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Post by MsAChase on Jan 14, 2016 15:36:55 GMT -8
What does everyone think of the nominations? I think some good performances/films were left out.
Here's the list of nominees:
Best motion picture of the year:
“The Big Short”
“Bridge of Spies”
“Brooklyn”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Room”
“Spotlight”
Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Bryan Cranston in “Trumbo”
Matt Damon in “The Martian”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
Michael Fassbender in “Steve Jobs”
Eddie Redmayne in “The Danish Girl”
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Cate Blanchett in “Carol”
Brie Larson in “Room”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Joy”
Charlotte Rampling in “45 Years”
Saoirse Ronan in “Brooklyn”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Christian Bale in “The Big Short”
Tom Hardy in “The Revenant”
Mark Ruffalo in “Spotlight”
Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”
Sylvester Stallone in “Creed”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Jennifer Jason Leigh in “The Hateful Eight”
Rooney Mara in “Carol”
Rachel McAdams in “Spotlight”
Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl”
Kate Winslet in “Steve Jobs”
Achievement in directing:
“The Big Short” Adam McKay
“Mad Max: Fury Road” George Miller
“The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
“Room” Lenny Abrahamson
“Spotlight” Tom McCarthy
Adapted screenplay:
“The Big Short” Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
“Brooklyn” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“Carol” Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
“The Martian” Screenplay by Drew Goddard
“Room” Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Original screenplay:
“Bridge of Spies” Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
“Ex Machina” Written by Alex Garland
“Inside Out” Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
“Spotlight” Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
“Straight Outta Compton” Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
Best animated feature film of the year:
“Anomalisa” Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
“Boy and the World” Alê Abreu
“Inside Out” Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
“Shaun the Sheep Movie” Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
“When Marnie Was There” Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Best documentary feature:
“Amy” Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
“Cartel Land” Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
“The Look of Silence” Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“What Happened, Miss Simone?” Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
“Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Best foreign language film of the year:
“Embrace of the Serpent” Colombia
“Mustang” France
“Son of Saul” Hungary
“Theeb” Jordan
“A War” Denmark
Achievement in cinematography:
“Carol” Ed Lachman
“The Hateful Eight” Robert Richardson
“Mad Max: Fury Road” John Seale
“The Revenant” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Sicario” Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design:
“Carol” Sandy Powell
“Cinderella” Sandy Powell
“The Danish Girl” Paco Delgado
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Jenny Beavan
“The Revenant” Jacqueline West
Best documentary short subject:
“Body Team 12” David Darg and Bryn Mooser
“Chau, beyond the Lines” Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” Adam Benzine
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Last Day of Freedom” Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Achievement in film editing:
“The Big Short” Hank Corwin
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Margaret Sixel
“The Revenant” Stephen Mirrione
“Spotlight” Tom McArdle
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling:
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
“The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
“The Revenant” Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
“Bridge of Spies” Thomas Newman
“Carol” Carter Burwell
“The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
“Sicario” Jóhann Jóhannsson
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
“Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey”
Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction”
Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song #3” from “Youth”
Music and Lyric by David Lang
“Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre”
Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Achievement in production design:
“Bridge of Spies” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
“The Danish Girl” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
“The Martian” Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
“The Revenant” Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Best animated short film:
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best live action short film:
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Achievement in sound editing:
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White
“The Martian” Oliver Tarney
“The Revenant” Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
“Sicario” Alan Robert Murray
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing:
“Bridge of Spies” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
“The Martian” Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
“The Revenant” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in visual effects:
“Ex Machina” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
“The Martian” Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
“The Revenant” Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
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Post by Admin on Jan 15, 2016 14:03:51 GMT -8
They brought back the [HASH]OscarsSoWhite hashtag on Twitter, so yep they left out some people.
I haven't seen most of the movies nominated, but I did see Cinderella. I don't think they should have been nominated for costume/design because the one beautiful dress they had in the movie was aided by special effects. Did they not nominated Star Wars for more awards because it was still new at the time or are they being shady again? This will be a boring awards show.
