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10 Jan 2010 20:34 Africa/Lagos

Rank Title
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1. Avatar
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
4. Daybreakers
5. It’s Complicated
6. Leap Year
7. The Blind Side
8. Up In The Air
9. Youth In Revolt
10. The Princess and the Frog

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8 Jan 2010 15:03 Africa/Lagos

Academy Award(R) Honors Developers of USC ICT’s Light Stage Technologies Used on Avatar, Benjamin Button

Award recognizes Institute for Creative Technologies’ visual effects systems that create believable digital actors and have ever-increasing entertainment applications.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Paul Debevec, associate director, graphics research at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, Tim Hawkins of LightStage LLC, John Monos of Sony Pictures Imageworks, and Mark Sagar of WETA Digital, will be honored with a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award® for “the design and engineering of the Light Stage capture devices and the image-based facial rendering system developed for character relighting in motion pictures.”

According to the Academy’s citation, “the combination of these systems, with their ability to capture high fidelity reflectance data of human subjects, allows for the creation of photorealistic digital faces as they would appear in any lighting condition.” The award recognizes over ten years of research, development and application of technologies designed to help achieve the goal of photoreal digital actors.

Based on original research led by Debevec at the University of California at Berkeley and published at the 2000 SIGGRAPH conference, the Light Stage systems efficiently capture how an actor’s face appears when lit from every possible lighting direction. From this captured imagery, specialized algorithms create realistic virtual renditions of the actor in the illumination of any location or set, faithfully reproducing the color, texture, shine, shading, and translucency of the actor’s skin.

While the first Light Stage had just one spotlight which spiraled around on a wooden gantry, Light Stage 2 built at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies featured thirty bright strobe lights on a ten foot semicircular arm which rotated to capture detailed facial reflectance in just eight seconds. In 2002, this process attracted the attention of visual effects supervisor Scott Stokdyk of Sony Pictures Imageworks, who chose it for creating photoreal computer-generated stunt doubles of actors Alfred Molina (“Doc Ock”) and Tobey Maguire (“Spider-Man(TM)”) for the movie Spider-Man(TM) 2. Mark Sagar, a collaborator on the original research, led the effort to adapt the process for film production. He was soon joined by computer graphics supervisor John Monos on Imageworks’ look development team. The technology was used in nearly 40 shots for the 2004 film which earned an Academy Award® for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.

After Spider-Man(TM) 2, Mark Sagar transitioned to Peter Jackson’s visual effects company WETA Digital in New Zealand where he oversaw the use of USC’s Light Stage 2 system to record the facial reflectance of actress Naomi Watts for her digital stunt double in Peter Jackson’s King Kong in 2005. Continuing at Sony Imageworks, John Monos led an effort which used Light Stage 2 scans of actor Brandon Routh to create a digital Superman character for the 2006 movie Superman Returns. The film achieved a new high water mark in the realism of virtual actors, with the digital Superman being successfully employed in both action sequences and extended close-up shots. The seamless digital character work helped earn Superman Returns an Academy Award® nomination for Best Visual Effects.

Sony Imageworks subsequently used Light Stage 2, as well as its full-sphere LED-based successors Light Stage 3 and Light Stage 5, to create digital versions of principal actors for Spider-Man(TM) 3 in 2007 and Hancock in 2008.

In 2008, visual effects company Digital Domain used detailed reflectance information captured with ICT’s Light Stage 5 system to help create a computer-generated version of Brad Pitt as an old man for David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The film, which featured the first extended performance of a digitally rendered actor in a feature film, won last year’s Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

USC ICT’s Light Stage 5 system was most recently employed in the extensive visual effects in James Cameron’s worldwide hit Avatar. Working closely with the visual effects team at WETA Digital, ICT’s Graphics Laboratory digitized the faces of most of the film’s principal cast using a new high-resolution version of their geometry and appearance capture techniques. This innovative technology, housed at ICT’s Marina del Rey campus, precisely captures the shape, shine, color and texture of an actor’s face down to the level of each skin pore, crease, and wrinkle. These detailed scans were used by WETA Digital in their process of creating the film’s photorealistic digital humans and humanoid aliens, which have been lauded as a groundbreaking achievement in the evolution of digital filmmaking.

