Here is the list of nominees vying for the 84th Oscar Awards:

Best Picture

“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh, “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte, “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
Max Von Sydow, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”

Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

Demian Bichir, “A Better Life”
George Clooney, “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”

Best Director

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

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
JC Chandor, “Margin Call”
Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation”
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, “Bridesmaids”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, “The Descendants”
John Logan, “Hugo”
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, “The Ides of March”
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, “Moneyball”
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughn, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

Best Animated Feature

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

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

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

Best Original Song

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

Best Achievement in Art Direction

“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Cinematography

“The Artist”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Costume Design

“Anonymous”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Jane Eyre”
“W.E.”

Best Documentary Feature

“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
“Pina”
“Undefeated”

Best Documentary Short Subject

“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement?”
“God Is the Bigger Elvis”
“Incident in New Baghdad”
“Saving Face”
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”

Best Achievement in Film Editing

“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”

Best Achievement in Makeup

“Albert Nobbs”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“The Iron Lady”

Best Animated Short Film

Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Live Action Short Film

“Pentecost”
“Raju”
“The Shore”
“Time Freak”
“Tuba Atlantic”

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

“Drive”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

2012 Oscars – 84th Academy Awards Nominees List originally appeared on Starmometer on January 24, 2012.

Velvet (SkyCable Channel 53), the home of the biggest red carpet events, takes pride in airing the live announcement of nominations in a special live feed on Tuesday night (January 24), starting at 9:30p.m.

Lawrence and Sherak are set to reveal the nominees of the 10 major categories out of a total of 24 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hundreds of journalists from all over the world are expected to cover this Oscar primer.

Velvet has been offering viewers the best Oscar happenings for several years in a row. That’s why besides the announcement, Velvet will also bring the complete coverage and live telecast of the 84 th Academy Awards on February 27 (Monday), starting at 6:00am. The show will be produced by Brian Grazer and hosted by actor/producer/writer/comedian Billy Crystal.

It’s actually Crystal’s ninth time to host the Oscars. The last time was in 2004 where he was commended for bringing the show a lighthearted humor. Grazer, on the other hand, attempts to give the awards night a more youthful appeal.

“The Academy Awards not only honor the excellence of these movies, but also celebrate what they mean to us as a culture and to each of us individually,” said Sherak in an interview. This year’s tagline, “Life. Camera. Action.” is designed to evoke the emotional connections viewers all have with the movies.

Always tune in to Velvet and be updated with the 84 th Academy Awards! Velvet (SkyCable Channel 53) is available on SkyCable Platinum, SkyCable Gold, SkyCable Silver and other quality cable operators nationwide. For updates, log-on to http://www.facebook.com/VelvetChannel , or visit Oscars official website at http://www.oscars.org

Catch the Live Announcement of Oscar 2012 Nominees on Velvet originally appeared on Starmometer on January 23, 2012.

Check out our predictions on which film, directors and actors will get the coveted nods from the Academy:

Best Picture:

“Hugo”
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Help”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“War Horse”
“The Ides of March”
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

Best Actor:

George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar

Best Actress:

Viola Davis, The Help
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Rooney Mara, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Best Supporting Actor:

Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Patton Oswalt, Young Adult

Best Supporting Actress:

Octavia Spencer, The Help
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Director:

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

Best Foreign Language Film:

A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
Pina (Germany)

Best Animated Feature:

Arthur Christmas
Puss in Boots
Rango
Rio
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

2012 Oscar Predictions – ‘The Descendants’ and ‘The Artist’ Lead the Race originally appeared on Starmometer on January 23, 2012.

