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ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES (AMPAS®) (79th Academy Awards®) ("Oscars"®) - Sunday, February 25, 2007.
Follow the Oscars on Mimi's Blog, "Mimi at the Movies," info, dicussion, links, etc.
79th ACADEMY AWARDS PRESENTED!
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[OFFICIAL 79TH OSCAR SITE] [OFFICIAL ACADEMY SITE]
80th Academy Awards, Sunday, 24 February 2008! See Mimi's Awards Page 2008.
ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES (58th EMMY® AWARDS) (ATAS/NATAS®) - Sunday, August 27, 2006. Broadcast from the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, NBC, 8:00 EDT.
58th Primetime Emmy Awards Announced!
List of Primetime EMMY nominees with links.
33rd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards - Winners were announced April 28, live on ABC from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. See all Daytime Emmy® Award winners.
[OFFICIAL EMMY SITE] [OFFICIAL ACADEMY SITE]
ALMA AWARDS - Monday, 5 June 2006, 9:30 PM (EDT & PDT), ABC.
A presentation of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR, is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group in the U.S.).
WINNERS ANNOUNCED! Here are some
of the highlights:
This year's host was Eva Longoria ("Desperate Housewives"), and she also produced the show.
The Anthony Quinn Award for excellence in Motion Pictures: Actor/Director Andy Garcia.
Outstanding Actor in a motion picture: Michael Peña, CRASH.
Outstanding Actress in a motion picture: Q'Orianka Kilcher, THE NEW WORLD.
Outstanding Actor in a TV Series: Jimmy Smits, "The West Wing."
Celia Cruz Award for Excellence in Music, Marc Anthony.
Shakira and Daddy Yankee were named outstanding musical performers. Shakira also won the Best Spanish Album award.
The musical numbers were outstanding, especially if you like the Latin beat, and I do. Each time hostess Eva Longoria appeared on camera she was wearing a different outfit. It was the Eva Longoria show all the way, and she is why the awards were back on ABC.
National Latino, or Hispanic, awards in the arts were first given by NOSOTROS, an organization founded by Ricardo Montalbán in the late 1970s. The NCLR awards took over NOSOTROS in the early 90s, and christened the awards, BRAVO. Since 1995, they have been known as the NCLR ALMA Awards. ALMA is Spanish for spirit, or soul.
[OFFICIAL SITE] [NCLR]
AMERICA CINEMA EDITORS (ACE) ("EDDIE AWARDS"), 18 February.
The Eddie Awards honor editors working in motion pictures and television.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
57th ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARDS FOR BEST EDITING OF THE YEAR (2006):
Best Edited Feature, Drama - IT’S A TIE! BABEL and THE DEPARTED win best edited feature - drama.
Best Edited Feature, Comedy or Musical - DREAMGIRLS.
Best Edited Documentary Feature - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
To see all the nominations, including television, click.
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
Director Quentin Tarantino will receive the ACE Golden Eddie Award.
The motion picture nominations include:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Babel, Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E. & Douglas Crise.
Casino Royal, Stuart Baird, A.C.E.
The Departed, Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.
The Queen, Lucia Zuccheti.
United 93, Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, A.C.E. & Richard Pearson.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
The Devil Wears Prada, Mark Livolsi, A.C.E.
Dreamgirls, Virginia Katz, A.C.E.
Little Miss Sunshine, Pamela Martin.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Craig Wood & Stephen Rivkin, A.C.E.
Thank You for Smoking, Dana Glauberman.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (ASC) - 18 February 2007.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
CHILDREN OF MEN cameraman Emmanuel Lubezki won the feature
film prize at the American Society of Cinema- tographers' 21st annual awards. Award. He was nominated along with
Dick Pope, THE ILLUSIONIST; Robert Richardson, THE GOOD SHEPHERD; Dean Semler, APOCALYPTO; and Vilmos Zsigmond,
THE BLACK DAHLIA.
