Wednesday, November 17, 2004

The Flight of the Oscar Bumble Bee

Ok who will be nominated? Yup, you hear me right!
My beloved Entertainment Weekly has boldy predict the possible Oscar nominees... way before the Golden Globe indication.
Some are far-fetched but some are sure a lock. So read on and see what they have to say ... Let the Oscar Bumble Bee free. Buzz Buzz Buzz ...

8 Comments:

Blogger Fong Kok Hoong said...

BEST Picture

Finding Neverland
Alexander
Kinsey
A Very Long Engagement
The Incredibles
Closer
The Aviator
The Sea Inside
Hotel Rwanda
Spanglish
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Sideways
The Motorcycle Diaries
Vera Drake
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Passion of the Christ
Spider-man 2

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:54:00 PM

 
Blogger Fong Kok Hoong said...

BEST Director

Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)
Mike Nichols (Closer)
Oliver Stone (Alexander)
Mel Gibson (The Passion of the Christ)
James L.Brooks (Spanglish)
Bill Condon (Kinsey)
Pedro Almodovar (Bad Education)
Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11)
Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)
Alexander Payne (Sideways)
Wes Anderson (The Aquatic Life with Steve Zissou)
Marc Forster (Finding Neverland)
Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries)
Alejandro Amenabar (The Sea Inside)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (A Very Long Engagement)
Terry George (Hotel Rwanda)

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:03:00 PM

 
Blogger Fong Kok Hoong said...

BEST Actor

Jamie Foxx (Ray)
Sean Penn (The Assasination of Richard Nixon)
Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland)
Liam Neeson (Kinsey)
Paul Giamatti (Sideways)
Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda)
Daniel Craig (Enduring Love)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
Colin Farrell (Alexander)
Dennis Quaid (In Good Company)
Christopher Walken (Around the Bend)
Billy Crudup (Stage Beauty)
Tom Cruise (Collateral)
Jeff Bridges (The Door in the Floor)
Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ)
Jim Carrey (The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Kevin Bacon (The Woodsman)
Mark Ruffalo (We Don't Live Here Anymore)
Gael Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries)
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
John Travolta (A Love SOng for Bobby Long)
Al Pacino (William Shakespeare's A Merchant in Venice)

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:14:00 PM

 
Blogger Fong Kok Hoong said...

BEST Actress

Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
Annette Bening (Being Julia)
Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Julia Roberts (Closer)
Nicole Kidman (Birth)
Laura Linney (P.S.)
Laura Dern (We Don't Live Here Anymore)
Julie Delpy (Before Sunset)
Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace)
Emmy Rossum (Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera)
Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 2)
Cate Blanchett (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
Sigourney Weaver (Imaginary Heroes)
Renee Zewellger (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason)
Kim Basinger (The Door in the Floor)
Tea Leoni (Spanglish)
Scarlett Johansson (A Love Song for Bobby Long)
Kerry Washington (Ray)
Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village)
Audrey Tautou (A Very Long Engagement)

Thursday, November 18, 2004 6:58:00 AM

 
Blogger Fong Kok Hoong said...

BEST SUPPORTING Actor

Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
Jamie Foxx (Collateral)
Alan Alda (The Aviator)
Alec Baldwin (The Aviator)
Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey)
John Lithgow (Kinsey)
Clive Owen (Closer)
Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate)
Val Kilmer (Alexander)
David Carradine (Kill Bill Vol.2)
Rodrigo de la Serna (The Motorcycle Diaries)
Freddie Highmore (Finding Neverland)
Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
James Garner (The Notebook)

Thursday, November 18, 2004 7:02:00 AM

 
Blogger Fong Kok Hoong said...

BEST SUPPORTING Actress

Kate Winslet (Finding Neverland)
Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
Sandra Oh (Sideways)
Regina King (Ray)
Julie Christie (Finding Neverland)
Laura Linney (Kinsey)
Cloris Leachman (Spanglish)
Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
Kate Beckinsale (The Aviator)
Angelina Jolie (Alexander)
Anjelica Huston (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
Meryl Streep (The Manchurian Candidate)
Gena Rowlands (The Notebook)
Minnie Driver) (The Phantom of the Opera)
Natalie Portman (Closer)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Woodsman)
Lola Duenas (The Sea Inside)
Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda)
Irma P. Hall (The Ladykillers)
Maia Morgenstern (The Passion of the Christ)

Thursday, November 18, 2004 7:08:00 AM

 
Blogger Fong Kok Hoong said...