Here are the sixty-three (63) films that will compete for the Best Foreign Language film in the 84th Academy Awards:

Albania: Amnistia (Amnesty), Bujar Alimani
Argentina: Aballay, el hombre sin miedo (Aballay), Fernando Spiner
Austria: Atmen (Breathing), Karl Markovics
Belgium: Rundskop (Bullhead), Michaël R. Roskam
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Belvedere, Ahmed Imamović
Brazil: Tropa de Elite 2 (Elite Squad: The Enemy Within), José Padilha
Bulgaria: Тилт Tilt, Viktor Chuchkov Jr.
Canada: Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau
Chile: Violeta Se Fue a los Cielos (Violeta Went to Heaven), Andrés Wood
China: 金陵十三釵 (The Flowers of War), Zhang Yimou
Colombia: Los Colores de la Montaña (The Colors of the Mountain), Carlos César Arbeláez
Croatia: Sedamdeset i dva dana (72 days), Danilo Serbedzija
Cuba: Habanastation, Ian Padrón
Czech Republic: Alois Nebel, Tomás Lunák (animated film)
Denmark: SuperClásico, Ole Christian Madsen
Dominican Republic: La Hija Natural (Love Child), Leticia Tonos
Egypt: الشوق El-Shouq (Lust), Khaled El-Hagar
Estonia: Kirjad Inglile (Letters to Angel), Sulev Keedus
Finland: Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki
France: La guerre est déclarée (Declaration of War), Valérie Donzelli
Georgia: Chantrapras, Otar Iosseliani
Germany: Pina, Wim Wenders (is a documentary – NO, this is no doc even when documents dance, it’s really BEAUTIFUL to watch plus you’ll feel lots of emotions! Fantastic film.)
Greece: Attenberg, Athina Rachel Tsangari (A strange movie/story yet was fascinating for me.)
Hong Kong: 桃姐 Tao jie (A Simple Life), Ann Hui
Hungary: A Torinói ló (The Turin House), Béla Tarr
Iceland: Eldfjall (Volcano), Rúnar Rúnarsson
India: ആദാമിന്റെ മകൻ അബു Adaminte Makan Abu (Abu, Son of Adam), Salim Ahamed
Indonesia: Di Bawah Lindungan Ka’bah (Under the Protection of Ka’Bah), Hanny R Saputra
Iran: جدایی نادر از سیمین Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader and Simin, A Separation), Asghar Farhadi
Ireland: As If I Am Not There, Juanita Wilson (Very HARD-to-watch story in a good movie with good performances which makes film harder to watch.)
Israel: הערת שוליים (Footnote), Joseph Cedar
Italy: Terraferma, Emanuele Crialese
Japan: 一枚のハガキ Ich-mai no Hagaki (Postcard), Kaneto Shindō
Kazakhstan: Возвращение в “А” (Return to “A”), Egor Konchalovsky
Lebanon: وهلّأ لوين؟ Wo Hallah La Wen? (Where Do We Go Now?), Nadine Labaki
Lithuania: Kai Apkabinsiu Tave (Back in Your Arms), Kristijonas Vildžiūnas
Macedonia: Панкот не е мртов Pankot ne e mrtov (Punk’s Not Dead), Vladimir Blazevski
Mexico: Miss Bala, Gerado Naranjo
Morocco: Omar m’a tuer (Omar Killed Me), Roschdy Zem
Netherlands: Sonny Boy, Maria Peters
New Zealand: O Le Tulafale (The Orator), Tusi Tamasese
Norway: Sykt lykkelig (Happy, Happy), Anne Sewitsky
Peru: Octubre (October), Diego and Daniel Vega
Philippines: Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank (The Woman in the Septic Tank), Marlon Rivera
Poland: W ciemności (In Darkness), Agnieszka Holland
Portugal: José e Pilar (Jose and Pilar), Miguel Goncalves Mendes (documentary)
Romania: Morgen, Marian Crisan
Russia: Утомлённые солнцем 2: Цитадель Utomlyonnye Solntsem 2 (Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel), Nikita Mikhalkov
Serbia: Montevideo, bog te video (Montevideo: Taste of a Dream), Dragan Bjelogrlić
Singapore: Tatsumi, Erick Khoo
Slovakia: Cigán (Gypsy), Martin Šulík
South Africa: Shookheid (Beauty), Oliver Hermanus
South Korea: 고지전 Go-ji-jeon (The Front Line), Jang Hun
Spain: Pa Negre (Black Bread), Agustí Villaronga (An okay movie with an okay story, nothing special)
Sweden: Svinalängorna (Beyond), Pernilla August
Switzerland: Giochi d’estate (Summer Games), Rolando Colla
Taiwan: 賽德克．巴萊 Saideke Balai (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale), Wei Te-Sheng
Thailand: คนโขน Kon Khon, Sarunyu Wongkrachang
Turkey: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia), Nuri Bilge Ceylan
United Kingdom: Patagonia, Marc Evans
Uruguay: La Casa Muda (The Silent House), Gustavo Hernández
Venezuela: El Rumor de las Piedras (The Rumble of the Stones), Alejandro Bellame
Vietnam: Khát vọng Thăng Long (The Prince and the Pagoda Boy), Lưu Trọng Ninh

