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The Rocchi Review -- With Special Guest David Poland of Movie City News
Filed under: Awards », Podcasts », Celebrities and Controversy », Oscar Watch », The Rocchi Review: Online Film Community Podcast »
Just how strange are the Golden Globes? Is Atonement a sure-fire, dead-lock Best Picture winner, or has it stumbled with the Academy before the race was even begun? Did Francis Ford Coppola "cut his own throat" with the release strategy for Youth Without Youth? And, speaking of cutting throats, will Sweeney Todd seduce the Academy, or have its hopes been washed away with the arterial spray? Joining James this week is David Poland, the critic, blogger and raconteur behind Movie City News as well as the wildly contentious, always insightful The Hot Blog. Listen in this week as James and David talk about the BFCA nominations from the inside, discuss the tarnished-yet-telegenic schizophrenia of the Golden Globes, and much more! And finally -- new this week on for The Rocchi Review -- you can listen directly here at Cinematical by clicking below:
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Critics Choice Awards Winners -- Including The Departed and Murphy
Filed under: Awards », Lists »
Eddie Murphy won a best supporting actor award! The Broadcast Film Critics Association held their Critics Choice Awards ceremony last night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. There has been much discussion about Eddie Murphy's performance in Dreamgirls much of that discussion revolves around the question of his portrayal is Oscar -quality. We'll find out January 23 if the speculations were correct; the Oscars will be announced early that morning. Murphy is also nominated for a Golden Globe for best supporting actor; he could very well take home another trophy Monday night.Dreamgirls took home a total of four awards including best supporting actress for Jennifer Hudson. It's an exciting time for the American Idol star; fresh from the televised competition she is receiving an incredible amount of support from the critics (in particular the BFCA with this award) and was named one of the 10 Actors to watch by Variety back in September.
THE WINNERS
BEST PICTURE: The Departed
BEST ACTOR: Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
BEST ACTRESS: Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
ACTING ENSEMBLE: "Little Miss Sunshine"
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
WRITER: Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
ANIMATED FEATURE: "Cars"
YOUNG ACTOR: Paul Dano, "Little Miss Sunshine"
YOUNG ACTRESS: Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
COMEDY MOVIE: "Borat"
FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION): "Charlotte's Web"
PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: "Elizabeth I"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Letters from Iwo Jima"
SONG: "Listen," performed by Beyonce, "Dreamgirls"
SOUNDTRACK: "Dreamgirls"
COMPOSER: Philip Glass, "The Illusionist"
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "An Inconvenient Truth"
The Critic's Choice Awards will air on E! on January 20.
BFCA Announces Nominations
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Awards », Newsstand », Oscar Watch »
Hey, did you know it was awards season? The one crappy thing about all these awards and nominations is that the majority of people out there have not seen any of the films on the list. For example, The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced their nominations for the 12th annual Critics' Choice Awards (which is kind of like the Viewer's Choice Awards, except P. Diddy isn't hosting and everyone in the room is feverishly typing on a blackberry), and just by looking at the best picture category, I assume most folks have only seen two of the films listed. Mayyybe three. But isn't that always the case?
The wonderful thing for pics like Dreamgirls and Letters from Iwo Jima is that, with these awards and nominations pouring out ahead of their release dates, it's all free marketing. But all that does is benefit people with a lot more money than you, so let's move on. With 200 members, the BFCA is the largest critics' organization in the United States and Canada, and the actual awards ceremony will be broadcast this January 20 on E! Entertainment Television. The nice thing about these awards is the diversity; basically everyone gets to join the party. Beside your standard categories (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Supporting, Animated, Documentary), you have Best Ensemble, Best Young Actor, Best Young Actress, Best Comedy, Best Soundtrack and Best Family Film (Live Action) -- a category I feel should be included at the Oscars.
Any surprises? Well, Deliver Us from Evil and Jesus Camp were both left off the documentary list, and Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated twice (The Departed, Blood Diamond) in the same category, Best Actor. As far as who has the most nods, The Departed, Babel, Little Miss Sunshine and Dreamgirls each received seven.
As always, a full list of nominations is waiting for you after the jump.
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