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'Precious' and 'The Last Station' lead Independent Spirit Award nominations
Source: Los Angeles Times

"The Last Station," a drama about the last year in the life of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, and "Precious," a harrowing tale about a pregnant African American teenager with an abusive mother, dominated Tuesday's nominations for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards, with both films earning five nominations each.

"The Last Station," which open in theaters Friday, was nominated for best film, best director and screenplay for Michael Hoffman, best female lead for Helen Mirren and supporting actor for Christopher Plummer. "Precious" was also nominated for best film, best director for Lee Daniels, best first screenplay for Gregory Fletcher, best female lead for Gabourey Sidibe and supporting actress for Mo'Nique.

Notably missing for the list of nominees was the acclaimed Iraq war drama, "The Hurt Locker," which won the Gotham Independent Film award for best picture and ensemble Monday night, because it was nominated by the Spirits last year after it played at several film festivals in 2008. The film was released in theaters in 2009.

Rounding out the best picture nominees are the romantic comedy "(500) Days of Summer," "Amreeka," a drama about a single immigrant mother and son living in a small Illinois town, and the Spanish-language thriller "Sin Nombre."

Joining Hoffman and Daniels in the best director category are Ethan and Joel Coen for "A Serious Man," Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Sin Nombre" and James Gray for "Two Lovers."

"A Single Man," "Crazy Heart," "Easier With Practice," Paranormal Activity" and "The Messenger" earned nominations for best first feature. Joining Fletcher in the best first screenplay category are Sophie Barthes for "Cold Souls," Scott Cooper for "Crazy Heart," Cherien Dabis for "Amreeka" and Tom Ford and David Scearce for "A Single Man."

Rounding out the best female lead nominees are Mario Bello for "Downloading Nancy," Nisreen Faour for "Amreeka" and Gwyneth Paltrow for "Two Lovers."

Vying for best male lead are Jeff Bridges for "Crazy Heart," Colin Firth for "A Single Man," Joseph Gordon-Levitt for "(500) Days of Summer," Souleymane Sy Savane for "Goodbye Solo" and Adam Scott for "The Vicious Kind."

Joining Mo'Nique in the best supporting actress category are Dina Korzun for "Cold Souls," Samantha Morton for "The Messenger," Natalie Press for "Fifty Dead Men Walking" and Mia Wasikowska for "That Evening Sun."

In addition to Plummer, supporting actor nominations went to Jemaine Clement for "Gentlemen Broncos," Woody Harrelson for "The Messenger," Christan McKay for "Me and Orson Welles" and Raymond McKinnon for "That Evening Sun."

Competing with Hoffman in the best screenplay category are Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman for "The Messenger," Lee Toland Krieger for "The Vicious Kind," Greg Mottola for "Adventureland" and Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for "(500) Days of Summer."

"A Serious Man" is this year's recipient of the Robert Altman Award, which is given to the film's director(s), casting director and ensemble cast.

To be eligible for a Sprits consideration, a feature films must be 70 minutes in length and the cost of a completed project must be under $20 million. A film also must have either screened at a major film festival including Sundance, Toronto or Film Independent's own Los Angeles Film Festival or had a one-week engagement at a commercial theater.

Over the past quarter-century, several winners of the Spirit Award have gone on to earn an Academy Award including Penelope Cruz for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Juno" screenwriter Diablo Cody last year.

The laid-back awards' ceremony traditionally takes place the Saturday afternoon before the Academy Awards in a massive tent on the beach in Santa Monica. But this year, the ceremony is moving to Friday evening March 5 in a tent on the event deck at L.A. Live downtown. The awards will air live and uncut on cable's IFC.