2012 Foreign Language Oscar Contenders – The Shortlist originally appeared on Starmometer on October 15, 2011.

TRIVIA:

• Oliver! (1968) was the first and only G-rated film to win Best Picture.
• Midnight Cowboy (1969) was the first and only X-rated film to win Best Picture.
• Marty (1955) was the first and only film based on a television movie or mini-series to win Best Picture.
• The Godfather Part II (1974) was the first sequel to win Best Picture.
• The Departed (2006) was the first and only remake of an original film (Infernal Affairs) to win Best Picture.
• Toy Story 3 (2010) was the only sequel to be nominated for Best Picture without any of its predecessors being nominated.
• Gone with the Wind (1939) was the longest film to win Best Picture (3 hours 54 minutes)
• Ben Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) were the only three films to win 11 awards including Best Picture.

List of Best Picture Oscar Winners from 1927 to 2010:

2010 – “The King’s Speech”
2009 – “The Hurt Locker”
2008 – “Slumdog Millionaire”
2007 – “No Country for Old Men”
2006 – “The Departed”
2005 – “Crash”
2004 – “Million Dollar Baby”
2003 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
2002 – “Chicago”
2001 – “A Beautiful Mind”
2000 – “Gladiator”
1999 – “American Beauty”
1998 – “Shakespeare in Love”
1997 – “Titanic”
1996 – “The English Patient”
1995 – “Braveheart”
1994 – “Forrest Gump”
1993 – “Schindler’s List”
1992 – “Unforgiven”
1991 – “The Silence of the Lambs”
1990 – “Dances with Wolves”
1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy”
1988 – “Rain Man”
1987 – “The Last Emperor”
1986 – “Platoon”
1985 – “Out of Africa”
1984 – “Amadeus”
1983 – “Terms of Endearment”
1982 – “Gandhi”
1981 – “Chariots of Fire”
1980 – “Ordinary People”
1979 – “Kramer vs. Kramer”
1978 – “The Deer Hunter”
1977 – “Annie Hall”
1976 – “Rocky”
1975 – “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
1974 – “The Godfather Part II”
1973 – “The Sting”
1972 – “The Godfather”
1971 – “The French Connection”
1970 – “Patton”
1969 – “Midnight Cowboy”
1968 – “Oliver!”
1967 – “In the Heat of the Night”
1966 – “A Man for All Seasons”
1965 – “The Sound of Music”
1964 – “My Fair Lady”
1963 – “Tom Jones”
1962 – “Lawrence of Arabia”
1961 – “West Side Story”
1960 – “The Apartment”
1959 – “Ben-Hur”
1958 – “Gigi”
1957 – “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
1956 – “Around the World in 80 Days”
1955 – “Marty”
1954 – “On the Waterfront”
1953 – “From Here to Eternity”
1952 – “The Greatest Show on Earth”
1951 – “An American in Paris”
1950 – “All about Eve”
1949 – “All the Kings Men”
1948 – “Hamlet”
1947 – “Gentleman’s Agreement”
1946 – “The Best Years of Our Lives”
1945 – “The Lost Weekend”
1944 – “Going My Way”
1943 – “Casablanca”
1942 – “Mrs. Miniver”
1941 – “How Green Was My Valley”
1940 – “Rebecca”
1939 – “Gone with the Wind”
1938 – “You Can’t Take It with You”
1937 – “The Life of Emile Zola”
1936 – “The Great Ziegfeld”
1935 – “Mutiny on the Bounty”
1934 – “It Happened One Night”
1932/1933 – “Cavalcade”
1931/1932 – “Grand Hotel”
1930/1931 – “Cimarron”
1929/1930 – “All Quiet on the Western Front”
1928/1929 – “The Broadway Melody”
1927/1928 – “Wings”

Best Picture Oscar Winners originally appeared on Starmometer on February 28, 2011.

