Picture: The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revanant Room Spotlight Director: Lenny Abrahamson, “Room” Alejandro Iñárritu, “The Revenant” Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight” Adam McKay, “The Big Short” George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Actor: Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo” Matt Damon, “The Martian” Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant” Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs” Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl” Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Carol” Brie Larson, “Room” Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy” Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years” Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn” Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, “The Big Short” Tom Hardy, “The Revenant” Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight” Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies” Sylvester Stallone, “Creed” Supporting Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight” Rooney Mara, “Carol” Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight” Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl” Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”
Adapted Screenplay: “The Big Short” “Brooklyn” “Carol” “The Martian” “Room” Original Screenplay: “Bridge of Spies” “Ex Machina” “Inside Out” “Spotlight” “Straight Outta Compton”
Foreign Language: “A War” (Denmark) “Embrace of the Serpent” (Colombia) “Mustang” (France) “Son of Saul” (Hungary) “Theeb” (Jordan) Animated Feature: “Anomalisa” “Boy and the World” “Inside Out” “Shaun the Sheep Movie” “When Marnie Was There” Documentary Feature: “Amy” “Cartel Land” “The Look of Silence” “What Happened, Miss Simone?” “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”
Original Score: “Carol” “Bridge of Spies” “The Hateful Eight” “Sicario” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Original Song: “Earned It,” from “Fifty Shades of Grey” “Manta Ray,” from “Racing Extinction” “Simple Song 3,” from “Youth” “Til it Happens to You,” from “The Hunting Ground” “Writing’s on the Wall,” from “Spectre”
Cinematography: “Carol” “The Hateful Eight” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Revenant” “Sicario” Editing: “The Big Short” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Revenant” “Spotlight” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Production Design: “Bridge of Spies” “The Danish Girl” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “The Revenant” Costume Design: “Carol” “Cinderella” “The Danish Girl” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Revenant” Makeup and Hairstyling: “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” “The Revenant”
Visual Effects: “Ex Machina” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “The Revenant” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Sound Editing: “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “The Revenant” “Sicario” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Sound Mixing: “Bridge of Spies” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “The Revenant” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Documentary Short: “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” “Body Team 12” “Chau, Beyond the Lines” “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” “Last Day of Freedom” Animated Short: “Bear Story” “Prologue” “Sanjay’s Super Team” “We Can’t Live without Cosmos” “World of Tomorrow” Live Action Short: “Ave Maria” “Day One” “Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” “Shok” “Stutterer”
Most Nominations: 12 - The Revenant 10 - Mad Max: Fury Road 7 - The Martian 6 - Bridge of Spies, Carol, Spotlight 5 - The Big Short, Star Wars: The Force Awakens 4 - The Danish Girl, Room 3 - Brooklyn, The Hateful Eight, Sicario 2 - Ex Machina, Inside Out, Steve Jobs
Academy Overhauls Membership, Voting Rules To Promote Oscar Diversity - Variety http://variety.com/2016/film/awards/oscars-diversity-academy-emergency-meeting-1201685630/ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has approved a series of major changes, in terms of voting and recruitment, also adding three new seats to the 51-person board — all part of a goal to double the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020. The changes were approved by the board Thursday night in an emergency meeting. Also on Thursday, the Academy met with ABC officials and reps of Chris Rock, confirming that he will host the Feb. 28 ceremony, according to sources. Beginning later this year, each new member’s voting status will last 10 years, and will be renewed if the new member has been active in film during that decade. In addition, members will receive lifetime voting rights after three 10-year terms; or if they have been nominated for an Academy Award. The Acadamy will apply these same standards retroactively to current members. In other words, if a current member has not been active in the last 10 years they can still qualify by meeting the other criteria. Those who do not qualify for active status will be moved to emeritus status. Emeritus members do not pay dues but enjoy all the privileges of membership, except voting. This will not affect voting for this year’s Oscars.
They had me on their side until they listed "Crash" as an example of the kind of film that might win if they got rid of the run-off voting. Is there a worse feature to have won in the last 20 years? It was idiotic at the time but is only looking worse with each passing year.
I think I will spare myself all the talk of the academy awards are not fair to non whites, and just not watch them. After all how many straight guys are interested in award shows. How many academy awards did my Al Pacino win 1? I guess they were not fair to Pacino either.