Complete list of nominees for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards, from Film Independent:

Best feature: "(500) Days of Summer," "Amreeka," "Precious," "Sin Nombre," "The Last Station"

Best director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "A Serious Man"; Lee Daniels, "Precious"; Cary Joji Fukunaga, "Sin Nombre"; James Gray, "Two Lovers;" Michael Hoffman, "The Last Station"

Best screenplay: Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"; Michael Hoffman, "The Last Station"; Lee Toland Krieger, "The Vicious Kind"; Greg Mottola, "Adventureland"; Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, "(500) Days of Summer"

Best first feature: "A Single Man," "Crazy Heart," "Easier With Practice," "Paranormal Activity," "The Messenger"

Best first screenplay: Sophie Barthes, "Cold Souls"; Scott Cooper, "Crazy Heart"; Cherien Dabis, "Amreeka"; Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious"; Tom Ford, David Scearce, "A Single Man"

John Cassavetes Award: "Big Fan," "Humpday," "The New Year Parade," "Treeless Mountain," "Zero Bridge"

Best female lead: Maria Bello, "Downloading Nancy"; Nisreen Faour, "Amreeka"; Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"; Gwyneth Paltrow, "Two Lovers"' Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"

Best male lead: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"; Colin Firth, "A Single Man"; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "(500) Days of Summer"; Souleymane Sy Savane, "Goodbye Solo"; Adam Scott, "The Vicious Kind"

Best supporting female: Dina Korzun, "Cold Souls"; Mo'Nique, "Precious"; Samantha Morton, "The Messenger"; Natalie Press, "Fifty Dead Men Walking"; Mia Wasikowska, "That Evening Sun"

Best supporting male: Jemaine Clement, "Gentlemen Broncos"; Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"; Christian McKay, "Me and Orson Welles"; Raymond McKinnon, "That Evening Sun"; Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"

Best cinematography: Roger Deakins, "A Serious Man"; Adriano Goldman, "Sin Nombre"; Anne Misawa, "Treeless Mountain"; Andrij Parekh, "Cold Souls"; Peter Zeitlinger, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"

Best documentary: "Anvil! The Story of Anvil," "Food, Inc.," "More Than a Game," "October Country," "Which Way Home"

Best foreign film: "A Prophet," "An Education," "Everlasting Moments," "Mother," "The Maid"

Acura Someone to Watch Award: Kyle Patrick Alvarez, "Easier With Practice"; Asiel Norton, "Redland"; Tariq Tapa, "Zero Bridge"

Truer Than Fiction Award: Natalia Almada, "El General"; Jessica Oreck, "Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo"; Bill Ross, Turner Ross, "45365"

Piaget Producers Award: Karin Chien, ("The Exploding Girl," "Santa Mesa"); Larry Fessenden, ("I Sell the Dead," "The House of the Devil"); Dia Sokol, ("Beeswax," "Nights & Weekends")
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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Precious is going to be 2010's CRASH. And I mean that in the WORST possible way imaginable.
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

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NBR names 'Up in the Air' best of year
Top ten includes 'Star Trek,' 'Basterds'
Source: Variety

It's only helmer Jason Reitman's third pic, but the National Board of Review gave the George Clooney starrer "Up in the Air" multiple awards on Thursday, including best film of the year.

Adapted from Walter Kirn's novel, the recession-centric pic also nabbed prizes for Clooney (best actor, which he shares with Morgan Freeman for "Invictus"), thesp Anna Kendrick (supporting actress) and scribes Reitman and Sheldon Turner (best adapted screenplay).

Major awards also went to Clint Eastwood, named best director for "Invictus;" thesp Carey Mulligan, actress for her turn in "An Education," and the Coen brothers for their "A Serious Man" screenplay. This is Eastwood's second consecutive NBR award - the multihyphenate took the best actor prize last year for "Gran Torino."

In a strong year for kids' films, the board not only named "Up" best animated feature but added a special filmmaking achievement award for Wes Anderson's labor-intensive old-school stop-motion pic "The Fantastic Mr. Fox."

Because of its early release date, the board's best film selection and top 10 films list is frequently cited in awards campaigns. For 2009, the board's top 10 films were: "An Education," "(500) Days of Summer," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Invictus," "The Messenger," "A Serious Man," "Star Trek," "Up," and "Where the Wild Things Are."


