he with the funny name Benedict Cumberbatch. The two costarred in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” but also “Stuart: A Life Backwards”
Benedict and Tom have also worked with Jonny Lee Miller in theater. Tom when he was a young thang.
Before he got his tat filled in completely
And Benedict recently in the stage play “Frankenstein”
Benedict is one of the many actors in “War Horse”
*The film costars Tom Hiddleston, “Loki” of “Thor”.
Sherlock and Loki hanging out
*I don’t find Benedict attractive,
Though sometimes he looks decent
…but in a recent interview he said that someone online said he looked like Sid from “Ice Age” and I laughed…felt bad for him…then laughed some more.
He’s not this bad
*Jonny Lee Miller is best friends with Jude Law.
Besides being friends, the two were former producing partners with their studio Natural Nylon. The founding members also included actor Sean Pertwee, Ewan McGregor,
and Jude’s former wife, Sadie Frost
Jude, Sadie and their oldest, Rafferty at Kate Moss’ wedding
Sadie’s oldest son is Finlay. His father is actor ("The Bodyguard" and former Spandau Ballet member Gary Kemp
Finlay Kempy and Rafferty Law
*Jude famously left Sadie for his “Alfie” costar Sienna Miller. Sienna is rumored to be engaged to and expecting a baby with Tom Sturridge of “Pirate Radio” and “Waiting for Forever”.
Someone’s finally going to make an honest woman out of this slapper.
She certainly has a type.
I wonder what Tom’s best friend Robert Pattinson has to say about this.
Prior to Sturridge, Sienna was dating Balthazar Getty who was married at the time.
They weren’t discreet about their relationship at all. But somehow his marriage survived. He and his wife did an interview talking about how they made it work.
*And though he’s not an actor, and not as interesting as his brother Prince Ginger Balls, I have to give it up to Prince William..
Brushing dirt off his shoulders
~I Leave
Clark’s astonishment at “Drive” not getting an Oscar nod
*Did the Academy *not* see the film????!!!
