2009 Annie Award Nominees Announces

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Sony Pictures Animation
• Coraline, Laika
• Fantastic Mr. Fox, 20th Century Fox
• The Princess and the Frog, Walt Disney Animation Studios
• The Secret of the Kells, Cartoon Saloon
• Up, Pixar Animation Studios

You can see the nominations in all the categories here on annieawards.org.


Posted on December 11, 2009
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Early Oscars Presented: Governors Awards

Steven Spielberg speaks as part of the award presentation to Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient John Calley during the 2009 Governors Awards. The 2009 Governors Awards were given to actress Lauren Bacall, 85; producer-director-writer Roger Corman, 83; and cinematographer Gordon Willis, 78.

Photo: Todd Wawrychuk, © A.M.P.A.S.


Posted on November 15, 2009
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Early Buzz on Best Picture

The L.A. Times Gold Derby blog has listed some of the possibilities for Best Picture this year. Remember, the changes to the category mean ten films will be nominated this year. Gold Derby says these 12 films are the favorites to be nominated.

• Avatar
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Invictus
• The Lovely Bones
• Nine
• Precious
• The Road
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

It would be good to see District 9 and Star Trek nominated. Science fiction fans will feel snubbed if Avatar gets in but one or both of these films does not. Gold Derby does have them as "possibilities."


Posted on October 25, 2009
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2009 Teen Choice Award Winners

Here is a list of the Teen Choice Award winners.

MOvie Winners

• Choice Movie Action Adventure: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Choice Movie Drama: Twilight
• Choice Movie Bromantic Comedy: Marley & Me
• Choice Movie Comedy: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
• Choice Movie Chick Flick: 27 Dresses
• Choice Movie Horror/Thriller: Friday the 13th
• Choice Movie Music/Dance: High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• Choice Movie Hissy Fit: Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
• Choice Movie Actor Drama: Robert Pattinson, Twilight
• Choice Movie Actress Drama: Kristen Stewart, Twilight
• Choice Movie Actor Action Adventure: Hugh Jackman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Choice Movie Actress Action Adventure: Jordana Brewster, Fast and Furious
• Choice Movie Actor Comedy: Zac Efron, 17 Again
• Choice Movie Actress Comedy: Anne Hathaway, Bride Wars
• Choice Movie Actress Music/Dance: Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
• Choice Movie Actor Music/Dance: Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• Choice Movie Villain: Cam Gigandet, Twilight
• Choice Movie Fresh Face Female: Ashley Greene, Twilight
• Choice Movie Fresh Face Male: Taylor Lautner, Twilight
• Choice Movie Liplock: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Twilight
• Choice Movie Rumble: Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet, Twilight
• Choice Movie Rockstar Moment: Zac Efron, 17 Again
• Choice Summer Movie Drama: My Sister's Keeper
• Choice Summer Movie Comedy: Up
• Choice Summer Movie Romance: The Proposal
• Choice Summer Movie Action Adventure: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Choice Summer Movie Star Male: Shia LaBeouf, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Choice Summer Movie Star Female: Megan Fox, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Television

• Choice TV Show Drama: Gossip Girl
• Choice TV Show Action Adventure: Heroes
• Choice TV Show Comedy: Hannah Montana
• Choice TV Animated Show: SpongeBob SquarePants
• Choice TV Reality: The Hills
• Choice TV Reality Competition: American Idol
• Choice TV Actor Drama: Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl
• Choice TV Actress Drama: Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl
• Choice TV Actor Action Adventure: Tom Welling, Smallville
• Choice TV Actress Action Adventure: Hayden Panettiere, Heroes
• Choice TV Actor Comedy: Jonas Brothers, Jonas
• Choice TV Actress Comedy: Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana
• Choice TV Breakout Show: Jonas
• Choice TV Breakout Star Female: Demi Lovato, Sonny with a Chance
• Choice TV Breakout Star Male: Frankie Jonas, Jonas
• Choice TV Male Reality/Variety Star: Adam Lambert, American Idol
• Choice TV Female Reality/Variety Star: Lauren Conrad, The Hills
• Choice TV Villain: Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl
• Choice Fab-u-lous: Jay Alexander, America's Next Top Model"
• Choice TV Sidekick: Emily Osment, Hannah Montana
• Choice TV Late Night Show: Chelsea Lately
• Choice TV Parental Unit: Billy Ray Cyrus, Hannah Montana
• Choice Summer TV Show: Princess Protection Program
• Choice Summer TV Star Female: Selena Gomez, Princess Protection Program
• Choice Summer TV Star Male: Daren Kagasoff, The Secret Life of the American Teenager

Music Winners

• Choice Music Single: Miley Cyrus, "The Climb"
• Choice Music Hook-Up: Lady Gaga and Colby O'Donis, "Just Dance"
• Choice Music Male Artist: Jason Mraz
• Choice Music Female Artist: Taylor Swift
• Choice Music Rad Artist: Kanye West
• Choice Music R&B Artist: Beyonce
• Choice Music Rock Group: Paramore
• Choice Music Breakout Artist: David Archuleta
• Choice Music Love Song: David Archuleta, "Crush"
• Choice Music R&B Track: Beyonce, "Single Ladies"
• Choice Music Rap/Hip-Hop Track: Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"
• Choice Music Rock Track: Paramore, "Decode"
• Choice Music Album Male Artist: Jason Mraz, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
• Choice Music Album Female Artist: Taylor Swift, Fearless
• Choice Music Soundtrack: Twilight
• Choice Music Tour: Demi Lovato and David Archuleta
• Choice Summer Song: Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus, "Before the Storm"

Miscellaneous Winners

• Choice Male Hottie: Robert Pattinson
• Choice Female Hottie: Megan Fox
• Choice Web Star: Fred
• Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon Female: Selena Gomez
• Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon Male: Jonas Brothers
• Choice Comedian: George Lopez
• Choice Celebrity Activist: Hayden Panettiere
• Choice Celebrity Pet: Bo, the Obamas' dog
• Choice Video Game: "Rock Band 2"
• Choice Celebrity Baby: Honor Marie Warren, daughter of Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
• Choice Celebrity Dancer: Selena Gomez Choice Twit: Ellen DeGeneres Ultimate Choice Award: Britney Spears

Sports Winners

• Choice Male Athlete: David Beckham
• Choice Female Athlete: Shawn Johnson
• Choice Male Action Sports Athlete: Ryan Sheckler
• Choice Female Action Sports Athlete: Stephanie Gilmore
  
  
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  2009 MTV Movie Award Winners

  Here are the winners of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.
  • Best Movie: Twilght
  • Best Male Performance: Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
  • Best Female Perfromance: Kristen Stewart, Twilght
  • Best Villain: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
  • Best Comedic Perfromance: Jim Carrey, Yes Man
  • Best Fight: Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet, Twilght
  • Best Kiss: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Twilght
  • Breakthrough Performance, Female: Ashley Tisdale, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
  • Breakthrough Performance, Male: Robert Pattinson, Twilght
  • Best WTF Moment: Peeing In The Sink, Amy Poehler in Baby Mama
  • Best Song From a Movie: Miley Cyrus "The Climb", Hannah Montana: The Movie
  Zack Efron probably had the most awkward acceptance of the night having to follow Bruno dropping down from the ceiling on Eminem.
  
  
  Posted on June 4, 2009
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  Nominate Movies for 2009 MTV Movie Awards

  MTV says they are letting fans vote for which movies they want considered for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. You can nominate your movies here until the nomination period ends on April 20th.