And the winners are:

Film: "Up in the Air"

Director: Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"

Actor: George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"

Actress: Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"

Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"

Foreign Language Film: "A Prophet"

Documentary:"The Cove"

Animated Feature: "Up"

Ensemble Cast: "It's Complicated"

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"

Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut: Duncan Jones, "Moon"
Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"
Marc Webb, "(500) Days Of Summer"

Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: Wes Anderson, the Fantastic Mr. Fox

William K. Everson Film History Award:Jean Picker Firstenberg

NBR Freedom Of Expression: "Burma Vj: Reporting From A Closed Country"
"Invictus"
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellseberg and the Pentagon Papers"

Ten Best Films (in alphabetical order)

"An Education"
"(500) Days Of Summer"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Invictus"
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man"
"Star Trek"
"Up"
"Where the Wild Things Are"


Five Best Foreign-Language Films (in alphabetical order)

"The Maid"
"Revanche"
"Song Of Sparrows"
"Three Monkeys"
"The White Ribbon"


Five Best Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

"Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country"
"Crude"
"Food, Inc."
"Good Hair"
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"


Top Ten Independent Films (in alphabetical order)

"Amreeka"
"District 9"
"Goodbye Solo"
"Humpday"
"In the Loop"
"Julia"
"Me and Orson Welles"
"Moon"
"Sugar"
"Two Lovers"
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'Hurt Locker' tops with L.A. critics
Bridges, Moreau win top acting prizes
Source: Variety

"The Hurt Locker" has disarmed the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn., as Kathryn Bigelow's visceral Iraq War drama snared honors for best picture and best director of the year on Sunday. The Summit Entertainment pickup first premiered at the 2008 Venice and Toronto film festivals.

Jeff Bridges won the actor nod for his turn as a boozy, washed-up country musician in Fox Searchlight's "Crazy Heart," which also plucked the group's music honors for songwriters T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton.

Yolande Moreau drew the actress prize for her performance as Gallic painter Seraphine de Senlis in "Seraphine," a Music Box Films release.

Where portrayals of tortured artists prevailed in the lead acting categories, the supporting honors went to a pair of villains: Christoph Waltz as a multilingual Nazi colonel in the Weinstein Co.'s "Inglourious Basterds," and Mo'Nique as the mother of all abusive mothers in Lionsgate's "Precious."

Besides "The Hurt Locker" and "Crazy Heart," the only film to score more than one prize from the L.A. critics was Sony/TriStar's "District 9," which received the New Generation award for South African director Neill Blomkamp and was also cited for production designer Philip Ivey's imaginative rendering of Johannesburg in the wake of an alien invasion.

French helmer Olivier Assayas' family drama "Summer Hours," released by IFC Films, was the org's choice for top foreign-language film.

Two other pics proved popular with the L.A. critics. Paramount's "Up in the Air" was recognized in the screenplay category for Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's adaptation of the Walter Kirn novel, while the film also placed runner-up for picture and supporting actress Anna Kendrick. Sony Pictures Classics' Palme d'Or winner "The White Ribbon" won the cinematography award for Christian Berger's black-and-white lensing and was the runner-up for Michael Haneke's direction and foreign-language film.

Fox Searchlight's stop-motion adaptation of "Fantastic Mr. Fox," directed by Wes Anderson, poached the animation prize; the runner-up was Disney/Pixar's "Up," from helmer Pete Docter.

The award for documentary/nonfiction film turned out to be a shore thing, with a tie between Agnes Varda's self-portrait "The Beaches of Agnes," a Cinema Guild release, and helmer Louie Psihoyos' dolphin-slaughter expose "The Cove," from Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions.

The Douglas E. Edwards award for independent/experimental film/video was given to Anders Edstrom and C.W. Winter's Swedish production "The Anchorage," which had its L.A. premiere at the AFI Film Festival.

Elsewhere, a certain French flavor could be discerned among the LAFCA picks, from the selections of Belgian thesp Moreau, "Summer Hours" and "The Beaches of Agnes" to the group's decision to dedicate its awards to the French New Wave in commemoration of the movement's 50th anniversary. As previously announced, New Wave luminary Jean-Paul Belmondo will receive the group's career achievement award.