The award was presented by actor Tim Allen who observed, “The finalists were born, raised and began they careers
in five different countries, but they share a talent for writing with light and motion.” Lubezki is from Mexico,
Pope from England, Semler from Australia, Zsigmond from Hungary, and Richardson from the United States.
Lubezki, Pope and Zsigmond will compete for the cinema- tography award at the Oscars on Sunday, along with Guillermo Navarro, PAN'S LABYRINTH, and Wally Pfister, THE PRESTIGE.
ANNIE AWARDS (INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM SOCIETY, ASIFA - Hollywood) - Sunday, 11 February 2007, Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA.
As of 2006, the Annie Award winner has gone on to claim the Oscar for best animated feature every year since the Academy Award for animation was created.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: CARS, Pixar Animation Studios;
BEST MUSIC IN AN ANIMATED FILM: Randy Newman, CARS;
MOST AWARDS: FLUSHED AWAY.
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
DreamWorks Animation SKG leads the pack in this year's Annie Awards nominations for film, television, and home video animation, garnering 17 nods for two features, FLUSHED AWAY and OVER THE HEDGE. A nomination for CARS, from Pixar Animation Studios and The Walt Disney Co., includes a best director nod for John Lasseter, as well as composer Randy Newman for the film's soundtrack.
The other nominees for top animated feature are HAPPY FEET from Warner Bros., (a division of Time Warner Inc.); MONSTER HOUSE from Sony Pictures, (a division of Sony Corp.); and OPEN SEASON, also from Sony Pictures.
OVER THE HEDGE received eight nominations, including a voice-acting nomination for Wanda Sykes, who voices a skunk named Stella.
BRITISH ACADEMY of FILM and TELEVISION ARTS (BAFTA) (ORANGE AWARDS). 11 February 2007.
The BAFTA Orange Awards are considered another indicator of the way the Academy Awards may go. Members cannot vote for a film unless they are certified as having seen it.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
BEST FILM: THE QUEEN;
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM (Alexander Korda Award): THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND;
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: PAN'S LABYRINTH;
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: HAPPY FEET;
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (David Lean Award): Paul Greengrass, UNITED 93;
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Michael Arndt, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE;
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND;
ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE: Forest Whitaker, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND;
ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE: Helen Mirren, THE QUEEN;
ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE: Alan Arkin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE;
ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE: Jennifer Hudson, DREAMGIRLS;
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM MUSIC (Anthony Asquith Award): Gustavo Santaolalla, BABEL.
Click Official Site link below for more winners, and all nominees.
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
THE QUEEN and CASINO ROYALE led the nominations for the
British Academy Film Awards. QUEEN received 10 nominations, including best film, outstanding British film of the
year, best direction (Stephen Frears), best screenplay (Peter Morgan), best actress (Helen Mirren), and best supporting
actor (Michael Sheen).
ROYALE bagged nine nominations, including best actor (Daniel Craig as James Bond), followed by PAN'S LABYRINTH
(eight), and BABEL (seven). THE DEPARTED, UNITED 93, and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE garnered six each.
Best film nominations, besides QUEEN, are: BABEL, THE DEPARTED, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.
Mirren's rivals for best actress are: Judi Dench (Notes
on a Scandal), Penelope Cruz (Volver), Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada), and Kate Winslet (Little Children).
Craig's rivals for best actor are: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed), Richard Griffiths (The History Boys), Peter
O'Toole (Venus), and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland). One note. O'Toole has been nominated eight times
for a best actor Oscar. No wins.
Since I am following PAN'S LABYRINTH (El laberinto del fauno, Mexico), directed by Guillermo del Toro, its nomination
included: Original Screenplay, Sound, Foreign Film, Cinematography, Special Effects for makeup and hair, plus Productio
and Costume Design.
For more, click the link - -
BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (BFCA) - "CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS" - 12 January 2007.
Representing 200 radio, television and online film critics from around the U.S.A.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Full list of winners and nominees with links to the movies.