  We need your help! Cast your votes now to make sure your favorite movies of the past year are considered for 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Nominee voting is only open from now until April 20, so don't wait! Log in and vote now.

  
  
  
  Posted on April 14, 2009
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  Andy Samberg to Host MTV Movie Awards

  Andy Samberg is going to host this year's MTV Movie Awards.

  Andy Samberg is set to front the 18th annual edition of the cheeky awards show—which will likely be dominated by all things Twilight and Dark Knight—on May 31 at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, Calif.
  
  "Andy Samberg has been tapped to be the host," E! News' Ryan Seacrest revealed this morning. "He's great."
  
  "I'm super excited to host the Movie Awards," the comic cutie said in a statement. "I grew up watching the show and a lot of the past hosts are heroes of mine. Plus my friends and I were writers for the show prior to working at SNL, so it will be a sweet and satisfying homecoming. I can't wait to act really important."

  Andy Sandberg has also had a number of digital short hits from SNL including Chronicles of Narnia (Lazy Sunday) and I'm on a Boat. It will be fun to see what he does spoofing the big movies.
  
  Photo: NBC
  
  
  Posted on March 18, 2009
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  2009 Oscar Winners

  The Oscars winners were pretty predictable Sunday night but the way the main acting awards were presented was both novel and an improvement. It was interesting hearing what each actor or actress had to say about each nominees. Slumdog Millionaire was the favorite heading into the awards they ended up winning eight Oscars including Best Picture. Here's a list of the winners:
  • Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
  • Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
  • Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
  • Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
  • Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk
  • Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
  • Animated Film: WALL-E
  • Short Animated Film: La Maison En Petite Cubes
  • Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Costume Design: The Duchess
  • Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
  • Live Action Short Film: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
  • Original Song: A.R. Rahman and Gulzar, Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire
  • Documentary: Man on Wire
  • Documentary, Short Subjects: Smile Pinki
  • Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
  • Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
  • Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
  • Foreign Film: Departures (Japan)
  You can see a list of the nominees here.
  
  
  Posted on February 23, 2009
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  66th Annual Golden Globes Winners

  Here's the winners of the 66th annual Golden Globes. It was a huge night for Slumdog Millionaire, 30 Rock and John Adams. Actress Kate Winslet also had a big night taking home two Globes. Heath Ledger won for his amazing performance as Joker in The Dark Knight. Here's the winners list. Shoppingblog.com has some of the red carpet fashion highlights here.
  
  Movies:
  • Best Motion Picture - Drama: Slumdog Millionaire
  • Best Director: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
  • Best Performance by an Actress - Drama: Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
  • Best Performance by an Actor - Drama: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
  • Best Musical Or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Best Performance by an Actress - Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Best Performance by an Actor - Musical Or Comedy: Colin Farrell - In Bruges
  • Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role: Kate Winslet - The Reader
  • Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
  • Best Animated Feature Film: Wall-E (Disney/Pixar)
  • Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
  • Best Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire, written by Simon Beaufoy
  • Best Original Score: "Slumdog Millionaire," composed by A. R. Rahman
  • Best Original Song: "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen
  Television:
  • Best Television Series - Drama: Mad Men (AMC)
  • Best Performance by an Actress - Drama: Anna Paquin - True Blood (HBO)
  • Best Performance by an Actor - Drama: Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment (HBO)
  • Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: 30 Rock (NBC)
  • Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Tina Fey - 30 Rock (NBC)
  • Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy: Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (NBC)
  • Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television: John Adams (HBO)
  • Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Laura Linney - John Adams (HBO)
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Paul Giamatti - John Adams (HBO)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Laura Dern - Recount (HBO)
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Tom Wilkinson - John Adams (HBO)
  
  
  
  Posted on January 12, 2009
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  14th Annual Critics' Choice Award Winners Announced

  Slumdog Millionaire swept the Critics Choice Awards with five wins including Best Picture and Best Director. Sean Penn won Best Actor for Milk and there was a tied for Best Actress with Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep. Heather Ledger won Best Supprting Actor and Kate Winslet won Best Supporting Actress. You can see a complete list of the winners here.
  
  
  
  
  Posted on January 9, 2009
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  35th People's Choice Award Winners

  The People's Choice Awards winners have been announced. Here's some highlights of actors and actresses taking home PCAs. The Dark Knight took home the most with five.
  • Favorite Movie: The Dark Knight
  • Favorite Comedy Movie: 27 Dresses
  • Favorite Family Movie: Wall-E
  • Favorite Mall Star: Will Smith
  • Favorite Female Star: Reese Witherspoon
  • Favorite TV Comedy: Two and a Half Men
  • Favorite TV Drama: The Mentalist
  • Favorite Reality Show: Dancing with the Stars
  You can see a full list of the winners here.
  
  
  
  
  Posted on January 8, 2009
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  Official Golden Globes Poster For 2009

  
  
  Above is the official poster for the 2009 Golden Globes which take place on January 11th. (via Gold Derby)
  
  
  Posted on December 31, 2008
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  Golden Globe Nominees Announced

  The Golden Globe nominees for 2009 are out. A lot of people are talking about a Dark Knight snub for Best Picture. It wasn't a complete snub of the film as Heath Ledger was nominated for his terrific Joker performance. You can see the complete nominees here. Below are nominees for the top film and tv categories.
  
  Best Picture:
  • The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Frost/Nixon
  • The Reader
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  Best Performance by an Actress in Movie Drama:
  • Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
  • Angelina Jolie - Changeling
  • Meryl Streep - Doubt
  • Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
  • Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
  Best Performance by an Actor in Movie Drama:
  • Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
  • Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
  • Sean Penn - Milk
  • Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
  Best Television Series - Drama
  • Dexter (SHOWTIME)
  • House (FOX)
  • In Treatment (HBO)
  • Mad Men (AMC)
  • True Blood (HBO)
  Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
  • Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
  • Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order
  • January Jones - Mad Men (AMC)
  • Anna Paquin - True Blood (HBO)
  • Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (TNT)
  Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
  • Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment (HBO)
  • Michael C. Hall - Dexter (SHOWTIME)
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men (AMC)
  • Hugh Laurie - House (FOX)
  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors (SHOWTIME)
  
  
  
  Posted on December 13, 2008
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  2008 Scream Award Winners

  Here are the winners of Spike TV's 2008 Scream Awards. The Dark Knight took home most of the awards.
  • The Ultimate Scream Movie: The Dark Knight
  • Best Fantasy Movie: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
  • Best Horror Movie: Sweeney Todd
  • Best Science Fiction Movie: Iron Man
  • est Sequel: The Dark Knight
  • Best Remake: Halloween
  • Best Comic Book Movie: The Dark Knight
  • Best Scream to Comic Adaptation: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight
  • Best Superhero: Christian Bale as Batman in The Dark Knight
  • Best Villain: Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
  • Best Actor in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show: Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
  • Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show: Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd
  • Best Actor in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show: Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man
  • Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show: Angelina Jolie in Wanted (2008)
  • Best Actress in a Horror Movie or TV Show: Liv Tyler in The Strangers
  • Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show: Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Extinction
  • Breakout Performance: WALL-E in Wall-E
  • Best Supporting Performance: Gary Oldman in The Dark Knight
  • The Holy Shit! Scene of the Year: The Big Rig Flips Over in The Dark Knight
  • Most Memorable Mutilation: Bitten by Vagina with Teeth in Teeth
  • Best Director: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
  • Best Screamplay: The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer
  • Best F/X: The Dark Knight
  • Best Line: "I believe whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger" by The Joker in The Dark Knight
  • Best TV Show: Dexter
  • Best Comic Book: Y: The Last Man
  • Best Comic Book Artist: Gabriel Ba, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite
  • Best Comic Book Writer: Grant Morrison, Batman, Final Crisis
  • Most Shocking Comic Book Twist: The X-Men Disband After Professor X is Shot in the Head by Bishop
  The L.A. Times has more coverage of this year's awards here.
  
