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Post by jo on Jan 7, 2013 17:58:44 GMT -5
The awards ( nominations and wins) will soon be in the headlines -- the major ones at least. Hugh will be back in LA this weekend, not just for the G'Day Australia event -- www.news.com.au/breaking-news/wor....i-1226549334368but also for the Golden Globes ( Jan 13) !!Jo |
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Post by jo on Jan 8, 2013 15:15:14 GMT -5
Tom Hooper has just won a nomination from the Directors Guild ( which includes film and TV directors). Hopefully this will turn into an Oscar nod!
Earlier, the producers of Les Miserables were also among 10 nominees for the Producers Guild Award.
Hugh and Anne were part of the nominees for acting awards from the Screen Actors Guild.
It looks like the guilds ( many of whom are AMPAS voters, too) are validating the artistic appeal of the musical.
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Post by mamaleh on Jan 8, 2013 15:32:13 GMT -5
Was just about to post the good news about Hooper. Dare we hope that the various guilds actually make up their own minds and aren't heavily influenced by critics?
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Post by klenotka on Jan 8, 2013 18:29:31 GMT -5
And somewhere, Hooper´s haters´ heads just exploded  |
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Post by jo on Jan 8, 2013 20:53:02 GMT -5
I did a little sleuthing ---
*SAG counts over 100,000 in membership ( however only about 1,172 members are AMPAS voting members, which is about 20% of AMPAS votes)
*DGA has over 15,000 members ( from film and TV) and on their ballot, it is not the name of the director but the name of the film that is written! So, it was the directing of Les Miserables which got the nomination! But its AMPAS members are only 6.4% of total AMPAS votes.
Both are peer recognition awards however!
Here is the breakdown of the AMPAS voter profile ( usually the nominations originate only from the specific branch - such as acting honors to be given by the actors branch...but final votes come from the entire membership)
The Oscars -Voting Academy Award members by the numbers (from AwardsDaily) --
Actors Branch: 1,172
Art Directors Branch: 367
Cinematographers Branch: 206
Directors Branch: 369
Documentary Branch: 166
Executives Branch: 443
Film Editors Branch: 224
Makeup Artists & Hairstylists Branch: 121
Music Branch: 232
Producers Branch: 450
Public Relations Branch: 368
Short Films and Feature Animation Branch: 349
Sound Branch: 401
Visual Effects Branch: 294
Writers Branch: 376
At Large: 246
Total: 5,784 voting members
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Post by jo on Jan 8, 2013 21:18:39 GMT -5
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Post by jo on Jan 8, 2013 22:26:53 GMT -5
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Post by mamaleh on Jan 9, 2013 0:09:59 GMT -5
Someone on a theater site said that the makeup of the DGA is much wider and different than that of the AMPAS body who nominate the Best Director, and that he predicts Hooper will be replaced by David O. Russell in the eventual Oscar noms. I hope not.
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Post by jo on Jan 9, 2013 2:53:33 GMT -5
Yayyyyyyyyyyy!! Hugh is in for BAFTA Best Actor >  List of Nominees -- Nine nominations total for Les Miserables! Film Argo Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty British Film Anna Karenina The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Misérables Seven Psychopaths Skyfall Director Michael Haneke. Amour Ben Affleck. Argo Quentin Tarantino. Django Unchained Ang Lee. Life of Pi Kathryn Bigelow. Zero Dark Thirty Lead Actor Ben Affleck. Argo Bradley Cooper. Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis. Lincoln Hugh Jackman. Les Misérables Joaquin Phoenix. The Master Lead Actress Jessica Chastain. Zero Dark Thirty Marion Cotillard. Rust and Bone Jennifer Lawrence. Silver Linings Playbook Helen Mirren. Hitchcock Emanuelle Riva. Amour Supporting Actor Alan Arkin. Argo Javier Bardem. Skyfall Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Master Tommy Lee Jones. Lincoln Christoph Waltz. Django Unchained Supporting Actress Amy Adams. The Master Judi Dench. Skyfall Sally Field. Lincoln Anne Hathaway. Les Misérables Helen Hunt. The Sessions Original ScreenplayAmour Django Unchained The Master Moonrise Kingdom Zero Dark Thirty Adapted ScreenplayArgo Beasts of the Southern Wild Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Lingins Playbook ANIMATED Brave Frankenweenie ParaNorman Documentary The Imposter Marley McCullin Searching for Sugar Man West of Memphis Foreign Language Film Amour Headhunters The Hunt Rust and Bone Untouchable Original Music Anna Karenina Argo Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall Cinematography Anna Karenina Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall Editing Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty Production Design Anna Karenina Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall Costume Design Anna Karenina Great Expectations Les Misérables Lincoln Snow White and the Huntsman Sound Django Unchained The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Misérables Life of Pi Skyfall Visual Effects The Dark Knight Rises The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Life of Pi Marvel The Avengers Assemble Prometheus Makeup & Hair Anna Karenina Hitchcock The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Misérables Lincoln Debut Bart Layton & Dimitri Doganis. The Imposter David Morris & Jacqui Morris. McCullin Dexter Fletcher & Danny King. Wild Bill James Bobin. The Muppets Tina Gharavi. I Am Nasrine Rising Star Award Elizabeth Olsen Andrea Riseborough Suraj Sharma Juno Temple Alicia Vikander Snubs -- *No Hooper (Director) or Nicholson (Best Adapted Screenplay) for Les Miserables *No Denzel Washington for Actor *No Spielberg for Director *No DiCaprio for Best Supporting Actor *No Redmayne for Les Miserables *No S. Barks for Debut or Rising Star award Jo |
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Post by jo on Jan 9, 2013 3:41:45 GMT -5
Some thoughts --
*If Les Miserables is among the Best British film nominees and the only British one among Best Film nominees -- does it follow that it will win Best British Film award? Or are there certain fixed criteria for Best British film ( such as the number of British cast/creatives/crew or the number of locations in the UK or origin of screenplay or source material)??
*Interesting that while his two actors and most of the technical/creatives won nods ( except for Editing), Hooper was snubbed for Director.
*The vote for Hugh validates his acting and singing choices in the movie - especially meaningful because the English version ( and Bring Him Home) originated in England, which the BAFTA represents.
*Too bad there is no award for Best Song
*I wonder why Sam Barks was snubbed for Rising Star or debut. So, a theatre actor is snubbed in a movie musical?
*The snub of Hooper - I understand that he was also snubbed for The King's Speech by BAFTA - I wonder, among us, if this has something to do with his reputation for being difficult to work with ( too exacting, pushes too hard, etc)?? Hmmm...
Btw, the winners will be announced on February 10, 2013!
Remember last year when Hugh and Russell were asked to be part of the presenting teams? Jacko and Russ - LOL!
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Post by jo on Jan 9, 2013 6:15:21 GMT -5
Part of the comments from the UK The Guardian talking about the immense possibility of a BAFTA sweep by "Lincoln" -- www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/09/bafta-nominations-2013-lincolnLes Misérables may get a fair few prizes – an award for Hugh Jackman as best actor is not an impossibility, although his chances are vanishingly small as he is up against Daniel Day-Lewis. Jackman gives an excellent performance, though, and in any other year, he would be an odds-on favourite, and the film itself is a unique and in its way remarkable spectacle.Jo |
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Post by mamaleh on Jan 9, 2013 8:36:57 GMT -5
I'm a little puzzled by Ben Affleck's being nominated for Best Actor. He was fine but not really a standout. Directing is another matter; it was a very well done movie. But all the non-DDL noms may be moot if indeed LINCOLN sweeps--curiously, without its director being nominated.
Why, oh why couldn't Spielberg have made Lincoln the year before, as previously planned, with Liam Neeson?
