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Argo Takes The Best Picture Oscar – See The Full List Of Winners!

February 25, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

argo-posterIt was undoubtedly one of the most open Oscar races for years, with the result that rather than one film sweeping the entire thing, the Academy has spread the cheer amongst a bunch of movie. The winner of the big prize was Argo, marking one of the few times the Best Picture Oscar has gone to a film whose helmer wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. The film also won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing

Although Best Picture and Best Director usually go hand-in-hand, that couldn’t happen this time, and so it was Ang Lee who scooped the gong for Life Of Pi. It’s the second time he’s picked up the award for a film that didn’t win Best Picture (after Brokeback Mountain).

In the acting categories, Daniel Day Lewis became the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars after winning for Lincoln, while Jennifer Lawrence become the second youngest Best Actress Oscar winner ever (she’s 22, while Marlee Matlin was 21) when she picked up the gong for Silver Linings Playbook.

Christoph Waltz took Best Supporting Actor, making it his second Tarantino film in a row to scoop him the award. And as expected, Best Supporting Actress went to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables, in what was seen as one of the few certain categories of the night.

The Oscars spread the love in the other categories, with Skyfall winning Best Song, Brave picking up best Animated Feature and Amour getting the Best Foreign Language film. Even Anna Karenina won a gong for best Costumes.

Take a look below for the full list on winners.

BEST PICTURE:
WINNER:
Argo

Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR:
WINNER:
Ang Lee – Life of Pi

Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Michael Haneke – Amour
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER:
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER:
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts – The Impossible

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER:
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Alan Arkin – Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER:
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
WINNER:
Argo – Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
WINNER:
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino

Amour – Michael Haneke
Flight – John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
WINNER:
Austria, Amour, Michael Haneke, director;

Canada, War Witch, Kim Nguyen, director;
Chile, No, Pablo Larraín, director;
Denmark, A Royal Affair, Nikolaj Arcel, director;
Norway, Kon-Tiki, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
WINNER:
Brave

Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda

Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall – Roger Deakins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
WINNER:
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Duran

Les Miserables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood

BEST FILM EDITING
WINNER:
Argo – William Goldenberg

Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
Lincoln – Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Crispin and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty – Dyan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
WINNER:
Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul

5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh
How to Survive a Plague – David France
The Invisible War – Kirby Dick

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
WINNER:
Les Miserables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
WINNER:
“Skyfall” from Skyfall – Music and Lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth

“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice – Music and Lyric by J Ralph
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted – Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jashiri
“Suddenly” from Les Miserables – Music by Herbert Kretzmer, Lyric by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna

Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
WINNER:
Lincoln – Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
Les Miserables – Eve Stewart (Production Design); (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi – David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)

BEST SOUND MIXING:
WINNER:
Les Miserables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

BEST SOUND EDITING:
WINNER:
Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N.J. Ottosson

Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Marvel’s The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Paperman – John Kahrs

Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole – PES
Head Over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare – {PEbf5gdf477Mde||David Silverman

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Inocente – Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine

King’s Point – Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider
Monday’s At Racine – Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan
Open Heart – Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption – Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Curfew – Shawn Christensen

Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzukashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Death of a Shadow – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry – Yan England

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Argo Wins The Top Prize At The BAFTAs, With Les Mis & Skyfall Also Doing Well

February 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

argo-posterIt’s a strange situation where the director who’s sweeping most of the awards ceremonies isn’t even nominated for the Oscar, but that’s the situation Ben Affleck is in. He’s added the BAFTA Best Director Award for Argo to the Golden Globe, DGA and various other gongs he’s won, even if he can only hope his movie will win Best Picture at next week’s Oscars.

Argo also picked up Best Film, but it wasn’t a clean sweep for the film, as Les Miserables actually won the most awards, including Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway), Best Production Design, Best Sound and Best Make-Up.

Skyfall could also celebrate, winning Best British Film and Best Original music. In the acting categories there was a bit of variety in the films honoured, with Hathaway joined by Daniel Day Lewis for Lincoln, Emmanuelle Riva for Amour and Christoph Waltz and Django Unchained.

Take a look below for the full list of BAFTA film winners.