Katharine Hepburn have won the most Best Actress Oscars with 4. Meryl Streep, on the other hand, received the most number of Best Actress Oscar nominations with 13.

The oldest winner of Best Actress Oscar is Jessica Tandy. He was 80 years old when she won for her performance in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).

The youngest Best Actress winner is Marlee Matlin. She was 21 years old when she won for her performance in Children of a Lesser God (1986).

List of Best Actress Oscar Winners from 1927 to 2010:

1927-28 Janet Gaynor – Seventh Heaven
1928-29 Mary Pickford – Coquette
1929-30 Norma Shearer – The Divorcee
1930-31 Marie Dressler – Min and Bill
1931-32 Helen Hayes – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1932-33 Katharine Hepburn – Morning Glory
1934 Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night
1935 Bette Davis – Dangerous
1936 Luise Rainer – The Great Ziegfeld
1937 Luise Rainer – The Good Earth
1938 Bette Davis – Jezebel
1939 Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind
1940 Ginger Rogers – Kitty Foyle
1941 Joan Fontaine – Suspicion
1942 Greer Garson – Mrs. Miniver
1943 Jennifer Jones – The Song of Bernadette
1944 Ingrid Bergman – Gaslight
1945 Joan Crawford – Mildred Pierce
1946 Olivia de Havilland – To Each His Own
1947 Loretta Young – The Farmer’s Daughter
1948 Jane Wyman – Johnny Belinda
1949 Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress
1950 Judy Holliday – Born Yesterday
1951 Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 Shirley Booth – Come Back, Little Sheba
1953 Audrey Hepburn – Roman Holiday
1954 Grace Kelly – The Country Girl
1955 Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
1956 Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia
1957 Joanne Woodward – The Three Faces of Eve
1958 Susan Hayward – I Want to Live!
1959 Simone Signoret – Room at the Top
1960 Elizabeth Taylor – BUtterfield 8
1961 Sophia Loren – Two Women
1962 Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker
1963 Patricia Neal – Hud as Alma Brown
Leslie Caron – The L-Shaped Room
1964 Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins
1965 Julie Christie – Darling
1966 Elizabeth Taylor – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
1968 Katharine Hepburn – The Lion in Winter
(tied with) Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl
1969 Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1970 Glenda Jackson – Women in Love
1971 Jane Fonda – Klute
1972 Liza Minnelli – Cabaret
1973 Glenda Jackson – A Touch of Class
1974 Ellen Burstyn – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1975 Louise Fletcher – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1976 Faye Dunaway – Network
1977 Diane Keaton – Annie Hall
1978 Jane Fonda – Coming Home
1979 Sally Field – Norma Rae
1980 Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner’s Daughter
1981 Katharine Hepburn – On Golden Pond
1982 Meryl Streep – Sophie’s Choice
1983 Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
1984 Sally Field – Places in the Heart
1985 Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful
1986 Marlee Matlin – Children of a Lesser God
1987 Cher – Moonstruck
1988 Jodie Foster – The Accused
1989 Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy
1990 Kathy Bates – Misery
1991 Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Emma Thompson – Howards End
1993 Holly Hunter – The Piano
1994 Jessica Lange – Blue Sky
1995 Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking
1996 Frances McDormand – Fargo
1997 Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets
1998 Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love
1999 Hilary Swank – Boys Don’t Cry
2000 Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich
2001 Halle Berry – Monster’s Ball
2002 Nicole Kidman – The Hours
2003 Charlize Theron – Monster
2004 Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
2005 Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
2006 Helen Mirren – The Queen
2007 Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
2008 Kate Winslet – The Reader
2009 Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
2010 Natalie Portman – Black Swan

Best Actress Oscar Winners originally appeared on Starmometer on February 28, 2011.