  
  Posted on November 2, 2008
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  Oscars Vs. MTV Movie Awards

  This isn't the first time we have heard the argument that the MTV Movie Awards are more relevant that the Oscars. This time it is MTV Movie Awards producer Mark Burnett who is making the argument.

  "I'm looking forward to incorporating the viewers more than ever before because I consider the MTV Movie Awards to be the most relevant movie award show in America today," Burnett said. "This show honors the movies that millions of young Americans go to see. We will again highlight the interactive culture that is young America."

  The MTV Movie Awards do focus on films that many more people went to see last year but you still can't beat the Oscars in importance, viewership and integrity.
  
  
  Posted on March 25, 2008
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  The Oscars Winners 2008

  The Oscars winners are in. It was a smooth night without many surprises. Four awards went to No Country For Old Men including Best Picture. Marion Cotillard was surprise winner in the Best Actress category. Daniel Day-Lewis, Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton were also winners of acting awards. Here's a list of this year's winners.
  
  
• Best Picture: No Country for Old Men.
• Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood.
• Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
• Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men.
• Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.
• Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men.
• Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters Austria.
• Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men.
• Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
• Animated Feature Film: Ratatouille
• Art Direction: Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
• Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum
• Sound Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum.
• Original Score: Atonement Dario Marianelli.
• Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from Once Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
• Costume: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• Documentary Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side
• Documentary Short Subject: Freeheld
• Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
• Makeup: La Vie en Rose
• Animated Short Film: Peter & the Wolf
• Live Action Short Film: Le Mozart des Pickpockets ('The Mozart of Pickpockets')
• Visual Effects: The Golden Compass
  
  You can see a complete list of all the nominees here. You can find lots of Oscars links and scoop here.
  
  Photo source: A.M.P.A.S.
  
  
  Posted on February 25, 2008
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  A-list on the Oscar Red Carper

  The A-list arrive for this year's Oscar ceremony. In this video clip from the AP you will see Javier Bardem, George Clooney, Cate Blanchette, Jessica Alba, Katherine Heigl and others as they arrive at the Kodak Theater for the 80th annual Academy Awards. For more coverage of the hot dresses worn by the actresses this year check out ShoppingBlog.com's Oscar section.
  
  
  
  
  Posted on February 24, 2008
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  Lindsay Lohan, Eddie Murphy Dominate Razzies

  Lindsay Lohan would like to undo her disastrous motion picture: I Know Who Killed Me but the Razzies just won't let it go away. Lohan and her film took home a record 8 Razzie awards out of eleven categories. She even won for Worst Actress twice - for playing both Aubrey and Dakota.Another actor that won dreaded Razzie awards was Eddie Murphy. He won three awards for his performances in Norbit. Thanks to his film Norbit Eddie Murphy won Razzies for Worst Supporting Actor, Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Actor). You can see a complete list of the Razzie winners here.
  
  This is what the Razzies said about Lindsay Lohan's film, "Topping the field with 9 nominations is I Know Who Killed Me, a Lindsay Lohan 'vehicle' that proved as dangerous for its star as any car she ever ran off the road. An oddball cross-breeding of the Hostel/Saw genre of 'teen torture porn' with elements of the old Old Patty Duke Show, I Know stars Lohan as psychically connected twins."
  
  
  Posted on February 23, 2008
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  Razzie Nominees Announced

  The Razzies are awarded to the worst films of the year and for the worst acting of the year. This year the nominees are dominated by two films: Eddie Murphy's Norbit and Lindsay Lohan's I Know Who Killed Me. These two films helped these actors get nominated multiple times. Murphy is up for a record five Razzies and the Norbit film is up for still more. Here are Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Actress awards. You can see the complete list of Razzie nominees here.
  
  Worst Picture
• Bratz
• Daddy Day Camp
• I Know Who Killed Me
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
• Norbit
  
  Worst Actor
• Nicolas Cage, Ghost Rider, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and Next
• Jim Carrey, The Number 23
• Cuba Gooding, Jr., Daddy Day Camp and Norbit
• Eddie Murphy (as Norbit), Norbit
• Adam Sandler, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
  
  Worst Actress
• Jessica Alba, Awake, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck
• Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Nathalia Ramos & Skyler Shaye, Bratz
• Elisha Cuthbert, Captivity
• Diane Keaton, Because I Said So
• Lindsay Lohan (as Aubrey), I Know Who Killed Me
• Lindsay Lohan (as Dakota), I Know Who Killed Me
  
  
  Posted on February 1, 2008
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  Screen Actors Guild Award Winners Named

  Here is a list of the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award winners.
  
  Theatrical Motion Pictures
  
  
• Male Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)
• Female Actor in a Leading Role: Julie Christie as Fiona - Away From Her (Lionsgate)
• Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh - No Country For Old Men (Miramax Films)
• Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Ruby Dee as Mama Lucas - American Gangster (Universal Pictures)
• Cast in a Motion Picture: No Country For Old Men (Miramax Films)
• Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)
  
  Primetime Television
  
  
• Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Kevin Kline as Jacques - As You Like It (HBO)
• Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Queen Latifah as Ana - Life Support (HBO)
• Male Actor in a Drama Series: James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano - The Sopranos (HBO)
• Female Actor in a Drama Series: Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano - The Sopranos (HBO)
• Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock (NBC)
• Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock (NBC)
• Ensemble in a Drama Series: The Sopranos (HBO)
• Ensemble in a Comedy Series: The Office (NBC)
• Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: 24 (FOX)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards 44th Annual Life Achievement Award: Charles Durning
  
  (via Watchers Watch)
  
  
  Posted on January 31, 2008
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  80th Academy Award Nominations Announced

  The 80th Academy Award nominees have been named. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood led the nominees with eight nominations each. The Michael Clayton film written and directed by Tony Gilroy garnered seven nominations including Best Picture and Best Director. Atonement is also up for seven awards. Miramax led all studios with 13 nominations. Here are the nominees for Best Picture, Best Director and the actor and actress categories. You can see the complete list here.
  
  Best Picture:
  
• Atonement
• Juno
• Michael Clayton
• No Country for Old Men
• There Will Be Blood
  
  Actor:
  
• George Clooney, Michael Clayton
• Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
• Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
  
  Actress:
  
• Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• Julie Christie, Away From Her
• Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
• Laura Linney, The Savages
• Ellen Page, Juno
  
  Supporting Actor:
  
• Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
• Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
  
  Supporting Actress:
  
• Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
• Ruby Dee, American Gangster
• Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
• Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
• Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
  
  Director:
  
• Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Jason Reitman, Juno
• Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
  
  You can see the original score and original song nominations here including some of the music videos for the original song nominations. Three of the songs are from Disney's Enchanted.
  
  
  Posted on January 22, 2008
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  No Globes, No Grammys and No Oscars?

  We already saw the Globes announced in a boring press conference. The Grammys are likely to be denied a waiver so that isn't going to be the spectacle it normally would is. Variety has an article floating the idea that there could be two differents Oscars shows.

