BAFTAs, The Oldest Rebel....
Holy crap, the awards season is still trudging along. Make it stop! Thankfully now that the BAFTAs are done we are truly on the road to Oscar and the end (finally) to awards season. Until then.
Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio - "Argo"
Benh Zeitlin & Lucy Alibar - "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
David Magee - "Life of Pi"
Tony Kushner - "Lincoln"
WINNER: David O Russell - "Silver Linings Playbook"
*I’ve finally seen “Silver Linings Playbook” and I don’t get all the hubbub. Not only do I think it wasn’t that great of a film it’s not even the best David O’ Russell film.
David O, Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro were on “Katie” talking about O’Russell’s son and his bipolar disorder which he got the idea for the film. The clip quickly made the rounds on the interwebs because Robert DeNiro cries when asked about relating to the role. What got me wasn’t so much Bobby’s tears, but seeing Cooper trying to hold it together watching DeNiro cry.
At the 1:55 mark
Everyone thinks he was just touched by the O’Russell’s son’s plight, but allegedly DeNiro’s 13-year old son Elliot is autistic.
Elliott and Bobby D
DeNiro and his wife Grace adopted a baby last year. That makes child number six for DeNiro. He has 36-year old Raphael, 40-year old stepdaughter Drena with Diahann Abbott, 18-year old twin boys Aaron and Julian with former model/actress Toukie Smith; Elliott and 1 ½ years old Helen Grace with Grace Hightower. DeNiro has said in an interview that he likes having all his children together so he bought out apartments in his same building so everyone could be around each other.
DeNiro wrote a piece in The Daily Beast last year about his artist father. It’s a nice little piece of himself where he talks about how they loved each other but weren’t as close as he wanted and because of that he urges his kids to have an open dialogue with him because there were things he wanted to know about his father’s life but felt he couldn’t have that conversation or was just too busy being a kid to spend time with his dad.
Grace and Bobby D at his handprint ceremony at LC (Formerly Grauman’s) Chinese Theater
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - "The Master"
Judi Dench - "Skyfall"
Sally Field - "Lincoln"
Helen Hunt - "The Sessions"
WINNER: Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"
Anne’s been winning on the red carpet, too.
My faves
Her strap broke at the Golden Globes so Joe lent a quick fix-it
Special Visual Effects
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Marvel Avengers Assemble"
"Prometheus"
WINNER: "Life of Pi"
Outstanding British Debut
WINNER: Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis - "The Imposter"
David Morris, Jacqui Morris - "McCullin"
Dexter Fletcher, Danny King - "Wild Bill"
James Bobin - "The Muppets"
Tina Gharavi - "I Am Nasrine"
Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - "Argo"
Javier Bardem - "Skyfall"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"
"Tommy Lee Jones - "Lincoln"
WINNER: Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained
Aww, shucks
Original Screenplay
Michael Haneke - "Amour"
Paul Thomas Anderson - "The Master"
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola - "Moonrise Kingdom"
Mark Boal - "Zero Dark Thirty"
WINNER: Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"
Original Music
Dario Marianelli - "Anna Karenina"
Alexandre Desplat - "Argo"
Mychael Danna - "Life of Pi"
John Williams - "Lincoln"
WINNER: Thomas Newman - "Skyfall"
Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey - "Anna Karenina"
Danny Cohen - "Les Miserables"
WINNER: Claudio Miranda - "Life of Pi"
Janusz Kaminski - "Lincoln"
Roger Deakins - "Skyfall"
Editing
Fred Raskin - "Django Unchained"
Tim Squyres - "Life of Pi"
Stuart Baird -"Skyfall"
Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg - "Zero Dark Thirty"
WINNER: William Goldenberg - "Argo"
Sound
"Django Unchained"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
WINNER: "Les Miserables"
Animated Film
WINNER: "Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"
Make Up & Hair
Ivana Primorac - "Anna Karenina"
Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger - "Hitchcock"
Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rink Findlater - "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou - "Lincoln"
WINNER: Lisa Westcott - "Les Miserables"
Costume Design
WINNER: Jacqueline Durran - "Anna Karenina"
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor - "Great Expectations"
Paco Delgado - "Les Miserables"
Joanna Johnston - "Lincoln"
Colleen Atwood - "Snow White and the Huntsman"
Short Animation
"Here To Fall"
"I'm Fine Thanks"
WINNER: "The Making Of Longbird"
Short FilmM
"The Curse"
"Good Night"
"Tumult"
"The Voorman Project"
WINNER: "Swimmer"
Best British Film
"Anna Karenina"
"Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"Les Miserables"
"Seven Psychopaths"
WINNER: "Skyfall"
Outstanding Contribution To British Cinema
Tessa Ross
Film Not In The English Language
"Headhunters"
"The Hunt"
"Rust & Bone"
"The Intouchables"
WINNER: "Amour"
Rising Star Award
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Alicia Vikander
WINNER: Juno Temple
*Aka that chick in “The Dark Knight Rises” who snuggled against Selina Kyle. That was her only use.
