Winners of 69th Golden Globes

GOLDEN GLOBES 2011  The 69th Golden Globe Awards - Sunday, January 15, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, NBC. Morgan Freeman, recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award WINNERs       Best Picture, Drama:  The Descendants  The Help Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse Best Picture, Comedy/Musical: The Artist Bridesmaids Midnight in Paris My Week With Marilyn 50/50    Best Actress, Drama:  Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady  Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin Best Actor, Drama:  George Clooney, The Descendants Brad Pitt, Moneyball Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March Michael Fassbender, Shame Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar    Best Actress, Comedy:     Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn Jodie Foster, Carnage Charlize Theron, Young Adult Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids Kate Winslet, Carnage  Best Actor, Comedy:  Jean Dujardin, The Artist Brendan Gleeson, The Guard Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50 Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris   Best Director, Motion Picture:    Martin Scorsese, Hugo Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris George Clooney, The Ides of March Michael Hazavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, The Descendants  Best Screenplay, Motion Pictures:     Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March Michael Hazanavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball Best Supporting Actor, Drama:  Christopher Plummer, Beginners Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Albert Brooks, Drive Jonah Hill, Moneyball Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method  Best Supporting Actress, Drama:   Octavia Spencer, The Help Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Shailene Woodley, The Descendants Best Animated Motion Picture:    The Adventures of Tintin Puss and Boots Winnie the Pooh Arthur Christmas Rango Best Foreign Language Motion Picture:                      A Separation (Iran)  The Flowers of War (China) In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA) The Kid with Bike (Belgium) The Skin I Live In (Spain) Best Score, Motion Picture: Ludovic Bource, The Artist Abel Korzeniowski, W.E. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Howard Shore, Hugo John Williams, War Horse Best Original Song, Motion Picture: "Masterpiece" (music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry), W.E. "Hello Hello" (music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin), Gnomeo & Juliet "The Keeper" (music and lyrics by Chris Cornell), Machine Gun Preacher "Lay Your Head Down" (music by Brian Byrne, lyrics by Glenn Close), Albert Nobbs "The Living Proof" (music by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr., lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas), The Help Best Mini-series, TV: Downton Abbey (PBS) Cinema Verite (HBO) The Hour (BBC America) Mildred Pierce (HBO) Too Big to Fail (HBO)   Best TV Series, Drama: American Horror Story Boardwalk Empire Boss Game of Thrones Homeland    Best TV Series, Comedy: Enlightened (HBO) Episodes (Showtime) Glee (FOX) Modern Family (ABC) New Girl (FOX)  Best Actor, TV Drama: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Kelsey Grammer, Boss Jeremy Irons, The Borgias Damian Lewis, Homeland   Best Actress, TV Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland Mireille Enos, The Killing Julianna Margulies, Good Wife Madeleine Stowe, Revenge Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness   Best Actor, TV Comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock David Duchovny, Californication Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory Thomas Jane, Hung Matt LeBlanc, Episodes  Best Actress, TV Comedy: Laura Dern, Enlightened Zooey Deschanel, New Girl Tina Fey, 30 Rock  Laira Linney, The Big C Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation Best Supporting Actor, TV: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family     Best Supporting Actress, TV: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey Sofia Vergara, Modern Family Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

National Board of Review Awards

   

SERIES: Hollywood Guild Awards and Oscars®

This new series is to document, compare and discuss the nominations of the film industry guilds. This is the first year I am publishing how I analyze the various awards and pick my Oscar® choices.

The members of the movie industry guilds are also voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AMPAS®, which produces the Academy Awards®. Most of the major guilds have nominated, and some have named the recipients. Want to actually pick the winners this year? Then, I suggest you follow this series.

The National Board of Review (NBRMP) is not a guild, but an independent board of review. Although the general public knows little of this award, it is the oldest of the major motion picture awards, and a most prestigious award, established in 1909. That's why I am opening this new series with the NBRMP.

The awards were announced earlier, and they will be presented at the annual dinner to be held tomorrow, Tuesday, 12 January, at Cipriani on 42nd Street, New York City.

They named UP IN THE AIR, directed by Jason Reitman, and starring George Clooney, as Best Film of 2009. The French film, Un prophète (A PROPHET) by writer/director Jacques Audiard, will receive the best foreign language film award, and THE COVE the best documentary.

Their other awards may be beacons shinning on the possible Oscar winners - -

Top Ten Films: (In alphabetical order) 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.

Best Actor: George Clooney, UP IN THE AIR; Morgan Freeman, INVICTUS.
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION.
Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, THE MESSENGER.
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR.
Best Ensemble Cast: IT'S COMPLICATED.

Best Director: Clint Eastwood, INVICTUS.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, UP IN THE AIR; and Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, A SERIOUS MAN.

Best Animated Feature: UP.

Special Filmmaking Achievement: Wes Anderson for THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX.

To see all the NBRP awards, click the title of this post.

On Location: Memphis International Film Fest opens Thursday!

This year's On Location: Memphis International Film Festival opens Thursday night. There will be films, music, and a party every night. Filmmakers, producers, actors, and a surprise celebrity here and there are expected to attend. More than 90 films representing 20 countries and the U.S. will be screened.

Thursday, the festival opens at 7:30 pm at Malco's Paradiso Theater, with a screening of the new blues documentary, DELTA RISING, filmed at Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, MS.

If you have a full-fest pass, you can attend, at no additional charge, the screening and the after party at the Ground Zero Club on Beale Street (approximately 9:00 pm), Freeman's not-yet-open-to-the-public Ground Zero Blues Club Memphis, featuring the Queen of Beale Street, Ms. Ruby Wilson.

If you do not have a full-fest pass, do not wish to purchase one, you may still attend the screening and after party by purchasing a Membership for $20.00 each before the screening, plus screening tickets.

You can attend only the screening for $8.50, if individual tickets are available. No after party included.

Full-fest passes were $60, and were available online. You should have checked my Film Festival Page earlier this month, because fest passes go up to $70 today, and will only be available at the door. I'm not sure if the student pass ($30) will increase. Individual screening tickets are $8.50 each. They, Memberships, and full-fest passes, will be available now only at the door of each event. Available tickets on a first-come basis.

For more, see my Film Festival Page (link on right sidebar), call 901.626.9685, or go online by clicking the title of this post.