Little Gold Men
Oscars. 25 February 2007. 6 P.M. MST. Be prepared.
Best Picture of the Year
-Babel
-The Departed
-Letters from Iwo Jima
-Little Miss Sunshine (I bet Julie is squeeing right now. Must see it soon.)
-The Queen
Best Achievement in Directing
-Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu: Babel (Could happen.)
-Martin Scorsese: The Departed (Oh Marty. Do you really think you still have a chance?)
-Clint Eastwood: Letters from Iwo Jima (I bet he gets a third for this.)
-Stephen Frears: The Queen
-Paul Greengrass: United 93
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
-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
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
-Alan Arkin: Little Miss Sunshine
-Jackie Earle Haley: Little Children
-Djimon Hounsou: Blood Diamond (Second nomination. He deserves something.)
-Eddie Murphy: Dreamgirls
-Mark Wahlberg: The Departed (Marky Mark's moving up in the world.)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
-Penélope Cruz: Volver (I still want to see this movie.)
-Judi Dench: Notes on a Scandal (HOW THE HELL DOES THIS WOMAN KEEP GETTING NOMINATIONS???!!!!111!!)
-Helen Mirren: The Queen
-Meryl Streep: The Devil Wears Prada
-Kate Winslet: Little Children (Why do they keep baiting Kate Winslet? Why didn't they just give an Oscar for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Do they want her to crack at the ceremony?)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
-Adriana Barraza: Babel
-Cate Blanchett: Notes on a Scandal
-Abigail Breslin: Little Miss Sunshine
-Jennifer Hudson: Dreamgirls
-Rinko Kikuchi: Babel
Best Screenplay Adapted from Material Previously Produced or Published in Another Medium
-Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (O_O ...I never would have thought it possible.)
-Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, 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 Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
-Guillermo Arriaga: Babel
-Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis: Letters from Iwo Jima (If Clint doesn't get Best Director, then the screenplay will win here.)
-Michael Arndt: Little Miss Sunshine
-Guillermo del Toro: Pan's Labyrinth
-Peter Morgan: The Queen
Best Animated Feature of the Year
-Cars (Not Pixar's best, but it has a very good shot.)
-Happy Feet (The most realistic films tend to get the awards. However, the story was a little weak.)
-Monster House
Best Foreign Language Film
-After the Wedding
-Days of Glory (Indigénes)
-The Lives of Others
-Pan's Labyrinth (Another one I need to see.)
-Water
Best Documentary Feature
-Deliver Us from Evil
-An Inconvenient Truth (My choice here. I really couldn't be wrong, considering that the others in this category are about the church molestation scandal, the conflict in Iraq/rebuilding of Iraq, and "brainwashing" kids to be "Good Christians".)
-Iraq in Fragments
-Jesus Camp (I've heard this is frightening.)
-My Country, My Country
Best Documentary Short
-The Blood of Yingzhou District
-Recycled Life
-Rehearsing a Dream
-Two Hands
Best Short Film (Animated)
-The Danish Poet
-Lifted
-The Little Matchgirl
-Maestro
-No Time for Nuts
Best Short Film (Live Action)
-Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea)
-Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)
-Helmer & Son
-The Saviour
-West Bank Story
Best Original Score
-Gustavo Santaolalla: Babel (He won last year for his score to Brokeback Mountain. He could get another one this year. Plus, he did one of my favorite scores: Diarios de motocicleta. So he's always going to be a favorite in my books.)
-Thomas Newman: The Good German (Another Newman raking in the nominations. He's done scores for films like American Beauty, Finding Nemo, and The Shawshank Redemption. This could be his year for an award.)
-Philip Glass: Notes on a Scandal
-Javier Navarette: Pan's Labyrinth
-Alexander Desplat: The Queen
Best Original Song
-"I Need to Wake Up", from An Inconvenient Truth: Melissa Etheridge
-"Listen", from Dreamgirls: Hemry Krieger, Scott Cutler, 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 (Dreamgirls is the only film since the Disney Beauty and the Beast to be nominated three times for Best Original Song.)
