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Anne Hathaway & James Franco. PICTURE: MARK J. TERILL/ AP
The biggest night in Hollywood has come and gone. The 83rd Academy Awards are over. The awards were hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco and opened with a video montage featuring clips from this year’s nominated movies.
The two hosts began the ceremony by joking about their age. James said “Anne, I must say you look so beautiful, and so hip.” Anne responded “Thank you, James, you look very appealing to a younger demographic yourself.”
But the The former Disney Darling and Hollywood heartthrob didn’t feel so young and hip. Their humour was dry, their presenting was amateurish and the awards lacked entertainment. I was actually disappointed when I realised that they were presenting the entire show. I suppose the witty Ricky Gervais (presented the Golden Globes) and last years Oscar host, the charming Hugh Jackman are to blame.
But the ceremony had it’s highlights and WTF moments like Melissa Leo swearing in her speech, James Franco appearing on stage in drag and Aaron Sorkin (writer of The Social Network) talking over his cut off time.
As for presenters there were quite a few A-listers: Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges presented to their peers. Oprah Winfrey announced the Best Documentary award and Justin Timberlake joked about being graffiti artist Banksy as he presented an award.
Overall the awards ceremony wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible either.
Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway. PICTURE: elder-geek.com
The biggest night in Hollywood has finally arrived. Here’s the full list of winners from the 83rd Academy Awards (most of it is predictable):
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR:
The King’s Speech
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Colin Firth- The King’s Speech
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Natalie Portman- Black Swan
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Christian Bale- The Fighter
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Melissa Leo- The Fighter
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING:
The King’s Speech- Tom Hooper
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR:
Toy Story 3- Walt Disney
ART DIRECTION:
Alice in Wonderland: Production Design by Robert Stromberg & Set Decoration by Karen O’ Hara
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Inception- Wally Pfister
COSTUME DESIGN:
Alice in Wonderland- Colleen Artwood
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Inside Job- Charles Ferguson & Audrey Marrs
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT):
Strangers No More- Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
In a Better World- Denmark
MAKE-UP:
The Wolfman- Rick Baker & Dave Elsey
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE):
The Social Network- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED):
The lost thing- Shaun Tan & Andrew Ruheman
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION):
God of Love- Luke Matheny
SOUND EDITING:
Inception- Richard King
SOUND MIXING:
Inception- Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo & Ed Novick
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY):
The Social Network- Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY):
The King’s Speech- Screenplay by David Seidler
Melissa Leo. PICTURE: MARK J. TERILL/ AFP
Melissa Leo swore as she excitedly accepted an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Fighter, a movie that propelled the 50- year old actress into the mainstream for the first time in her career. This was Melissa’s second Oscar nomination but first win.
The actress accidentally dropped the F word as she delivered a heartfelt acceptance speech “When I watched Kate (Winslet) two years ago it looked so f***ing easy,” she said, before realizing her blunder.
All eyes were on Hollywood stars as they walked the biggest red carpet of the awards season. The first star to arrive was Jennifer Lawrence who wore a silhouette hugging dress by Calvin Klein.
Jennifer Lawrence. PICTURE: KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/ GETTY
Before she could slip into the Kodak Theatre she stopped to chat with Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic on E!’s Live From The Red Carpet and gave one of the strangest quotes of the night
“I had to learn how to chop wood and handle a gun and hit squirrels. I had to learn from a hunter. But, yeah, I’ve been off squirrel ever since.” said Jennifer Lawrence, when asked about how she prepared for her role in Winter’s Bone.
PICTURES: GETTY
Back to fashion, bare shoulders were in abundance as most stars wore sleeveless, off the shoulder or spaghetti straps. Shades of red and orange also made an appearance on the carpet with co- host Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansen and Jennifer Hudson donning the hue.
Hudson has recently lost 40 pounds and couldn’t stop gushing about her form fitting gown “Oh my God, I can’t sleep at night! When I first tried on my dress it was like two, three nights ago, and I’m like, ‘OK, I don’t want to sleep. I don’t want to take it off!’” she said to Ryan Seacrest.
PICTURES: GETTY
Helena Bonham Carter, who is a constant worst dressed nominee wore a lace gown made by a costume designer ” I felt it would be better to celebrate movies rather than fashion”. Even though she was the only star to wear a ‘costume’ to the awards, she wasn’t the only one in black. Sharon Stone, Maris Tomel and Busy Phillips also wore black gowns.
PICTURES: REUTERS & GETTY
Other trends included shades of gold, silver and taupe, mermaid tails, lace and sparkles.
PICTURE: REUTERS & GETTY IMAGES
PICTURES: REUTERS
The 2011 awards season has officially begun- the nominees’ for the 83rd Academy Awards have just been announced.
Since most of us like to predict, critique and compare; here’s a list of some of the heavy weights that made it onto the nominee’s roll.
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Javier Bardem- Biutiful
Jeff Bridges- True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg- The Social Network
Colin Firth- The King’s Speech
James Franco -127 Hours
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Christian Bale- The Fighter
John Hawkes- Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner- The Town
Mark Ruffalo- The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush- The King’s Speech
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Annette Bening- The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman- Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence- Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman- Black Swan
Michelle Williams- Blue Valentine
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Adams- The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter- The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo- The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld- True Grit
Jacki Weaver- Animal Kingdom
ACHIEVEMENT IN 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
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR:
How to Train Your Dragon- Paramount
The Illusionist- Sony Pictures Classics
Toy Story 3- Walt Disney
P.S. I can’t wait to see who wins, on stage and on the red carpet