  Amid the pervasive uncertainty created by the WGA strike, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is forging ahead with plans for the Feb. 24 Oscar ceremony. But the Academy is also planning two different shows -- the usual kudocast and an alternative event if the scribes are still out.
  
  Oscarcast producer Gil Cates supplied few details as to what form the alternative show would take, simply saying at a meeting at Acad headquarters that they'd have to "play it by ear," according to one attendee.
  
  But it's likely that the alternative show would rely on industry heavyweights penning their own speeches and presenting the awards.

  It isn't clear how there could be an Oscars without writers or actors which is what is likely to happen if the strike continues.
  
  
  Posted on January 17, 2008
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  Golden Globe Winners Announced

  This year's Golden Globe award winners have been announced. It wasn't nearly as exciting as previous because of the ongoing writers strike. No film dominated. Atonement won two awards including Best Picture and Original Score. Best Actress, Drama went to Julie Christie for Away From Her and Best Actor, Drama was awarded to Daniel Day-Lewis, the star of There Will Be Blood. Julian Schnabel won Best Director for the film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
  
  The television awards were dominated by cable. HBO won several of the tv awards for their shows including Extras, Longford and Entourage. Tina Fey won the only broadcast tv award of the night. She won Best Actress, Comedy for 30 Rock.
  
  You can see a complete list of the awards here. Singers Sing also has a blog post about this year's Best Original Song winner: "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild.
  
  
  Posted on January 14, 2008
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  People's Choice Award Winners Announced

  The 2008 People's Choice award winners have been announced. The awards cover a myriad of entertainment categories. Here is a sample of some of the winners.
  
  
• Favorite New TV Comedy: Samantha Who?
• Favorite Movie Drama: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Favorite Male Action Stor: Matt Damon
• Favorite Female Singer: Gwen Stefani
• Favorite Leading Lady: Drew Barrymore
• Favorite Talk Show Host: Ellen DeGeneres
• Favorite New TV Drama: Moonlight
• Favorite Game Show: Deal or No Deal
  
  You can see the complete list including acceptance speech videos here on the official website.
  
  
  Posted on January 9, 2008
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  2007 Hugo Award Winners

  The winners of the Hugo Awards have been announced by the World Science Fiction Society. Here is a list of the winners.
  
  
• Best Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
• Best Novella: "A Billion Eves" by Robert Reed
• Best Novelette: "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald
• Best Short Story: "Impossible Dreams" by Tim Pratt
• Best Related Nonfiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
• Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan's Labyrinth
• Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who: "Girl in the Fireplace"
• Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
• Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
• Best Semiprozine: Locus
• Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly
• Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
• Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
• John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Naomi Novik
  
  You can see a list of all the nominees with links here. (via Fantasy SF Blog)
  
  
  Posted on September 26, 2007
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  Writers Write, Inc. Launches Fantasy and Science Fiction Blog

  Writers Write, Inc. has added a new blog to its blog network called FantasySFBlog.com. Fantasy/SF Blog is a daily blog covering what's new and interesting in the worlds of fantasy, SF, and horror, including books, movies, TV and gaming.
  
  Recent posts include:
  
  
• Lost: The Orchid Orientation Video
• Is Peter Jackson Back on Board for The Hobbit?
• Finalists Announced For British Fantasy Awards
• Saw IV Coming in October
• Will Tom Cruise Join the Star Trek Cast?
• The Dresden Files Is Cancelled
• ABC Offers Masters of Science Fiction
• The Beowulf Trailer is Here
• Johnny Depp Is Barnabas Collins
  
  RSS subscription informaton for the Fantasy/SF Blog can be found here.
  
  
  Posted on August 15, 2007
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  Hudson and Beyonce Star at BET Awards

  People reports that Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce each won two awards at this year's BET awards show. Hudson won best actress and best new artist award. Beyonce took home awards for best female R&B artist and video of the year.

  Hudson, 25, kicked off the three-hour ceremony with a duet of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" with Jennifer Holliday, who made the song famous on Broadway almost three decades ago.
  
  The Oscar winner snagged the best actress trophy ("I can't believe I'm still winning awards!" she said) and best new artist award.
  
  Beyonce, 25, who led the nominees with six nods, picked up awards for best female R&B artist and video of the year for "Irreplaceable."
  
  She also performed a show-stopping rendition of her dance anthem "Get Me Bodied" - followed by her Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland singing "Like This" with cameos from Eve, Michelle Williams and Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles.

  The official BET awards website can be found here.
  
  
  Posted on June 27, 2007
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  2007 MTV Movie Award Winners

  The 2007 MTV Movie Awards was hosted by comic Sarah Silverman. The show parodied several films including Babel, Dreamgirls, The Departed, 300, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Devil Wears Prada and Transformers. Here is a list of this year's winners.
  
  
• Best Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Best Villain: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
• Best Performance: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Breakthrough Performance: Jaden Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
• Best Comedic Performance: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Best Kiss: Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• Best Fight: Gerard Butler vs. the Uber Immortal, 300
• Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet: Transformers
• MTV Generation Award: Mike Myers
  
  MTV has some highlights, red carpet photos and videos from the 2007 MTV Movie Awards on its website.
  
  
  Posted on June 17, 2007
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  2007 Nebula Awards Announced

  The winners of the 2007 Nebula Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
  
  
• Novel: Seeker Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)
• Novella: Burn by James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon Publications)
• Novelette: "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (F&SF Oct/Nov 2005)
• Short Story: "Echo" by Elizabeth Hand (F&SF Oct/Nov 2005)
• Script: Howl's Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt
• Andre Norton Award: Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier (Penguin Razorbill, May05)
  
  Also recognized were James Gunn as Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master, D.G. Compton as Author Emeritus, and Brook & Julia West for Service to SFWA. Locus and the SFWA have more information about this year's Nebula awards. Some photographs from the awards banquet can be found here.
  
  
  Posted on June 3, 2007
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  Entertainment Twitters

  Here are several entertainment-related Twitter news accounts that are available. They provide frequently updated news about books, games, music, movies and other entertainment categories.
  • Book news microblog
  • Celebrity gossip news microblog
  • Gaming news microblog
  • Movie news microblog
  • Music news microblog
  • TV and Movies microblog
  • Toy news microblog
  • Videos microblog
  You can keep up with news about Twitter by following BloggersBlog.com's Twitter news section or by following the BloggersBlog.com Twitter.
  
  
  Posted on May 25, 2007
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  2007 Film Independent Spirit Award Winners Announced

  This year's Film Independent Spirt Awards have been announced. Little Miss Sunshine took home the award for Best Feature as well as three other awards. Here is a list of the winners.
  
  
• Best Feature: Little Miss Sunshine
• Best Director: Jonathon Dayton & Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine
• Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking
• Best First Feature: Sweet Land
• Best First Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
• John Cassavetes Award: Quinceanera
• Best Supporting Female: Frances McDormand, Friends with Money
• Best Supporting Male: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
• Best Female Lead: Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson
• Best Male Lead: Ryan Gosling. Half Nelson
• Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro, Pan's Labyrinth
• Best Foreign Film: The Lives of Others
• Best Documentary: The Road to Guantanamo
  
  
  Posted on March 2, 2007
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  79th Academy Awards Winners List

  Here are the winnners of the 79th Academy Awards.
  
