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Monday, February 27, 2012

84th Oscar Annual Academy Awards Winners


  • Best Picture : "The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
  • Actor in a Leading Role: Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
  • Actress in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
  • Directing : "The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
  • Actor in a Supporting Role : Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
  • Actress in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer in "The Help"
  • Animated Feature Film: "Rango" Gore Verbinski
  • Art Direction: "Hugo" Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
  • Cinematography: "Hugo" Robert Richardson
  • Costume Design: "The Artist" Mark Bridges
  • Documentary (Feature) : Undefeated" TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas
  • Documentary (Short Subject) : "Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • Film Editing : "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
  • Foreign Language Film : "A Separation" Iran
  • Makeup: "The Iron Lady" Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
  • Music (Original Score) : "The Artist" Ludovic Bource
  • Music (Original Song) : "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
  • Short Film (Animated): "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
  • Short Film (Live Action): "The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
  • Sound Editing: "Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
  • Sound Mixing: "Hugo" Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
  • Visual Effects : "Hugo" Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay): "The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
  • Writing (Original Screenplay): "Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
Most Awards
  • The Artist : 5
  • Hugo : 5
  • The Iron Lady : 2
84th Oscar Annual Academy Awards Winners

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards


Nominees for the 84th Oscar Awards

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Animated Feature Film

"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

"The Artist" Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo" Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris" Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse" Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Directing

"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

"Hell and Back Again" Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
"Pina" Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated" TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"  Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"  Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad" James Spione
"Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran

Makeup

"Albert Nobbs" Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"  Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
"The Iron Lady"  Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo" Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball" Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse" Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo" Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel" Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

Nominees for the 84th Oscar Awards

Monday, February 23, 2009

Slumdog wins at Oscar

British actress Kate Winslet, facing camera, hugs her husband Sam Mendes after winning the Oscar for best actress for her work in "The Reader"

British director Danny Boyle, accepts the Oscar for best director for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire" from Actress Reese Witherspoon during the 81st Academy Awards

British director Danny Boyle, accepts the Oscar for best director for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire" from Actress Reese Witherspoon during the 81st Academy Awards

British director Danny Boyle, accepts the Oscar for best director for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire" during the 81st Academy Awards

British director Danny Boyle, accepts the Oscar for best director for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire" during the 81st Academy Awards

Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty and Richard Pryke, left to right, accept the Oscars for achievement in sound mixing for their work on "Slumdog Millionaire" during the 81st Academy Awards

Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty and Richard Pryke, left to right, accept the Oscars for achievement in sound mixing for their work on "Slumdog Millionaire" during the 81st Academy Awards

Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty and Richard Pryke, left to right, accept the Oscars for achievement in sound mixing for their work on "Slumdog Millionaire" during the 81st Academy Awards


Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty and Richard Pryke, left to right, accept the Oscars for achievement in sound mixing for their work on "Slumdog Millionaire" during the 81st Academy Awards


A.R. Rahman performs during the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Rahman won the Oscar for best original song "Jai Ho" from the motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire."

A R Rahman wins Oscar for best original song "Jai Ho" from the motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire" from Alicia Keys during the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.


A.R. Rahman, left, accepts the Oscar for best original song "Jai Ho" from the motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire" from Alicia Keys during the 81st Academy Awards


A.R. Rahman, left, accepts the Oscar for best original song "Jai Ho" from the motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire" from Alicia Keys during the 81st Academy Awards


A.R. Rahman, left, accepts the Oscar for best original song "Jai Ho" from the motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire" from Alicia Keys during the 81st Academy Awards


A.R. Rahman, left, accepts the Oscar for best original song "Jai Ho" from the motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire" from Alicia Keys during the 81st Academy Awards


A.R. Rahman, left, accepts the Oscar for best original song "Jai Ho" from the motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire" from Alicia Keys during the 81st Academy Awards

A R Rahman wins Oscar

A R Rahman wins the Oscar for Best Original score.



A R Rahman, the man who has redefined contemporary Indian music, is the pride of the Indian nation and a role model for millions around the world.



Rahman, hailed by Time Magazine as the 'Mozart of Madras', is one of the most successful artistes of all time and according to a BBC estimate, has sold more than 100 million albums of his works comprising of music from movies.



In 1991, noted filmmaker Mani Ratnam offered Rahman a movie 'Roja' which was a run-away success and brought nationwide fame and acclaim to the composer. The movie also led Rahman to receive the Indian National Award for the Best Music Composer, the first time ever by a debutant.



Time magazine rated the soundtrack of 'Roja' in their top ten compilation of the all time 100 best movie soundtracks of the world. Rahman is widely considered as the man who single-handedly revived public interest in Indian film music in the nineties.



Rahman has won 18 Filmfare Awards, 3 MTV Awards, 4 IIFA Awards, 6 Tamil Nadu State Awards, 6 Zee Awards, 4 Screen Awards and lots more.



Rahman Previous Awards:

Rahman is the 1995 recipient of the Mauritius National Award and the Malaysian Award for contributions to music. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his first West-End production. A four time National Film Award winner and conferred the Padma Shri from the Government of India, Rahman has received six awards for Best Music at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and eleven awards for his scores at the Filmfare and Filmfare Awards South each. In 2006, he received an honorary award from Stanford University for contributions to global music. For his score of Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman won the 2008 Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe and the British Academy Award. He has also received three Academy Award nominations in 2009—Best Original Score and two different Best Original Songs.He won two Oscars, for Best Original Song, Jai Ho, and Best Original Score.



A R Rahman Profile:

Birth name A. S. Dileep Kumar
Also known as A. R. Rahman
Born January 6, 1967 (1967-01-06) (age 42) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Genre(s) Film score, Theatre, World Music
Occupation(s) Composer, record producer, music director, singer, instrumentalist, arranger, programmer
Years active 1992 – present
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