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Post by cccartzee on Jan 9, 2013 9:16:43 GMT -5
Why, oh why couldn't Spielberg have made Lincoln the year before, as previously planned, with Liam Neeson? Ellen I know..very frustrating...just hoping the Academy will not award DDL wih his 3rd Oscar since they really don't like to give out more than two Oscars to an actor...Meryl Streep got her 3rd after being nominated many times between her 2nd and 3rd Oscar. How is it possible for "Lincoln" to sweep if it's director is not nominated? Spielberg seems to get snubbed a lot. I have not seen the movie; but I've heard that people have fallen asleep during it. Carol |
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Post by birchie on Jan 9, 2013 11:30:40 GMT -5
Well, I'll risk sounding like a broken record....but, Argo & Lincoln were NOT great movies. Good movies yes, not great. To nominate Ben Afleck for either best actor or best director baffles me. getting the nom. for best director instead of Tom Hooper makes no sense and proves that these things are political. Best Actor nom is just ridiculous, I could name a dozen better performances last year, even the kid who played Naomi's son in The Impossible! It's not like there weren't many, many nomination worthy films to choose from. Flight & The Impossible were both better than Argo and I have to say again, that I thought Lincoln was mostly boring! Nothing for Denzel or Naomi either?? And The Impossible should have been nominated for some kind of effects or cinematography awards. I'm becoming more & more jaded on the subject of these Awards! Lincoln at this point just resembles a runaway train and DDL with it. I don't think either deserves that status. I can only hope that it's the same runaway train that The Social Network was riding a couple years ago. At the time I felt the same way about TSN as I do about Lincoln so fingers crossed. Of course, it goes without saying what I think the best film of the year is and who should win best actor!  Sue |
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Post by jo on Jan 9, 2013 12:37:29 GMT -5
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Post by birchie on Jan 9, 2013 13:12:31 GMT -5
Yay!! :-/ Also glad to see Skyfall getting some love. I thought it was terrific and I'm not even a James Bond fan! So, pleasantly surprised! Can someone please explain to me what was so cinematically superior about Lincoln???  Surely I must be missing something. Did anyone here see The Impossible?? Am I alone in my amazement at how they shot the underwater stuff and the actual tsunami action too?? Sue |
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Post by jo on Jan 9, 2013 19:35:19 GMT -5
Russell, gracious as ever --
>>>Russell Croweþ@russellcrowe
Big day for @realhughjackman Number 1 album in the US and a @bafta best actor nomination , congrats mate !!<<<
I wish it had been different for Russell -- if the noise re his singing had been less vociferous and people concentrated more on his interpretation of the character -- he could have joined his mate at the BAFTA special night!
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Post by jo on Jan 9, 2013 22:46:23 GMT -5
Announcement of the Oscar nominations --
5:30 am PT / 8:30 am ET
Hmmm... that would be 9:30 pm for me!
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Post by mamaleh on Jan 10, 2013 8:37:09 GMT -5
Counting down the minutes 'til the first award nominations. Yikes, the suspense!
UPDATE: Yay! He made the cut! Hugh has his first-ever Best Actor nomination!!!
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Post by eugenia on Jan 10, 2013 8:49:26 GMT -5
Felicidades Hugh and Anne ;D
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Post by jo on Jan 10, 2013 8:50:28 GMT -5
Congratulations, Hugh Jackman !! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > BBC Breaking Newsþ@BBCBreaking
Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Hugh Jackman, Bradley Cooper & Joaquin Phoenix up for best actor #Oscar bbc.in/UYxmgv Jo
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Post by mamaleh on Jan 10, 2013 8:57:57 GMT -5
Very surprised that Phoenix got the nod over John Hawkes and that Ben Affleck was snubbed for Best Director. This could be a year of big surprises.
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Post by Jamie on Jan 10, 2013 9:07:06 GMT -5
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Post by mamaleh on Jan 10, 2013 9:07:18 GMT -5
Now all that needs is to happen is for DDL to withdraw from the race. That'll happen, right?  Seriously, though, the nomination was the best we could expect and a wonderful boon to his career. Maybe from now on it won't be "Oh, yeah, that Wolverine guy," but "Academy Award-nominated actor." Yesssss! And if it's a tie, as I dream of, an even better introductory phrase! Ellen |
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Post by annetter on Jan 10, 2013 9:10:40 GMT -5
so happy for Hugh
I was so nervous that I almost had a panic attack and got all teary too. I'll be a basket case on 2/24 and best actor is one of the last awards presented. YIKES can anyone spare a valium?
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Surely I must be missing something. Did anyone here see The Impossible?? Am I alone in my amazement at how they shot the underwater stuff and the actual tsunami action too??