  
• Best Picture: The Departed (Warner Bros.) Graham King, Producer
• Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed (Warner Bros.)
• Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland (Fox Searchlight)
• Best Actress: Helen Mirren in The Queen (Miramax, Pathe and Granada)
• Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)
• Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount)
• Best Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Written by Michael Arndt
• Best Adapated Screenplay: The Departed (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by William Monahan
• Best Animated Film: Happy Feet (Warner Bros.) George Miller
• Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse)
• Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro
• Costume Design: Marie Antoinette (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero
• Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions) A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David, Production Davis Guggenheim
• Best Short Documentary: The Blood of Yingzhou District A Thomas Lennon Films Production, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
• Film Editing: The Departed (Warner Bros.) Thelma Schoonmaker
• Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others A Wiedemann & Berg Production, Germany
• Best Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) David Martí and Montse Ribe
• Original Score: "Babel" from Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
• Original Song: "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
• Best Animated Short: The Danish Poet (National Film Board of Canada) A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada, Production Torill Kove
• Best Live Action Short: West Bank Story, An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
• Sound Editing: Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
• Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls (DreamWorks and Paramount) Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
• Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
  
  
  Posted on February 26, 2007
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  Razzie Winners Announced

  Basic Instict 2 has dominated this year's Razzie Awards, the awards given for the worst film making and the worst acting. Basic Instinct 2 took home four $4.97 trophies, among them Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay and Worst Prequel or Sequel. The fourth award was the 2006 Worst Actress trophy that went to Sharon Stone. The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation members like to call the movie Basically, it Stinks, Too.
  
  
• Worst Picture: Basic Instinct 2 (Sony/Columbia)
• Worst Actress: Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct 2 (Sony/Columbia)
• Worst Actor: Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans, Little Man
• Worst Supporting Actress: Carmen Electra, Date Movie and Scary Movie 4
• Worst Supporting Actor: M. Night Shyamalan, Lady in the Water
• Worst Director: M. Night Shyamalan, Lady in the Water
• Worst Screen Couple: Shawn Wayans & either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans, Little Man
• Worst Remake Or Rip-off: Little Man (Rip-off of the 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon "Baby Buggy Bunny")
• Worst Prequel or Sequel: Basic Instinct 2 (Sony/Columbia)
• Worst Screenplay: Basic Instinct 2 (Sony/Columbia), Screenplay by Leora Barish & Henry Bean, Based on Characters Created by Joe Ezsterhas
• Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment: RV (Sony/Columbia)
  
  
  Posted on February 25, 2007
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  79th Academy Award Presenters

  79th Academy Awards, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today that Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, who each hold the record for most Academy Award nominations by actors, in their respective categories will join Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman as presenters. They will be joined by Oscar nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey, Jr., Greg Kinnear, Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Ken Watanabe and Naomi Watts. Ziskin also announced that Gael Garcia Bernal, Emily Blunt, Catherine Deneuve, former Vice President Al Gore, James McAvoy and Jerry Seinfeld will be presenting.
  
  These presenters will join Ben Affleck, Jessica Biel, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kirsten Dunst, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Eva Green, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez, Tobey Maguire, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, John Travolta, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon on the telecast.
  
  
  Posted on February 23, 2007
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  The 2006 Razzies Nominations

  The Razzies are film awards that go to the very worst films and the very worst actors. Here is a list of the nominations in Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Actress.
  
  Worst Picture Nominees:
  
• Basic Instinct 2 (Sony/Columbia)
• Bloodrayne (Romar Entertainment)
• Lady In The Water (Warner Bros.)
• Little Man (Sony/Revolution)
• Wicker Man (Warner Bros.)
  
  Worst Actor:
  
• Tim Allen, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, The Shaggy Dog and Zoom
• Nicolas Cage, Wicker Man
• Larry, The Cable Guy (Dan Whitney), Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector
• Rob Schneider, The Benchwarmers and Little Man
• Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans, Little Man
  
  Worst Actress:
  
• Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff, Material Girls
• Lindsay Lohan, Just My Luck
• Kristanna Loken, Bloodrayne
• Jessica Simpson, Employee Of The Month
• Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct 2
  
  Here is a list of films receiving multiple nominations. Basic Instinct 2 has the most nomination. It's up for seven Razzies.
  
  
• Basic Instinct 2, 7 Nominations: Worst Picture, Actress, Supporting Actor, Director, Sequel, Screenplay and Screen Couple
• Little Man, 7 Nominations: Worst Picture, Actor (2) Remake/Rip-Off, Director, Screenplay and Screen Couple
• Bloodrayne, 6 Nominations: Worst Picture, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Director and Screenplay
• Wicker Man, 5 Nominations: Worst Picture, Actor, Screenplay, Remake and Screen Couple
• Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, 5 Nominations: Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment, Worst Actor, Supporting Actor, Sequel and Screen Couple
• Lady In The Water, 4 Nominations: Worst Picture, Supporting Actor, Director and Screenplay
• Deck The Halls, 3 Nominations: Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress
• The Shaggy Dog, 3 Nominations: Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment, Worst Remake and Worst Actor
  
  The Razzies ceremonies will be held at 7:30pm/PST on Oscar eve, Saturday, February 24 at Hollywood's Ivar Theatre.
  
  
  Posted on February 16, 2007
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  Award News Roundup 2-11-07

  Here are some recent happenings in book, games and movie awards.
  
  
• The BAFTA award winners have been announced. The Queen won best film and also best actress for Helen Mirren. You can see a list of the winners here.
• The nominees for the 2007 Edgar awards have been announced. The awards are for mystery writing in books, plays, film and television.
• The finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced.
• The 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards nominees have been announced. Gears of War is dominating the awards with ten nominations. You can see the nominees list here.
  
  
  Posted on February 11, 2007
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  Ben Stiller, Scarlett Johansson Win Hasty Pudding Awards

  The AP reports that Ben Stiller and Scarlett Johansson have won this year's Hasty Pudding awards.

  The awards, announced Monday, are given to performers who have made a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment" by Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe.
  
  Johansson, 22, will lead a parade through Cambridge on Feb. 15, then attend a roast in her honor and receive the "Pudding Pot." The ceremony for Stiller, 41, is Feb. 23.

  The Hasty Pudding awards are presented each year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. They are technical the Man and Woman of the Year awards. You can read more about the awards here on the official website.
  
  
  Posted on February 7, 2007
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  SAG Award Winners Announced

  The Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2006 at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards inceremonies attended by film and television's leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 28 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Here is a list of this year's winners:
  
  
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
• Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: Little Miss Sunshine, Cast includes Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano and Greg Kinnear
  
  TV Awards
  
  
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Jeremy Irons, Elizabeth I
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Helen Mirren, Elizabeth I
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Hugh Laurie, House
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
• Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama: Grey's Anatomy on ABC. You can see the cast list here.
• Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: The Office on NBC. You can see the cast list here.
• Screen Actors Guild Awards 43rd Annual Life Achievement Award: Julie Andrews
  
  
  Posted on January 30, 2007
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  Nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards Announced

  The nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards have been announced. Dreamgirls picked up the most nominations with eight but did not get a Best Picture nomination. Three of Dreamgirls nominations all came in one category -- Original Song. Other films with four or more nominations include Babel (7), The Queen (6), Pan's Labyrinth (6), Blood Diamond (5) The Departed (5), Letters from Iwo Jima (4) and Little Miss Sunshine (4). Here is a list of this year's Oscar nominees.
  