Here are the top ones:
Best Picture: The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Best Acting Ensemble: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Best Writer: Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
Best Animated Feature: Cars
Best Comedy Feature: Borat
Best Picture Made for Television: Elizabeth I
Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Best Foreign Language Film: Letters From Iwo Jima
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
Leonardo DiCaprio has two best actor nominations for his performances in BLOOD DIAMOND and THE DEPARTED. Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson), Peter O'Toole (Venus), Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness), and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) are his competition.
THE DEPARTED, BABEL, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and DREAMGIRLS, each received seven nominations. For the full list of nominees, click the Official Site link below, and if the nominations page doesn't come up, use the pull-down form and select "2006 Nominees."
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA (DGA)
59th Annual DGA Awards Dinner, Saturday, 3 February 2007, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
BEST DIRECTOR, 2006 - Martin Scorsese for THE DEPARTED.
Alhough Scorsese has been nominated by the Guild seven times, this is his first win. He received a lifetime achievement award in 2003. This year marks Scorsese's sixth Oscar nomination for best director, which he has never won. Fifty-one of the last 57 DGA winners have gone on to win best director Oscars, and many of the movies they directed have won best picture awards.
When I saw THE DEPARTED, my first thought was, "The director of two of my favorite films, TAXI DRIVER and GOODFELLAS, is back." Go get'em at the Oscars!
Other awards presented included the Honorary Life Member Award - Director-actor-producer-author Carl Reiner.
2006 Robert B. Aldrich Service Award - Directors Paris Barclay and Taylor Hackford.
2006 Lifetime Achievement Award in News Direction - George Paul.
2006 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award - Terry Benson.
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
Nominees for directorial achievement in a feature motion picture are:
BILL CONDON, Dreamgirls, Paramount Pictures; JONATHAN DAYTON & VALERIE FARIS, Little Miss Sunshine, Fox Searchlight Pictures; STEPHEN FREARS, The Queen, Miramax Films; ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU, Babel, Paramount Vantage; and MARTIN SCORSESE, The Departed, Warner Bros. Pictures.
For full list of nominees for motion pictures and television, click:
EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - European Film Academy (EFA) - Saturday, 2 December 2006, Warsaw, Poland.
Founded in 1988, the European Film Academy currently unites 1,700 European film professionals with the common aim of promoting Europe's film culture.
AWARDS ANNOUNCED!
Roman Polanski was honored with a lifetime achievement award in the country of his childhood at the 19th annual European Film Awards in Warsaw. Polanski was given the award for creating what the academy said "were some of the most unforgettable moments in cinema" with films such as ROSEMARY'S BABY, CHINATOWN, and THE PIANIST for which he won the best director Oscar®.
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Das Leben der Anderen), set in the former East Germany in 1984, won the best picture award. Ulrich Muehe won the best actor award for his role as a Stasi agent in the movie, and writer/director Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck won the best screenwriter award. LIVES is von Donnersmarck's screenwriting and directorial debut. By the way, his birth name is Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck, and he has credits using various combinations of same.
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar won the best director award for VOLVER, and Penelope Cruz, one of the six-actress ensemble in the movie, won best actress. They all won best actress as an ensemble at Cannes this year.
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!
4 NOVEMBER - At the Seville Film Festival the European Film
Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the European Film Awards 2006. The 1,700 EFA Members
will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the Awards Ceremony in Warsaw on December 2.
Nominated for EUROPEAN FILM 2006:
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO, Ireland/UK, directed by Neil Jordan;
GRBAVICA, Austria/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/Croatia, directed by Jasmila Zbanic; DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives
Of Others), Germany, written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO, UK, directed
by Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross; VOLVER, Spain,directed by Pedro Almodóvar; and THE WIND THAT
SHAKES THE BARLEY, UK/Ireland/Germany/Italy/Spain, directed by Ken Loach.
Nominated for EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2006:
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER; Susanne Bier for EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding); Emanuele Crialese for NUOVOMONDO (Golden Door); Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others); Ken Loach for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY; Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross for THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO.