Documentary
"The Imposter"
"Marley"
"McCullen"
"West of Memphis"
WINNER: "Searching For Sugar Man"
Production Design
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer - "Anna Karenina"
David Gropman, Anna Pinnock - "Life of Pi"
Rick Carter, Jim Erickson - "Lincoln"
Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock - "Skyfall"
WINNER: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson - "Les Miserables"
Director
Michael Haneke - "Amour"
Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"
Ang Lee - "Life of Pi"
Kathryn Bigelow - "Zero Dark Thirty"
WINNER: Ben Affleck - "Argo"
*With this win Affleck would’ve been a lock to win Oscar if he had been nominated. The fact that he wasn’t yet was for other awards shows how quirky and tricky Oscar noms are.
Leading Actress
Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard - "Rust & Bone"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Helen Mirren - "Hitchcock"
WINNER: Emmanuel Riva - "Amour"
Leading Actor
Ben Affleck - "Argo"
Bradley Cooper - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Hugh Jackman - "Les Miserables"
Joaquin Phoenix - "The Master"
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"
Best Film
WINNER: "Argo"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Henry Cavill and Gina Carano doing it up
*on their way
*It’s believed that Henry and Gina were introduced by Gina’s “Fast and the Furious 6” co-star and Henry’s “Immortals” costar/friend Luke Evans.
His “Man of Steel” costar Amy Adams there in support of “The Master”
Joaquin Phoenix looking ragged like Mel Gibson
Jennifer Lawrence who wisely decided, “It’s raining; I’m covering up.”
Evil Hugh Jackman
Bradley Cooper
Chris Tucker
I love that Damien Lewis wears colors
And dances Gangnam Style
“Game of Thrones” Natalie Dormer
*Initially I wrote the dress off, but I love the deep champagne color. It looks comfortable and she sells it well.
Eddie Redmayne and his ridiculous cheekbones
Plain Jane Jennifer Garner
Gemma Atherton and Hayley Atwell
The fashion Queen, Helen Mirren
*Rack-tacular.
Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton
Samuel L. Jackson wearing a hat like the Honorable Elijah Mohammad
Dapper Simon Pegg
Sally Fields kissing her Oscar dreams goodbye
“Life of Pi” costar Rafe Spall
Paloma Faith, whoever that is.
What are these people thinking? She looks like a showgirl on the old Vegas strip
I don’t get why the sheer hybrid dress is all the rage now
Elizabeth Olsen
Marion Cotillard
*I wish I could get a better sense of the sheer portion of her dress. Does it go all around? Is it high?
On Friday James Dean would’ve been 82-years old. When you think of timeless icons Dean is right there. His mystique is unbelievable. I’ve never seen a James Dean film and have seen maybe only two videos: the PSA he did about driving safety (whomp, whomp) and some other thing and that’s it. My love for him came strictly from articles and books.
I can see why the ladies and men loved him
Dean playing drunk with the woman he was seeing when he died.
Dean and Ursula Andress
Who is she giving the eye to?
Ursula still has it (with her son w/ Harry Hamlin, Dmitri)
with Pier Angeli
*There’s still talk about Dean’s sexuality. When Liz Taylor accepted a GLAAD award she mentioned the gay men in her life and she listed Dean along with Montgomery Clift and Rock Hudson. Others like former girlfriend (who claimed they were engaged at one point) Liz Sheridan said he was bisexual.
That’s right, Jerry Seinfeld’s mom on ‘Seinfeld” was nailing James Dean that lucky wench.
Dean was very athletic
Obviously. But he got a draft exception during the Korean War. The popular belief was that he was a conscientious objector due to being a Quaker, another was that he had bad eyesight. But the town rumor was that the minister Dean spent time with (exactly what you would think that meant) wrote a letter asking for the exception.
Eartha Kitt was his dance teacher and friend
I can imagine she was a amazing teacher. She probably tore the room apart.
Werk, Eartha, Werk!
James was a hobbyist but moved on as quickly as he picked up on things.
Like sculpting
And chess
He did 4H in school and helped out on the family farm
I took for granted that Dean left behind family including his aunt and uncle (who raised him after his mother died and father sent him off) and his cousin Markie.
