2007 Academy Awards Winners

Posted on Sunday, February 25th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta

Let’s look at the results from the 79th Academy Awards ceremony:

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

The Departed

• Babel
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen

Achievement in Directing:

Martin Scorsese for The Departed

• Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears for The Queen
• Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
• Paul Greengrass for United 93

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

• Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond
• Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
• Peter O’Toole for Venus
• Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Helen Mirren for The Queen

• Penélope Cruz for Volver
• Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
• Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet for Little Children

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Running the Oscar Race Costs Big Bucks

Posted on Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 by Peter Sciretta

It costs big money to run the Oscar race. Many people don’t realize all the money it takes to market an award winner.
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Roger Ebert: Little Miss Sunshine’s Academy Awards upset

Posted on Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta

Super Movie Critic and my personal hero Roger Ebert claims that Little Miss Sunshine may cause an upset at this year’s Oscars.
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What happened to all the Post-Tarantino directors?

Posted on Sunday, February 11th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta

Kimberly Peirce, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell, Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Baz Luhrmann and Mark Romanek were supposed to be the next generation of filmmakers. What happened?
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Academy Award Film Festival at an AMC Theater Near You

Posted on Monday, February 5th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta

AMC Theaters has announced that it will show the five movies nominated for Best Picture back-toback on the Saturday before the Academy Awards.
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2007 Golden Globe Winners

Posted on Monday, January 15th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta

Here are the winners from the 2007 Golden Globes:

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (FILM)
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

ORIGINAL SONG
“The Song of the Heart” – Happy Feet – Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson

SUPPORTING ACTOR (MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)
Jeremy Irons – Elizabeth I

ACTRESS (TV DRAMA)
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer

ACTOR (TV DRAMA)
Hugh Laurie – House

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (TV MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)
Emily Blunt – Gideon’s Daughter

ANIMATED FILM
Cars – Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studio

ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada

SUPPORTING ACTOR (FILM)
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls

MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Elizabeth I – Company Pictures, Channel 4, HBO Films

ACTOR (MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)
Bill Nighy – Gideon’s Daughter

ACTRESS (MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)
Helen Mirren – Elizabeth I

SCREENPLAY
Peter Morgan – The Queen

ACTOR (TV COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Ugly Betty (ABC)

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Letters from Iwo Jima (USA/Japan) – Warner Bros. Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures

ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat – The Painted Veil

ACTRESS (TV COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
America Ferrera – Ugly Betty

DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese – The Departed

ACTOR (FILMMUSICAL OR COMEDY)
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

FILM MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Dreamgirls – DreamWorks Pictures

ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Helen Mirren – The Queen

TV DRAMA
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)

ACTOR (DRAMA)
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

DRAMA (FILM)
Babel – Anonymous Content Production/Una Producción De Zeta Film/Central Film Production/Paramount Vantage

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