69th Annual Golden Globes Awards (2012)

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, were held at the International Ballroom, Beverly Hilton Hotel, 15 January 2012:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER : The Descendants (2011)

Other Nominees: The Help (2011); Hugo (2011/II); The Ides of March (2011); Moneyball (2011); War Horse (2011)


Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER: The Artist (2011)

Other Nominees: Bridesmaids (2011); 50/50 (2011); Midnight in Paris (2011); My Week with Marilyn (2011)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER: George Clooney for The Descendants (2011)

Other Nominees:Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar (2011); Michael Fassbender for Shame (2011); Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March (2011); Brad Pitt for Moneyball (2011)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER : Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady (2011)

Other Nominees:Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs (2011); Viola Davis for The Help (2011); Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011); Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)

Other Nominees: Brendan Gleeson for The Guard (2011); Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50 (2011); Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011); Owen Wilson for Midnight in Paris (2011)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Other Nominees: Jodie Foster for Carnage (2011); Charlize Theron for Young Adult (2011); Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids (2011); Kate Winslet for Carnage (2011)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER : Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)

Other Nominees: Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn (2011); Albert Brooks for Drive (2011); Jonah Hill for Moneyball (2011); Viggo Mortensen for A Dangerous Method (2011)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER : Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011)

Other Nominees: Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (2011); Jessica Chastain for The Help (2011) ; Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs (2011); Shailene Woodley for The Descendants (2011)


Best Director - Motion Picture
WINNER : Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011/II)

Other Nominees: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2011); George Clooney for The Ides of March (2011); Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011) ; Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)


Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
WINNER : Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen

Other Nominees: The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius ; The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash ; The Ides of March (2011): George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon ; Moneyball (2011): Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
WINNER : W.E. (2011): Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry("Masterpiece")

Other Nominees: Albert Nobbs (2011): Brian Byrne, Glenn Close("Lay Your Head Down"); Gnomeo & Juliet (2011): Elton John, Bernie Taupin("Hello Hello"); The Help (2011): Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas("The Living Proof"); Machine Gun Preacher (2011): Chris Cornell("The Keeper")


Best Original Score - Motion Picture
WINNER : The Artist (2011): Ludovic Bource

Other Nominees: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; Hugo (2011/II): Howard Shore; War Horse (2011): John Williams; W.E. (2011): Abel Korzeniowski


Best Animated Film
WINNER : The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Other Nominees: Arthur Christmas (2011) ; Cars 2 (2011) ; Puss in Boots (2011) ; Rango (2011)


Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER : A Separation (2011)(Iran)

Other Nominees:The Flowers of War (2011)(China) ; In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)(USA) ; The Kid with a Bike (2011)(Belgium); The Skin I Live In (2011)(Spain)


Best Television Series - Drama
WINNER : "Homeland" (2011)

Other Nominees: "American Horror Story" (2011) ; "Boardwalk Empire" (2010) ; "Boss" (2011); "Game of Thrones" (2011)


Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : "Modern Family" (2009)

Other Nominees: "Enlightened" (2011) ; "Episodes" (2011) ; "Glee" (2009) ; "New Girl" (2011)


Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Other Nominees: Cinema Verite (2011) (TV) ; "The Hour" (2011) ; "Mildred Pierce" (2011); Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER : Kelsey Grammer for "Boss" (2011)

Other Nominees: Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010) ; Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008); Jeremy Irons for "The Borgias" (2011) ; Damian Lewis for "Homeland" (2011)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER : Claire Danes for "Homeland" (2011)

Other Nominees: Mireille Enos for "The Killing" (2011) ; Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)' Madeleine Stowe for "Revenge" (2011) ; Callie Thorne for "Necessary Roughness" (2011)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes" (2011)

Other Nominees: Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006); David Duchovny for Californication" (2007); Johnny Galecki for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007); Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : Laura Dern for "Enlightened" (2011)

Other Nominees: Zooey Deschanel for "New Girl" (2011) ; Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006); Laura Linney for "The Big C" (2010) ; Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation" (2009)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : Idris Elba for "Luther" (2010)

Other Nominees: Hugh Bonneville for "Downton Abbey" (2010) ; William Hurt for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV); Bill Nighy for Page Eight (2011) (TV) ; Dominic West for "The Hour" (2011)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : Kate Winslet for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

Other Nominees: Romola Garai for "The Hour" (2011) ; Diane Lane for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV); Elizabeth McGovern for "Downton Abbey" (2010) ; Emily Watson for "Appropriate Adult" (2011)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones" (2011)

Other Nominees: Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV); Guy Pearce for "Mildred Pierce" (2011); Tim Robbins for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV) ; Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family" (2009)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Other Nominees: Kelly Macdonald for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010); Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey" (2010) ; Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family" (2009); Evan Rachel Wood for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