On "fairness", Kyle Smith had a scathing critique of the Oscar controversy... No, George Clooney, The Oscars Aren't Racist - N.Y. Post http://nypost.com/2016/01/21/no-george-clooney-the-oscars-arent-racist/ And there's always this about the Oscars in general...
The Academy getting things comically wrong (combined "Best Director"/"Best Picture" Oscars for Hitchcock and Kubrick: 0) is a completely separate issue from them ignoring minorities. But I sort of agree that they are merely one of the many symptoms of an industry that has historically been racist. Jitty pointed out in a different thread how few people of color were in the movies of the so-called golden age of auteur cinema. So even in an era when commercial success was deemed less important, the directors could largely not be bothered to cast anyone who didn't look like themselves.
Screen Actors Guild awards handed out last night... MOTION PICTURES Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Actress: Brie Larson, Room Supporting Actor: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Cast: Spotlight Stunt Ensemble: Mad Max: Road Fury TELEVISION Actor (Movie/Miniseries): Idris Elba, Luther Actress (Movie/Miniseries): Queen Latifah, Bessie Actor (Drama): Kevin Spacey, House of Cards Actress (Drama): Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder Actor (Comedy): Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent Actress (Comedy): Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black Ensemble (Drama): Downton Abbey Ensemble (Comedy): Orange is the New Black Stunt Ensemble: Game of Thrones
Directors Guild awards handed out last night... FEATURE FILM Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant First-Time Director: Alex Garland, Ex Machina Documentary: Matthew Heineman, Cartel Land TELEVISION Dramatic Series: David Nutter, Game of Thrones, "Mother’s Mercy" Comedy Series: Chris Addison, Veep, "Election Night" Movies for TV and Miniseries: Dee Rees, Bessie
Joe Biden To Introduce Lady Gaga's Oscars Performance - Variety http://variety.com/2016/film/news/oscars-2016-joe-biden-lady-gaga-1201714837/ Vice President Joe Biden will attend this Sunday’s Academy Awards, where he will introduce Lady Gaga’s performance of “Til It Happens to You” — from the documentary “The Hunting Ground” — a White House official confirmed. “The Hunting Ground,” about campus sexual assault, addresses one of Biden’s signature issues. A longtime advocate against sexual assault, and the author of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, Biden is expected to direct viewers to the “It’s on Us” campaign. The public awareness campaign asks people to make a personal commitment to help keep women and men safe from sexual assault. Biden’s appearance is unusual for the Oscars, but not unprecedented. Then-Vice President Charles Curtis attended the 4th Academy Awards in 1931 on President Herbert Hoover’s behalf. First Lady Michelle Obama presented best picture (to Ben Affleck’s “Argo”) remotely from the White House in 2013, and President Ronald Reagan delivered a taped message in 1981. Franklin Roosevelt addressed the Oscars via radio in 1941.
He has some experience with awards shows. http://www.theonion.com/article/biden-co-presents-best-new-starlet-award-with-shyl-37842
36th Annual RAZZIE Awards handed out last night... WORST PICTURE: Fantastic Four, Fifty Shades of Grey (tie) Other nominees: Jupiter Ascending, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Pixels WORST ACTOR: Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey WORST ACTRESS: Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Eddie Redmayne, Jupiter Ascending WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Road Chip and The Wedding Ringer WORST REMAKE/RIP-OFF/SEQUEL: Fantastic Four WORST SCREEN COMBO: Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey WORST DIRECTOR: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four WORST SCREENPLAY: Kelly Marcel, Fifty Shades of Grey RAZZIE REDEEMER AWARD: Sylvester Stallone http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/661257-razzie-awards-2016-winners-announced#/slide/1
31st Annual Independent Sprit awards handed out last night... Feature: Spotlight Director: Tom McCarthy, Spotlight Male lead: Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation Female lead: Brie Larson, Room Supporting male: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation Supporting female: Mya Taylor, Tangerine Robert Altman Award (Ensemble cast): Spotlight International film: Son of Saul (Hungary) Screenplay: Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, Spotlight Cinematography: Ed Lachman, Carol Editing: Tom McArdle, Spotlight Documentary: The Look of Silence First feature: The Diary of a Teenage Girl First screenplay: Emma Donoghue, Room John Cassavetes Award (Best feature made for a budget under $500,000): Krisha
Best Adapted Screenplay The Big Short, Charles Randolph and Adam McKay; based on the book The Big Short by Michael Lewis