9 actors have won the Oscar twice but no one has won thrice yet. Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks won their two Oscars in two consecutive years.

The oldest winner was Henry Fonda. He was 76 years old when he won Best Actor for his performance as Norman Thayer in “The Golden Pond (1981)”

The youngest winner was Adrien Brody. He was 29 years old when he won Best Actor for his performance as Władysław Szpilman in “The Pianist” (2002).

List of Best Actor Oscar Winners from 1927 to 2010:

1927-1928 Emil Jannings – The Last Command
1928-1929 Warner Baxter – In Old Arizona
1929-1930 George Arliss – Disraeli
1930-1931 Lionel Barrymore – A Free Soul
1931-1932 Fredric March – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1932-1933 Charles Laughton – The Private Life of Henry VIII
1934 Clark Gable – It Happened One Night
1935 Victor McLaglen – The Informer
1936 Paul Muni – The Story of Louis Pasteur
1937 Spencer Tracy – Captains Courageous
1938 Spencer Tracy – Boys Town
1939 Robert Donat – Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1940 James Stewart – The Philadelphia Story
1941 Gary Cooper – Sergeant York
1942 James Cagney – Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943 Paul Lukas – Watch on the Rhine
1944 Bing Crosby – Going My Way
1945 Ray Milland – The Lost Weekend
1946 Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 Ronald Colman – A Double Life
1948 Laurence Olivier – Hamlet
1949 Broderick Crawford – All the King’s Men
1950 José Ferrer – Cyrano de Bergerac
1951 Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen
1952 Gary Cooper – High Noon
1953 William Holden – Stalag 17
1954 Marlon Brando – On the Waterfront
1955 Ernest Borgnine – Marty
1956 Yul Brynner – The King and I
1957 Alec Guinness – The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 David Niven – Separate Tables
1959 Charlton Heston – Ben-Hur
1960 Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry
1961 Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg
1962 Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird
1963 Sidney Poitier – Lilies of the Field
1964 Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady
1965 Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou
1966 Paul Scofield – A Man for All Seasons
1967 Rod Steiger – In the Heat of the Night
1968 Cliff Robertson – Charly
1969 John Wayne – True Grit
1970 George C. Scott – Patton
1971 Gene Hackman – The French Connection
1972 Marlon Brando – The Godfather
1973 Jack Lemmon – Save the Tiger
1974 Art Carney – Harry and Tonto
1975 Jack Nicholson – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1976 Peter Finch – Network (posthumous win)
1977 Richard Dreyfuss – The Goodbye Girl
1978 Jon Voight – Coming Home
1979 Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer
1980 Robert De Niro – Raging Bull
1981 Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond
1982 Ben Kingsley – Gandhi
1983 Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
1984 F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus
1985 William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman
1986 Paul Newman – The Color of Money
1987 Michael Douglas – Wall Street
1988 Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man
1989 Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot
1990 Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune
1991 Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs
1992 Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman
1993 Tom Hanks – Philadelphia
1994 Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump
1995 Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas
1996 Geoffrey Rush – Shine
1997 Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
1998 Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful
1999 Kevin Spacey – American Beauty
2000 Russell Crowe – Gladiator
2001 Denzel Washington – Training Day
2002 Adrien Brody – The Pianist
2003 Sean Penn – Mystic River
2004 Jamie Foxx – Ray
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
2006 Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
2007 Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
2008 Sean Penn – Milk
2009 Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
2010 Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

Best Actor Oscar Winners originally appeared on Starmometer on February 28, 2011.

Check out the winners list for the 83rd Academy Awards.

The Oscars was aired live in the Philippines via sattelite on Velvet and slightly delayed on ABS-CBN.

James Franco and Anne Hattaway served as this year’s hosts.