Through USC’s Stevens Institute for Innovation, the Light Stage technologies have been licensed to LightStage LLC, a Burbank-based company which offers commercial scanning services to the motion picture and interactive entertainment industries. LightStage LLC’s Chief Technology Officer Tim Hawkins was involved in the development of the Light Stage technology beginning with the original research at UC Berkeley and throughout its application in motion pictures as a researcher in the Graphics Laboratory at USC ICT.

Paul Debevec, who is also a research associate professor in the computer science department of USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering, continues to lead ICT’s graphics research program, which has published over 20 peer-reviewed publications involving the Light Stage systems to date.

The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards honor the men, women and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant, outstanding and lasting ways to motion pictures. The Scientific and Engineering Award will be presented to Debevec, Hawkins, Monos and Sagar at the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards Ceremony in Beverly Hills on February 20th, 2010.

Links:

Academy Scientific and Technical Awards Press Release
http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2010/20100107.html
The Academy Scientific and Technical Awards http://www.oscars.org/awards/
scitech/
The Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy Plaque)
http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/awards/scientific-
engineering.html
The Light Stages at USC ICT http://gl.ict.usc.edu/LightStages/
USC Institute for Creative Technologies http://www.ict.usc.edu/
ICT Graphics Laboratory http://gl.ict.usc.edu/
LightStage LLC http://www.lightstage.com/
Sony Pictures Imageworks http://www.imageworks.com/
WETA Digital http://www.wetafx.co.nz/

Source: USC Institute for Creative Technologies

CONTACT: Orli Belman of USC Institute for Creative Technologies,
+1-310-709-4156, belman@ict.usc.edu; or Rachel Falikoff of Sony Pictures
Imageworks, +1-310-840-8789, rfalikoff@imageworks.com

Web Site: http://gl.ict.usc.edu/
http://www.lightstage.com/
http://www.wetafx.co.nz/
http://www.imageworks.com/

31 Dec 2009 14:55 Africa/Lagos

Sandra Bullock Top Money-Making Star of 2009

GROTON, Mass., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ — Sandra Bullock has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2009 in Quigley Publishing Company’s 78th Annual Poll of Exhibitors and is the first female to win since Julia Roberts in 1999. Bullock is the eighth woman chosen #1 in the Poll’s 78 year history. She appeared in three films in 2009, “The Blind Side,” “The Proposal” and “All About Steve.”

The Quigley Poll, conducted each year since 1932, is an annual survey of motion picture theatre owners and film buyers, which asks them to vote for the ten stars that they believe generated the most box-office revenue for their theatres during the year. As it is a survey it can be quite hard to guess who will make the list, you probably wouldn’t want to make a bet on it, if you are in the mood for betting visita site like partybets.com or go to your local bookies. It has been long regarded as one of the most reliable indicators of a Star’s real box-office draw because the selections are done by people whose livelihood depends on choosing the films that will bring audiences to their theatres. The Quigley Poll appears annually in Quigley Publishing Company’s International Motion Picture Almanac and at www.quigleypublishing.com .

Johnny Depp placed second this year based on “Public Enemies” and a small role in “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.” He was #1 in 2006 and 2007. Matt Damon made his second appearance in the survey, placing #3 with 2009 roles in “Invictus” and “The Informant!” Although George Clooney, placing #4, has never won in his seven mentions in the Poll, he had an extremely productive year with “Up in the Air,” “The Men Who Stare at Goats” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox”(voice). Robert Downey Jr.’s performances in “Sherlock Holmes” and “The Soloist” helped him place #5. He was #2 in 2008.