Markie and James
And they lost him
Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio - "Argo"
Benh Zeitlin & Lucy Alibar - "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
David Magee - "Life of Pi"
Tony Kushner - "Lincoln"
WINNER: David O Russell - "Silver Linings Playbook"
*I’ve finally seen “Silver Linings Playbook” and I don’t get all the hubbub. Not only do I think it wasn’t that great of a film it’s not even the best David O’ Russell film.
David O, Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro were on “Katie” talking about O’Russell’s son and his bipolar disorder which he got the idea for the film. The clip quickly made the rounds on the interwebs because Robert DeNiro cries when asked about relating to the role. What got me wasn’t so much Bobby’s tears, but seeing Cooper trying to hold it together watching DeNiro cry.
At the 1:55 mark
Click to viewEveryone thinks he was just touched by the O’Russell’s son’s plight, but allegedly DeNiro’s 13-year old son Elliot is autistic.
Elliott and Bobby D
DeNiro and his wife Grace adopted a baby last year. That makes child number six for DeNiro. He has 36-year old Raphael, 40-year old stepdaughter Drena with Diahann Abbott, 18-year old twin boys Aaron and Julian with former model/actress Toukie Smith; Elliott and 1 ½ years old Helen Grace with Grace Hightower. DeNiro has said in an interview that he likes having all his children together so he bought out apartments in his same building so everyone could be around each other.
DeNiro wrote a piece in The Daily Beast last year about his artist father. It’s a nice little piece of himself where he talks about how they loved each other but weren’t as close as he wanted and because of that he urges his kids to have an open dialogue with him because there were things he wanted to know about his father’s life but felt he couldn’t have that conversation or was just too busy being a kid to spend time with his dad.
Grace and Bobby D at his handprint ceremony at LC (Formerly Grauman’s) Chinese Theater
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - "The Master"
Judi Dench - "Skyfall"
Sally Field - "Lincoln"
Helen Hunt - "The Sessions"
WINNER: Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"
Anne’s been winning on the red carpet, too.
My faves
Her strap broke at the Golden Globes so Joe lent a quick fix-it
Special Visual Effects
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Marvel Avengers Assemble"
"Prometheus"
WINNER: "Life of Pi"
Outstanding British Debut
WINNER: Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis - "The Imposter"
David Morris, Jacqui Morris - "McCullin"
Dexter Fletcher, Danny King - "Wild Bill"
James Bobin - "The Muppets"
Tina Gharavi - "I Am Nasrine"
Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - "Argo"
Javier Bardem - "Skyfall"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"
"Tommy Lee Jones - "Lincoln"
WINNER: Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained
Aww, shucks
Original Screenplay
Michael Haneke - "Amour"
Paul Thomas Anderson - "The Master"
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola - "Moonrise Kingdom"
Mark Boal - "Zero Dark Thirty"
WINNER: Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"
Original Music
Dario Marianelli - "Anna Karenina"
Alexandre Desplat - "Argo"
Mychael Danna - "Life of Pi"
John Williams - "Lincoln"
WINNER: Thomas Newman - "Skyfall"
Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey - "Anna Karenina"
Danny Cohen - "Les Miserables"
WINNER: Claudio Miranda - "Life of Pi"
Janusz Kaminski - "Lincoln"
Roger Deakins - "Skyfall"
Editing
Fred Raskin - "Django Unchained"
Tim Squyres - "Life of Pi"
Stuart Baird -"Skyfall"
Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg - "Zero Dark Thirty"
WINNER: William Goldenberg - "Argo"
Sound
"Django Unchained"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
WINNER: "Les Miserables"
Animated Film
WINNER: "Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"
Make Up & Hair
Ivana Primorac - "Anna Karenina"
Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger - "Hitchcock"
Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rink Findlater - "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou - "Lincoln"
WINNER: Lisa Westcott - "Les Miserables"
Costume Design
WINNER: Jacqueline Durran - "Anna Karenina"
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor - "Great Expectations"
Paco Delgado - "Les Miserables"
Joanna Johnston - "Lincoln"
Colleen Atwood - "Snow White and the Huntsman"
Short Animation
"Here To Fall"
"I'm Fine Thanks"
WINNER: "The Making Of Longbird"
Short FilmM
"The Curse"
"Good Night"
"Tumult"
"The Voorman Project"
WINNER: "Swimmer"
Best British Film
"Anna Karenina"
"Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"Les Miserables"
"Seven Psychopaths"
WINNER: "Skyfall"
Outstanding Contribution To British Cinema
Tessa Ross
Film Not In The English Language
"Headhunters"
"The Hunt"
"Rust & Bone"
"The Intouchables"
WINNER: "Amour"
Rising Star Award
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Alicia Vikander
WINNER: Juno Temple
*Aka that chick in “The Dark Knight Rises” who snuggled against Selina Kyle. That was her only use.