Here is the list of winners for the 83rd Academy Awards otherwise known as the Oscars…

WINNERS

BEST PICTURE:
The King’s Speech

BEST ACTOR:
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)

BEST ACTRESS:
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christian Bale (The Fighter)

ART DIRECTION:
Alice in Wonderland,
Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Inception, Wally Pfister

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED):
The Lost Thing

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The King’s Speech, David Seidler

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
In a Better World (Denmark)

ORIGINAL SCORE:
The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

SOUND MIXING:
Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

SOUND EDITING:
Inception, Richard King

MAKEUP:
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

COSTUME DESIGN:
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

FILM EDITING:
The Social Network
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

DOCUMENTARY:
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:
Strangers No More

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION):
God of Love

83rd Academy Awads – 2011 Oscar Winners originally appeared on Starmometer on February 28, 2011.

“The King’s Speech” leads the pack of nominees this year with 12 nods followed by “True Grit” with ten and “The Social Network” with eight. All three films are competing for the Best Picture category alongside “Black Swan,” “The Fighter,” “Inception,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “127 Hours,” “Toy Story 3,” and “Winter’s Bone.”

Battling it out for the Best Actor in a Lead Role category are Javier Bardem (“Biutiful”), Jeff Bridges (“True Grit”), Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”), Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”) and James Franco (“127 Hours”), who will also serve as host for this year’s awards show together with Anne Hathaway.

Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”), Nicole Kidman (“Rabbit Hole”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”), Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”) and Michelle Williams (“Blue Valentine”), on the other hand, compete for the coveted Best Actress in a Lead Role award.

The 83rd Academy Awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will take place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California. Halle Berry, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Hanks, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Joahansson, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Jude Law, and Gwyneth Paltrow are among the presenters while Zachary Levi, Mandy Moore, A.R. Rahman, and Florence Welch are set to perform.

Velvet (SkyCable ch 53) will also air the Oscars live on cable on Monday, beginning 6:30 AM.

ABS-CBN & Studio 23 Air 83rd Oscar Awards originally appeared on Starmometer on February 25, 2011.

83rd Academy Awards Oscar Nominations list:

Best Picture

* “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
* “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
* “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
* “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
* “The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
* “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
* “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
* “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
* “Winter’s Bone” Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

* Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
* Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
* Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
* Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
* James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

* Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
* John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
* Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

* Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
* Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
* Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
* Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
* Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
* Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
* Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
* Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

* “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
* “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

* “Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
* “Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
* “The King’s Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
* “True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

* “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
* “Inception” Wally Pfister
* “The King’s Speech” Danny Cohen
* “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
* “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

* “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
* “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
* “The King’s Speech” Jenny Beavan
* “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
* “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

* “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
* “The Fighter” David O. Russell
* “The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper
* “The Social Network” David Fincher
* “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)

* “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
* “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
* “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
* “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
* “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

* “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
* “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
* “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
* “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
* “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

* “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
* “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
* “The King’s Speech” Tariq Anwar
* “127 Hours” Jon Harris
* “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

* “Biutiful” Mexico
* “Dogtooth” Greece
* “In a Better World” Denmark
* “Incendies” Canada
* “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

* “Barney’s Version” Adrien Morot
* “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
* “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

* “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
* “Inception” Hans Zimmer
* “The King’s Speech” Alexandre Desplat
* “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
* “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

* “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
* “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
* “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
* “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)

* “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
* “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
* “Let’s Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
* “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
* “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

* “The Confession” Tanel Toom
* “The Crush” Michael Creagh
* “God of Love” Luke Matheny
* “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
* “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

* “Inception” Richard King
* “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
* “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
* “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

* “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
* “The King’s Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
* “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
* “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

* “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
* “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
* “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
* “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

* “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
* “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
* “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
* “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* “Winter’s Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

* “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
* “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
* “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
* “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
* “The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

83rd Academy Awards – 2011 Oscar Nominations Revealed originally appeared on Starmometer on January 25, 2011.

The Oscars is currently aired in the Philippines via sattelite on Velvet and slightly delayed on ABS-CBN.

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* All the Lead Actors and Lead Actresses nominees were introduced on stage. Interesting.