GOLDEN GLOBE predictions
(based on nothing but sixth sense and buzz, don't be so serious la... There are hardly true winners anyway.)
* denotes my prediction of winner in that category

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
The Aviator
Closer
* Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
The Phantom of the Opera
Ray
* Sideways

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
Javier Bardem for Mar adentro
Johnny Depp for Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Aviator
Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda
* Liam Neeson for Kinsey

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
Scarlett Johansson for A Love Song for Bobby Long
Nicole Kidman for Birth
* Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake
Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby
Uma Thurman for Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
Jim Carrey for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Jamie Foxx for Ray
Paul Giamatti for Sideways
Kevin Kline for De-Lovely
Kevin Spacey for Beyond the Sea

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
Annette Bening for Being Julia
* Ashley Judd for De-Lovely
Emmy Rossum for The Phantom of the Opera
Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Renée Zellweger for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:
David Carradine for Kill Bill: Vol. 2
* Thomas Haden Church for Sideways
Jamie Foxx for Collateral
Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen for Closer

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:
Cate Blanchett for The Aviator
Laura Linney for Kinsey
* Virginia Madsen for Sideways
Natalie Portman for Closer
Meryl Streep for The Manchurian Candidate

Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominees:
Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
* Marc Forster for Finding Neverland
Mike Nichols for Closer
Alexander Payne for Sideways
Martin Scorsese for The Aviator

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominees:
The Aviator - John Logan
Closer - Patrick Marber
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman
Finding Neverland - David Magee
* Sideways - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Nominees:
Alfie ("Old Habits Die Hard")
Hotel Rwanda ("Million Voices")
* The Phantom of the Opera ("Learn To Be Lonely")
The Polar Express ("Believe")
Shrek 2 ("Accidentally In Love")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Nominees:
* The Aviator - Howard Shore
Finding Neverland - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood
Sideways - Rolfe Kent
Spanglish - Hans Zimmer

Best Foreign Language Film
Nominees:
* Mar adentro (Spain/France/Italy)
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (France)
Shi mian mai fu (Hong Kong)
Diarios de motocicleta (Brazil)
Choristes, Les (France)

Friday, February 04, 2005 2:52:00 PM

 
Blogger Fong Kok Hoong said...

OSCAR predictions
* denotes prediction

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
* Sideways

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda)
Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
* Jamie Foxx (Ray)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
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 Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Alan Alda (The Aviator)
Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
Jamie Foxx (Collateral)
Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
* Clive Owen (Closer)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
* Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
Laura Linney (Kinsey)
Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda)
Natalie Portman (Closer)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
Taylor Hackford (Ray)
Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)
Alexander Payne (Sideways)
* Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
* The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hotel Rwanda
The Incredibles
Vera Drake

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
Before Sunset
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Diarios de motocicleta
* Sideways

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
* The Aviator
Shi mian mai fu
The Passion of the Christ
The Phantom of the Opera
Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
* The Aviator
Collateral
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:
The Aviator
* Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Phantom of the Opera
Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
The Aviator
* Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ray
Troy

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
* Finding Neverland
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Passion of the Christ
The Village

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
Choristes, Les("Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)")
Diarios de motocicleta ("Al Otro Lado Del Río")
* The Phantom of the Opera ("Learn To Be Lonely")
The Polar Express ("Believe")
Shrek 2 ("Accidentally In Love")

Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
* The Passion of the Christ
Mar adentro

Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:
The Aviator
* The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Ray
Spider-Man 2

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
* Spider-Man 2

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I, Robot
* Spider-Man 2

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
* The Incredibles
Shark Tale
Shrek 2

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:

Choristes, Les (France)
Untergang, Der (Germany)
* Mar adentro (Spain)
Så som i himmelen (Sweden)
Yesterday (South Africa)

Sunday, February 06, 2005 7:19:00 PM

 

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