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Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber Win Kids’ Choice Awards
Apr 3rd
Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber Win Kids’ Choice Awards Snoop Dogg and Jack Black got covered in green slime…
Justin Bieber won two awards at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in LA on 2 April. Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Selena Gomez also picked up gongs.
Miley took home one of the most coveted awards of the night, Favourite Movie Actress for The Last Song. In her acceptance speech the Can’t Be Tamed singer thanked her co-star and on-off boyfriend Liam Hemsworth for “helping me make movie magic”, fuelling rumours that the pair are back together.
Justin wasn’t at the Awards as he was in Berlin for his My World tour, but he sent thank you messages as Baby won Favourite Song and he was named Favourite Male Singer. Katy Perry got the female equivalent, while Justin’s girlfriend Selena Gomez won the TV Actress category.
Justin Timberlake accepted the Big Help Award for his work with charities, while Johnny Depp won Favourite Movie Actor for Alice In Wonderland. Jaden Smith was on hand as The Karate Kid won Favourite Movie and his sister Willow Smith performed 21st Century Girl and Whip My Hair.
Jack Black hosted the event and opening the show with a performance with the Black Eyed Peas.
As is tradition at the awards ceremony, some unlucky stars got covered in green slime. This year it was Jack Black, Snoop Dogg, Heidi Klum, Jim Carrey and Fergie’s other half Josh Duhamel.
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MTV Movie Awards viewer voting begins: Taylor Lautner, JT vying for Best Line
Mar 23rd
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It’s that time again, Zap2it readers: The MTV Movie Awards voting has begun!
Unfortunately, it’s not the final list yet as we’ve still got some time before the show airs (June 5), but the first round of voting, to get your favorite movie/actor/actress into the big fight, has just opened.
The usual suspects are all there: “Eclipse” and “Harry Potter,” as well as some Oscar favorites, like “Black Swan” and “The Social Network.”
Get ready for a new category that is sure to become a fan favorite: Best Line From A Movie.
The category isn’t an entirely new idea for the Awards show — they used to have Best Line — which went to Robert DeNiro in “Meet The Parents” (“Are you a pothead, Focker?”) and Reese Witherspoon in “Legally Blonde.” (“Oh, I like your outfit too, except when I dress up as a frigid b—h, I try to not to look so constipated.”)
Who could possibly make the final list of nominees for the new category? Taylor Lautner (“Let’s face it, I’m hotter than you.”) and Justin Timberlake (“A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.”)
To vote for your favorite movie (or line) to make the final list of nominees, vote at MovieAwards.MTV.com. Voting will stay open through Apr. 5 and another round of voting will open on May 3 after the final nominees are announced.
The MTV Movie Awards air live on Sunday, June 5, at 9 pm ET, and will be followed by the series premiere of MTV’s new original show “Teen Wolf.”
From blog.zap2it.com
Academy Awards sneaks in slowly, critic almost wets himself
Feb 27th
Some people wait all year long for two things: Christmas and The Superbowl.
Well in my world, my holiday of choice is Halloween, and the TV event that gets me drooling is The Academy Awards.
Now it’ no secret that in recent years the awards ceremony has been a let-down. I’m not going to have any high expectations in that category. The thing I look forward to most is seeing the movies I love get recognition, so this year I’m pleased as proverbial punch because I don’t have just one favorite in the running.
In fact, I have more than a few.
The total films I am rooting for this year are up to five, which means I have a 50 percent chance of avoiding the dismay that came to me the years “Braveheart” and “A Beautiful Mind” respectively overtook “Babe” and “Moulin Rouge!” for best pictures.
But best picture isn’t the only category I’m rooting for. I’m not apathetic about any category this year, because in a way I feel as if I have a horse in each running. If I were a betting man, I’d head straight to Vegas. It’s true, I probably wouldn’t win a dime, but for once I would have some serious fun making the attempt.
Here’s who your humble critic to the masses of southern Utah has his eye on this year:
“Black Swan”
This is by far my favorite movie of the year. I thought Darren Aronofsky did a wonderful job of bringing this movie to life. Check out my review of “Black Swan” here.
In addition to a best picture nod, this troubled tale of troubled talent is also nominated for film editing, best director, cinematography and best actress (Natalie Portman). I’ve got my feathers crossed for this one!