Academy Awards 2011

The winners and nominees of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, held 27 January 2011:

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The King's Speech
Other Nominees: 127 Hours ; Black Swan ; The Fighter ; Inception ; The Kids Are All Right ; The Social Network ; Toy Story 3 ; True Grit ; Winter's Bone


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth for The King's Speech
Other Nominees: Javier Bardem for Biutiful ; Jeff Bridges for True Grit ; Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network ; James Franco for 127 Hours


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Other Nominees: Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right ; Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole ; Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone ; Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter
Other Nominees: John Hawkes for Winter's Bone; Jeremy Renner for The Town ; Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right ; Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Other Nominees: Amy Adams for The Fighter ; Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech ; Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit ; Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom


Best Achievement in Directing
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
Other Nominees: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan ; Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit ; David Fincher for The Social Network ; David O. Russell for The Fighter


Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The King's Speech - David Seidler
Other Nominees: Another Year - Mike Leigh ; The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington ; Inception - Christopher Nolan ; The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg


Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy; Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich ; True Grit - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ; Winter's Bone - Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini


Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich
Other Nominees: How to Train Your Dragon - Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders ; The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
In a Better World - Susanne Bier(Denmark)
Other Nominees: Biutiful - Alejandro González Iñárritu(Mexico); Dogtooth - Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece) ; Incendies - Denis Villeneuve(Canada) ; Outside the Law - Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)


Best Achievement in Cinematography
Inception - Wally Pfister
Other Nominees: Black Swan - Matthew Libatique ; The King's Speech - Danny Cohen ; The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth ; True Grit - Roger Deakins


Best Achievement in Editing
The Social Network - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - Jon Harris ; Black Swan - Andrew Weisblum ; The Fighter - Pamela Martin ; The King's Speech - Tariq Anwar


Best Achievement in Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
Other Nominees: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan ; Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat; The King's Speech - Eve Stewart, Judy Farr ; True Grit - Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh


Best Achievement in Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
Other Nominees: I Am Love - Antonella Cannarozzi ; The King's Speech - Jenny Beavan ; The Tempest - Sandy Powell ; True Grit - Mary Zophres


Best Achievement in Makeup
The Wolfman - Rick Baker, Dave Elsey
Other Nominees: Barney's Version - Adrien Morot ; The Way Back - Edouard F. Henriques, Greg Funk, Yolanda Toussieng


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Social Network - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - A.R. Rahman ; How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell ; Inception - Hans Zimmer ; The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Toy Story 3 - Randy Newman("We Belong Together")
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - A.R. Rahman, , Dido("If I Rise") ; Country Strong - Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home") ; Tangled - Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")


Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Inception - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
Other Nominees: The King's Speech - Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley ; Salt - Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell ; The Social Network - Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten ; True Grit - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland


Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Inception - Richard King
Other Nominees: Toy Story 3 - Tom Myers, Michael Silvers ; TRON: Legacy - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague ; True Grit - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey ; Unstoppable - Mark P. Stoeckinger


Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Inception - Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Other Nominees: Alice in Wonderland - Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips ; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi ; Hereafter - Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell ; Iron Man 2 - Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick


Best Documentary, Features
Inside Job - Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Other Nominees: Exit Through the Gift Shop - Banksy, Jaimie D'Cruz ; GasLand - Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic ; Restrepo - Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger ; Waste Land - Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley


Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Strangers No More - Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Other Nominees: Killing in the Name - Jed Rothstein ; Poster Girl - Sara Nesson, Mitchell Block ; Sun Come Up - Jennifer Redfearn, Tim Metzger ; The Warriors of Qiugang - Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon


Best Short Film, Animated
The Lost Thing - Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
Other Nominees: Day & Night - Teddy Newton ; The Gruffalo - Jakob Schuh, Max Lang ; Let's Pollute - Geefwee Boedoe ; Madagascar, a Journey Diary - Bastien Dubois


Best Short Film, Live Action
God of Love - Luke Matheny
Other Nominees: The Confession - Tanel Toom ; The Crush - Michael Creagh ; Na Wewe - Ivan Goldschmidt ; Wish 143 - Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite

BAFTA's 2011

Best Film
WINNER : The King's Speech
Other Nominees: Black Swan ; Inception ; The Social Network ; True Grit

Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year
WINNER : The King's Speech
Other Nominees: 127 Hours ; Another Year ; Four Lions ; Made in Dagenham

Best Actor
WINNER : Colin Firth for The King's Speech
Other Nominees: Javier Bardem for Biutiful ; Jeff Bridges for True Grit ; Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network ; James Franco for 127 Hours

Best Actress
WINNER : Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Other Nominees: Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right ; Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right ; Noomi Rapace for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ; Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit

Best Supporting Actor
WINNER : Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
Other Nominees: Christian Bale for The Fighter ; Andrew Garfield for The Social Network ; Pete Postlethwaite for The Town ; Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right

