LIVE Blogging: The full list of 2012 Oscars Winners

The 84th Annual Academy Awards is on now over (eastern time)!  Billy Crystal returns as the host in tonight's LIVE Oscars telecast on ABC.  Check out a Full List of 2012 Oscar Presenters (via Collider), which includes last year's Academy Award winner The King's SpeechColin Firth at the 84th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals
 
I will be posting the winners here as they are announced! :)

See 2012 Oscar Nominations! featuring films (War Horse, My Week with Marilyn, Drive, etc.) from P&P actors that are nominated along as well as their co-stars (Michelle Williams)...

Also, check out and read an old post I posted a few years ago about the Oscar Revisited: Keira Knightley and Pride & Prejudice's 2006 Memorable Oscar Moments

Here are the 2012 Oscar Winners...(thus far!)

• Best Motion Picture
  Winner: The Artist  - Thomas Langmann  
• Best Director
  Winner: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
• Best Actor
  Winner: Jean Dujardin for The Artist
• Best Actress
  Winner: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
• Best Supporting Actor
  Winner: Christopher Plummer for Beginners
• Best Supporting Actress
  Winner: Octavia Spencer for The Help
  
• Best Original Screenplay 
  Winner: Midnight in Paris (2011) - Woody Allen
• Best Adapted Screenplay
  Winner: The Descendants  - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
• Best Foreign Language
  Winner: A Separation  - Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
  
• Best Animated Film
  Winner: Rango  - Gore Verbinski
• Best Documentary
  Winner: Undefeated - Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Rich Middlemas 
• Best Cinematography
  Winner: Hugo  - Robert Richardson
• Best Art Direction
  Winner: Hugo -  Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
• Best Costume Design
  
  Winner: The Artist  - Mark Bridges
• Best Editing
  Winner: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
• Best Score
  Winner: The Artist - Ludovic Bource
• Best Song
  Winner: The Muppets - Bret McKenzie ("Man or Muppet")
• Best Makeup
  Winner: The Iron Lady  - Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland
  
• Best Visual Effects
  Winner: Hugo - Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning
• Best Sound Editing
  Winner: Hugo  - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
• Best Sound Mixing
  Winner: Hugo  - Tom Fleischman, John Midgley 
• Best Animated Short
  Winner: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore  - William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
• Best Live Action Short
  Winner: The Shore  - Terry George, Oorlagh George
• Best Documentary Short
  Winner: Saving Face  - Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  
  
  That's a wrap! The Oscars just ended...thanks for reading!

On DVD and Blu-ray Today: Drive

On DVD and Blu-ray release today is one of Carey Mulligan's two 2011 films, Drive, which she co-starred with Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Issac, Ron Perlman, and Christina Hendricks.

Here's more info on Drive's DVD and Blu-ray discs via DVD Active...

Title: Drive (IMDb)
Starring: Ryan Gosling
Released: 31st January 2012
SRP: Prices TBC

Further Details:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of Drive which stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Bryan Cranston. Each will be available to own from January 31st. The only extra material will be featurettes ("Drive Without A Driver: Entretien Avec Nicolas Winding Refn", "I Drive", "Under The Hood", "Driver and Irene", "Cut To The Chase").

See DVD and Blu-ray artwork below...

(Source: DVD Active) 

Synopsis

Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, about a Hollywood stunt performer (Gosling) who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.

2012 Oscar Nominations announced

The nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards was just announced more than 2 hours ago this morning. Lots of snubs here and there and none of our P&P actors are nominated, but a few of their co-stars and films have been nominated in the following categories below.

But first, the 84th Academy Awards will be presented by Billy Crystal on February 26th on ABC.   

And speaking of Oscar nominations, just have to mention here, Oscar Nominations flashback 6 years ago this month (Jan 31st), our very own favorite Pride & Prejudice film received four Oscar nominations, including one for its lead star Keira Knightley (Elizabeth Bennet) for Best Actress or Actress in a Leading Role and Dario Marianelli for Music (Original Score). Also, another P&P co-star scored an Oscar nod, Judi Dench for Actress in a Leading Role in Mrs. Henderson Presents. Joe Wright and the film got snubbed for Best Director and Best Picture noms. No win for any of their 4 noms and Reese Witherspoon won the Oscar for Actress in a Leading Role.