Other runners-up were Colin Firth ("A Single Man"), actor; Carey Mulligan ("An Education"), actress; Peter Capaldi ("In the Loop"), supporting actor; Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche ("In the Loop"), screenplay; Barry Ackroyd ("The Hurt Locker"), cinematography; Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg ("Avatar"), production design; Alexandre Desplat ("Fantastic Mr. Fox"), music score.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn.'s awards dinner will be held Jan. 16 at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City.


And the winners are:

PICTURE: "The Hurt Locker"
Runner-up: "Up in the Air"

DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, "The White Ribbon"

ACTOR: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
Runner-up: Colin Firth, "A Single Man"

ACTRESS: Yolande Moreau, "Séraphine"
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, "In the Loop"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"

SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, "In the Loop"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christian Berger, "The White Ribbon"
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, "The Hurt Locker"

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Philip Ivey, "District 9"
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, "Avatar"

BEST MUSIC SCORE: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, "Crazy Heart"
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "Summer Hours"
Runner-up: "The White Ribbon"

DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM: "The Beaches of Agnès" and "The Cove" (tie)

ANIMATION: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Runner-up: "Up"

DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD: Anders Edstrom and C.W. Winter, "The Anchorage"

NEW GENERATION: Neill Blomkamp, "District 9"

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Noticed Jeff Bridges for Best Actor in Crazy Heart. Going under the radar around these parts, but it's one of the films I want to see most this holiday season. So I have to hope it gets enough nominations to come up to my rural surroundings.

MacGuffin

"Basterds," "Nine," lead Critics' Choice field

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The World War II tale "Inglourious Basterds" and the Rome-set musical "Nine" led the contenders for the 15th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards, announced early Monday, with ten nominations each.

The 3-D sci-fi film "Avatar" followed with nine nominations, while "The Hurt Locker" and "Up in the Air" received eight each.

The awards, which will be handed out on January 15 at ceremonies broadcast from the Hollywood Palladium by VH1, expanded this year from 17 to 25 categories, adding seven technical categories and separating its screenplay category into original and adapted slots.

Since the critics group also includes genre categories like best action movie and best comedy as well as awards for best acting ensemble and best young actor/actress, that opened the door for plenty of multiple nominations.

Saoirse Ronan, the 15-year-old actress who plays a murdered girl in "The Lovely Bones," scored dual nominations as best actress and best young actress. "Up" was nominated for both best picture and best animated feature. And three of the nominees in the action category -- "Avatar," "Basterds" and "Locker" -- were also included in the best picture roundup.

Casting a wide net, the 235-member Broadcast Film Critics Association, nominated ten movies for best picture: "Avatar," "An Education," "Locker," "Basterds," "Invictus," "Nine," "Precious," "A Serious Man," "Up" and "Up in the Air."

Nominated for best actor were: Jeff Bridges, playing a down-on-his-luck country singer in "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney," starring as a corporate road warrior in "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth, appearing as a gay man coming to terms with the death of his long-time lover in "A Single Man"; Morgan Freeman, who channels Nelson Mandela in "Invictus"; Viggo Mortenson, who headlines "The Road" as a father struggling in a post-apocalyptic world; and Jeremy Renner, who plays a soldier who defuses bombs in "Locker."

In the best actress category, the nominees were: Emily Blunt, who captures Queen Victoria's rise to power in "The Young Victoria"; Sandra Bullock, playing a suburban wife who takes in a homeless teen in "The Blind Side"; Carey Mulligan, appearing as a young student experiencing her first taste of the adult world in "An Education"; Ronan, whose character looks back on her life from heaven in "Bones"; Gabourey Sidibe, who has the title role of an abused, inner-city teen in "Precious" and "Meryl Streep," who cooks up a storm as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia."

"Up in the Air" earned nominations for both Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick in the supporting actress category, where the other nominees were Marion Cotillard, "Nine"; Mo'Nique, "Precious"; Julianne Moore, "A Single Man"; and Samantha Morton, "The Messenger."

Nominated as best supporting actor were Matt Damon, "Invictus"; Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"; Christian McKay, "Me and Orson Welles"; Alfred Molina, "An Education"; Stanley Tucci, "Bones" and Cristoph Waltz, "Basterds."