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Post by MelaninMonroe on Jan 15, 2016 19:52:16 GMT -8
They brought back the [HASH]OscarsSoWhite hashtag on Twitter, so yep they left out some people. I haven't seen most of the movies nominated, but I did see Cinderella. I don't think they should have been nominated for costume/design because the one beautiful dress they had in the movie was aided by special effects. Did they not nominated Star Wars for more awards because it was still new at the time or are they being shady again? This will be a boring awards show. In reference to Star Wars, it could be both. There's a deadline and if they didn't send the movie by that deadline...welp. They should have, especially with the rave reviews but they always have next year. I'm not surprised the awards are white washed. :side-eye: |
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Post by Admin on Jan 17, 2016 18:39:25 GMT -8
They brought back the [HASH]OscarsSoWhite hashtag on Twitter, so yep they left out some people. I haven't seen most of the movies nominated, but I did see Cinderella. I don't think they should have been nominated for costume/design because the one beautiful dress they had in the movie was aided by special effects. Did they not nominated Star Wars for more awards because it was still new at the time or are they being shady again? This will be a boring awards show. In reference to Star Wars, it could be both. There's a deadline and if they didn't send the movie by that deadline...welp. They should have, especially with the rave reviews but they always have next year. I'm not surprised the awards are white washed. :side-eye: Me either. It's like this every year save the occasional pandering to the Black community. Did you see Jada Smith's call (or should I say suggestion so she can employ plausible deniability) for a boycott this year? :skull: It's obvious she only cares because Will wasn't nominated. |
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Post by MelaninMonroe on Jan 17, 2016 19:46:15 GMT -8
In reference to Star Wars, it could be both. There's a deadline and if they didn't send the movie by that deadline...welp. They should have, especially with the rave reviews but they always have next year. I'm not surprised the awards are white washed. :side-eye: Me either. It's like this every year save the occasional pandering to the Black community. Did you see Jada Smith's call (or should I say suggestion so she can employ plausible deniability) for a boycott this year? :skull: It's obvious she only cares because Will wasn't nominated. Exactly. What I hate even more is when certain AAs pick and choose when to care and become outraged. It doesn't work that way. Will's accent in that Concussion movie...no thank you. Lol let's keep it at "suggestion" for now. That's another reason why I believe the awards are bought. Sometimes, it seems they just hand out certain awards/noms to black people like "Here you go. Now shut up." It doesn't always feel authentic. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 19, 2016 17:41:59 GMT -8
MelaninMonroe looking back, it never truly has felt authentic coming from the Academy. Besides that, most of the Black Oscar winning roles are actors in subservient or degrading positions i.e. 12 Years A Slave or Training Day.
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Post by blackonblack on Jan 19, 2016 23:10:45 GMT -8
Never watched this show and I doubt I ever will. It seems boring. I watch the Grammy's though. I'm not a big movie person though.