Best Supporting Actress
WINNER : Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
Other Nominees: Amy Adams for The Fighter ; Barbara Hershey for Black Swan ; Lesley Manville for Another Year ; Miranda Richardson for Made in Dagenham

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction
WINNER : David Fincher for The Social Network
Other Nominees: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan ; Danny Boyle for 127 Hours ; Tom Hooper for The King's Speech ; Christopher Nolan for Inception

Best Screenplay (Original)
WINNER : The King's Speech - David Seidler
Other Nominees: Black Swan - Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin ; The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson ; Inception - Christopher Nolan ; The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

Best Screenplay (Adapted)
WINNER : The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy ; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel ; Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt ; True Grit - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Best Cinematography
WINNER : True Grit - Roger Deakins
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak ; Black Swan - Matthew Libatique ; Inception - Wally Pfister ; The King's Speech - Danny Cohen

Best Editing
WINNER : The Social Network - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - Jon Harris ; Black Swan - Andrew Weisblum ; Inception - Lee Smith ; The King's Speech - Tariq Anwar

Best Production Design
WINNER : Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat
Other Nominees: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara ; Black Swan - Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson ; The King's Speech - Eve Stewart, Judy Farr ; True Grit - Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Best Costume Design
WINNER : Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
Other Nominees: Black Swan - Amy Westcott ; The King's Speech - Jenny Beavan ; Made in Dagenham - Louise Stjernsward ; True Grit - Mary Zophres

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
WINNER : The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - A.R. Rahman ; Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman ; How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell ; Inception - Hans Zimmer

Best Make Up/Hair
WINNER : Alice in Wonderland
Other Nominees: Black Swan ; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ; The King's Speech ; Made in Dagenham

Best Sound
WINNER : Inception
Other Nominees: 127 Hours ; Black Swan ; The King's Speech ; True Grit

Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
WINNER : Inception
Other Nominees: Alice in Wonderland ; Black Swan ; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ; Toy Story 3

Best Film not in the English Language
WINNER : The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Other Nominees: Biutiful ; I Am Love ; Of Gods and Men ; The Secret in Their Eyes

Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER : Toy Story 3
Other Nominees: Despicable Me ; How to Train Your Dragon

Orange Rising Star Award
WINNER : Tom Hardy
Other Nominees: Gemma Arterton ; Andrew Garfield ; Aaron Johnson ; Emma Stone

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
WINNER : Four Lions - Christopher Morris(Director/Writer)
Other Nominees: The Arbor - Clio Barnard, Tracy O'Riordan(Director, Producer) ; Exit Through the Gift Shop - Banksy, Jaimie D'Cruz(Director, Producer) ; Monsters - Gareth Edwards(Director/Writer); Skeletons - Nick Whitfield(Director/Writer)

Best Short Animation
WINNER : The Eagleman Stag
Other Nominees: Matter Fisher ; Thursday

Best Short Film
WINNER : Until the River Runs Red
Other Nominees: Connect ; Lin ; Rite ; Turning

68th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Held 16 January 2011

Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER The Social Network
Other Nominees: Black Swan ; The Fighter ; Inception ; The King's Speech.


Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER The Kids Are All Right
Other Nominees: Alice in Wonderland ; Burlesque ; Red ; The Tourist.


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER Colin Firth for The King's Speech
Other Nominees: Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network ; James Franco for 127 Hours ; Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine ; Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter.


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Other Nominees: Halle Berry for Frankie and Alice ; Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole ; Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone ; Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine.


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version
Other Nominees: Johnny Depp for The Tourist ; Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland ; Jake Gyllenhaal for Love and Other Drugs ; Kevin Spacey for Casino Jack.


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Other Nominees: Anne Hathaway for Love and Other Drugs ; Angelina Jolie for The Tourist ; Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right ; Emma Stone for Easy A.


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER Christian Bale for The Fighter
Other Nominees: Michael Douglas for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ; Andrew Garfield for The Social Network ; Jeremy Renner for The Town ; Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Other Nominees: Amy Adams for The Fighter ; Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech ; Mila Kunis for Black Swan ; Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom.


Best Director - Motion Picture
WINNER David Fincher for The Social Network
Other Nominees: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan ; Tom Hooper for The King's Speech ;
Christopher Nolan for Inception ; David O. Russell for The Fighter.


Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
WINNER The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy ; Inception - Christopher Nolan ; The Kids Are All Right - Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko; The King's Speech - David Seidler


Best Original Song - Motion Picture
WINNER Burlesque - Diane Warren("You Haven't Seen The Last of Me")
Other Nominees: Burlesque - Samuel Dixon, Christina Aguilera, Sia Furler("Bound to You"); Country Strong - Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home"); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey("There's A Place For Us") ; Tangled - Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")


Best Original Score - Motion Picture
WINNER The Social Network - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Other Nominees: 127 Hours - A.R. Rahman ; Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman ; Inception - Hans Zimmer ; The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat


Best Animated Film
WINNER Toy Story 3
Other Nominees: Despicable Me ; How to Train Your Dragon ; The Illusionist ; Tangled.


Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER In a Better World (Denmark)
Other Nominees: Biutiful (Mexico/Spain); The Concert (France); The Edge (Russia); I Am Love (Italy)


Best Television Series - Drama
WINNER "Boardwalk Empire"
Other Nominees: "Dexter" ; "The Good Wife" ; "Mad Men" ; "The Walking Dead"


Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER "Glee"
Other Nominees: "The Big Bang Theory" ; "The Big C" ; "Modern Family" ; "Nurse Jackie" ; "30 Rock".


Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER "Carlos"
Other Nominees: "The Pacific" ; "The Pillars of the Earth" ; Temple Grandin ; You Don't Know Jack.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER Al Pacino for You Don't Know Jack
Other Nominees: Idris Elba for "Luther" ; Ian McShane for "The Pillars of the Earth" ; Dennis Quaid for The Special Relationship ; Édgar Ramírez for "Carlos"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER Claire Danes for Temple Grandin
Other Nominees: Hayley Atwell for "The Pillars of the Earth" ; Judi Dench for "Cranford" ; Romola Garai for "Emma" ; Jennifer Love Hewitt for The Client List.


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Jim Parsons for "The Big Bang Theory"
Other Nominees: Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" ; Steve Carell for "The Office: US Version" ; Thomas Jane for "Hung" ; Matthew Morrison for "Glee"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER Laura Linney for "The Big C"
Other Nominees: Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" ; Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" ; Tina Fey for "30 Rock" ; Lea Michele for "Glee"


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire"
Other Nominees: Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" ; Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" ;
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" ; Hugh Laurie for "House"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER Katey Sagal for "Sons of Anarchy"
Other Nominees: Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" ; Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men" ; Piper Perabo for "Covert Affairs" ; Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer"


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER Chris Colfer for "Glee"
Other Nominees: Scott Caan for "Hawaii Five-0" ; Chris Noth for "The Good Wife" ; Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family" ; David Strathairn for Temple Grandin


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER Jane Lynch for "Glee"
Other Nominees: Hope Davis for The Special Relationship ; Kelly Macdonald for "Boardwalk Empire" ; Julia Stiles for "Dexter" ; Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family"

16th Annual Critics Choice Awards

Held 14 January 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium.

Best Picture
The Social Network

Other Nominees: 127 Hours; Black Swan ; The Fighter; Inception ; The King's Speech ; The Town ; Toy Story 3 ; True Grit; Winter's Bone.


Best Actor
Colin Firth for The King's Speech

Other Nominees: Jeff Bridges for True Grit; Robert Duvall for Get Low ; Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network ; James Franco for 127 Hours ; Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine.


Best Actress
Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Other Nominees: Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right; Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole ; Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone ; Noomi Rapace for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ; Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine.


Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale for The Fighter

Other Nominees:
Andrew Garfield for The Social Network ; Jeremy Renner for The Town ; Sam Rockwell for Conviction ; Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right ; Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech.


Best Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Other Nominees: Amy Adams for The Fighter ; Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech ; Mila Kunis for Black Swan ; Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit ; Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom.


Best Acting Ensemble
The Fighter

Other Nominees: The Kids Are All Right ; The King's Speech ; The Social Network ;
The Town.


Best Director
David Fincher for The Social Network

Other Nominees: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan ; Danny Boyle for 127 Hours ; Joel Coen, Ethan Coen for True Grit ; Tom Hooper for The King's Speech ; Christopher Nolan for Inception.


Best Original Screenplay
The King's Speech - David Seidler

Other Nominees: Another Year - Mike Leigh ; Black Swan - Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin ; The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson ; Inception - Christopher Nolan ; The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg


Best Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin

Other Nominees: 127 Hours - Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle ; The Town - Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, Sheldon Turner ; Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich ; True Grit - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ; Winter's Bone - Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini


Best Animated Feature
Toy Story 3

Other Nominees: Despicable Me ; How to Train Your Dragon ; The Illusionist ; Tangled.


Best Young Actor/Actress
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit

Other Nominees: Elle Fanning for Somewhere ; Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone ; Chloe Moretz for Let Me In ; Chloe Moretz for Kick-Ass ; Kodi Smit-McPhee for Let Me In.


Best Action Movie
Inception

Other Nominees: Kick-Ass ; Red ; The Town ; Unstoppable.


Best Comedy Movie
Easy A

Other Nominees: Cyrus ; Date Night ; Get Him to the Greek ; I Love You Phillip Morris ; The Other Guys.