For more nominees see EFA link below.
31 OCTOBER - The European Film Academy proudly announces that the award for the European Film Academy Documentary 2006 - Prix Arte goes to the film DIE GROSSE STILLE (Into Great Silence) by Philip Gröning, Germany, which will be presented during the Awards Ceremony in Warsaw on December 2.
"GOLDEN GLOBES" - HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION, 15 January 2007, Beverly Hills, CA, broadcast on NBC.
The Golden Globe Awards are considered by many as the predictors of the Academy Awards.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
There is a discussion on my "Mimi at the Movies" blog, dated January 16, about some of the main winners. You will read some remarks here you may not read elsewhere. For the full list of winners go to the Globes Official Site.
Here are the highlights:
Best Motion Picture [MP] (Drama) - BABEL;
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) - DREAMGIRLS;
Best Performance by an Actor (MP - Drama) - Forest Whitaker, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND;
Best Performance by an Actress (MP - Drama) - Helen Mirren, THE QUEEN;
Best Performance by an Actor (MP - Musical or Comedy) - Sacha Baron Cohen, BORAT;
Best Performance by an Actress (MP - Musical or Comedy) - Meryl Streep, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA;
Best Performance by an Actor and Actress in a Motion Picture - Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson, both for DREAMGIRLS;
Best Director and Screenplay (MP) - Martin Scorsese, THE DEPARTED, and Peter Morgan, THE QUEEN;
Best Original Song and Score - Prince, "The Song of the Heart," HAPPY FEET, and Alexandre Desplat, THE
PAINTED VEIL;
Best Foreign Language and Animated Films - LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA, Eastwood, dir.), and CARS (Pixar).
For television awards, and more, see the official Web site below.
Before the Awards
64th Annual Nominations Announced!
Warren Beatty will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. Lorraine Nicholson, 16 and the daughter of actor Jack Nicholson with Rebecca Broussard, with assist in the ceremony as Miss Golden Globe.
BABEL received seven nominations, including best dramatic movie. Others nominated in the top dramatic category are: THE DEPARTED (six nominations), BOBBY, LITTLE CHILDREN, and THE QUEEN.
DREAMGIRLS scored five nominations, including best movie musical or comedy. Others nominated in the same category: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, and BORAT.
Two best film in a foreign language nominees are from American directors: APOCALYPTO (Mel Gibson) and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Clint Eastwood). The others: THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Germany), PAN'S LABYRINTH (Mexico), and VOLVER (Spain)
Best animated film nominees: HAPPY FEET, CARS, and A MONSTER HOUSE.
Multiple acting nods went to Helen Mirren, nominated for playing both Queen Elizabeth I and II in THE QUEEN, and for the title role in the TV miniseries "Elizabeth I." She received an additional nomination for best actress in a TV miniseries or movie for "Prime Suspect: The Final Act."
Other multiple nominees included Leonardo DiCaprio for best dramatic actor for BLOOD DIAMOND and THE DEPARTED, Clint Eastwood for best director for FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, and Toni Collette was nominated for best actress in a movie comedy or musical for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and as TV supporting actress for "Tsunami: The Aftermath."
Best actor nominees in addition to DiCaprio: Peter O'Toole (Venus), Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness), and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland ). Best actress nominees in addition to Helen Mirren: Penelope Cruz (Volver), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sherrybaby), Kate Winslet (Little Children), and Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal).
For full list, click OFFICIAL SITE, Year, and 2006:
GOLDEN RASPBERRY FOUNDATION AWARDS ~ ~ "RAZZIES"
(For the worst in various movie award categories.) Nominations are always announced the night before the Oscar® nominations, and Razzie winners are always announced the night before the Oscar® gala.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
BASIC INSTINCT 2 Stunk the Berry Worst of 2006 at ceremonies held on Oscar eve at Hollywood's Ivar Theatre. INSTINCT 2 took four $4.97 trophies, among them Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Prequel or Sequel, and one went to star Sharon Stone as 2006's Worst Actress.
Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment - Robin Williams' road apple of a road movie, RV. LITTLE MAN received three statuettes from its seven nominations: it was named Worst Remake or Rip-Off, and Shawn and Marlon Wayans were both dually dissed as the year's Worst Screen Couple, and jointly named Worst Actor.
M. Night Shyamalan, received two RAZZIES. He was named both Worst Director for LADY IN THE WATER and, for casting himself in a pivotal role in his own film, was also chosen as Worst Supporting Actor. Worst Supporting Actress turned out to be Carmen Electra, beating out last year's Worst Actress "winner" Jenny McCarthy. Electra's third RAZZIE nomination proved the charm, and she took the spray-painted gold for her cameo appearances in a pair of parodies, DATE MOVIE and SCARY MOVIE 4.
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
The movies BASIC INSTINCT 2, starring Sharon Stone, and LITTLE MEN, starring the Wyans brothers Shawn and Marlon each received The Worst Movie of the Year nomination, plus six other nominations. The other worst-picture nominees are the fantasies (?) BLOODRAYNE and LADY IN THE WATER, plus the thriller (?) THE WICKER MAN.
Stone and Wyans also received nominations for Worst Actress/Actor of the Year. Sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff shared a worst-actress nomination for MATERIAL GIRLS.
The Razzies has added a new category, worst excuse for family entertainment. The nominees are DECK THE HALLS, GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES, RV, THE SANTA CLAUSE 3. and THE SHAGGY DOG.
Read more at NPR, or see:
GOYA AWARDS (Los Premios Goya), (SPAIN), Sunday, 28 January 2007, Madrid.
(The Goyas have been the main National Film Awards in Spain since 1987. Winners are given a statuette (bust of the painter Goya), and the awards are called "Goya of Honor.")
AWARDS PRESENTED!
VOLVER, directed by Pedro Pedro Almodóvar, swept to a triumphant victory at Spain's top film awards late Sunday, 28 January, in Madrid, receiving best movie, director, and best actress for Oscar-nominated Pénelope Cruz. VOLVER's only Oscar nomination is for Cruz in the best actress category
Almodóvar's award was his second Goya for best director, but the maker of ALL ABOUT MOTHER stayed away, blaming nerves. In 2005, he resigned his seat at the Spanish Film Academy over the way films were judged for the competition.
PAN'S LABYRINTH (El laberinto del fauno, Mexico), Oscar-nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film of 2006 and three other nods, scooped seven awards at the glittering ceremony, including best script and best new actress for young star Ivana Baquero. Written and directed by Mexican Guillermo del Toro, LABYRINTH is billed as an "adult fairy tale," and takes place in a Spanish forest shortly after the country's civil war. There, by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, a young girl (Baquero) is confronted by weird mythical creatures.
The best leading actor award went to Juan Diego, who plays a father disgruntled at the reappearance of his grown-up son in VETE de MI. "Vete de Mi."
British film and Oscar nominee for Best Film of 2006, THE QUEEN won best European film.
Before the Awards
The Mexican Film Academy of Arts and Sciences has selected the documentary THE PIT (En el Hoyo), directed and filmed by Juan Carlos Rulfo, as its foreign film entry for the 21st edition of Spain's Goya Awards. The film has won prizes on the festival circuit, including best international documentary at January's Sundance Film Festival.
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED. See:
[OFFICIAL GOYA SITE] (in Spanish)
[La Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España] (in Spanish)
[Radiocine.org] (in Spanish)
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS (Independent Films), Saturday, 24 February 2007.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
The 22nd Spirit Awards honored LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE as best independent movie, Saturday 24th, after the Academy voting had closed, so the movie, and the other winners associated with it, didn't get a "bump" from the award. The film's other honorees were Michael Arndt took the Spirit for best first screenplay, veteran actor Alan Arkin for his supporting role as a junkie grandfather, and the film's directors, the husband-and-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, whose day job is making music videos and commercials.
