Oscars 2009 Film Preview Montage
At the end of the 81st Annual Academy Awards, Hugh Jackman said to stay tune to check the upcoming 2009 movies, many of which will compete for the 2009 Oscar.
The movies previewed are:
- Sherlock Holmes
- Funny People
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
- Public Enemies
- Julie & Julia
- The Soloist
- Up
- Fame
- Terminator Salvation
- 500 Days of Summer
- Amelia
- Whatever Works
- Inglourious Basterds
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Angels & Demons
- Old Dogs
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- The Boat That Rocked
- An Education
- State of Play
- Imagine That
- G-Force
We have the whole 3-minute clip embedded after the jump
Oscar 2009 Winners!
The 81st Annual Academy Award winners have been announced. Check out the list:
BEST PICTURE
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“Frost/Nixon”
“The Reader”
“Milk”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins (”The Visitor”)
Frank Langella (”Frost/Nixon”)
Sean Penn (”Milk”)
Brad Pitt (”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)
Mickey Rourke (”The Wrestler”)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway (”Rachel Getting Married”)
Angelina Jolie (”Changeling”)
Melissa Leo (”Frozen River”)
Meryl Streep (”Doubt”)
Kate Winslet (”The Reader”)
DIRECTING
David Fincher (”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)
Ron Howard (”Frost/Nixon”)
Gus Van Sant (”Milk”)
Stephen Daldry (”The Reader”)
Danny Boyle (”Slumdog Millionaire)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin (”Milk”)
Robert Downey Jr. (”Tropic Thunder”)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (”Doubt”)
Heath Ledger (”The Dark Knight”)
Michael Shannon (”Revolutionary Road”)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams (”Doubt”)
Penelope Cruz (”Vicky Cristina Barcelona”)
Viola Davis (”Doubt”)
Taraji P. Henson (”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”)
Marisa Tomei (”The Wrestler”)
Oscar 2009 Live!
After last year’s Oscars delivered their worst TV ratings ever, producers this time say they aim to liven up the show with some surprises and new ways of presenting awards.
While some details have surfaced in the past week (the major stars could be Jack Nicholson, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, and Kate Winslet, turned down the chance to present awards) presenters names are being kept top secret. Some stars will sneak backstage, not enter on the red carpet.
Their efforts were complicated by the fact that this year’s main Oscar contenders, led by the British-made “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” starring Brad Pitt, are hardly the big box office blockbusters that tend to pull in viewers.
The host is Hugh Jackman, who has hosted Broadway’s Tony Awards three times, to emcee the Oscars for the first time.
“If I hadn’t done the Tonys, I think I’d be a lot more nervous than I am,” Jackman said.
A major criticism of the ceremony is that, at three and a half hours, it drags on too long. Jackman admitted that he hoped it could be cut shorter. But winning speeches are limited to 45 seconds!
The ceremony airing live on ABC, features a mix of fresh faces and old Oscar hands in the acting categories. Two-time winner Meryl Streep extended her record to 15 nominations, this time for best actress in “Doubt,” while other past Oscar recipients and nominees include Sean Penn (best actor for “Milk”), Kate Winslet (best actress for “The Reader”), Robert Downey Jr. (supporting actor for “Tropic Thunder”) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (supporting actor for “Doubt.”)
Newcomers include a rush of veteran performers, among them best-actress contenders Anne Hathaway (”Rachel Getting Married”) and Melissa Leo (”Frozen River”) and best-actor candidates Mickey Rourke (”The Wrestler”), Frank Langella (”Frost/Nixon”) and Richard Jenkins (”The Visitor”).
Oscar 2009 – 81st Annual Academy Award Nominations
The 81st Annual Academy Award nominations have been announced. Academy award winner Forest Whitaker and movie producer Sid Ganis had the privilege to announce the 81st Academy Award Oscar Nominations at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Leading the 81st Annual Academy Awards nominations list is “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button” with 13 nominations – Best picture, Performance by an actor in a leading role (Brad Pitt), Performance by an actress in a supporting role (Taraji P. Henson), Directing (David Fincher), Adapted screenplay, Art direction, Cinematography, Costume design, Film editing, Makeup, Sound mixing, Visual effects and Original score.
“Slumdog Millionaire” has 10 nominations – Best picture, Directing (Danny Boyle), Adapted screenplay, Cinematography, Film editing, Original score, Original song – “Jai Ho,” Original song – “O Saya,” Sound editing and Sound mixing.
Heath Ledger got a postmortem nomination on the one-year anniversary of his tragic death for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” so including this, Performance by an actor in a supporting role, the movie has 8 nominatons – Art direction, Cinematography, Film editing, Makeup, Sound editing, Sound mixing and Visual effects.
“Wall-E” has six, “Frost/Nixon” “Doubt” and “The Reader” five, but “Gran Torino” “Che” “I’ve Loved You So Long” not getting any major nominations.
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” only scoring a nomination for Penelope Cruz and “In Bruges” only getting a screenplay nomination!?
Take a look at the complete list:
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