Here's a rundown of P&P 05's 4 Oscar Nominations (as well as Judi Dench) in 2006
Actress in a Leading Role
Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice"
Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Art Direction
"Pride & Prejudice" Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Costume Design
"Pride & Prejudice" Jacqueline Durran
Music (Original score)
"Pride & Prejudice" Dario Marianelli

Anyway, here's a list of the 2012 Oscar Nominations featuring films (War Horse, My Week with Marilyn, Drive, etc.) from P&P actors that are nominated along as well as their co-stars (Michelle Williams)...


2012 Oscar Nominees

BEST PICTURE

• War Horse (Pip Torrens co-stars)

BEST ACTOR

• Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Colin Firth co-stars)

BEST ACTRESS

• Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn (Judi Dench, Pip Torrens, Peter Wight co-star)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
  

BEST ART DIRECTION

• War Horse

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Janusz Kaminski –War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Jane Eyre (Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant co-star)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Alberto Iglesias –Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• John Williams –War Horse

BEST SOUND EDITING

• Drive (Carey Mulligan co-stars)
• War Horse

BEST SOUND MIXING

• War Horse

Judi Dench, Carey Mulligan and their films My Week with Marilyn, Drive and Shame nominated for 2012 BAFTA Awards

The 2012 BAFTA Nominations has been announced Tuesday and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Colin Firth and Ciaran Hinds co-star) garnered 11 Nominations, My Week With Marilyn (Judi Dench, Peter Wight, and Pip Torrens co-star) with 6 including a Best Supporting Actress for Judi Dench), War Horse (P&P's Pip Torrens co-stars) with 5, Drive (Carey Mulligan co-stars) with 4 (including a Best Supporting Actress for Carey Mulligan), Shame (Carey Mulligan co-stars) with 2 (including Leading Actor for Michael Fassbender), and Jane Eyre (Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant co-star) with 1 nomination.

The 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards will be announced and handed out February 12th!

Here's a list of BAFTA nominated actors and films in the following categories...


BEST FILM
THE ARTIST Thomas Langmann
THE DESCENDANTS Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
DRIVE Marc Platt, Adam Siegel
THE HELP Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Simon Curtis, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Adrian Hodges
SENNA Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Manish Pandey
SHAME Steve McQueen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Abi Morgan
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo,
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay, Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno,
Rory Stewart Kinnear

DIRECTOR
THE ARTIST Michel Hazanavicius
DRIVE Nicolas Winding Refn
HUGO Martin Scorsese
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Tomas Alfredson
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN Lynne Ramsay

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DESCENDANTS Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
THE HELP Tate Taylor
THE IDES OF MARCH George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

LEADING ACTOR
BRAD PITT Moneyball
GARY OLDMAN Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
GEORGE CLOONEY The Descendants
JEAN DUJARDIN The Artist
MICHAEL FASSBENDER Shame

LEADING ACTRESS
BÉRÉNICE BEJO The Artist
MERYL STREEP The Iron Lady
MICHELLE WILLIAMS My Week with Marilyn
TILDA SWINTON We Need to Talk About Kevin
VIOLA DAVIS The Help

SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Beginners
JIM BROADBENT The Iron Lady
JONAH HILL Moneyball
KENNETH BRANAGH My Week with Marilyn
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Ides of March

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN Drive
JESSICA CHASTAIN The Help
JUDI DENCH My Week with Marilyn
MELISSA MCCARTHY Bridesmaids
OCTAVIA SPENCER The Help

ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE ARTIST Ludovic Bource
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
HUGO Howard Shore
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Alberto Iglesias
WAR HORSE John Williams

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE ARTIST Guillaume Schiffman
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Jeff Cronenweth
HUGO Robert Richardson
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Hoyte van Hoytema
WAR HORSE Janusz Kaminski