Tom Hanks is #6, which marks the fifteenth time in the Poll since he first appeared in 1988, including five times as #1. Meryl Streep was in “Julie and Julia,” “It’s Complicated” and a voice in “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and placed #7, her third mention in the Poll. Brad Pitt made his fifth appearance coming in at #8, due to “Inglourious Basterds.” 2007’s “Star of Tomorrow,” Shia LaBeouf scored #9 with “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and Denzel Washington rounded out the Top Ten with “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.”

With Bullock’s win, eight women have been voted the Top Money-Makers sixteen times as follows: Marie Dressler (1932, 1933), Shirley Temple (1935, 1936, 1937, 1938), Betty Grable (1943), Elizabeth Taylor (1961), Doris Day (1960, 1962, 1963, 1964), Julie Andrews (1966, 1967) and Julia Roberts. (1999)

Tom Cruise has not placed in the Poll in the last two years but he has been in the Top Ten 20 times since 1983, and been voted number one seven times. Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds and Bing Crosby have all won five times. John Wayne, Doris Day and Shirley Temple each finished first four times, but John Wayne was voted one of the Top Ten Money-Making Stars an astounding 25 times from 1949 to 1974.

Exhibitors were also asked to name the Stars of Tomorrow for 2009: one actor and one actress who they feel will be Top Money-Makers in the years to come. The 2009 winners are Carey Mulligan who had a breakthrough performance in “An Education” and was also in “Brothers” and “Public Enemies” and Taylor Lautner who scored as Jacob Black in “New Moon.”

Top Ten Money-Making Stars of 2009

1. Sandra Bullock
2. Johnny Depp
3. Matt Damon
4. George Clooney
5. Robert Downey Jr.
6. Tom Hanks
7. Meryl Streep
8. Brad Pitt
9. Shia LaBeouf
10. Denzel Washington

Stars of Tomorrow:

Carey Mulligan
Taylor Lautner

Quigley Publishing Company was founded in 1915 and has published the International Motion Picture Almanac annually since 1930 and the International Television & Video Almanac since 1955. Historical data and all of the Top Ten Money-Making Star Poll dating back to 1932 are available in the 2010 edition of the International Motion Picture Almanac and on our web site: www.quigleypublishing.com

Source: Quigley Publishing Company

CONTACT: Bill Quigley of Quigley Publishing Company, +1-978-448-0272, or
Fax: +1-978-448-9325

Web Site: http://www.quigleypublishing.com/

Jolie and Pitt Support American Foster Children With Grant of $100,000 for Christmas to American SOS Children’s Villages

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — SOS Children’s Villages – USA today announced a gift of $100,000 from Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to support its two American SOS Children’s Villages for Christmas.

SOS-Florida and SOS-Illinois were founded over fifteen years ago to provide an alternative form of foster care in the U.S. that puts an end to multiple placements, separation from siblings, physical and sexual abuse or neglect and abandonment.

Ms. Jolie said of the donation, “We have seen first-hand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together. No one ‘ages out’ of an SOS Village: vocational training, advanced education, living assistance and moral support are there forever.”
SOS Children’s Villages – USA CEO Heather Paul stated, “The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has been a strong and loyal supporter of SOS Children’s Villages around the world. We are deeply grateful that this year this couple has included in their generosity our villages in Illinois and Florida and our 300 children who call SOS ‘home.'” Brad Pitt: “In this holiday season, many of us take for granted that we are surrounded by loving family members. The poor outcomes for foster children indicate that we must do a much better job of supporting them.”
About SOS Children’s Villages in Illinois and Florida
SOS-Florida in Coconut Creek provides a home for 75 children of all ages. Services include tutoring, therapy, life skills, and family reunification when possible.
SOS-Illinois operates two villages, one in Lockport which cares for 102 children. A second village in South Chicago takes care of 84 children and youths. A Social Center also provides day care and support services for other families at risk. Another SOS Village on the West Side of Chicago is in the planning stages.
About SOS Children’s Villages
For 60 years, SOS Children’s Villages has been dedicated to the long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children. With 500 villages in 132 countries, SOS offers a family-based village model that provides for the holistic needs of a child – family, community, education and support – essential for the successful transition from childhood into adulthood. Through Villages, schools, medical facilities, micro-lending, and family strengthening programs, SOS Children’s Villages impacts the lives of over 1 million people each year. In 2009, SOS Children’s Villages was honored with the Save the World Award. SOS is also the recipient of the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize and the Mother Teresa Gold Medal.

