84th Academy Awards

Happy late Monday. How was everyone's weekend? Mine was rather slow and filled with work.

As everyone knows, I simply LOVE movies and that means I can't WAIT for the Oscars (Academy Awards). I love seeing all the dresses, tuxedos, different snip-bits from movies, and all the glamour. It's my secret dream to one day be up on that stage with a little golden man in my hands and thanking everyone for my victory. Wouldn't you love to be up on that stage?

Here are the winners:

~Achievement in Cinematography
Hugo, Robert Richardson

~Achievement in Art Direction
Hugo, Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiamo

~Costume Design
The Artist, Mark Bridges

~Achievement in Makeup
The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

~Best Foreign Film
A Seperation from Iran

~Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer, The Help

~Film Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

~Sound Editing
Hugo, Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty

~Achievement in Sound Mixing
Hugo, Fleischman and John Midgley

~Best Documentary
Undefeated; Martin, Lindsay, and Middlemas

~Best Animated Film
Rango (LOVE, LOVE that movie! So cute! I rooted for them to win), Gore Verbinski

~Visual Effects
Hugo; Legato, Williams, Grossmann, and Henning

~Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer (who is still looking good at 82), Beginners

~Original Score
The Artist, Ludovic Bouric


~Best Original Song
'Man or Muppet' from The Muppets by Bret McKenzie

~Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants; Payn, Faxon, and Rash

~Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen (who wasn't there, poo on him)

~LiveAction Short
The Shore, Oorlagh and Terry George

~Documentary Feature
Saving Face; Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

~Animated Short Film
The Fantastic Flying Books, Joyce and Oldenburg

~Best Directing
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

~Best Actress in Leading Role
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

~Best Actor in Leading Role
Jean Dujardin, The Artist

~Best Picture
The Artist

Billy Crystal was the host and he was...okay. Not his funniest performance. However, the most memorable thing said belongs to him, " So tonight, enjoy yourselves because nothing can take the sting out of the world's economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues." I was laughing like a loon!

Obviously Hugo and The Artist were big winners. I haven't seen many of these movies this year...but I plan too one day. haha.

Overall, it was an enjoyable celebration of movies and I can't wait for next year at the 85th! Woot woot!

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<3CR

The Academy Awards Winners.

As many of you know (or don't know) I love movies, so that means I love the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Though I think its biased and gives awards to movies that half of us have never seen, but I still love watching it. I love the dresses and the tuxs. I love the that golden little man. However, last night I had to work, so I recorded it and watched it the minute I got home which was 5 am. Nice. I also took notes of who won and who won what. So sit back and enjoy while I dazzle you with the winners and a picture or two.



~Achievement for Art Direction:
Alice in Wonderland: Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara (Great movie btw)

~Achievement for Cinematographic

Inception: Wally Pfister (Have not seen it)

~Best Supporting Actress

Melissa Leo: The Fighter (have not seen it)

~Best Animated Short Film
The Lost Thing (Seen a little of it)

~Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3 (LOVE THAT MOVIE)

~Best Adapted Screenplay
Social Network: Aaron Sorkin (Have not seen it)

~Best Original Screenplay
King's Speech: David Seidler (dieing to see it)

~Best Foreign Film
In A Better World: Denmark

~Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter (Haven't seen it)

                                            





























~Best Original Score Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

~Achievement in Sound Mixer
Inception: Hirschberg, Rizzo, and Novick

~Achievement in Sound
Inception: Richard King

~Achievement in Makeup
The Wolfman(haven't seen it), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

~Achievement in Costume Design 

Alice in Wonderland: Colleen Atwood

~Best Documentary Short Subject

Strangers No More (have not seen it)

~Live Action Short Film

God of Love (seen it)

~Best Documentary Feature

Inside Job (wants to see it) 

~Achievement in Visual Effects

Inception

~Achievement for Film Editing

Social Network: Wall and Baxter

~Original Song

"We Belong Together" by Randy Newman, Toy Story 3

~Achievement in Directing

Tom Hopper, The King's Speech

~Best Leading Actress

Natalie Portman, Black Swan (haven't seen it)

~Best Leading Actor 

Colin Firth, The King's Speech

~Best Motion Picture

The King's Speech

Well, I hoped you enjoyed this little recap. ^.^ This was one of my favorite Oscars Awards. The hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco did a splendid job. Maybe someday I'll be on that stage. ;-D

<3 Carole Rae