OSCAR NOMINEES~ Who's Yor Pick?

83rd Annual Academy Awards

Nominees

Winners to be announced on Sunday, February 27th.

* So I thought since I posted the nominees, and posted as well in red my choices and predictions, i thought it fitting to add to this posting the winners that all took home Oscar gold this evening,  Let's see how well i did, shall we? 

It's That time of the year again, where the Motion Picture Academy  honors all those who entertain, enlighten, teach, make us laugh, weep, think, and just escape from  all the troubles of our own lives if just for 2 hours. Movies have saved my life in way that would take pages to express.  So in case you didn't know here's the Nominees, I do have a bone to pick with the Academy over BEST MAKEUP, why still only 3 nominees......ridiculous!

I have indicated in bold RED my personal picks and there may be some ties as well, now these are subject to change, there are a few films i have yet to see.  mykie xoxo

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson

Black Swan (2010): Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin

The Fighter (2010): David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg

Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas

The Kids Are All Right (2010): Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray

The King's Speech (2010): Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin  WINNER!!!

The Social Network (2010): Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca,

 Ceán Chaffin

Toy Story 3 (2010): Darla K. Anderson

True Grit (2010): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

Winter's Bone (2010): Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Javier Bardem for Biutiful (2010)

Jeff Bridges for True Grit (2010)

Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)

Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010) WINNER!!!

James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)

Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010)

Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010) WINNER!!!

Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010) WINNER!!!

John Hawkes for Winter's Bone (2010)

Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)

Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)

Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)

Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010) WINNER!!!

Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (2010)

Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)

Best Achievement in Directing

Nominees:

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010)

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit (2010)

David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)

Tom Hooper for The King's Speech (2010) WINNER!!!

David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Nominees:

Another Year (2010): Mike Leigh

The Fighter (2010): Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson,

 Keith Dorrington

Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan

The Kids Are All Right (2010): Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler WINNER!!!

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously 

Produced or Published

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin WINNER!!!

Toy Story 3 (2010): Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, 

Lee Unkrich

True Grit (2010): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Winter's Bone (2010): Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Nominees:

How to Train Your Dragon (2010): Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

The Illusionist (2010): Sylvain Chomet

Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich WINNER!!!

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Nominees:

Biutiful (2010): Alejandro González Iñárritu(Mexico)

Dogtooth (2009): Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece)

In a Better World (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark) WINNER!!!

Incendies (2010): Denis Villeneuve(Canada)

Outside the Law (2010): Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Nominees:

Black Swan (2010): Matthew Libatique

Inception (2010): Wally Pfister WINNER!!!

The King's Speech (2010): Danny Cohen

The Social Network (2010): Jeff Cronenweth

True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): Jon Harris

Black Swan (2010): Andrew Weisblum

The Fighter (2010): Pamela Martin

The King's Speech (2010): Tariq Anwar

The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall WINNER!!!

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (2010): Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara WINNER!!!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Stuart Craig,

 Stephenie McMillan

Inception (2010): Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat

The King's Speech (2010): Eve Stewart, Judy Farr

True Grit (2010): Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood WINNER!!!

I Am Love (2009): Antonella Cannarozzi

The King's Speech (2010): Jenny Beavan

The Tempest (2010/II): Sandy Powell

True Grit (2010): Mary Zophres

Best Achievement in Makeup

Nominees:

Barney's Version (2010): Adrien Morot

The Way Back (2010): Edouard F. Henriques,
 Greg Funk, Yolanda Toussieng

The Wolfman (2010): Rick Baker, WINNER!!!
Dave Elsey

And in protest i will not pick anyone, there
where so many films that could be in this
category, BLACK SWAN?

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, 

Original Score

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman

How to Train Your Dragon (2010): John Powell

Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer

The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat

The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross WINNER!!!

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures,

 Original Song

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido("If I Rise")

Country Strong (2010): Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey,
 Troy Verges("Coming Home")

Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")

Toy Story 3 (2010): Randy Newman("We Belong Together") WINNER!!!

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Nominees:

Inception (2010): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick WINNER!!!

The King's Speech (2010): Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley

Salt (2010): Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell

The Social Network (2010): Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, 

Mark Weingarten

True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Nominees:

Inception (2010): Richard King WINNER!!!

Toy Story 3 (2010): Tom Myers, Michael Silvers

TRON: Legacy (2010): Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague

True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey

Unstoppable (2010): Mark P. Stoeckinger

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (2010): Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas,
 Sean Phillips

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Tim Burke, John Richardson,Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi

Hereafter (2010): Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell

Inception (2010): Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin WINNER!!!

Iron Man 2 (2010): Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick

This is anyones game here, they where all so amazing.

Best Documentary, Features

Nominees:

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010): Banksy, Jaimie D'Cruz

GasLand (2010): Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic

Inside Job (2010): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs WINNER!!!

Restrepo (2010): Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger

Waste Land (2010): Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Nominees:

Killing in the Name (2010): Nominees TBD

Poster Girl (2010): Nominees TBD

Strangers No More (2010): Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon WINNER!!!

Sun Come Up (2010): Jennifer Redfearn, Tim Metzger

The Warriors of Qiugang (2010): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon

Best Short Film, Animated

Nominees:

Day & Night (2010): Teddy Newton

The Gruffalo (2009) (TV): Jakob Schuh, Max Lang

Let's Pollute (2009): Geefwee Boedoe

The Lost Thing (2010): Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann WINNER!!!

Madagascar, a Journey Diary (2010): Bastien Dubois

Best Short Film, Live Action

Nominees:

The Confession (2010/IV): Tanel Toom

The Crush (2009): Michael Creagh

God of Love (2010): Luke Matheny WINNER!!!

Na Wewe (2010): Ivan Goldschmidt

Wish 143 (2009): Ian Barnes,Samantha Waite