Kathryn Bigelow was the sole woman nominated in the directing category for her work on "Locker." Also nominated were James Cameron, "Avatar"; Lee Daniels, "Precious"; Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"; Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air" and Quentin Tarantino, "Basterds."
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'Hurt Locker' tops with N.Y. Film Critics
War pic wins best film, director honors

Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" won the New York Film Critics Circle's best film award on Monday, with Bigelow taking Best Director honors as well.

George Clooney won best actor for "Up in the Air" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," while his "Fox" co-star Meryl Streep won the best actress award for her turn as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia."

Mo'nique took the supporting actress kudo for her role in "Precious," and Austrian thesp Christoph Waltz took the supporting actor nod for "Inglorious Basterds," in which he plays a multilingual Nazi agent.

Brit political farce "In the Loop," written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, won best screenplay.

"Fox" also won the animated film award and Steve McQueen took the first feature nod for "Hunger." The critics also added a special award for one of their own: the New York Observer's Andrew Sarris.

And the winners are:

FILM: "The Hurt Locker"

DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker"

SCREENPLAY: "In The Loop"

ACTRESS: Meryl Streep for "Julie & Julia"

ACTOR: George Clooney for "Up In The Air" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique for "Precious"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz for "Inglourious Basterds

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christian Berger for "The White Ribbon"

ANIMATED FILM: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

NON-FICTION FILM: "Of Time And The City"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Summer Hours"

FIRST FEATURE: "Hunger," director Steve McQueen
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Pubrick

oh god.

i think it's time the academy considers moving their awards earlier in the year or whatever it takes to make "awards season" not take place in the last weeks of december. the best movies of the year need to be spread out more. it's beginning to affect all these early awards/best-of lists. the hurt locker? where the fuck did that come from? wasn't that a total bomb critically and financially?

all these film critic circles and boards of review are left with their dicks in their hand when it comes time to choosing best films. they all end up looking like idiots cos they never choose the actual best of the year cos the actual best of the year hasn't been released. i hav no idea why the hell the hurt locker has been getting attention, why not The Soloist if they're gonna go for something mediocre and forgettable? i guess the studio is putting up the big bucks to make everyone care.

no different from any other year, i know, but it's really embarrassing now. it makes movies in general seem really forgettable and unimportant if The Hurt Locker is the best they can come up with.
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Pas

wow. Kathryn Bigelow (lol@thatname) best director, really? I guess there's gonna be oscar buzz around her now. Haha she'd be the first female right? I guess this would make her ''the best female director ever'' haha


picolas

The Hurt Locker wasn't a critical bomb at all... there were like zero negative reviews. it's not the best movie of the year but i understand it being the pick. i think it's a fine film. BUT once again we have a year where the actual best movies simply aren't the conventional choices (In the Loop, Anvil!, Wild Things, D9) and critics are afraid to admit something that isn't a big adult drama wasn't it. i completely agree the placement of award ceremonies messes up the release of movies and it's a SHIT system. this year, however, i think a lot of the great movies were well dispersed. it's been an awesome year the whole year. not just the second half like '07.

MacGuffin

Quote from: Pas Rap on December 14, 2009, 07:28:54 PM
wow. Kathryn Bigelow (lol@thatname) best director, really? I guess there's gonna be oscar buzz around her now. Haha she'd be the first female right? I guess this would make her ''the best female director ever'' haha

Sofia Coppola was nominated for Best Director for the 2003 movie, "Lost in Translation." While no other American woman has received this honor, Italian director Lina Wertmüller was nominated for Best Director in 1976 for "Seven Beauties." New Zealand's Jane Campion was nominated for Best Director for "The Piano" in 1993 (she won an Oscar that same year for Best Original Screenplay).
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I get Kathryn Bigelow mixed up with Julie Taymor (and every other girl filmmaker)
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

polkablues

Quote from: Stefen on December 15, 2009, 04:04:24 AM
I get Kathryn Bigelow mixed up with Julie Taymor (and every other girl filmmaker)

I'll admit I can never remember which is which between Julie Taymor and Jane Campion (go ahead and ask me which one directed Across the Universe... I have no idea), but Kathryn Bigelow?  That woman made Near Dark and Point Break!  And Strange Days!  Respect.