BEST FILM
ARGO Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
LES MISÉRABLES Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
LIFE OF PI Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
LINCOLN Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
SKYFALL Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
ANNA KARENINA Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Ol Parker
LES MISÉRABLES Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BART LAYTON (Director), DIMITRI DOGANIS (Producer) The Imposter
DAVID MORRIS (Director), JACQUI MORRIS (Director/Producer) McCullin
DEXTER FLETCHER (Director/Writer), DANNY KING (Writer) Wild Bill
JAMES BOBIN (Director) The Muppets
TINA GHARAVI (Director/Writer) I Am Nasrine

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AMOUR Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz
HEADHUNTERS Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn
THE HUNT Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann
RUST AND BONE Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux
UNTOUCHABLE Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun

DOCUMENTARY
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
THE IMPOSTER Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis
MARLEY Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel
McCULLIN David Morris, Jacqui Morris
WEST OF MEMPHIS Amy Berg

ANIMATED FILM
BRAVE Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
FRANKENWEENIE Tim Burton
PARANORMAN Sam Fell, Chris Butler

DIRECTOR
ARGO Ben Affleck
AMOUR Michael Haneke
DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
LIFE OF PI Ang Lee
ZERO DARK THIRTY Kathryn Bigelow

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
AMOUR Michael Haneke
THE MASTER Paul Thomas Anderson
MOONRISE KINGDOM Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
ZERO DARK THIRTY Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK David O. Russell
ARGO Chris Terrio
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
LIFE OF PI David Magee
LINCOLN Tony Kushner

LEADING ACTOR
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Lincoln
BEN AFFLECK Argo
BRADLEY COOPER Silver Linings Playbook
HUGH JACKMAN Les Misérables
JOAQUIN PHOENIX The Master

LEADING ACTRESS
EMMANUELLE RIVA Amour
HELEN MIRREN Hitchcock
JENNIFER LAWRENCE Silver Linings Playbook
JESSICA CHASTAIN Zero Dark Thirty
MARION COTILLARD Rust and Bone

SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPH WALTZ Django Unchained
ALAN ARKIN Argo
JAVIER BARDEM Skyfall
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Master
TOMMY LEE JONES Lincoln

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANNE HATHAWAY Les Misérables
AMY ADAMS The Master
HELEN HUNT The Sessions
JUDI DENCH Skyfall
SALLY FIELD Lincoln

ORIGINAL MUSIC
SKYFALL Thomas Newman
ANNA KARENINA Dario Marianelli
ARGO Alexandre Desplat
LIFE OF PI Mychael Danna
LINCOLN John Williams

CINEMATOGRAPHY
LIFE OF PI Claudio Miranda
ANNA KARENINA Seamus McGarvey
LES MISÉRABLES Danny Cohen
LINCOLN Janusz Kaminski
SKYFALL Roger Deakins

EDITING
ARGO William Goldenberg
DJANGO UNCHAINED Fred Raskin
LIFE OF PI Tim Squyres
SKYFALL Stuart Baird
ZERO DARK THIRTY Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg

PRODUCTION DESIGN
LES MISÉRABLES Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
ANNA KARENINA Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
LIFE OF PI David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
LINCOLN Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
SKYFALL Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock

COSTUME DESIGN
ANNA KARENINA Jacqueline Durran
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
LES MISÉRABLES Paco Delgado
LINCOLN Joanna Johnston
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN Colleen Atwood

MAKE UP & HAIR
LES MISÉRABLES Lisa Westcott
ANNA KARENINA Ivana Primorac
HITCHCOCK Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
LINCOLN Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou

SOUND
LES MISÉRABLES Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst
DJANGO UNCHAINED Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward
LIFE OF PI Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill
SKYFALL Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
LIFE OF PI Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer, Donald R Elliot
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
MARVEL AVENGERS ASSEMBLE Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
PROMETHEUS Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth

SHORT ANIMATION
THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson
HERE TO FALL Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath
I’M FINE THANKS Eamonn O’Neill

SHORT FILM
SWIMMER Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw

THE CURSE Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries
GOOD NIGHT Muriel d’Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir
TUMULT Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews
THE VOORMAN PROBLEM Mark Gill, Baldwin Li

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
JUNO TEMPLE

ELIZABETH OLSEN
ANDREA RISEBOROUGH
SURAJ SHARMA
ALICIA VIKANDER

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Argo & Les Miserables Top the Golden Globes

January 14, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

argo-posterBen Affleck should have a big smile on his face this morning, having picked up Best Director for Argo at the Golden Globe Awards, while the movie also won Best Film, Drama. They weren’t the only ones with reasons to be happy, as Les Miserables got the Best Film, Musical Or Comedy gong, while Hugh Jackman got Best Actor, Musical Or Comedy and Anne Hathaway swiped Best Supporting Actress for the movie.