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W I N N E R S (in red)

Best Supporting Actor:

Matt Damon (Invictus)
Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)
Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Original Song:

Almost There (The Princess And The Frog)
Down In New Orleans (The Princess And The Frog)
Loin de Paname (Paris 36)
Take It All (Nine)
The Weary Kind (Crazy Heart)

Best Animated Feature:

Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess And The Frog
The Secret Of Kells
Up

Best Original Screenplay:

Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman (The Messenger)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (A Serious Man)
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Thomas McCarthy (Up)

Best Short Animation:

French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady And The Reaper
Logorama
A Matter Of Loaf And Death

Documentary Short:

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears Of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing Of A GM Plant
Music By Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin

Best Short Live Action:

The Door
Instead Of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Best Makeup:

Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell (District 9)
Nick Hornby (An Education)
Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell, Jesse Armstrong, Ian Martin, Tony Roche (In The Loop)
Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious)
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air)

Best Supporting Actress:

Penelope Cruz (Nine)
Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)
Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air)
Mo’Nique (Precious)

Best Art Direction:

Avatar
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Best Costume Design:

Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Best Sound Editing:

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Best Sound Mixing:

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

Best Cinematography:

Avatar
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Best Original Score:

James Horner (Avatar)
Alexandre Desplat (Fantastic Mr Fox)
Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders (The Hurt Locker)
Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes)
Michael Giacchino (Up)

Best Visual Effects:

Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Best Editing:

Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Best Foreign Language Film:

Ajami (Israel)
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
The Milk Of Sorrow (Peru)
A Prophet (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

Documentary Feature:

Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc
The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

Best Actor:

Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
George Clooney (Up In The Air)
Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)

Best Actress:

Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
Carey Mulligan (An Education)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)

Best Director:

James Cameron (Avatar)
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Lee Daniels (Precious)
Jason Reitman (Up In The Air)

Best Picture:

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air

82nd Academy Awards – 2010 Oscars Live Results! originally appeared on Starmometer on March 8, 2010.

One of the world’s most watched and highly anticipated TV specials, the Academy Awards – more popularly known as the Oscars – is an annual event presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor and recognize various professionals in the film industry, including writers, directors and actors who exemplify excellence in their field. The oldest award ceremony in media and one of the most prominent and respected award giving bodies, this year’s Oscars will be hosted by award winning funnymen Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

This year’s Oscars features 24 categories and showcases an unusual number of 10 nominees in the Best Picture category. The highly acclaimed epic motion picture “Avatar” and the American war thriller “The Hurt Locker” have the most nominations, both totaling a whopping nine nominations each. “Inglorious Basterds” follows with eight nominations, including Original Screenplay and Achievement in Cinematography. The three films are all vying for the coveted Best Motion Picture of the Year, alongside “The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “Precious: based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “A Serious Man,” “Up” and “Up in the air.”

Plus, Oscar is putting on a youthful face, recruiting teen superstars Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart to serve as presenters on this year’s kudocast. This will mark the second time Cyrus and Efron have served as Oscar presenters, and the first time out for “Twilight” stars Lautner and Stewart.

To kick off the Oscars fever, Velvet mounts an on-ground campaign, The Oscars Tribute Exhibit 2010. This photo exhibit, which made its debut last year, showcases memorable scenes from Oscar-winning movies, as interpreted by powerhouse teams made of actors, models, celebrities, stylists, makeup artists and photographers. This year, the theme is Most Memorable Couples and Dynamic Duos. The Oscars Tribute Exhibit will have its grand opening on March 4 (Thursday), 6:30pm at the Ayala Museum, Makati and will be open for public viewing on Greenbelt 3 and Eastwood Mall.

The countdown to the biggest night in Hollywood begins! Don’t miss the complete coverage of the 82nd Academy Awards on Velvet on March 8 (starting at 6:30am), with the primetime telecast on the same day at 7pm and an encore telecast on March 13 (Saturday) at 7pm.The Oscars will also be shown live via satellite on ABS-CBN on March 8 at 9:30am with a replay on March 14 on Sunday’s Best and a primetime replay on Studio 23 on March 9 (Tuesday) at 7pm.

Watch the 82nd Oscar Awards Live on Velvet and ABS-CBN originally appeared on Starmometer on February 26, 2010.