And as random and out-of-left-field a choice it is, I'd rather Hurt Locker sweep the awards season than, say, Precious.  Or god forbid, The Blind Side.
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Nominees for 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

The nominations for the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be announced on TV Jan. 23, are as follows:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for Television
Simon Baker, "The Mentalist"
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Television (Because there was a tie, there are six nominees instead of the traditional five in this category.)
Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
Glenn Close, "Damages"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"
Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace"
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Television
"The Closer"
"Dexter"
"The Good Wife"
"Mad Men"
"True Blood"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for Television
Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?"
Toni Collette, "United States of Tara"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "The New Adventures of Old Christine"

Oustanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for Television
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"
Charlie Sheen, "Two and a Half Men"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Television
"30 Rock"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
"Glee"
"Modern Family"
"The Office"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kevin Bacon, "Taking Chance"
Cuba Gooding Jr., "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story"
Jeremy Irons, "Georgia O'Keeffe"
Kevin Kline, "Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac"
Tom Wilkinson, "A Number"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Joan Allen, "Georgia O'Keeffe"
Drew Barrymore, "Grey Gardens"
Ruby Dee, "America"
Jessica Lange, "Grey Gardens"
Sigourney Weaver, "Prayers for Bobby"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Diane Kruger, "Inglourious Basterds"
Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Jeff Bridges - "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney - "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth - "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman - "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner - "The Hurt Locker"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren - "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan - "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire"
Meryl Streep - "Julie and Julia"

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
"An Education"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Nine"
"Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire"
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National Society of Film Critics picks 'Locker'
Bigelow's war film wins best pic, director, actor
Source: Variety

Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" has won the National Society of Film Critics' awards for picture, director and actor for Jeremy Renner -- a triple coup that makes the Iraq War drama the first film since 1997's "L.A. Confidential" to sweep top honors from the Los Angeles, New York and national critics' groups.

"The Hurt Locker" reps a more traditional choice than usual for the National Society, whose past honorees for best picture include "Waltz With Bashir," "Pan's Labyrinth," "Capote" and "Yi yi." The Summit Entertainment release was also the only film to score more than one nod from the group, which opted to share the wealth at its 44th annual voting meeting on Sunday.

Belgian thesp Yolande Moreau drew actress kudos for French biopic "Seraphine," adding to her earlier citation by the L.A. critics.

Paul Schneider ("Bright Star") tied with Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds") for supporting actor, while Mo'Nique took the supporting actress laurels for "Precious." Joel and Ethan Coen received the group's screenplay award for "A Serious Man."

Gallic helmer Olivier Assayas' family drama "Summer Hours" won the award for foreign-language film (which it also snagged from the L.A. and New York groups).

Another French film, Agnes Varda's self-portrait "The Beaches of Agnes," won the docu prize.

Cinematography honors went to Christian Berger for his black-and-white lensing on "The White Ribbon," while production design kudos went to Nelson Lowry for his work on stop-motion toon "Fantastic Mr. Fox."

The group presented Film Heritage awards recognizing the restoration of "Rashomon," undertaken by the Academy Film Archive, the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and Kadokawa Pictures; Bruce Posner for his restoration of "Manhatta"; the National Film Preservation Foundation for its release of "Treasures From American Film Archives, Vol. 4: Avant-Garde 1947-86"; Warner Archive Collection; UCLA Film & Television Archive's restoration of "The Red Shoes"; and Kino Intl. for its release of "Avant-Garde Volume 3 (Experimental Cinema 1922-54)."

David Sterritt was re-elected chairman at the National Society of Film Critics meeting, which was held, per tradition, at Sardi's in New York.


Picture: "The Hurt Locker"

Director: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"

Actor: Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress: Yolande Moreau, "Seraphine"

Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds," and Paul Schneider, "Bright Star"

Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, "Precious"

Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"

Foreign-Language Film: "Summer Hours"

Nonfiction Film: "The Beaches of Agnes"

Cinematography: Christian Berger, "The White Ribbon"

Production design: Nelson Lowry, "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
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