  Best Picture:
  
• Babel
• The Departed
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
  
  Actor:
  
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
• Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
• Peter O'Toole, Venus
• Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
• Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
  
  Actress:
  
• Penelope Cruz, Volver
• Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet, Little Children
  
  Supporting Actor:
  
• Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
• Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
• Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
• Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
• Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
  
  Supporting Actress:
  
• Adriana Barraza, Babel
• Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
  
  Director:
  
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel
• Martin Scorsese, The Departed
• Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears, The Queen
• Paul Greengrass, United 93
  
  Best Adapted Screenplay:
  
• Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, Borat
• Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, Children of Men
• William Monahan, The Departed
• Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, Little Children
• Patrick Marber, Notes on a Scandal
  
  Best Original Screenplay:
  
• Guillermo Arriaga, Babel
• Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, Letters From Iwo Jima
• Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
• Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth
• Peter Morgan, The Queen
  
  Best Animated Feature Film:
  
• Cars
• Happy Feet
• Monster House
  
  Foreign Language Film:
  
• After the Wedding Denmark
• Days of Glory (Indigenes) Algeria
• The Lives of Others Germany
• Pan's Labyrinth Mexico
• Water Canada.
  
  Art Direction:
  
• Dreamgirls
• The Good Shepherd
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• The Prestige
  
  Cinematography:
  
• The Black Dahlia
• Children of Men<
• The Illusionist
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Prestige
  
  Sound Mixing:
  
• Apocalypto
• Blood Diamond
• Dreamgirls
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  
  Sound Editing:
  
• Apocalypto
• Blood Diamond
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  
  Original Score:
  
• Babel Gustavo Santaolalla
• The Good German Thomas Newman
• Notes on a Scandal Philip Glass
• Pan's Labyrinth Javier Navarrete
• The Queen Alexandre Desplat
  
  Original Song:
  
• "I Need to Wake Up" from An Inconvenient Truth Melissa Etheridge
• "Listen" from Dreamgirls Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven
• "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett
• "Our Town" from Cars Randy Newman
• "Patience" from Dreamgirls Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.
  
  Costume:
  
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Dreamgirls
• Marie Antoinette
• The Queen
  
  Animated Short Film:
  
• The Danish Poet
• Lifted
• The Little Matchgirl
• Maestro
• No Time for Nuts
  
  Live Action Short Film:
  
• Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
• Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)
• Helmer & Son
• The Saviour
• West Bank Story
  
  Documentary Feature:
  
• Deliver Us From Evil
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Iraq in Fragments
• Jesus Camp
• My Country, My Country
  
  Documentary (short subject):
  
• The Blood of Yingzhou District
• Recycled Life
• Rehearsing a Dream
• Two Hands
  
  Film Editing:
  
• Babel
• Blood Diamond
• Children of Men
• The Departed
• United 93
  
  Makeup:
  
• Apocalypto
• Click
• Pan's Labyrinth
  
  Visual Effects:
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Poseidon
• Superman Returns
  
  You can also see the list here on the Oscars.org website.
  
  
  Posted on January 23, 2007
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  64th Annual Golden Globes Winners

  The winners of the 64th annual Golden Globes have been announced. Dreamgirls won the most film awards with three. Martin Scorsese won Best Director. In television Elizabeth I won three awards and Gideon's Daughter and Ugly Betty won two awards each. Grey's Anatomy won for best drama. ShoppingBlog.com has coverage of the Golden Globes Dresses and of Brad and Angelina's notable Golden Globes appearance. Here is a list of this year's winners.
  
  Motion Pictures
  
  
• Picture, Drama: Babel
• Actress, Drama: Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Actor, Drama: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
• Picture, Musical or Comedy: Dreamgirls
• Actress, Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
• Actor, Musical or Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
• Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
• Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
• Movie Screenplay: Peter Morgan, The Queen
• Foreign Language: Letters From Iwo Jima, USA/Japan
• Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil
• Original Song: "The Song of the Heart" from Happy Feet
• Animated Film: Cars
  
  Television:
  
  
• Series, Drama: Grey's Anatomy, ABC
• Actress, Drama: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
• Actor, Drama: Hugh Laurie, House
• Series, Musical or Comedy: Ugly Betty, ABC
• Actress, Musical or Comedy: America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
• Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Miniseries or movie: Elizabeth I, HBO
• Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Helen Mirren, Elizabeth I
• Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Bill Nighy, Gideon's Daughter
• Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Emily Blunt, Gideon's Daughter
• Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jeremy Irons, Elizabeth I
• Cecil B. DeMille Award: Warren Beatty
  
  More Globes coverage can be found at Watchers Watch, Glitterati, Empire Online, Gold Derby, MeeVee, Film School Rejects, Glowy Box, Idol Chatter, Risky Biz Blog, Reuters Blog, Film Junk, Radosh and Brilliant But Cancelled.
  
  
  Posted on January 18, 2007
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  2006 Golden Tomato Awards

  Rotten Tomatoes, a Fox Interactive Media website for movie fans, has announced the recipients of the 8th Annual Golden Tomato Awards. The awards pay tribute to the best-reviewed films of 2006 in 14 categories. Here is a list of the 2006 winners.
  
  
• Wide Release - Action/Adventure: Casino Royale
• Limited Release - Drama: The Queen
• Animation: Cars
• Comedy: Borat
• Documentary: Wordplay
• Foreign: Pan's Labyrinth
• Horror: The Descent
• Family: Lassie
• Romance: The Science of Sleep
• Sci-Fi: Children of Men
• Thriller: The Departed
• Moldy Tomato (Worst Reviewed Movie of the Year): Basic Instinct 2
  
  
  Posted on January 17, 2007
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  Scorsese Wins Best Director at Critics' Choice Awards

  Martin Scorsese's film The Departed has won Best Film at the Critics' Choice Awards. Scorsese also won Best Director. Fox News calls the win a "slight dent" in Dreamgirls shot at an Oscar.

  His movie, "The Departed," won Best Film and he took home honors as Best Director. It was Scorsese’s best showing ever at an awards show and a legitimate one at that. He joked to the crowd: "It's the first I tried to make that has a plot."
  
  This big win for "The Departed" puts a slight dent in what looked like a sure Oscar win for "Dreamgirls," which received four awards last night including Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy in the supporting actors categories and two music awards.

  The L.A. Times reports that Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine each won four awards.

  The lavish musical "Dreamgirls" took home four awards: best supporting actor for Eddie Murphy, best supporting actress for Jennifer Hudson, best song for "Listen," performed by Beyonce Knowles, and best soundtrack.
  
  The comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" also received four awards: best acting ensemble, best writer for Michael Arndt, best young actor for Paul Dano and best young actress for Abigail Breslin.

  Other award winners included Helen Mirren (Best Actress), Forest Whitaker (Best Actor), Borat (Best Comedy), Cars (Best Animated), Charlotte's Web (Best Family) and An Inconvenient Truth (Best Documentary). The Critics' Choice Awards ceremony will be broadcast on E! on January 20th, 2007.
  
  
  Posted on January 14, 2007
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  People's Choice Awards 2006

  The winners of the People's Choice Awards have been announced. Here is a list of the People's Choice winners.
  
