Awards
We walked you through all the highlights from last night’s Academy Awards ceremony, and we’ve now been able to add three galleries worth of pictures to go with all the words:
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See the glamourous and outrageous outfits and the happy winners by following the links above. If you’ve missed any of the action, you can find a complete list of the winners here and our live chronicle here.
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards were handed out in Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre tonight in a ceremony hosted by Jon Stewart. You can revisit the show’s highlights by reading our chronicle of the night’s progression in this post.
Joel and Ethan Coen’s heavily favoured No Country for Old Men was the big winner of the night, as the film was awarded Oscars for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem) and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) received the Oscar as Best Actor, La Vie En Rose’s Marion Cotillard won Best Actress and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) Best Supporting Actress. Read the complete list of winners after the cut below:
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We had a fun time doing our yearly live coverage of the Academy Awards tonight, even if the wins went largely as expected. To revisit everything that happened you can read our chronicle of the ceremony’s progression below.
04:50 am GMT - Well, that’s a wrap. 3 hours and 20 minutes later (and almost 4 hours since the start of our live coverage) the final results are in: No Country for Old Men is, as expected, the big winner of the night with four Oscars (Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor and Adapted Screenplay), while the acting awards went to Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton.
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony is taking place in Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre this Sunday at 5PT/8ET, where 2007’s strongest cinematic efforts are looking to be rewarded.
As has been customary in the past few years, the X-Realms will be providing live commentary throughout the show with insights on the night’s big winners and unfortunate losers, photos from the progressing spectacle and the best quotes from the winners’ speeches.
If you fancy a bit of fun you can join us in this thread on the X-Boards and cast your predictions on who will go home with one of the prized golden statuettes. You can read our very own forecast after the cut below.
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With the Oscars approaching this Sunday we’re reaching the conclusion of this year’s awards season. Last week saw a few more guilds announcing their annual winners, here’s a summary:
- Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing: No Country for Old Men
- Art Directors Guild (ADG) Best Production Design for a Feature Film: There Will Be Blood (Period Film), The Golden Compass (Fantasy Film), No Country for Old Men (Contemporary Film)
- American Cinema Editors (ACE) Best Edited Feature Film: The Bourne Ultimatum (Drama), Sweeney Todd (Comedy/Musical)
The only remaining guild awards are those of the Sound Editors and the Costume Designers. The Joel and Ethan Coen masterpiece No Country for Old Men has won all the guild awards it’s been up for so far save Cinematography (which went to Robet Elwist for There Will Be Blood) and, surprisingly, Editing (The Bourne Ultimatum).
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The Writers Guild Association (WGA) may have been busy voting on the end of the strike this weekend, nevertheless they found time to announce the winners of the guild’s annual screenwriting awards.
There were no surprises as Diablo Cody won Best Original Screenplay for Juno and Joel and Ethan Coen topped the Adapted Screenplay category with No Country for Old Men. Taxi to the Dark Side writer Alex Gibney succeeded in the documentary category.
Cody and the Coens thus remain favourites to win the respective screenwriting Oscars when the Academy Awards ceremony takes place February 24.
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The Academy Awards ceremony is just over two weeks away and you still haven’t seen most of the five Best Picture nominees? Chances are you’re not alone. Many studios give their big Oscar hopefuls only a limited NY/LA release in late December (so that they’re just eligible), and often the film doesn’t go wide until after it’s won its share of golden statues.
But this year AMC in the United States is hosting a special deal: On February 23 (the day before Awards) you’ll be able to see Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood, Atonement, Juno and No Country for Old Men back-to-back in your local participating AMC for $30. The fee also includes a large popcorn with unlimited refills.
If this has sparked your interest you can follow this link to find out if your local AMC is participating in this deal.
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It will take an upset of miraculous proportions now to prevent No Country for Old Men from winning the Best Picture Oscar when the Academy Awards are handed out February 24.
After receiving the Screen Actors Guild’s (SAG) Ensemble Cast Award, the Critics Choice Award, and the Director Guild (DGA) Award, Joel and Ethan Coen’s masterpiece now also grabbed the Producers Guild (PGA) Award this weekend, beating out fellow nominees There Will Be Blood, Juno, Michael Clayton and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
The last movie to win these four major Oscar predictors was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which went on to win all thirteen Academy Awards it was nominated for. No Country for Old Men is competing for eight Oscars.
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The Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) gave out their annual awards this weekend, with No Country for Old Men the big winner.
The DGA honor went to No Country directors Joel and Ethan Coen, who are the first two-person team to win it since Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins in 1961 for West Side Story. Their film also won the SAG Award for the Most Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture, while Javier Bardem was awarded Best Supporting actor for his role as Anton Chigurh.
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) and Julie Christie (Away From Her) took home the lead acting prizes, with Ruby Dee (American Gangster) a surprising winner for Best Supporting Actress.
Pending the results from the Producers Guild Awards No Country for Old Men is now in the driving seat to sweep the Best Picture and Directing Oscars come February 24, while Day-Lewis, Christie and Bardem have cemented their places.
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