In other acting categories, Daniel Day-Lewis was feted for Lincoln in the Best Actor, Drama category, Jessica Chastain won Best Actress, Drama for Zero Dark Thirty, Jennifer Lawrence got Best Actress, Musical Or Comedy for Silver Linings Playbook, while Christoph Waltz bagged Best Supporting Actor for Django Unchained.

The only British winner amongst the film nominees was Adele, who picked up Best Original Song for Skyfall. However us Brits did better in the TV categories, with Damien Lewis winning Best TV Series Actor, Drama for Homeland, and Maggie Smith picking up a Best Supporting Actress award for Downton Abbey.

The most talked about moment of the night though was probably Jodie Foster picking up The Cecil B. Demille lifetime achievement award, where she acknowledged fully for the first time that she is a lesbian. It’s something that’s been known for a long time, and she did tangentially talk about it in a 2007 speech where she thanked her then female partner, but this is the first time she’s dealt with it head on – although her speech suggested that in an ideal world she’d keep the information private.

Take a look below for the full list of winners.

FILM
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

Argo

Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Les Miserables

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR, DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS, DRAMA
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on the Hudson

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

BEST SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Chris Terrio, Argo

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Brave

Frankenweenie
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Amour

A Royal Affair
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
Rust and Bone

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Mychael Danna, Life of Pi

Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Cloud Atlas
John Williams, Lincoln

ORIGINAL SONG
Skyfall, Skyfall – Music by: Adele, Paul Epworth Lyrics by: Adele, Paul Epworth

For You, Act of Valor – Music by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban Lyrics by: Monty Powell, Keith Urban
Not Running Anymore, Stand Up Guys – Music by: Jon Bon Jovi Lyrics by: Jon Bon Jovi
Safe & Sound, The Hunger Games – Music by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T-Bone Burnett Lyrics by: Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, T-Bone Burnett
Suddenly, Les Miserables – Music by: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics by: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg

TV
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

Homeland

Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
The Newsroom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Claire Danes, Homeland

Connie Britton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

BEST TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY
Girls

The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Modern Family
Smash

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Lena Dunham, Girls

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Game Change

The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Toby Jones, The Girl
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Julianne Moore, Game Change

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller, The Girl
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ed Harris, Game Change

Max Greenfield, New Girl
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

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Live by Night Next For Ben Affleck, While He Drops Out Of Focus

January 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

ben-affleck1While his acting career may have been on the skids, Ben Affleck has become one of the hottest directors in Hollywood thanks to the likes of Argo and The Town. He’s had several films on the go as his potential next project, but he’s now confirmed that Live by Night, which he signed up for last October, will be his next project. He’s also dropped out of the film Focus.

Affleck told MTV, “Basically I’m doing a movie called Live by Night and I’m trying to meet this schedule in order to do it, in order to meet the back end so that I can have it released at the right time, and I just hadn’t gotten enough writing done and it became clear that if I took that job and was in Buenos Aires for three months [to do Focus], I was going to miss the deadline. I had to choose between getting the movie out when I want to or doing this one, so reluctantly I chose the [former]. But I love those guys, I love Kristen (Stewart), I was really excited to work with her, I think the movie is going to be fabulous, and I’m sure they’ll find a great guy for it.”

Focus, written by Crazy Stupid Love directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, is about a con man who takes a young thief (Kristen Stewart) under his wing, although he falls for her and the relationship crumbles. Years later, they meet up again and begin to complicate each others lives even further.

Live by Night meanwhile reunites Ben Affleck with author Dennis Lehane. Ben Affleck’s directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, was adapted from the Boston novelist’s book. This new movie centres on the son of a police chief who takes to a life of crime.