Arndt and Arkin did win an Oscar each, original screenplay, and supporting actor, respectively, at the 79th Academy Awards the evening, to total awards for the movie. The directors were not nominated for an Academy Award.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is a low-budget -- $7.7 million -- that took five years to make. The porject eventually landed at art-house studio Fox Searchlight, was immediately an audience pleaser, and sold more than $58 million worth of tickets at the North American box office.
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED: FULL LIST.
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (LAFCA), 14 January, Park Hyatt Hotel, Los Angeles.
Those who received awards at the gala are:
Picture - LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, Clint Eastwood, dr., (Runner Up: THE QUEEN).
Director - Paul Greengrass, UNITED 93. (Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA).
Actress - Helen Mirren, THE QUEEN. (Runner-up: Penelope Cruz, VOLVER).
Actor - Tie: Sacha Baron Cohen, BORAT and Forest Whitaker, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND.
Screenplay - Peter Morgan for THE QUEEN. (Runner-up: Michael Arndt, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE).
See all the 2006 award winners.
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW OF MOTION PICTURES (NBRMP), New York.
(Although the general public knows little of this award, it is a major, prestigious award.)
2006 AWARD WINNERS were announced WEDNESDAY, 6 DECEMBER 2006, and were awarded at THE 2006 NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW GALA EVENT held at CIPRIANI 42ND STREET, NYC, TUESDAY, 9 JANUARY 2007. Last year's 2005 film was GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Those who received awards at the gala are:
Film: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, Clint Eastwood, dir.
Director: MARTIN SCORSESE, The Departed.
Actor: FOREST WHITAKER, The Last King of Scotland.
Actress: HELEN MIRREN, The Queen.
Supporting Actor: DJIMON HOUNSOU, Blood Diamond.
Supporting Actress: CATHERINE O'HARA, For Your Consideration.
Foreign Film: VOLVER.
Documentary: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
Animated Feature: CARS.
Ensemble Cast: THE DEPARTED.
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: RYAN GOSLING, Half Nelson.
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: JENNIFER HUDSON, Dreamgirls, and RINKO KIKUCHI, Babel.
Directorial Debut: JASON REITMAN, Thank You for Smoking.
Original Screenplay: ZACH HELM, Stranger Than Fiction.
Adapted Screenplay: RON NYSWANER, The Painted Veil.
View their top five or ten BEST LISTS lists in multiple categories.
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE - 7 January 2007, Supper Club, Manhattan.
AWARDS ANNOUNCED! Presented
at the gala.
Director Paul Greengrass' 9/11 drama UNITED 93 was named best film. The runner up was Stephen Frears' THE QUEEN, which earned the most awards, including best actress for Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, and best screenplay for Peter Morgan.
Forest Whitaker received best actor honors for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, and best director goes to Martin Scorsese, THE DEPARTED. Here's the direct link to the awards page.
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA (PGA), 20 January 2007, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
18th ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTED!
The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures - CARS [New Category].
The David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television - ELIZABETH I.
SUNSHINE was not in competition at the Sundance Film Festival last January (2006), but made its official premiere to a packed house, and a standing ovation. That sparked a bidding war for distribution rights won by 20th Century Fox's specialty division, Fox Searchlight Films, reputed to me more than $10 million. SUNSHINE received the Audience Award at last year's 54th Donostia - San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain (2006).
For last year's award (2006), the Guild nominated BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, and CRASH won the Oscar®. The year before that (2005), the Guild nominated THE AVIATOR, and SIDEWAYS won. Will SUNSHINE be the "sleeper" film this year?
Before the Awards
THE 18TH ANNUAL PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINEES ANNOUNCED:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year in Theatrical Motion Pictures: BABEL, THE DEPARTED, DREAMGIRLS, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and THE QUEEN.
Producer of the Year in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
CARS, FLUHED AWAY, HAPPY FEET,
ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN, and MONSTER HOUSE.