About U.S. Foster Care
There are 518,000 American children in foster care. Three in four are separated from their siblings. Most will live in six or more foster homes in the U.S. foster care system. Unfortunately, their future can be bleak: 25% are homeless at some time, 45% never finish high school

14 Dec 2009 12:00 Africa/Lagos

‘Inglourious Basterds’ and ‘Nine’ Lead With a Record 10 Nominations Each for the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

“AVATAR,” “THE HURT LOCKER” AND “UP IN THE AIR” ALSO SHINE AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON VH1 FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 AT 9:00 PM ET/PT KRISTIN CHENOWETH TO HOST

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ — The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The winners will be announced at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards live on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. This year’s event will take place at the Hollywood Palladium and will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. For the third year in a row, VH1 will broadcast the gala live on the network.

“Inglourious Basterds” and “Nine” each received an unprecedented ten nominations for the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. “Inglourious Basterds” garnered nods for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design and Best Action Movie. “Nine” received nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Song.

Following close behind with nine nominations is James Cameron’s “Avatar” along with “Up in the Air” and “The Hurt Locker” each receiving eight nominations. Fifteen-year-old Saoirse Ronan earned nods in both the Best Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress categories, among the six nominations for “The Lovely Bones”. “Up” received nominations for Best Picture and Best Animated Feature and this year three of the Best Action Movie nominees are also up for Best Picture – “Avatar,” “Inglourious Basterds” and “The Hurt Locker”.

The 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards also marks the addition of seven new award categories – Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, and Best Sound. Additionally, the BFCA has returned to separating the screenwriting category into Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay.

“The expansion of categories from 17 to 25 has given the members of the BFCA the opportunity to fully express our critical acumen,” noted BFCA President Joey Berlin. “Most members watch hundreds of movies each year and report back to millions of moviegoers each week. We are proud of our role in helping audiences find the best movies – culminating in the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in January.”

The 235 members of the BFCA, the largest film critics’ organization in the United States and Canada, representing television, radio and online critics, selected nominees in each of 25 categories. The awards are bestowed annually to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Eligible films were released in 2009. The accounting firm of Gregory A. Mogab tallied the written ballots. Historically, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations.

Today, VH1 also announces the launch of its Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Web site at CriticsChoice.VH1.com. The site offers movie fans detailed information about the show and this year’s nominees. The site also gives users a chance to weigh in on who they think should rise to the top in each Critics’ Choice category. In the coming weeks the site will launch a fashion section dedicated to the best red carpet looks of the year, as well as a real-time graph of Twitter activity surrounding the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.

The 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards is executive produced by Bob Bain, Joey Berlin, Jesse Ignjatovic and Lee Rolontz. Paul Flattery serves as producer and Kelly Brock as co-producer.

About Broadcast Film Critics Association

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics’ organization in the United States and Canada, representing hundreds of television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source of information for today’s film going public. The very first opinion a moviegoer hears about new releases at the multiplex or the art house usually comes from one of its members.

About VH1

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with TV series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 95 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital channels and services including VH1Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Mobile, VH1Games and extensive video on VH1.com. Connect with VH1 at VH1.com.