Documentary
"The Imposter"
"Marley"
"McCullen"
"West of Memphis"
WINNER: "Searching For Sugar Man"
Production Design
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer - "Anna Karenina"
David Gropman, Anna Pinnock - "Life of Pi"
Rick Carter, Jim Erickson - "Lincoln"
Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock - "Skyfall"
WINNER: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson - "Les Miserables"
Director
Michael Haneke - "Amour"
Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"
Ang Lee - "Life of Pi"
Kathryn Bigelow - "Zero Dark Thirty"
WINNER: Ben Affleck - "Argo"
*With this win Affleck would’ve been a lock to win Oscar if he had been nominated. The fact that he wasn’t yet was for other awards shows how quirky and tricky Oscar noms are.
Leading Actress
Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard - "Rust & Bone"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Helen Mirren - "Hitchcock"
WINNER: Emmanuel Riva - "Amour"
Leading Actor
Ben Affleck - "Argo"
Bradley Cooper - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Hugh Jackman - "Les Miserables"
Joaquin Phoenix - "The Master"
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"
Best Film
WINNER: "Argo"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Henry Cavill and Gina Carano doing it up
*on their way
*It’s believed that Henry and Gina were introduced by Gina’s “Fast and the Furious 6” co-star and Henry’s “Immortals” costar/friend Luke Evans.
His “Man of Steel” costar Amy Adams there in support of “The Master”
Joaquin Phoenix looking ragged like Mel Gibson
Jennifer Lawrence who wisely decided, “It’s raining; I’m covering up.”
Evil Hugh Jackman
Bradley Cooper
Chris Tucker
I love that Damien Lewis wears colors
And dances Gangnam Style
“Game of Thrones” Natalie Dormer
*Initially I wrote the dress off, but I love the deep champagne color. It looks comfortable and she sells it well.
Eddie Redmayne and his ridiculous cheekbones
Plain Jane Jennifer Garner
Gemma Atherton and Hayley Atwell
The fashion Queen, Helen Mirren
*Rack-tacular.
Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton
Samuel L. Jackson wearing a hat like the Honorable Elijah Mohammad
Dapper Simon Pegg
Sally Fields kissing her Oscar dreams goodbye
“Life of Pi” costar Rafe Spall
Paloma Faith, whoever that is.
What are these people thinking? She looks like a showgirl on the old Vegas strip
I don’t get why the sheer hybrid dress is all the rage now
Elizabeth Olsen
Marion Cotillard
*I wish I could get a better sense of the sheer portion of her dress. Does it go all around? Is it high?
On Friday James Dean would’ve been 82-years old. When you think of timeless icons Dean is right there. His mystique is unbelievable. I’ve never seen a James Dean film and have seen maybe only two videos: the PSA he did about driving safety (whomp, whomp) and some other thing and that’s it. My love for him came strictly from articles and books.
I can see why the ladies and men loved him
Dean playing drunk with the woman he was seeing when he died.
Dean and Ursula Andress
Who is she giving the eye to?
Ursula still has it (with her son w/ Harry Hamlin, Dmitri)
with Pier Angeli
*There’s still talk about Dean’s sexuality. When Liz Taylor accepted a GLAAD award she mentioned the gay men in her life and she listed Dean along with Montgomery Clift and Rock Hudson. Others like former girlfriend (who claimed they were engaged at one point) Liz Sheridan said he was bisexual.
That’s right, Jerry Seinfeld’s mom on ‘Seinfeld” was nailing James Dean that lucky wench.
Dean was very athletic
Obviously. But he got a draft exception during the Korean War. The popular belief was that he was a conscientious objector due to being a Quaker, another was that he had bad eyesight. But the town rumor was that the minister Dean spent time with (exactly what you would think that meant) wrote a letter asking for the exception.
Eartha Kitt was his dance teacher and friend
I can imagine she was a amazing teacher. She probably tore the room apart.
Werk, Eartha, Werk!
James was a hobbyist but moved on as quickly as he picked up on things.
Like sculpting
And chess
He did 4H in school and helped out on the family farm
I took for granted that Dean left behind family including his aunt and uncle (who raised him after his mother died and father sent him off) and his cousin Markie.
Markie and James
And they lost him