  Movies
  
• Female star: Jennifer Aniston
• Male star: Johnny Depp
• Leading lady: Cameron Diaz
• Leading man: Vince Vaughn
• Female action star: Halle Berry
• Male action star: Johnny Depp
• On-screen matchup: Johnny Depp & Keira Knightley
• Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Movie drama: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Movie comedy: Click
• Family movie: Cars
  
  Music
  
• Female singer: Carrie Underwood
• Male singer: Kenny Chesney
• Group: Nickelback
• R&B song: "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
• Hip-hop song: "Shake That" by Eminem
• Pop song: "Hips Don’t Lie" by Shakira
• Country song: "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood
• Rock song: "Who Says You Can't Go Home" by Bon Jovi
• Song from a movie: "Life is a Highway" by Rascal Flatts from Cars
• Remake: "Life is a Highway" by Rascal Flatts
  
  Television
  
• Comedy: Two and a Half Men
• Animated comedy: The Simpsons
• Drama: Grey’s Anatomy
• Competition/Reality show: American Idol
• New comedy: The Class
• New drama: Heroes
• Female star: Eva Longoria
• Male star: Patrick Dempsey
• Talk-show host: Ellen DeGeneres
  
  Other Categories
  
• Funny female star: Ellen DeGeneres
• Funny male star: Robin Williams
  
  
  Posted on January 10, 2007
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  Babel Leads Globes With 7 Nominations

  ABC News reports that Babel is leading the Golden Globes awards with a total of seven nominations.

  Helen Mirren, Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood were among the multiple Golden Globe nominees Thursday, while the multinational ensemble drama "Babel" led contenders with seven nominations, including best dramatic picture.
  
  Also nominated for best dramatic picture: the Robert Kennedy story "Bobby," the mob tale "The Departed," the suburban drama "Little Children" and the royalty-in-crisis "The Queen."
  
  A few surprises cropped up among nominees for the 64th annual Globes, Hollywood's second-biggest film honors after the Academy Awards and traditionally a solid forecast for how the Oscars might play out.
  
  Among them: Sacha Baron Cohen's unexpected $100 million hit "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." The satire of American culture was nominated for best musical or comedy film, while Cohen got a bid for best actor in a musical or comedy.

  The Orlando Sentinel film blog notes that double Clint and Leo nominations.

  Clint Eastwood was nominated for both WWII Iwo Jima films he directed this past year, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima.
  
  Leo DiCaprio was nominated for both Blood Diamond and The Departed. Which means some other great performance was ignored in the Globes' grasp at "star power" for their annual pre-Oscars party.

  The complete list of the award nominees can be found here.
  
  
  Posted on December 15, 2006
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  Song from Borat Among List of 56 Oscar Eligible Songs

  The Envelope reports that a list of 56 Oscar eligible songs has been released. One of the songs on the list is "O Kazakhstan" from the Borat film.

  Among the songs eligible for nomination are "The Book I Write" from "Stranger Than Fiction," "Dreamz With A Z" from "American Dreamz," "I Need To Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," "It's A Fight," from "Rocky Balboa," "Never Gonna Break My Faith" from "Bobby," "O Kazakhstan" from "Borat," "Til The End of Time" from "Little Miss Sunshine," "Try Not To Remember" from "Home Of The Brave," and "You Know My Name," from Casino Royale."
  
  Some films had multiple songs declared eligible. "Family of Me," "Heist," and "Still" all come from "Over The Hedge." "Cars" was home to "Our Town" and "Real Gone." "Dreamgirls," a presumed Oscar favorite, included the eligible songs "Listen," "Love You I Do," and "Patience."

  The L.A. Times says members of the Academy's music branch will meet on January 16 to select the "final 3-5 nominees in the category."
  
  
  Posted on December 8, 2006
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  Cars Has Most Annie Award Nominations

  L.A. Times' The Envelope reports that the Cars film is leading the pack at the Annie Awards with a total of nine nominations. Other films with multiple nomations include Flushed Away and Over the Hedge.

  Leading the pack for the Annie Awards for film, television and home video animation was DreamWorks Animation SKG, with 17 nods for two features, "Flushed Away" and "Over the Hedge."
  
  But Disney-Pixar's "Cars" was the biggest film nominee. The sentimental story of a cocky race car who winds up stuck in a Route 66 town filled with eccentric individuals garnered nine nominations, including best animated feature and best director for John Lasseter, who helped put Pixar on the map when he directed "Toy Story."
  
  "Flushed Away," the story of an uptown rat who gets flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, earned eight film nominations, including voice acting for Ian McKellen. It also got a nomination as best animated video game, a category unrelated to the movie.

  The Envelope also said that the winner of the best animated film award at the Annie Awards has gone on to win the animaton Oscar every since the animation film Oscar was added in 2002. Here is a list of films up for the Best Animated Feature award.
  
  
• Cars Pixas Animation Studios
• Happy Feet Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Kennedy Miller Production in association with Animal Logic Film
• Monster House Columbia Pictures Presents an ImageMovers/Amblin Production
• Open Season Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
• Over The Hedge DreamWorks Animation
  
  You can see a complete list of the nominations here on the Annie Awards website.
  
  
  Posted on December 4, 2006
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  Winners of Scream Awards 2006 Announced

  The winners of Spike TV's Scream Awards 2006 have been announced. The awards ceremony featured flying bats, roaming zombies, and My Chemical Romance's elaborate performance of "Welcome to the Black Parade." Here is a list of the winners.
  
  
• The Most Anticipated Movie: Pirates Of The Carribean: At Worlds End
• The Ultimate Scream: Batman Begins
• Best Horror Movie: The Devil's Rejects
• Best Fantasy Movie: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Best Sci-Fi Movie: V For Vendetta
• Best TV Show: Battlestar Galactica
• Best Sequel: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Fantasy Fox: Evangeline Lilly As Kate Austen, Lost
• Best Remake: King Kong
• Best Superhero: Brandon Routh As Superman, Superman Returns
• Sexiest Superhero: Jessica Alba As The Invisible Woman, Fantastic Four
• Best Comic-To-Screen Adaptation: Army Of Darkness
• Most Memorable Mutilation: The Eye Removal, Hostel
• Most Heroic Performance: Johnny Depp, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Scream Queen: Kate Beckinsale As Selene, Underworld: Evolution
• Most Vile Villain: Leslie Easterbrook, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley And Sheri Moon Zombie As The Firefly Clan, The Devil's Rejects
• Breakout Performance: Jennifer Carpenter As Emily Rose, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
• The "Holy Sh*T!" Award: The Eye Removal, Hostel
• Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
• Best Screamplay: Batman Begins, Written By David S. Goyer & Christopher Nolan
• Best Foreign Movie: High Tension
• Best Flesh Scene: Famke Janssen & Hugh Jackman, X-Men: The Last Stand
• Best Comic Book: Marvel Zombies
• Best Screen-To-Comic Adaptation: X-Men: The Last Stand
• Best Rack On The Rack: Vampirella
• Best Comic Book Writer: Frank Miller, Batman & Robin
• Best Comic Book Artist: Sean Phillips, Marvel Zombies
• Best F/X: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Best Internet Parody: "How Superman Should Have Ended," How It Should Have Ended.Com
• Most Shocking Comic Book Twist: Peter Parker Reveals That He's Spiderman, "Civil War"
• Comic-Con Icon Award: Frank Miller
• Scream Mastermind Award: Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez, Grindhouse
• Scream Rock Immortal: Ozzy Osbourne
• Ruthless Filmmaker Award: Darren Lynn Boseman, Ark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan And Leigh Whannell, Saw Franchise.
  
  
  Posted on November 6, 2006
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  Big Night for Akeelah & the Bee

  Akeelah & the Bee won four of the seven awards at the 2006 Black Movie Awards including supporting actor, actress in a leading role, supporting actress and outstanding motion picture. Spike Lee won the directing award for his terrific film, Inside Man. Tsotsi and Something New also each won an award.
  