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Ben Affleck Plans Dennis Lehane Adaptation, Live By Night

October 12, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Ben Affleck is certainly popular in Hollywood at the moment with the rise of his directing career, which must feel good after several years when his reputation as a major actor was on the skids. Earlier this week it was revealed he was thinking about starring in a movie called Focus, and now Deadline reports that he’s considering directing an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel, Live By Night.

Affleck has already shown an affinity with Lehane’s work, launching his directing career with an adaptation of the author’s Gone Baby Gone (Lehane also wrote Mystic River and Shutter Island). The brand new book is set during the Prohibition era in Affleck’s hometown of Boston and follows Joe Coughlin, who’s desribed as ‘the black sheep son of a police captain’, as he slowly moves up the ranks of organised crime.

Warner Bros has the rights, and interestingly some of the characters in Live By Night appeared in Lehane’s previous novel, The Given Day. As the studio also has the rights to that book, there’s a chance they’re plannning linked films based on them.

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Argo Character Posters Hit The Web

September 25, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Argo certainly has a good cast, and some new character posters are trying to prove it, with pics of Ben Affleck, John Goodman and Alan Arkin arriving via the movie’s Facebook page.

Argo ‘chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis – the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the US embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist named Tony Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.’

Affleck also directs the movie, which hits US cinemas in October, with a UK release set for November 7th.

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ACTORS: Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Alan Arkin  DIRECTORS: Ben Affleck  FILMS: Argo  

Poster For Ben Affleck’s Argo Debuts

September 18, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

You’d have thought a poster featuring Ben Affleck’s giant face would scare as many people off as it attracted, but at least they’ve made it a bluey-grey so it’s more difficult to see who it is. However the movie itself seems well worth a look. Argo ‘chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis – the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the US embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist named Tony Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.’

Affleck also directs, and as he’s a better helmer than actor, Argo should be worth checking out – and it’s already had a few successful festival screenings. The movie hits US cinemas in October, with a UK release set for November 7th.

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Justice League Movie Eyes Director Ben Affleck

August 9, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Last month Chris Nolan unsurprisingly turned down Warner Bros.’ offer to direct the DC superhero ensemble movie, Justice League of America, and so the studio has moved on the eyeing  Ben Affleck to helm the movie, at least according to Variety.

The actor-director, who made the upcoming Argo for Warner Bros., is expected to meet with the studio in the next few days to discuss the project. It is said that he is the only director to be given the new screenplay, written by Will Beall (Gangster Squad). However things may have already broken down in the talks, as Deadline reports Affleck’s reps say he’s not taking the job. It’s not all over yet, and Ben may yet take the job, but we’ll have to wait and see.

Although no story or character details have been confirmed, Justice League will likely bring together DC heroes such as Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and The Flash. It is also interesting to note that Ben Affleck has indicated he is only interested in directing movies that he also stars in, a notion that leaves one to wonder which of these superhero characters the multi-hyphenate is interested in playing.

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Argo Trailer – First look at Ben Affleck’s thriller

May 9, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Ben Affleck has proven himself very adept as a director and on the evidence of this trailer, he may have another success on his hands with Argo. Based on true events, the thriller Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis–the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. It involved going to Iran saying they were location scouting for a fake sci-fi flick in order to smuggle the hostages out. It’s out October 12th.

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David Kajganich Set to Write Ben Affleck’s The Stand

January 19, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

You’ve got to have confidence to take on a mighty tome like The Stand, and it seems David Kajganich does, as Vulture reports he’s been hired to come up with the screenplay for Ben Affleck’s adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel.

The story starts when a government-run lab accidentally lets loose a deadly virus, resulting in most of the population of the world being wiped-out. Survivors begin having dreams about two figures: a mystical old woman, or a foreboding, scary man, representing good and evil. The tale tracks various people who stories begin to intersect.

Originally Ben Affleck was set to both write and direct the project, but it was decided to bring Kajganich in after and the producers saw the work he’d done of a script for the upcoming remake of another Stephen King classic, IT.

There’s no production schedule set for The Stand (and considering the difficulty the book has had getting to the screen, it could be a while yet).

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