NOMINEES FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
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BEST PICTURE
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Nine
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney – “Up In The Air”
Colin Firth – “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”
Viggo Mortensen – “The Road”
Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker”

BEST ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”
Carey Mulligan – “An Education”
Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious”
Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon – “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”
Christian McKay – “Me And Orson Welles”
Alfred Molina – “An Education”
Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard – “Nine”
Vera Farmiga – “Up In The Air”
Anna Kendrick – “Up In The Air”
Mo’Nique – “Precious”
Julianne Moore – “A Single Man”
Samantha Morton – “The Messenger”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Jae Head – “The Blind Side”
Bailee Madison – “Brothers”
Max Records – “Where The Wild Things Are”
Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Road”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Precious
Star Trek
Up In The Air

BEST DIRECTING
Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron – “Avatar”
Lee Daniels – “Precious”
Clint Eastwood – “Invictus”
Jason Reitman – “Up In The Air”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “A Serious Man”
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – “(500) Days Of Summer”
Bob Peterson, Peter Docter – “Up”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach – “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – “District 9”
Geoffrey Fletcher – “Precious”
Tom Ford, David Scearce – “A Single Man”
Nick Hornby – “An Education”
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – “Up In The Air”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barry Ackroyd – “The Hurt Locker”
Dion Beebe – “Nine”
Mauro Fiore – “Avatar”
Andrew Lesnie – “The Lovely Bones”
Robert Richardson – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ART DIRECTION
Dan Bishop – “A Single Man”
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg – “Avatar”
John Myhre, Gordon Sim – “Nine”
Naomi Shohan, George De Titta, Jr. – “The Lovely Bones”
David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST EDITING
Dana E. Glauberman – “Up In The Air”
Sally Menke – “Inglourious Basterds”
Bob Murawski, Chris Innis – “The Hurt Locker”
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar”
Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith – “Nine”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood – “Nine”
Janet Patterson – “Bright Star”
Sandy Powell – “The Young Victoria”
Anna Sheppard – “Inglourious Basterds”
Casey Storm – “Where The Wild Things Are”

BEST MAKEUP
Avatar
District 9
Nine
The Road
Star Trek

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
The Lovely Bones
Star Trek
2012

BEST SOUND
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Star Trek

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Princess And The Frog
Up

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek

BEST COMEDY
(500) Days Of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
The Proposal
Zombieland

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Gifted Hands
Grey Gardens
Into The Storm
Taking Chance

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
Coco Before Chanel
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
The White Ribbon

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It

BEST SONG
“All Is Love” – Karen O, Nick Zinner – “Where The Wild Things Are”
“Almost There” – Randy Newman – “The Princess And The Frog”
“Cinema Italiano” – Maury Yeston – “Nine”
“(I Want To) Come Home” – Paul McCartney – “Everybody’s Fine”
“The Weary Kind” – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham – “Crazy Heart”

BEST SCORE
Michael Giacchino – “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch – “The Informant!”
Randy Newman – “The Princess and the Frog”
Karen O, Carter Burwell – “Where The Wild Things Are”
Hans Zimmer – “Sherlock Holmes”

NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
——————————————————————–

“Anvil” – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

“Avatar” – 9 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Director/James Cameron
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Editing
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound
Best Action Movie

“The Blind Side” – 2 Nominations
Best Actress/Sandra Bullock
Best Young Actor/Jae Head

“Bright Star” – 1 Nomination
Best Costume Design

“Broken Embraces” – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

“Brothers” – 1 Nomination
Best Young Actress/Bailee Madison

“Capitalism: A Love Story” – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

“Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Feature

“Coco Before Chanel” – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

“Coraline” – 1 Nomination
Best Animated Feature

“The Cove” – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

“Crazy Heart” – 2 Nominations
Best Actor/Jeff Bridges
Best Song/The Weary Kind

“District 9” – 5 Nominations
Best Adapted Screenplay/Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound
Best Action Movie

“An Education” – 4 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actress/Carey Mulligan
Best Supporting Actor/Alfred Molina
Best Adapted Screenplay/Nick Hornby