  
• Outstanding Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role: Presley Chweneyagae (as Tsotsi) - Tsotsi (Miramax Films)
• Outstanding Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role: Laurence Fishburne (as Dr. Larabee) - Akeelah & the Bee (Lionsgate)
• Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role: Keke Palmer (as Akeelah) - Akeelah & the Bee (Lionsgate)
• Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role: Angela Bassett (as Tanya Anderson) - Akeelah & the Bee (Lionsgate)
• Outstanding Achievement In Screenwriting: Kriss Turner - Something New (Focus Features)
• Outstanding Achievement In Directing: Spike Lee - Inside Man (Universal Pictures)
• Outstanding Motion Picture: Akeelah & the Bee (Producers: Laurence Fishburne, Nancy Hult Ganis, Sid Ganis, Danny Llewelyn, Michael Romersa) (Lionsgate)
  
  BV Entertainment Newswire Blog has a good recap of the 2006 Black Movie Awards.
  
  
  Posted on October 30, 2006
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  Nominees for 2006 Black Movie Awards Announced

  The nominees for the 2006 Black Movie Awards have been announced. Akeelah & the Bee is up for four awards including Best Motion Picture. ATL is also nominated for four awards including Best Motion Picture. Tyler Perry will be hosting the awards according to Blackfilm.com. The awards will be televised on the TNT network on October 18th.
  
  Here are the nominees for Best Motion Picture.
  
  
• Akeelah & the Bee
• ATL
• Four Brothers
• Inside Man
• Tsotsi
  
  A full list of the nominees can be found here on the BV Entertainment Newswire Blog.
  
  
  Posted on October 2, 2006
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  2006 Hugo Award Winners Announced

  The winners of the 2006 Hugo Awards were announced recently at L.A. Con IV.

  Best Novel: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

  Best Novella: "Inside Job" by Connie Willis (Asimov's January 2005)

  Best Novelette: "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005)

  Best Short Story: "Tk'tk'tk" by David D. Levine (Asimov's March 2005) Available as an audio podcast download

  Best Related Book: Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm (Small Beer Press)

  Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Serenity Written & Directed, Joss Whedon. (Universal Pictures/Mutant Enemy, Inc.)

  Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who "The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances" Written, Steven Moffat. Directed, James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1)

  Best Professional Editor: David G. Hartwell (Tor Books; Year's Best SF)

  Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola

  Best Semiprozine: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi

  Best Fanzine: Plokta edited, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott

  Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford

  Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

  Past Hugo Award winners can be found here.
  
  
  Posted on September 15, 2006
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  Taxable Emmy and Oscar Gift Bags

  The IRS has ruined some of Hollywood's fun by declaring the gift bags celebrities receive at award shows are taxable income.

  The Internal Revenue Service and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences yesterday announced they have reached a settlement on undisclosed taxes owed to the government on the "gifts" received at the Oscars in the last several years, through 2005. The academy also announced it will no longer give out the bags, saying the board quietly voted last April to end the practice. In recent years, the academy has given the bags -- also known as gift bags or swag -- to as many as 200 hosts, performers and winners on Oscar night. "There's no special red-carpet tax loophole for the stars," IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson said in a prepared statement. "Whether you're popping the popcorn, sitting in the audience or starring on the big screen, you need to respect the law and pay your taxes."
  
  Typically, if the IRS finds someone has failed to pay taxes but no fraud is involved, it assesses back taxes, interest and penalties for only the preceding three years. In this instance, if 200 people received $100,000 baskets in each of the three years through 2005, the taxable non-cash income would be $60 million. Neither IRS spokesmen nor Academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger would confirm or deny that number. Nor would they say whether, under the terms of the settlement, the IRS forgave back payment, interest and penalties. Nor would they say whether the Academy has paid a lump sum on behalf of past recipients.

  The gifts bags did seem to be getting larger and more elaborate year after year. ShoppingBlog.com has more information about taxable swag bags.
  
  
  Posted on August 23, 2006
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  2006 Thriller Awards Announced

  The 2006 Thriller Awards, known as the Thrillers, were announced at ThrillerFest. The awards debuted this year. They are a new annual award that will be provided by the International Thriller Writers (ITW). Here is a list of this year's winners.
  
  
• 2006 Best Novel: The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich (Delacorte Press)
• 2006 Best First Novel: Improbable by Adam Fawer (William Morrow)
• 2006 Best Paperback Original: Pride Runs Deep by R. Cameron Cooke (Jove)
• 2006 Best Screenplay: Cache (Hidden), screenplay by Michael Haneke
• 2006 ThrillerMaster Award: Clive Cussler
  
  The ITW's co-presidents, Gayle Lynds and David Morrell, also received Awards of Recognition for outstanding contribution and service to ITW in its founding year.
  
  
  Posted on August 21, 2006
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  Nominees Announced for 2006 Scream Awards

  SpikeTV has opened up nominations for their annual Scream Awards. The awards feature categories for comics, movies and tv in the horror, fantasy and sf gernres. Some of the categories include best horror movie, best fantasy movie, best sequel, scream queen, most vile villain, best flesh scene and most schoking comic book twist. There does not appear to be a category for novels. You can vote for the winners here until October 6,th. The awards show will air oin SpikeTV on October 10th. Horror.com also has a list of the nominations for each category.
  
  
  Posted on August 17, 2006
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  MTV Movie Award Winners Announced

  The MTV Movie Award winners have been announced. This year's show was hosted by Jessica Alba. Here is a list of this year's golden popcorn winners.
  
  
• Best movie: Wedding Crashers
• Performance: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
• Comedic performance: Steve Carell, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
• On-screen team: Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, Wedding Crashers
• Villain: Hayden Christensen, Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith
• Breakthrough performance: Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashers
• Hero: Christian Bale, Batman Begins
• Sexiest performance: Jessica Alba, Sin City
• Fight: Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Kiss: Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
• Best Frightened performance: Jennifer Carpenter, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• MTV-U Student FilmMaker Award: Joshua Caldwell, A Beautiful Lie
• Silver Bucket of Excellence: Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing
• MTV Generation Award: Jim Carrey.
  
  
  Posted on June 6, 2006
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  Rihanna and Fall Out Boy to Hose MTV Movie Award's Pre-Show

  Rihanna and Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz are going to be hosting the pre-show for the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.

  Rihanna and Wentz will join the MTV News team as celebrity guest hosts for this year's Movie Awards pre-show: Along with MTV News correspondents SuChin Pak and Sway Calloway, Rihanna and Wentz will be interviewing Hollywood's brightest stars as they make their way inside the Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, California. The awards will air June 8 at 9 p.m. on MTV.
  
  The Movie Awards pre-show will also feature several exclusive sneak peeks at some of this summer's most anticipated blockbusters, including "Miami Vice," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and "Superman Returns"; fans will also be treated to an exclusive first look at "Clerks II" on MTV's broadband channel, Overdrive.
  
  In fact, fans online will be able to experience a different take on the show by visiting MTV Overdrive at movieawards.mtv.com. Overdrive will feature a complete recap of the night's events, interviews with the evening's big winners, a look back at some of the show's live performances (Christina Aguilera, AFI and Gnarls Barkley are among those who will be taking the stage — see "Christina Aguilera, AFI To Perform At MTV Movie Awards"), recaps of the night's most outrageous moments, backstage interviews and bonus footage. Overdrive will also feature performer diaries from AFI and Gnarls Barkley, and will trail both acts as they prepare for their Movie Awards performances and catch up with them following their sets.

  The awards will be televised on MTV on June 8th. You can see a list of the nominees here.
  
  
  Posted on May 30, 2006
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