“Inception”
OK, so I’m no Leo DiCaprio fan. It speaks to the quality of a movie if I can see past Jack and see a wonderful story with excellent directing and astonishing visual effects. Let’s just hope director Christopher Nolan can pull the same stunt with the next Batman installment (because now I’ve got to look past Christian Bale and Anne Hatheway!).
This movie tripped me out. And for those of you who’ve seen it, I’m sure you’d agree with me on some level. I’m not dreaming for the day that “Inception” wins best picture, but I wouldn’t be disappointed if it did.
“Inception” also has nominations for best original screenplay, best visual effects, best sound mixing and editing, and best original score.
“The King’s Speech”
I’ll admit I walked into the movie theater expecting to be bored. But a wonderful array of history, writing and performances left me feeling like this was much more than just a movie about a prince overcoming a speech impediment. I even cried at parts (almost).
Deservedly, this movie was nominated for best picture. I think its only real competition comes from “The Social Network.” More on that in a little bit. Even though this movie probably should get the biggest achievement in Academy Awards, I’m still hoping my dark ballet favorite will pull ahead.
Other nominations for “King’s Speech” are for best original screenplay, best sound mixing, best original score, best film editing, best director (Tom Hooper), best costume design, best cinematography, best art direction, best supporting actress (Helena Bonham Carter) best supporting actor (Geoffrey Rush), and best actor (Colin Firth).
Indeed, this film has the most nominations of all my favorites, so I’m almost guaranteed to win a bet on this won, I mean, one.
“Toy Story 3″
OK fine. I actually did cry in this movie. Twice. That I’ll admit.
After a somewhat disappointing sequel, I wasn’t expecting much from the final film in the toy trilogy. But when I had to make sure my face was dry after the credits rolled in order to step into the lobby of a metro movie theater in Salt Lake City, I knew this movie was going to win best animated picture. I was overjoyed almost to tears again when I found out it was nominated for best picture as well.
The list of nominations for “Toy Story 3″ aren’t just limited to best picture and best animated picture. You’ll see “3″ with nominations for best adapted screenplay, best sound editing, and best original song.
“True Grit”
It wasn’t just the Cohen brothers that made this movie one of my favorites for 2011. It was also Jeff Bridges and his scene-stealing portrayal of Rooster Cogburn. Check out my review of “True Grit” here.
This novel adaptation was not only nominated for best picture, but also for best adapted screenplay, bet sound mixing and editing, best directors (Joel & Ethan Cohen), best costume design, best cinematography, best art direction, best supporting actress (Hailee Steinfeld), and best actor (Bridges).
One thing I don’t understand is why Steinfeld was nominated for a supporting role when she was clearly the focus of the movie. Oh wait, now I remember. Because that focus was stolen by Bridges. C’est la vie!
Now I’m not limiting my love for films to just those nominated in best film. I’m also rooting for “Alice in Wonderland” for effects, costumes and art direction, “Day & Night” for animated short, and “Tangled” for original song.
But the one movie I will definitely be cheering against is “The Social Network.” Yes, there’s been nothing but lip service to this movie for the past year, and everyone’s betting this Facebook biopic will take the awards by storm.
This may be true, but I don’t have to take it sitting down. Some may call my hatred of this movie irrational because I hate it purely for the fact that it’s going to ruin the chances my favorite movies have of winning. This feels like “Braveheart” vs. “Babe” and “A Beautiful Mind” vs. “Moulin Rouge!” all over again.
We’ll see what Oscar night brings, though. Look for a special “Skewed Review” podcast following the Academy Awards.
From www.dixiesunlink.com
‘Black Swan’ sweeps independent film awards
Feb 27th
UPDATE 1-’Black Swan’ sweeps independent film awards
(Updates with winners)
LOS ANGELES Feb 26 (Reuters) – “Black Swan,” a ballet melodrama that struggled to get made despite an A-list cast and director, swept the independent film world’s version of the Oscars on Saturday, a day before it competes for five prizes at the Academy Awards.
The film picked up four Spirit statuettes, including best feature and best female lead for Natalie Portman, who starred as an unhinged ballerina.
Darren Aronofsky was named best director for his work on the movie, two years after he was honored for “The Wrestler.” It also took the cinematography prize for Matthew Libatique.
“Winter’s Bone,” which led the field with seven nominations, ended up with two prizes. John Hawkes and Dale Dickey won for their supporting roles as threatening characters in a rural American community ravaged by methamphetamines.
The male lead prize went to James Franco for his role as a a hiker forced to amputate his own arm in the true-life tale “127 Hours.”