Best Foreign Language Film
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Other Nominees: Biutiful ; I Am Love.


Best Documentary Feature
Waiting for Superman

Other Nominees: Exit Through the Gift Shop ; Inside Job ; Restrepo ; Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work ; The Tillman Story.


Best Song
127 Hours ("If I Rise")

Other Nominees: Burlesque ("You Haven't Seen the Last of Me Yet") ; Tangled ("I See the Light") ; Toy Story 3 ("We Belong Together") ; Waiting for Superman ("Shine")


Best Composer
The Social Network - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Other Nominees: Black Swan - Clint Mansell ; Inception - Hans Zimmer ; The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat ; True Grit - Carter Burwell


Best Picture Made for Television
"The Pacific"

Other Nominees: Temple Grandin ; You Don't Know Jack.


Best Cinematography
Inception

Other Nominees: 127 Hours ; Black Swan ; The King's Speech ; True Grit.


Best Art Direction
Inception

Other Nominees: Alice in Wonderland ; Black Swan ; The King's Speech ; True Grit.


Best Editing
Inception

Other Nominees: 127 Hours ; Black Swan ; The Social Network.


Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland

Other Nominees: Black Swan ; The King's Speech ; True Grit.


Best Makeup
Alice in Wonderland

Other Nominees: Black Swan ; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1


Best Visual Effects
Inception

Other Nominees: Alice in Wonderland ; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ; TRON: Legacy.


Best Sound
Inception

Other Nominees: 127 Hours ; Black Swan ; The Social Network ; Toy Story 3

2010 Academy Awards

L to R: Sandra Bullock, best actress winner ; Kathryn Bigelow winner of best director for the best movie, the Hurt Locker ; Jeff Bridges, best actor winner.


The 2010 Academy Awards was a glittering affair and rightly so. Dominated by wins by The Hurt Locker, these were the winners and nominees:


Best Motion Picture of the Year
WINNER : The Hurt Locker
Other Nominees: Avatar ; The Blind Side; District 9 ; An Education ; Inglourious Basterds ; Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire ; A Serious Man ; Up ;
Up in the Air


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER : Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Other Nominees: George Clooney for Up in the Air ; Colin Firth for A Single Man ; Morgan Freeman for Invictus ; Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker.


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER : Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Other Nominees: Helen Mirren for The Last Station ; Carey Mulligan for An Education ;
Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire ; Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER : Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Other Nominees: Matt Damon for Invictus ; Woody Harrelson for The Messenger ; Christopher Plummer for The Last Station ; Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER : Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Other Nominees: Penélope Cruz for Nine ; Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air ; Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart ; Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air


Best Achievement in Directing
WINNER : Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Other Nominees: James Cameron for Avatar ; Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire ; Jason Reitman for Up in the Air ; Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds


Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
WINNER : The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
Other Nominees: Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino ; The Messenger - Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman ; A Serious Man - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ; Up - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy


Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
WINNER : Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Geoffrey Fletcher
Other Nominees: District 9 - Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell ; An Education - Nick Hornby ; In the Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche ; Up in the Air - Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner


Best Achievement in Cinematography
WINNER : Avatar - Mauro Fiore
Other Nominees: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte - Christian Berger ; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Bruno Delbonnel ; The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd ; Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson


Best Achievement in Editing
WINNER : The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Other Nominees: Avatar - Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron ; District 9 - Julian Clarke ; Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke ; Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Joe Klotz


Best Achievement in Art Direction
WINNER : Avatar - Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Other Nominees: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith ; Nine - John Myhre, Gordon Sim ; Sherlock Holmes - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer ; The Young Victoria - Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray


Best Achievement in Costume Design
WINNER : The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell
Other Nominees: Bright Star - Janet Patterson ; Coco avant Chanel - Catherine Leterrier ; The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Monique Prudhomme ; Nine - Colleen Atwood


Best Achievement in Makeup
WINNER : Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Other Nominees: Il divo - Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano ; The Young Victoria - John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
WINNER : Up - Michael Giacchino
Other Nominees: Avatar - James Horner ; Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat ; The Hurt Locker - Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders ; Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
WINNER : Crazy Heart - T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Other Nominees: Faubourg 36 (2008): Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas("Loin de Paname"); Nine - Maury Yeston("Take It All") ; The Princess and the Frog - Randy Newman("Almost There"); The Princess and the Frog - Randy Newman("Down in New Orleans")


Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
WINNER : The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
Other Nominees: Avatar - Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson ; Inglourious Basterds - Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano ; Star Trek - Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin ; Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson


Best Achievement in Sound Editing
WINNER : The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson
Other Nominees: Avatar - Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle ; Inglourious Basterds - Wylie Stateman ; Star Trek - Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin ; Up - Michael Silvers, Tom Myers


