Are being announced in 10 minutes!!! GO Jamie Foxx! GO Hillary Swank! Go Clint Eastwood (best director)! GO Virginia Madsen!

YAAAAAY! Just heard announcements...everyone I stated above just got their props....who hoo!!!

JAMIE FOXX! 2 actor nominations!!! Has that happened before in Oscar history?
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purplegypsy said:

yes...its happened six times.....


Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter come to mind..However, this is the first African American to recieve two nominations at the same time..Sigourney lost both her chances and Hunter won one (The Piano)....

And Hillary Swank and Annette Benig will be going at it again (1999 underdog Swank won for BOYS DON't CRY over Being in AMERICAN BEAUTY)...should be interesting!

sosgemini said:

Yeah, and Julianne Moore lost both (actress for Far From Heaven and supp actress for The Hours) in 2003.

RipHer2Shreds said:

ahh..that was the recent one..i kept thinking it was Kidman who was double nom'd that year.....I had forgotten it was Moore (who was much better then Kidman in Hours and deserved to win for Far From Heaven)...Okay,so that leaves three other double noms.....Lets see if we can name them all..

"The Aviator" Buzzes Oscar Nods
By Joal Ryan

Howard Hughes wouldn't want to wash his hands of this affair--not with 11 Oscar nominations at stake.

The Aviator, Martin Scorsese's epic biopic of the obsessive-compulsive mogul, flew high as the field for the 77th Academy Awards (news - web sites) was announced Tuesday morning in Beverly Hills.

The film scored nominations in all the top categories--including Best Picture, Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio (news), for his Hughesian performance), Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett (news), for her take on Katharine Hepburn (news)), Best Supporting Actor (Alan Alda (news), in a surprise inclusion for his turn as a corrupt senator), Best Original Screenplay and Best Director (Scorsese). The nomination is the winless Scorsese's seventh overall.

Other top nominees: Finding Neverland and Million Dollar Baby, with seven nominations each, going up against The Aviator, Ray (six total nominations) and Sideways (a somewhat underwhelming five nods) for Best Picture.

In the Best Actor race: Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda); Johnny Depp (news) (Finding Neverland; DiCaprio; Clint Eastwood (news) (Million Dollar Baby); and big favorite Jamie Foxx (news) (Ray).

Annette Bening (news) (Being Julia) and Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) will restage a rematch of their 2000 Oscar race--a race won by Swank--in the Best Actress category. Their competition: Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace; Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake and Kate Winslet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).

Alda will vie for Best Supporting Actor against Golden Globe champs Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) and Clive Owen (Closer, as well as double-nominee Foxx (Collateral) and Morgan Freeman (news) (Million Dollar Baby).

Blanchett's fellow Best Supporting Actress nominees are: Laura Linney (Kinsey); Virginia Madsen (Sideways); Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda); and, Natalie Portman (Closer).

The awards will be handed out Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Here's a rundown of major nominees for the 77th Academy Awards.

Best Picture:
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
Sideways

Best Director:
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford, Ray
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Mike Leigh, Vera Drake

Best Actor:
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland(Miramax)
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Jamie Foxx, Ray(Universal)

Best Actress:
Annette Bening, Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Supporting Actor:
Alan Alda, The Aviator
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen, Closer

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman, Closer

Best Animated Feature:
The Incredibles
Shark Tale
Shrek 2

Original Screenplay:
The Aviator, written by John Logan
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
Hotel Rwanda, written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
The Incredibles, written by Brad Bird
Vera Drake, written by Mike Leigh

Adapted Screenplay:
Before Sunset, screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy (news) & Ethan Hawke (news); story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
Finding Neverland, screenplay by David Magee
Million Dollar Baby, screenplay by Paul Haggis
The Motorcycle Diaries, screenplay by Jos Rivera
Sideways, screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

Best Foreign-Language Film:
As It Is in Heaven, Sweden
The Chorus (Les Choristes), France
Downfall, Germany
The Sea Inside, Spain
Yesterday, South Africa

Hmm, although the noms are pretty good, I can't believe Mel Gibson or Cavezial (sp?) didn't get nominated for Passions of the Christ. Also, Paul Giamotti didn't get nominated for Sideways.

June7 said:

THey were afraid poor lil leonardo would boycott the Oscars once again like he did for TItanic when he didn't get nominated.

June7 said:

Passion was not recieved well by critics or Hollywood (many publically called the film anti-semetic)...aint no way Passion was going to get any major nominations....and im surpised it got the couple of noms it did...