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Post by MelaninMonroe on Jan 20, 2016 8:58:26 GMT -8
MelaninMonroe looking back, it never truly has felt authentic coming from the Academy. Besides that, most of the Black Oscar winning roles are actors in subservient or degrading positions i.e. 12 Years A Slave or Training Day. That is so true. They will never see us as equal. Black actors and actresses need to forget about all these award shows. They've lost their prestige and value with the way they hand them off to anyone who gives it up or pays the right amount of cash. It's not about talent, work ethic, TALENT. They need to continue being artists, doing what they love and reaching out to their fans not The Academy who doesn't give a damn about them. That whole system is tainted. I don't care about any of the award shows. I only stay on the threads. |
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Post by Minimal on Jan 20, 2016 14:17:55 GMT -8
Never watched this show and I doubt I ever will. It seems boring. I watch the Grammy's though. I'm not a big movie person though. Ditto. I have not watched the Oscars in years, and even when I did I could not sit through the entire thing. I am not a big movie person either, but the playlists I have on my phone are all filled with film scores and soundtracks :laughing: The only genre of movies I can sit and watch are animated ones. I usually read along in threads about awards shows though. I am more interested in the banter and photos |
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Post by Admin on Jan 22, 2016 13:20:23 GMT -8
MelaninMonroe looking back, it never truly has felt authentic coming from the Academy. Besides that, most of the Black Oscar winning roles are actors in subservient or degrading positions i.e. 12 Years A Slave or Training Day. That is so true. They will never see us as equal. Black actors and actresses need to forget about all these award shows. They've lost their prestige and value with the way they hand them off to anyone who gives it up or pays the right amount of cash. It's not about talent, work ethic, TALENT. They need to continue being artists, doing what they love and reaching out to their fans not The Academy who doesn't give a damn about them. That whole system is tainted. I don't care about any of the award shows. I only stay on the threads. To me the Oscars and this current situation/scandal is the embodiment of white supremacy LOL! I see so many Black people (celebs included) on social media getting angry when someone suggests we create our own prestigious awards show or improve and boost up the ones we already have. It's really funny to me! Psychology is no joke.. Minimal blackonblack Remember when Ellen hosted a few years back and ordered pizza for all the carb deficient celebs? I thought that shit was so tacky! It's all a big ass game of how much adoration the Academy can get from social media (specifically Tumblr). |
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Post by blackonblack on Jan 23, 2016 1:05:49 GMT -8
That is so true. They will never see us as equal. Black actors and actresses need to forget about all these award shows. They've lost their prestige and value with the way they hand them off to anyone who gives it up or pays the right amount of cash. It's not about talent, work ethic, TALENT. They need to continue being artists, doing what they love and reaching out to their fans not The Academy who doesn't give a damn about them. That whole system is tainted. I don't care about any of the award shows. I only stay on the threads. To me the Oscars and this current situation/scandal is the embodiment of white supremacy LOL! I see so many Black people (celebs included) on social media getting angry when someone suggests we create our own prestigious awards show or improve and boost up the ones we already have. It's really funny to me! Psychology is no joke.. Minimal blackonblack Remember when Ellen hosted a few years back and ordered pizza for all the carb deficient celebs? I thought that shit was so tacky! It's all a big ass game of how much adoration the Academy can get from social media (specifically Tumblr). Wasn't that also when she did that stupid ass selfie? I saw the clips of that. White supremacy is a trip. Even if black actors and actresses tried to start one I'm sure someone would snitch to put a stop to it similar to how black artists and execs tried to start their own record distribution label and someone black snitched. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2016 15:22:50 GMT -8
blackonblack Yes LOL! Ellen did about two or three selfies during the ceremony alone, and a few before and after that. One of the selfies was posted to Twitter and she asked her followers/Twitter to make it the most retweeted tweet on there. I'm not sure if it broke the record or not, but looking back that shit was mad stupid. I agree with that too. We literally cannot have shit.
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Post by MsAChase on Jan 28, 2016 11:43:52 GMT -8
I hear what y'all are saying but I actually think the Oscars are important. Yes, they are bullshit in the sense that they certainly aren't the end all and be all of who is talented vs. who isn't or what was a good film vs. a great one. But that's always been the case. However, we can't deny that they give credence to films because it's the industry's highest award. I think often they just vote based on the way they hear other Academy members are voting. The other problem is films have to have substantial financial backing in order to do campaigns so they can advertise and send screeners to all Academy members. If an indie can't afford to send out screeners, there's virtually no way members will see it. They aren't gonna go to the movies when everyone else is sending them DVDs!
I think we need way more black folks in talent agencies, in the executive suites at studios, and more encouragement of ppl to write and direct. We know the talent is out there. But one of the big issues is visibility/opportunity.
If ppl want to boycott the show, I guess. Would it be more powerful though to not support the movies at all? You know these ppl only care about dollars and cents...
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