*No Casino Royale theme song...? :'(
Best Achievement in Art Direction
-Dreamgirls
-The Good Shepherd
-Pan's Labyrinth (Most likely winner.)
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
-The Prestige (They dressed up present-day locations to make them look Victorian-era. I think that deserves an award, don't you?)
Best Achievement in Cinematography
-The Black Dahlia
-Children of Men (Best bet, from what I've heard.)
-The Illusionist
-Pan's Labyrinth
-The Prestige (Pretty damn good cinematography.)
Best Achievement in Costume Design
-Curse of the Golden Flower
-The Devil Wears Prada
-Dreamgirls
-Marie Antoinette
-The Queen
Best Achievement in Film Editing
-Babel
-Blood Diamond
-Children of Men
-The Departed
-United 93
Best Achievement in Makeup (The Academy needs Will Ferrell and Steve Carell to present this award EVERY YEAR.)
-Apocalypto
-Click
-Pan's Labyrinth
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
-Apocalypto
-Blood Diamond
-Flags of Our Fathers
-Letters from Iwo Jima
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
-Apocalypto
-Blood Diamond
-Dreamgirls
-Flags of Our Fathers
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Winner. Hands down. If they used actual makeup, that would've been nominated. But all the makeup is CGI, so here they are, about to get an Oscar.)
-Poseidon
-Superman Returns
Honorary award: Ennio Morricone, composer (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mission)
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Sherry Lansing, fromer CEO of Paramount Studios (responsible for greenlighting Forrest Gump, Braveheart, and *shudder* Titanic)
And finally...
Dear AMPAS,
YOU BASTARDS! You didn't nominate Stranger Than Fiction for ANYTHING! Not even a Supporting Actress nod for Emma Thompson. Nothing! WHAT THE FUCK?????!!!!!!!!!!
But please bring Jon Stewart back to host. He was nine thousand kinds of awesome.
...Okay. There you go. Bye-bye.
Best Picture of the Year
-Babel
-The Departed
-Letters from Iwo Jima
-Little Miss Sunshine (I bet Julie is squeeing right now. Must see it soon.)
-The Queen
Best Achievement in Directing
-Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu: Babel (Could happen.)
-Martin Scorsese: The Departed (Oh Marty. Do you really think you still have a chance?)
-Clint Eastwood: Letters from Iwo Jima (I bet he gets a third for this.)
-Stephen Frears: The Queen
-Paul Greengrass: United 93
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
-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
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
-Alan Arkin: Little Miss Sunshine
-Jackie Earle Haley: Little Children
-Djimon Hounsou: Blood Diamond (Second nomination. He deserves something.)
-Eddie Murphy: Dreamgirls
-Mark Wahlberg: The Departed (Marky Mark's moving up in the world.)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
-Penélope Cruz: Volver (I still want to see this movie.)
-Judi Dench: Notes on a Scandal (HOW THE HELL DOES THIS WOMAN KEEP GETTING NOMINATIONS???!!!!111!!)
-Helen Mirren: The Queen
-Meryl Streep: The Devil Wears Prada
-Kate Winslet: Little Children (Why do they keep baiting Kate Winslet? Why didn't they just give an Oscar for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Do they want her to crack at the ceremony?)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
-Adriana Barraza: Babel
-Cate Blanchett: Notes on a Scandal
-Abigail Breslin: Little Miss Sunshine
-Jennifer Hudson: Dreamgirls
-Rinko Kikuchi: Babel
Best Screenplay Adapted from Material Previously Produced or Published in Another Medium
-Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (O_O ...I never would have thought it possible.)
-Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, 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 Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
-Guillermo Arriaga: Babel
-Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis: Letters from Iwo Jima (If Clint doesn't get Best Director, then the screenplay will win here.)