“The Kids Are All Right,” with five nominations, received a solitary win in the screenplay category, for director Lisa Cholodenko and co-writer Stuart Blumberg.
Aronofsky and Portman first discussed making “Black Swan” about a decade ago, and when they finally started shooting, the film had no financing. Aronofsky hailed some equity investors whose risky bet has paid a hefty dividend.
The film, which cost about $15 million to make, has grossed just over $100 million at the North American box office. It will compete in the equivalent categories at the Oscars on Sunday, as well as for editing.
The Spirit Awards honor low-budget American films based on such criteria as original, provocative subject matter and the degree of independent financing.
“The King’s Speech,” which leads the Oscars field with 12 nominations, was named best foreign film at the Spirits. As a British movie, it was not eligible for consideration in the major categories. (Reporting by Dean Goodman; editing by Todd Eastham)
From www.reuters.com
Awards show nixing movie montages, tributes
Feb 22nd
As preparations for Sunday’s Academy Awards move into high gear, the show’s producers have booted a number of familiar elements.
Gone will be the movie montages that often contribute to the broadcast’s unwieldy running time. While there will be film clips from the 10 best picture nominees and brief filmed introductions to different segments of the show, “Within the body of the show, we are not doing any film montage sequences,” said Bruce Cohen, who will produce with Don Mischer.
Gone, too, will be the relatively new tradition of using five presenters to offer tribute testimonials about each of the best actor and actress nominees.
“What we did love about it was that it was a moment where each of the nominees really gets their due,” said Cohen. “(But) we found a version of that, without using the five people on stage, from the 1970 Oscars, and we stole it.”
The producers also have enlisted the nominees’ mothers to participate in promotion and pre-show activities, and some of them will be in the audience for the telecast.
The Academy Awards, co-hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, will be handed out on Feb. 27 in a ceremony televised around the world.
From www.calgaryherald.com
Movie on post war Spain big winner of Goya cinema awards (Roundup)
Feb 14th
Madrid – Director Agusti Villaronga’s Pa Negre (Black Bread) emerged as the big winner of Spain’s top cinema awards, the Goya prizes, at a gala night early Monday.
The post-civil war childhood drama describing a society where the poor ate black and the rich white bread had hardly been distributed outside the north-eastern region of Catalonia, where it was made.
Pa Negre nevertheless took nine awards, including best movie, best director, best actress for Nora Navas, best supporting actress for Laia Marull and best promising actors for Francesc Colomer and Marina Comas.
The film’s director and its producer described Pa Negre as a movie with an emotional rather than customs-and-manners perspective, filmed in a classical style and showing ‘the moral devastation that war produces on a civilian population.’
Javier Bardem won the Goya for best actor for his role in Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful, for which he has also been nominated for an Oscar.
Bardem dedicated the award to his wife Penelope Cruz and the couple’s new-born son ‘who awaken my heart and smile every day.’
Karra Elejalde was picked as best supporting actor for his role in Iciar Bollain’s Tambien la Lluvia (The Rain Too), a movie on a conflict over water in Bolivia.
Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech won the Goya for best European movie, after also taking the British Bafta award on Sunday. Chilean director Matias Bize’s La Vida de los Peces (The Life of the Fish) was awarded the Goya for best Hispano-American movie.
The gala night marked the 25th anniversary of the Goya prizes, which are awarded annually by the Spanish Cinema Academy.
A few weeks before the ceremony, the academy’s director Alex de la Iglesia had announced that he would resign after the gala over the so-called Sinde bill.
The law, which is named after Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, would impose measures aimed at protecting copyrights from internet downloaders. It still needs to win final approval by parliament.
At the Goya ceremony, de la Iglesia held a speech calling for a market model which respected the rights of internet users as well as artists.
The movie director urged the movie industry not to ‘be afraid’ of the internet which is ‘the salvation of our cinema.’
About 200 opponents the Sinde law meanwhile demonstrated outside Madrid’s Teatro Real opera, where the gala was held.
From www.monstersandcritics.com
In awards season, movie leakers are Enemy Within’
Jan 27th
In awards season, movie leakers are Enemy Within’
RYAN NAKASHIMA
Every year around now, tens of thousands of DVDs of movies still playing in theatres are sent by Hollywood studios to Oscar, Golden Globe and other awards voters.