“Everybody’s Fine” – 1 Nomination
Best Song/(I Want To) Come Home

“Fantastic Mr. Fox” – 2 Nominations
Best Adapted Screenplay/Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach
Best Animated Feature

“(500) Days of Summer” – 2 Nominations
Best Original Screenplay/Scott Neustadter & Michael W. Weber
Best Comedy

“Food, Inc.” – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

“Gifted Hands” – 1 Nomination
Best Picture Made for Television

“Grey Gardens” – 1 Nomination
Best Picture Made for Television

“The Hangover” – 1 Nomination
Best Comedy

“The Hurt Locker” – 8 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor/Jeremy Renner
Best Director/Kathryn Bigelow
Best Original Screenplay/Mark Boal
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound
Best Action Movie

“The Informant!” – 1 Nomination
Best Score

“Inglourious Basterds” – 10 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor/Christoph Waltz
Best Ensemble
Best Director/Quentin Tarantino
Best Original Screenplay/Quentin Tarantino
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Action Movie

“Into The Storm” – 1 Nomination
Best Picture Made for Television

“Invictus” – 4 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor/Morgan Freeman
Best Supporting Actor/Matt Damon
Best Director/Clint Eastwood

“It’s Complicated” – 1 Nomination
Best Comedy

“Julie & Julia” – 1 Nomination
Best Actress/Meryl Streep

“The Lovely Bones” – 6 Nominations
Best Actress/Saoirse Ronan
Best Supporting Actor/Stanley Tucci
Best Young Actress/Saoirse Ronan
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Visual Effects

“Me & Orson Welles” – 1 Nomination
Best Supporting Actor/Christian McKay

“The Messenger” – 2 Nominations
Best Supporting Actor/Woody Harrelson
Best Supporting Actress/Samantha Morton

“Michael Jackson’s This Is It” – 1 Nomination
Best Documentary

“Nine” – 10 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress/Marion Cotillard
Best Ensemble
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Sound
Best Song/Cinema Italiano

“Precious” – 6 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actress/Gabourey Sidibe
Best Supporting Actress/Mo’Nique
Best Ensemble
Best Director/Lee Daniels
Best Adapted Screenplay/Geoffrey Fletcher

“The Princess And The Frog” – 3 Nominations
Best Animated Feature
Best Song/Almost There
Best Score

“The Proposal” – 1 Nomination
Best Comedy

“Red Cliff” – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

“The Road” – 3 Nominations
Best Actor/Viggo Mortensen
Best Young Actor/Kodi Smit-McPhee
Best Makeup

“A Serious Man” – 2 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay/Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

“Sherlock Holmes” – 1 Nomination
Best Score

“A Single Man” – 4 Nominations
Best Actor/Colin Firth
Best Supporting Actress/Julianne Moore
Best Adapted Screenplay/Tom Ford & David Scearce
Best Art Direction

“Sin Nombre” – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

“Star Trek” – 5 Nominations
Best Ensemble
Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound
Best Action Movie

“Taking Chance” – 1 Nomination
Best Picture Made for Television

“2012” – 1 Nomination
Best Visual Effects

“Up” – 4 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay/Bob Peterson & Peter Docter
Best Animated Feature
Best Score

“Up In The Air” – 8 Nominations
Best Picture
Best Actor/George Clooney
Best Supporting Actress/Vera Farmiga
Best Supporting Actress/Anna Kendrick
Best Ensemble
Best Director/Jason Reitman
Best Adapted Screenplay/Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Best Editing

“Where The Wild Things Are” – 4 Nominations
Best Young Actor/Max Records
Best Costume Design
Best Song/All Is Love
Best Score

“The White Ribbon” – 1 Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film

“The Young Victoria” – 2 Nominations
Best Actress/Emily Blunt
Best Costume Design

“Zombieland” – 1 Nomination
Best Comedy

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