I too am suprised Giamotti didnt get nominated..but then there were a quit a bit of write-ups leading up to nominations about the fact that the movie isnt that great..that critics loved it (and awarded it) so much because they saw themselves in Giamotti...an ugly looking critic who gets the pretty girl...

June7 said:

Maybe they didn't want to give any nominations to Gibson because he funds a church that has disgustingly anti-semitic views?

Ace said:

Politics aside, it was an incredibly moving film. Movies need to be based on their art, why the fuck are politics surrounding a movie... it's the art!!!
I know that I am naive for thinking that film should be based on the content of the film... politics are everywhere.

Oh, and Fahrenheit 9/11 didn't get nominated for best documentary!!! More politics...

June7 said:

Nope, it's because Moore submitted it for Best Picture instead, thinking he had a shot. If it's not submitted it can't be nominated.

June7 said:

moore (and his distributers) decided not to submit it for best documentary...

and if your looking at Passion for art? the film was nothing but violence.....if this was a film about anyone but jesus the christian right would be all over it and asking people to boycott it...the content of Passions was not there and thats why critics and hollywood panned it.....its an exploitaton film at best.....and not a good one at that.

Alan Alda, huh? Where the fuck did that one come from? Of course now the old geezer votes will split between Morgan Freeman and Alda, handing it to Clive Owen. How pathetic. Apparently saying "cunt" a lot and acting like a male ice queen for 2 hours gets you an Oscar. Oh well, if Liz Taylor could win for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf....

At least Before Sunset got a screenplay nom, and that piece of shit Closer was not nominated for best picture or screenplay. I was hoping for an actress nomination for Julie Delpy, however. I guess Alan was the surprise, instead.
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June7 said:

I dunno. If Hitler had made a really cool flick, would you shower him with awards? Politics are everywhere. That is the reality of life.

sosgemini said:

I tend to agree SOS, but I think this one should pick up Best Makeup. I'll be running to the kitchen when that award is presented
anyway.

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sosgemini said:

We will agree to disagree on this one. Tomato, Tomahto. I thought Passions was incredible...

VoicesCarry said:

Let me try re-typing my answer from the locked thread.

Alan Alda was good enough in The Aviator, but awards good? No. I actually liked that "piece of shit" Closer. lol I liked the performances more than the film itself though - good picture, great acting.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Hated it. If I wanted to watch brainless sexual automatons I'd rent Robots Do It Doggy-Style.

June7 said:

whats to disagree with? Passions was panned...hence it not recieving any award nominations/wins from any film/critic/association group...nobody thought this film was quality except for the religious folks who saw this as a second coming from jesus himself....

sosgemini said:

True.

Thank God Jud Law isn't nominated for one of his 20 roles of the past year.....will somebody stop him???

Am I the only one who thought The Aviator is crap?

abierman said:

Nope, you aren't.

sosgemini said:

This is not an accurate statement. Yes, the movie split viewers across the board but it had just as many supporters as it did detractors; it received good to great reviews from Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, James Berardinelli, BBC, Variety, The New York Post and others. Personally speaking, I thought The Passion of the Christ was a fairly good film, but I think Gibson's personal demons got the best of him and distracted from the true meaning of that passage in The Bible. I don't think it was a stunning work of art, though its nomination for cinematography is just and should have been its only nomination.

RipHer2Shreds said:

When a movie splits reviewers (51% at rottentomatoes.com), it generally would have as many supporters as detractors

Also, may I remind you that Ebert gave Gigli **1/2? In other words, the BEST REVIEW IT GOT.

RipHer2Shreds said:

if you look at the rottentomatoes rating Passions (cream of the crop- which is comprised of legit critics and not just any fanboy who has a website dedicated to film reviews) and you will see it has a rating of 37%.....thats not split....thats way below split....couple that with the fact it didnt get any award recognition from guilds, groups and association and i think its easy to see the film was not liked...at all!!

VoicesCarry said:

He is never ever going to live that down. He didn't recommend it, but he didn't hate it enough. I've never seen the drivel and I likely never will. And, yes, my comment was re-stating the obvious. My bad.

RipHer2Shreds said:

God, it made up for all the times when he treats Roeper like a dumbass. Hilarious to see him try and defend the movie's "good points" on TV, with Roeper just sitting there in awe. Definitely his lowest moment.

And all because he likes J.Lo's tits.

sosgemini said:

When did Peter Travers, the BBC and Rober Ebert become fanboys? And James Berardinelli is pretty much seen as the only legit web-based film critic. Not a fanboy.