Every year, some of these discs are copied, and the movies end up being shared online, where they can cut into theatre-ticket and DVD sales.
This time, studios are taking a new approach to prevent this kind of piracy, and technology is playing a big part.
Ahead of Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild awards, Fox Searchlight this month became the first studio to have nearly 100,000 SAG voters view new movies such as “Black Swan” through a free download from Apple Inc.’s iTunes store. Paramount Pictures, Focus Features and other studios did the same later with movies such as “The Fighter” and “The Kids Are All Right.”
In all cases, downloads are set to expire 24 hours after being viewed and are not available to the public.
As an anti-piracy tool, virtual screenings are cheaper and simpler than past efforts. For one thing, they remove the risk of discs going missing or being stolen. In cases where discs get pirated, the actual uploading is typically done by someone several steps removed from the recipient, often without that person’s knowledge, according to studio executives and law enforcement officials.
But digital screeners won’t necessarily be a saviour either. People determined to break the law will find a way, even if it comes down to recording a digital movie by pointing a standard video camera at the computer screen.
“Copying a stream is even easier than duplicating a DVD,” Ernesto Van Der Sar, the founder of piracy news site TorrentFreak, said in an e-mail interview. “Moving to streaming might get the leak rate down but I can also see scenarios where it will lead to more leaks.”
Nonetheless, studios believe they must try new approaches to combat piracy.
The Motion Picture Association of America estimates that $25-billion globally is lost to it every year, and it is partly responsible for U.S. DVD sales falling from a peak in 2006 at $20.2-billion to about $14-billion in 2010.
Although the industry group says most of the damage comes from handheld video camera recordings in theatres around the world, awards screeners are still a problem.
In the past, studios went as far as sending voters specialized players equipped with stronger copy protections than regular DVDs, but that system was abandoned years ago as being too troublesome.
So most studios continue to send discs to voters by mail – as many as 20,000 per movie. And the risk of leaks remains.
Oscar screeners sent out in late 2008 were the source of online bootlegs of “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Australia,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Investigators followed the trail of unique disc identifiers called watermarks and convicted two men of felony copyright infringement.
In October, a screener of Summit Entertainment’s “Red” was copied and posted online a day before the movie hit theatres. Investigators traced the leak to a copy sent to the show “LIVE! With Regis & Kelly,” the second time in four months the show was responsible for a leak of a movie that was in theatres.
The Walt Disney Co., which produces the “Regis” show, has since tightened procedures, and now only a few key employees can receive screeners under tight restrictions.
The penalty for uploading movies to websites can reach up to three years in prison and a fine for first-time offenders, but the penalties get stiffer for repeat offenders or those with a profit motive.
The Justice Department convicted 207 people for intellectual property theft crimes in fiscal 2010, which ended Sept. 30, down from 287 in 2007. Cases involving awards screeners amount to “a handful every year,” according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Wesley Hsu in Los Angeles.
Kaye Cooper-Mead, an executive vice president at Summit Entertainment, aims to instill a sense of caution among recipients of awards screeners so they don’t let the discs get pirated by others. They need to understand “how many millions of dollars that one DVD is worth,” she said.
Studios are further along in weaning other reviewers off discs. Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures are having hoteliers, retailers and airline and cruise ship clients watch movies on secure websites before they make a decision to license the movies for guests or carry them in stores.
Sony Pictures’ chief technology officer, Mitch Singer, said the studio would eliminate physical screeners for retail and hospitality clients within a year.
But it may be some time before all awards shows go digital. Prestige and profits are attached to an awards win, especially for movies still in theatres. Some studios would rather send out DVDs and risk a leak than annoy voters by making them watch on a computer or mobile device.
“I don’t know how thrilled filmmakers would be to have their films seen on a laptop instead of a flat-screen TV,” said David Kaplan, a senior vice president of anti-piracy at Warner Bros., whose movie “Inception” is up for an Oscar for best picture.
From www.ctv.ca
In awards season, movie leakers are ‘Enemy Within’
Jan 27th
(Source: Associated Press/AP Online)
LOS ANGELES – Every year around now, tens of thousands of DVDs of movies still playing in theaters are sent by Hollywood studios to Oscar, Golden Globe and other awards voters.
Every year, some of these discs are copied, and the movies end up being shared online, where they can cut into theater-ticket and DVD sales.
This time, studios are taking a new approach to prevent this kind of piracy, and technology is playing a big part.
