Best Picture
Avatar, The blind side, District 9, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Bastards, A Serious Man, Up in the Air.
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Colin Firth, George Clooney,Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner.
George Clooney nominated for Up on the Air.
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Cary Mulligen, Gabourey Sidibe, Meryl Streep.
Best Direction
Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Bastards, Up in the Air, Precious.
You will be able to see it for yourself tonight.....who takes home the Oscar from the above selected few. There must be plenty of special things about tonight's ceremony but here is how Vincent Canby, film critic captured the ususal mood at the big night of tinsel town:
"The solemnity of the annual Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm with the cheerful bad taste of the grand opening of a shopping centre in Los Angeles" .
Success, Fame and Riches
That is what getting an Oscar actually means....according to variety magazine , a win any major
category boosts a film's revenue by 11 million dollars ! Anyone who wins a best actor or actress is instantly promoted to the A list. That ofcourse translates into millions of dollars of a raise in the actor(ess) fee.More Movies
This year instead of usual 5, 10 movies have been nominated in the best picture category...simply to attract more film fans to tune into the ceremony.
This year instead of usual 5, 10 movies have been nominated in the best picture category...simply to attract more film fans to tune into the ceremony.
Hilary Swank jumped from 1m$ to 8m$ after winning best actress.
Who decides?
Yeah....so who decides ...5835 members of the American Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Members nominate candidates in thier respective fields ...film editors vote for film editing,etc.Oscar winners are then chosen by a second round of voting where all members vote in each category.The results are then sealed in 22 envelopes!
Yeah....so who decides ...5835 members of the American Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Members nominate candidates in thier respective fields ...film editors vote for film editing,etc.Oscar winners are then chosen by a second round of voting where all members vote in each category.The results are then sealed in 22 envelopes!
No cheating?
What can one say when Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar...not even for Vertigo or The Birds! George C. Scott and Marlon Brando thought so little of the awards they refused to accept their
best actor statuettes...
What can one say when Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar...not even for Vertigo or The Birds! George C. Scott and Marlon Brando thought so little of the awards they refused to accept their
best actor statuettes...Judie Foster : Oscar is nothing but a silly bingo game!
But , Thanks Alot!
In 1935 after winning Clark Gable made the shoetest ever acceptance speech...all he said was "thank you".
Winners are told to limit their thank you speeches to 45 deconds or face the risk of the orchestra drowning them out.But, in 2001 Julia Roberts begans her best actress acceptance speech by speaking to the orchestra conductor first!
In 1935 after winning Clark Gable made the shoetest ever acceptance speech...all he said was "thank you".
Winners are told to limit their thank you speeches to 45 deconds or face the risk of the orchestra drowning them out.But, in 2001 Julia Roberts begans her best actress acceptance speech by speaking to the orchestra conductor first!
Julia Roberts
The Orchestra let her finish.
it is said this oscar had no tempo.I did not know that lady who won the best director was ex wife of james cameron,so rightly named battle of exes
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