For names of producers, other movie and television winners and nominees, see official site link:
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG), 28 January 2007, Los Angeles, CA.
SAG also honors leading TV actors as well.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, won the top award, best ensemble cast. This boosts SUNSHINE's chances in the best film category at the Academy Awards.
Actors make up the largest voting block among Academy members. Three of the last four winners of SAG's award for performance in an ensemble cast have gone on to win the Oscar for best picture.
Best actor and actress went to Forest Whitaker (THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND) and Helen Mirren (THE QUEEN). Mirren also won best actress for the HBO drama, Elizabeth I. These wins definitely give Whitaker and Mirren an edge to grab the golden statuette.
Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson, a former "American Idol" contestant who didn't win, were named best supporting actor and actress for their performances in DREAMGIRLS.
Julie Andrews received the guild's 43rd Life Achievement Award, and the rest of the winners basically followed the Golden Globes. For all winners, see SAG's Official Site.
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
Actors and actors from the following films received nominations, either individual or ensemble:
BABEL; BLOOD DIAMOND, BOBBY; THE DEPARTED; THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA; DREAMGIRLS; LITTLE CHILDREN; LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE; NOTES ON A SCANDAL; and VOLVER.
Best acting ensemble film last year went to CRASH. This year, films in the running are: BABEL, BOBBY, THE DEPARTED, DREAMGIRLS and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. As DREAMGIRLS is not nominated for the Best Film of 2006 Oscar®, the question is, "How will the members of SAG vote?"
SEE FULL DETAILS and ALL NOMINATIONS for movies and TV.
Mimi is proud that her grandchildren Laura and Steve Wong are members of SAG.
60th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS ("Broadway's Night of Nights") - 11 June 2006, Radio City Music Hall, 8:00 PM (EDT & PDT), CBS.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
[Associated Press Article] [Official Winners List]
Sponsored by The American Theatre Wing in celebration of live theatre in America. This year, there was no single host. Sixty "Stars of the Stage" presented the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards, including Oprah Winfrey, Glenn Close, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kyra Sedgwick, Julia Roberts, Eric McCormack, Ralph Fiennes, Cynthia Nixon, Martin Short, Alfre Woodward, and Anna Paquin.
One of the evenings biggest highlights? Patricia Neal, the first recipient of a Tony Awards, and the only surviving recipient from the very first Tony Awards that were given in 1947, received a replacement "Tony" for the "Outstanding Newcomer in a Play" - - an award that no longer exists - - which was stolen shortly afterwards. The award is now credited as: A supporting or featured actress in a play (or dramatic) for ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST, Lillian Hellman's prequel to THE LITTLE FOXES. [MORE, .pdf]
Best quip of the night? Ron, the puppet, from AVENUE Q, to fellow presenter Christine Ebersole, "Hi, I'm Ron. I'm a puppet and a Republican. "Reply by Ebersole, "A Republican puppet. That rings a bell."
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA (WGA), Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theatre in New York, 11 February 2007.
AWARDS PRESENTED!
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, by Michael Arndt,
Fox Searchlight Pictures;
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: THE DEPARTED, by William Monahan, based on the Motion Picture INTERNAL AFFAIRS, written by
Alan Mak and Felix Chong, Warner Bros. Pictures;
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY: DELIVER US FROM EVIL, by Amy Berg, Lionsgate Entertainment.
All
winners, including television
Before the Awards
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED:
Here is the list of the nominated films. For the writers, see the official Web site below:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - BABEL, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE
QUEEN, STRANGER THAN FICTION, and UNITED 93.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - BORAT (Based on a Character Created by Sacha Baron Cohen); THE DEPARTED (Based on the Motion
Picture Infernal Affairs); THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (Based on the Novel by Lauren Weisberger); LITTLE CHILDREN (Based
on the Novel by Tom Perrotta); and THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING (Based on the Novel by Christopher Buckley).
WGA East, <http://www.wgaeast.org/> WGA West, <http://www.wga.org/>
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