Best Achievement in Visual Effects
WINNER : Avatar - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Other Nominees: District 9 - Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken ; Star Trek - Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton


Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
WINNER : Up - Pete Docter
Other Nominees: Coraline - Henry Selick ; Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson ; The Princess and the Frog - John Musker, Ron Clements ; The Secret of Kells - Tomm Moore


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
WINNER : El secreto de sus ojos (Argentina)
Other Nominees: Ajami (Israel); Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (Germany); Un prophète (France); La teta asustada (Peru)


Best Documentary, Features
WINNER : The Cove - Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens
Other Nominees: Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land - Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller ; Food, Inc. - Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein ; The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers - Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith ; Which Way Home - Rebecca Cammisa


Best Documentary, Short Subjects
WINNER : Music by Prudence - Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett
Other Nominees: China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province - Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill ; The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner - Daniel Junge, Henry Ansbacher ; The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant - Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert ; Królik po berlinsku - Bartosz Konopka, Anna Wydra


Best Short Film, Animated
WINNER : Logorama - Nicolas Schmerkin
Other Nominees: French Roast - Fabrice Joubert ; Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty - Nicky Phelan, Darragh O'Connell ; La dama y la muerte - Javier Recio Gracia ; Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'- Nick Park


Best Short Film, Live Action
WINNER : The New Tenants - Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson
Other Nominees: The Door - Juanita Wilson, James Flynn ; Istället för abrakadabra - Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjällström ; Kavi - Gregg Helvey ; Miracle Fish - Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey

2010 BAFTAs

Earlier this week the 2010 BAFTAs were held in London. Here are the results:

Best Film
WINNER : The Hurt Locker (2008)
Other Nominees: Avatar (2009); An Education (2009); Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009); Up in the Air (2009/I)


Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year
WINNER : Fish Tank (2009)
Other Nominees: An Education (2009); In the Loop (2009); Moon (2009) ; Nowhere Boy (2009


Best Actor
WINNER : Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
Other Nominees: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009); George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009); Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008) ; Andy Serkis for Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)


Best Actress
WINNER : Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
Other Nominees: Saoirse Ronan for The Lovely Bones (2009) ; Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) ; Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009) ; Audrey Tautou for Coco avant Chanel (2009)


Best Supporting Actor
WINNER : Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Other Nominees: Alec Baldwin for It's Complicated (2009) ; Christian McKay for Me and Orson Welles (2008) ; Alfred Molina for An Education (2009) ; Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)


Best Supporting Actress
WINNER : Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Other Nominees: Anne-Marie Duff for Nowhere Boy (2009) ; Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009) ; Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009) ; Kristin Scott Thomas for Nowhere Boy (2009)

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction
WINNER : Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Other Nominees: Neill Blomkamp for District 9 (2009) ; James Cameron for Avatar (2009); Lone Scherfig for An Education (2009) ; Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)


Best Screenplay (Original)
WINNER : The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
Other Nominees: The Hangover (2009): Jon Lucas, Scott Moore ; Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino ; A Serious Man (2009): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen ; Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter


Best Screenplay (Adapted)
WINNER : Up in the Air (2009): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Other Nominees: District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell ; An Education (2009): Nick Hornby ; In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche ; Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher


Best Cinematography
WINNER : The Hurt Locker (2008)
Other Nominees: Avatar (2009) ; District 9 (2009) ; Inglourious Basterds (2009); The Road (2009)


Best Editing
WINNER : The Hurt Locker (2008)
Other Nominees: Avatar (2009) ; District 9 (2009) ;Inglourious Basterds (2009) ; Up in the Air (2009)


Best Production Design
WINNER : Avatar (2009)
Other Nominees: District 9 (2009); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) ;
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) ; Inglourious Basterds (2009)


Best Costume Design
WINNER : The Young Victoria (2009)
Other Nominees: Bright Star (2009) ; Coco avant Chanel (2009) ; An Education (2009) ;
A Single Man (2009)


Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
WINNER : Up (2009): Michael Giacchino
Other Nominees: Avatar (2009): James Horner ; Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton ; Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat ; Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010): Chaz Jankel


Best Make Up/Hair
WINNER : The Young Victoria (2009)
Other Nominees: Coco avant Chanel (2009) ; An Education (2009) ; The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) ; Nine (2009)


Best Sound
WINNER : The Hurt Locker (2008)
Other Nominees: Avatar (2009) ; District 9 (2009) ; Star Trek (2009) ; Up (2009)


Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
WINNER : Avatar (2009)
Other Nominees: District 9 (2009) ; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) ; The Hurt Locker (2008); Star Trek (2009)


Best Film not in the English Language
WINNER : Un prophète (2009)
Other Nominees: Los abrazos rotos (2009) ; Coco avant Chanel (2009) ; Låt den rätte komma in (2008) ; Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)


Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER : Up (2009)
Other Nominees: Coraline (2009) ; Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Orange Rising Star Award
WINNER : Kristen Stewart
Other Nominees: Jesse Eisenberg ; Nicholas Hoult ; Carey Mulligan ; Tahar Rahim


Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer
WINNER : Duncan Jones for Moon (2009)(Director)
Other Nominees: Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson for Mugabe and the White African (2009)(Directors, Producers) ; Eran Creevy for Shifty (2008)(Writer/Director) ; Stuart Hazeldine for Exam (2009)(Writer/Director) ; Sam Taylor Wood for Nowhere Boy (2009)(Director)


Best Short Animation
WINNER : Mother of Many
Other Nominees: The Gruffalo (2009); The Happy Duckling (2008)


Best Short Film
WINNER : I Do Air (2009)
Other Nominees: 14 (2008) ; Jade (2009) ; Mixtape (2009) ; Off Season (2009)

Some bestselling books and award winners from 2009

I picked up a great reading guide from my local bookshop call "the Independent Book Guide" (Summer 2009) put out by a group of Australian independent booksellers.

Here are some interesting lists from the guide.

Bestsellers 2009 (Jan-Oct):

Fiction

The elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Breath by Tim Winton
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Non Fiction

Dreams From My Father by Barak Obama
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
The Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama
Heaven and Earth by Ian Plimer
Geed Me Now by Bill Granger
The House At Salvation Creek by Susan Duncan
The SMH Food Guide
A Lion Called Christan by Bourke and Rendell

Children's books

Twilight Saga
The Diary of A Whimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
The Henderson Boys by Robert Muchamore
Zac Power by H I Larry
Cherub by Robert Muchamore
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
The Magic Ballerina by Darcey Bussell
The 39 Clues by various authors
Harry Potter by J K Rowling
Grug by Ted Prior
Rainbow Magic by Daisy Meadows

Other children's bestsellers not necessarily part of a series were:

Evernight by Claudia Gray
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Imagine by Alison Lester
Where Is The Green Sheep by Mem Fox
Ten Little Fingers by Mem Fox
Tales of Beedle the Bard by J K Rowling
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. Awdry
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Todd
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

The booklet also mentioned some 2009 award winners:

The Crime Writers Association 2009 Gold Dagger Awards

Winner:
A Whispered Nam by William Brodrick

Shorlist:
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
In the Dark by Mark Billingham
Hit and Run by Lawrence Block
A Whispered Name by William Brodrick
The Coroner by M R Hall
Dark Times in the City by Gene Kerrigan

The Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Award 2009
(decided by popular vote of independent bookshops Australia wide). Prize: $15,000 AUD

Category Winners:
Non Fiction - The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
Debut Fiction - The Virtuoso by Sonia Orchard
Children's book - Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy and Heather Potter
Fiction - Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

The overall award went to the Fiction winner, Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey.


The Miles Franklin Award 2009
(Awarded for the novel of the year which is of "the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases"). Prize: $42,000AUD

Shortlist:
Breath by Tim Winton
Ice by Louis Nowra
The Pages by Murray Bail
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Wanting by Richard Flanagan

Winner: Breath by Tim Winton

The Orange Prize for Fiction 2009
(open only to women, established by journalists and publishers). Prize: 30,000 pounds

Shortlist:
Scottsboro by Ellen Feldman
The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden
Home by Marilynne Robinson
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie

Winner: Home by Marilynne Robinson


The Man Booker Award 2009
(awarded to works of literary fiction written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or the republic o Ireland). Prize: 50,000 pounds.

Shorlist:
The Children's Book by A S Byatt
Summertime by J M Coetzee
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

Winner: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

The 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Finalists:
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
All Souls by Christine Schutt
Oliver Kitterdige by Elizabeth Strout

Winner: Olive Kitterdige by Elizabeth Strout



Looks like I have some reading to do!

2010 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards

Announced Saturday 23 January 2010

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Inglourious Basterds (2009)


Other Nominees: An Education (2009); The Hurt Locker (2008) ; Nine (2009); Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER : Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

Other Nominees: George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I); Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009) ; Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009) ; Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER : Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

Other Nominees: Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009); Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009) ; Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) ; Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER : Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Other Nominees: Matt Damon for Invictus (2009); Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I) ; Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009); Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER : Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Other Nominees: Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009); Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I) ; Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I) ; Diane Kruger for Inglourious Basterds (2009)


Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
WINNER : "Glee" (2009)

Other Nominees: "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000); "Modern Family" (2009) ; "The Office" (2005) ; "30 Rock" (2006)


Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
WINNER : "Mad Men" (2007)