Ahead of Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild awards, Fox Searchlight this month became the first studio to have nearly 100,000 SAG voters view new movies such as “Black Swan” through a free download from Apple Inc.’s iTunes store. Paramount Pictures, Focus Features and other studios did the same later with movies such as “The Fighter” and “The Kids Are All Right.”
In all cases, downloads are set to expire 24 hours after being viewed and are not available to the public.
As an anti-piracy tool, virtual screenings are cheaper and simpler than past efforts. For one thing, they remove the risk of discs going missing or being stolen. In cases where discs get pirated, the actual uploading is typically done by someone several steps removed from the recipient, often without that person’s knowledge, according to studio executives and law enforcement officials.
But digital screeners won’t necessarily be a savior either. People determined to break the law will find a way, even if it comes down to recording a digital movie by pointing a standard video camera at the computer screen.
“Copying a stream is even easier than duplicating a DVD,” Ernesto Van Der Sar, the founder of piracy news site TorrentFreak, said in an e-mail interview. “Moving to streaming might get the leak rate down but I can also see scenarios where it will lead to more leaks.”
Nonetheless, studios believe they must try new approaches to combat piracy.
The Motion Picture Association of America estimates that $25 billion globally is lost to it every year, and it is partly responsible for U.S. DVD sales falling from a peak in 2006 at $20.2 billion to about $14 billion in 2010.
Although the industry group says most of the damage comes from handheld video camera recordings in theaters around the world, awards screeners are still a problem.
In the past, studios went as far as sending voters specialized players equipped with stronger copy protections than regular DVDs, but that system was abandoned years ago as being too troublesome.
So most studios continue to send discs to voters by mail – as many as 20,000 per movie.
From www.istockanalyst.com
Night & Day: Movie awards season afoot
Jan 23rd
While summertime fills the multiplexes with restless throngs eager to see the latest special effects spectacle, winter movies attract more serious, thoughtful cinema fans.
One of the season’s leaders in this category clearly has been “The King’s Speech,” starring Colin Firth as King George VI of Britain, a stutterer forced to address his nation at a crucial period in history.
Firth won a Golden Globe Award last Sunday, Jan. 16, for his performance, but the big winner last weekend was “The Social Network,” which chronicles the founding of Facebook, with prizes for best picture, director and screenplay.
Opinions differ on just how accurately the Golden Globes predict the Academy Award winners, but both of those films could be contenders.
The Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday, Jan. 25, and early predictions for best picture nominees include Clint Eastwood’s “The Hereafter,” Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” and “The Fighter,” which won Golden Globes both for best supporting actor and supporting actress.
The Academy Awards ceremony itself is only a month away, coming Feb. 27.
Sonoma Environmental Film Festival
The silver screen can not only entertain, but edify. Serious cinema fans can find interesting films with an earth-friendly theme at the Sonoma Environmental Film Festival this weekend.
Now in its fourth year, founder Justine Ashton’s cinematic celebration of sustainability closes at 6 tonight, Jan. 23, with “Alamar,” about an epic journey on the open sea, at the Sonoma Women’s Club,
574 First St, E., Sonoma. $10-$15. 935-3456, wcfilmfest@aol.com,
seff.us.
Geography of Hope Film Festival
Continuing in an ecological vein, the Geography of Hope Film Festival presents films about water, and its importance to the future of the planet, Feb. 25-27 at the Dance Palace in Point Reyes Station.
The program includes documentaries, features and even animation. ptreyesbooks.com/goh/film-festival.
SF Independent Film Festival
The San Francisco Independent Film Festival runs Feb. 3-17.
And gazing beyond February, dedicated followers of film can look forward to the fourth annual Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, to run March 18-20 at various venues. sebastopolfilmfestival.org.
No wonder we love the movies. How can you resist a medium that can embrace fantasy and action just as ably as it tackles history, science and even the fate of the world?
— Dan Taylor
From www.pressdemocrat.com
Mandy Moore At The 2011 Critics Choice Movie Awards
Jan 16th
On January 14th actress and singer Mandy Moore attended the 2011 Critics Choice Movie Awards. The awards were held at the Hollywood Palladium in West Hollywood, California and it was definitely a star studded event!
Mandy rocked the red carpet in an adorable strapless dress – beautiful!
Mandy recently voiced the character Rapunzel in the Walt Disney Pictures animated movie “Tangled.” Did you see “Tangled” in theaters? What did you think?
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From www.disneydreaming.com