-Michael Arndt: Little Miss Sunshine
-Guillermo del Toro: Pan's Labyrinth
-Peter Morgan: The Queen
Best Animated Feature of the Year
-Cars (Not Pixar's best, but it has a very good shot.)
-Happy Feet (The most realistic films tend to get the awards. However, the story was a little weak.)
-Monster House
Best Foreign Language Film
-After the Wedding
-Days of Glory (Indigénes)
-The Lives of Others
-Pan's Labyrinth (Another one I need to see.)
-Water
Best Documentary Feature
-Deliver Us from Evil
-An Inconvenient Truth (My choice here. I really couldn't be wrong, considering that the others in this category are about the church molestation scandal, the conflict in Iraq/rebuilding of Iraq, and "brainwashing" kids to be "Good Christians".)
-Iraq in Fragments
-Jesus Camp (I've heard this is frightening.)
-My Country, My Country
Best Documentary Short
-The Blood of Yingzhou District
-Recycled Life
-Rehearsing a Dream
-Two Hands
Best Short Film (Animated)
-The Danish Poet
-Lifted
-The Little Matchgirl
-Maestro
-No Time for Nuts
Best Short Film (Live Action)
-Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea)
-Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)
-Helmer & Son
-The Saviour
-West Bank Story
Best Original Score
-Gustavo Santaolalla: Babel (He won last year for his score to Brokeback Mountain. He could get another one this year. Plus, he did one of my favorite scores: Diarios de motocicleta. So he's always going to be a favorite in my books.)
-Thomas Newman: The Good German (Another Newman raking in the nominations. He's done scores for films like American Beauty, Finding Nemo, and The Shawshank Redemption. This could be his year for an award.)
-Philip Glass: Notes on a Scandal
-Javier Navarette: Pan's Labyrinth
-Alexander Desplat: The Queen
Best Original Song
-"I Need to Wake Up", from An Inconvenient Truth: Melissa Etheridge
-"Listen", from Dreamgirls: Hemry Krieger, Scott Cutler, 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 (Dreamgirls is the only film since the Disney Beauty and the Beast to be nominated three times for Best Original Song.)
*No Casino Royale theme song...? :'(
Best Achievement in Art Direction
-Dreamgirls
-The Good Shepherd
-Pan's Labyrinth (Most likely winner.)
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
-The Prestige (They dressed up present-day locations to make them look Victorian-era. I think that deserves an award, don't you?)
Best Achievement in Cinematography
-The Black Dahlia
-Children of Men (Best bet, from what I've heard.)
-The Illusionist
-Pan's Labyrinth
-The Prestige (Pretty damn good cinematography.)
Best Achievement in Costume Design
-Curse of the Golden Flower
-The Devil Wears Prada
-Dreamgirls
-Marie Antoinette
-The Queen
Best Achievement in Film Editing
-Babel
-Blood Diamond
-Children of Men
-The Departed
-United 93
Best Achievement in Makeup (The Academy needs Will Ferrell and Steve Carell to present this award EVERY YEAR.)
-Apocalypto
-Click
-Pan's Labyrinth
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
-Apocalypto
-Blood Diamond
-Flags of Our Fathers
-Letters from Iwo Jima
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
-Apocalypto
-Blood Diamond
-Dreamgirls
-Flags of Our Fathers
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Winner. Hands down. If they used actual makeup, that would've been nominated. But all the makeup is CGI, so here they are, about to get an Oscar.)
-Poseidon
-Superman Returns
Honorary award: Ennio Morricone, composer (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mission)
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Sherry Lansing, fromer CEO of Paramount Studios (responsible for greenlighting Forrest Gump, Braveheart, and *shudder* Titanic)
And finally...
Dear AMPAS,
YOU BASTARDS! You didn't nominate Stranger Than Fiction for ANYTHING! Not even a Supporting Actress nod for Emma Thompson. Nothing! WHAT THE FUCK?????!!!!!!!!!!
But please bring Jon Stewart back to host. He was nine thousand kinds of awesome.
...Okay. There you go. Bye-bye.