Other Nominees: "The Closer" (2005); "Dexter" (2006); "The Good Wife" (2009) ;"True Blood" (2008)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER : Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Other Nominees: Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005) ; Larry David for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000) ; Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002) ;Charlie Sheen for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER : Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Other Nominees: Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007) ; Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009) ; Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009) ; Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER : Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

Other Nominees: Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008) ; Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008) ; Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007) ; Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER : Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Other Nominees: Patricia Arquette for "Medium" (2005); Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007) ; Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) ; Holly Hunter for "Saving Grace" (2007) ; Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
WINNER : Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees: Cuba Gooding Jr. for Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) (TV) ; Jeremy Irons for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV) ; Kevin Kline for "Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac (#37.8)" (2008) ; Tom Wilkinson for A Number (2008) (TV)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
WINNER : Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees: Joan Allen for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV) ; Ruby Dee for America (2009) (TV) ; Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV) ; Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)

67th Annual Golden Globes Awards

Held 17 January 2010

Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER : Avatar (2009)

Other Nominees: The Hurt Locker (2008) ; Inglourious Basterds (2009) ; Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) ; Up in the Air (2009/I)


Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : The Hangover (2009)

Other Nominees: (500) Days of Summer (2009) ; It's Complicated (2009) ; Julie & Julia (2009) ; Nine (2009)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER : Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

Other Nominees: George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I) ; Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009) ; Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009) ; Tobey Maguire for Brothers (2009/I)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER : Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

Other Nominees: Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria (2009) ; Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009) ; Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009) ; Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER: Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Other Nominees: Matt Damon for The Informant! (2009) ; Daniel Day-Lewis for Nine (2009) ; Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer (2009) ; Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man (2009)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Other Nominees: Sandra Bullock for The Proposal (2009/I) ; Marion Cotillard for Nine (2009) ; Julia Roberts for Duplicity (2009) ; Meryl Streep for It's Complicated (2009)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER : Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Other Nominees: Matt Damon for Invictus (2009) ; Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I) ; Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009); Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER : Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Other Nominees: Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009); Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I) ; Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I); Julianne Moore for A Single Man (2009)


Best Director - Motion Picture
WINNER : James Cameron for Avatar (2009)

Other Nominees: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008) ; Clint Eastwood for Invictus (2009) ; Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I) ; Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)


Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
WINNER : Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Other Nominees: District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell ; The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal ; Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino ; It's Complicated (2009): Nancy Meyers


Best Original Song - Motion Picture
WINNER : Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")

Other Nominees: Avatar (2009): James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell("I See You"); Brothers (2009/I): U2, Bono("Winter") ; Everybody's Fine (2009): Paul McCartney("(I Want To) Come Home") ; Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Cinema Italiano")


Best Original Score - Motion Picture
WINNER: Up (2009): Michael Giacchino

Other Nominees: Avatar (2009): James Horner ; The Informant! (2009): Marvin Hamlisch ; A Single Man (2009): Abel Korzeniowski ; Where the Wild Things Are (2009): Carter Burwell, Karen Orzolek


Best Animated Film
WINNER: Up (2009)

Other Nominees: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) ; Coraline (2009); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); The Princess and the Frog (2009)


Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER : Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)

Other Nominees: Los abrazos rotos (2009) ; Baarìa (2009) ; La nana (2009); Un prophète (2009)


Best Television Series - Drama
WINNER: "Mad Men" (2007)

Other Nominees: "Big Love" (2006) ; "Dexter" (2006) ; "House M.D." (2004) ; "True Blood" (2008)


Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : "Glee" (2009)

Other Nominees: "Entourage" (2004) ; "Modern Family" (2009) ; "The Office" (2005) ; "30 Rock" (2006)


Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees: Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV) ; Into the Storm (2009) (TV) ; "Little Dorrit" (2008); Taking Chance (2009) (TV)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees: Kenneth Branagh for "Wallander" (2008) ; Chiwetel Ejiofor for Endgame (2009) ; Brendan Gleeson for Into the Storm (2009) (TV) ; Jeremy Irons for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Other Nominees: Joan Allen for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV) ; Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV) ; Anna Paquin for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV) ; Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Other Nominees: Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005) ; David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007) ; Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009) ; Matthew Morrison for "Glee" (2009)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER : Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)

Other Nominees: Courteney Cox for "Cougar Town" (2009); Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009); Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006) ; Lea Michele for "Glee" (2009)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER : Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

Other Nominees: Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008) ; Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007) ; Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004) ; Bill Paxton for "Big Love" (2006)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER : Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Other Nominees: Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007) ; January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007); Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2008) ; Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER: John Lithgow for "Dexter" (2006)

Other Nominees: Michael Emerson for "Lost" (2004) ; Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005) ; William Hurt for "Damages" (2007) ; Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER : Chloë Sevigny for "Big Love" (2006)

Other Nominees: Jane Adams for "Hung" (2009); Rose Byrne for "Damages" (2007) ; Jane Lynch for "Glee" (2009); Janet McTeer for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)