The 83rd annual Academy Awards came
and went, and boy was it a dud. James Franco and Anne Hathaway did
their best, at least I think Franco did his best, but the whole gig
fell through. I'm not the only one to feel this way as
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one of the worst Oscar telecasts in history.
Your favorite picks might not have won, but
there are some things I would like to point out. Chris Nolan did
not actually receive any award for “Inception” while “True Grit,”
having 10 nominations in total, didn't receive any wins at all.
“The King's Speech” and “Inception” tied the evening with four wins
with “The Social Network” coming in third with three Oscars to take
home.
I hope the Academy learns from its mistakes
this time around, so that next year we can actually have an
entertaining show.
Best Picture – “The
King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,
Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
– Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Supporting Role
– Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Actress in a Leading Role
– Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting
Role – Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Animated Feature Film –
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction – “Alice
in Wonderland” Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration:
Karen O’Hara
Cinematography –
“Inception” Wally Pfister
Costume Design – “Alice
in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
Director – “The King’s
Speech” Tom Hooper
Documentary (Feature) –
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Documentary (Short Subject)
– “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Film Editing – “The
Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Foreign Language Film –
“In a Better World” Denmark
Makeup – “The Wolfman”
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)
– “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song) –
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy
Newman
Short Film (Animated) –
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Short Film (Live Action)
– “God of Love” Luke Matheny
Sound Editing –
“Inception” Richard King
Sound Mixing –
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
Visual Effects –
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter
Bebb
Adapted Screenplay –
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Original Screenplay –
“The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