EDITING
THE ARTIST Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
DRIVE Mat Newman
HUGO Thelma Schoonmaker
SENNA Gregers Sall, Chris King
TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY Dino Jonsater

PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE ARTIST Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
HUGO Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
WAR HORSE Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

COSTUME DESIGN
THE ARTIST Mark Bridges
HUGO Sandy Powell
JANE EYRE Michael O’Connor
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jill Taylor
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Jacqueline Durran

MAKE UP & HAIR
THE ARTIST Julie Hewett, Cydney Cornell
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
HUGO Morag Ross, Jan Archibald
THE IRON LADY Marese Langan
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Jenny Shircore

SOUND
THE ARTIST Nadine Muse, Gérard Lamps, Michael Krikorian
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener
HUGO Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY John Casali, Howard Bargroff, Doug Cooper, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley
WAR HORSE Stuart Wilson, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Richard Hymns

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN Joe Letteri
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler, David Vickery
HUGO Rob Legato, Ben Grossman, Joss Williams
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White
WAR HORSE Ben Morris, Neil Corbould

Read full list of 2012 BAFTA Nominations here!

DVD and Blu-ray Release dates for Drive, The Big Year, London Boulevard, J.Edgar, Johnny English Reborn, and The Three Musketeers 3D!

 The US DVD and Blu-ray release dates for all the following recently released (in theaters) films starring such as Carey Mulligan (Drive), Rosamund Pike (The Big Year and Johnny English Reborn), Keira Knightley (London Boulevard), Judi Dench (J. Edgar), and Matthew Macfadyen (The Three Musketeers 3D) have all been announced recently with release dates starting at the end of this month through March. I thought instead of posting all of them separately, I'll just post all of them here all in one post (as all the DVD and Blu-ray info all came from the same source: DVD Active)...might as well.

Check out and mark your calendar for the following DVD and Blu-ray release dates of the aforementioned films below....


Title: Drive (IMDb)
Starring: Ryan Gosling
Released: 31st January 2012
SRP: Prices TBC

Further Details:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of Drive which stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Bryan Cranston. Each will be available to own from January 31st. The only extra material will be featurettes ("Drive Without A Driver: Entretien Avec Nicolas Winding Refn", "I Drive", "Under The Hood", "Driver and Irene", "Cut To The Chase").

See DVD and Blu-ray artwork below...

(Source: DVD Active)

Title: The Big Year
Starring: Steve Martin
Released: 31st January 2012
SRP: Prices TBC

Further Details:
Fox Home Entertainment has announced DVD and Blu-ray releases of The Big Year which stars Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. Each will be available to own from January 31st. As far as we know, no extra material will be included on the DVD relase of the film. The Blu-ray release will include theatrical and extended editions of the film, over 40 minutes of deleted scenes and the featurette “The Big Migration.” Attached is the first look at the Blu-ray package artwork below:

(Source: DVD Active)

Title: London Boulevard (IMDb)
Starring: Keira Knightley
Released: 21st February 2012
SRP: $30.99 (DVD)

Further Details:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($30.99) and Blu-ray ($35.99) releases of London Boulevard which stars Keira Knightley, Colin Farrell, Ray Winstone, David Thewlis, and Anna Friel. Each will be available to own from February 21st. The only extra material will be a Making of London Boulevard featurette. The package artwork is attached below:

 (Source: DVD Active) 

Title: J. Edgar (IMDb)
Starring: Leonardo Dicaprio
Released: 21st February 2012
SRP: $28.98 (DVD)

Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($35.99) releases of J. Edgar which stars Leonardo Dicaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, and Judi Dench. Each will be available to own from February 21st. As far as we know, the only extra material will be an UltraViolet digital copy of the film on the Blu-ray release. Artwork is attached:

(Source: DVD Active)

Title: Johnny English Reborn (IMDb)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson
Released: 28th February 2012
SRP: $29.98 (DVD)

Further Details:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($34.98) releases of Johnny English Reborn for February 28th. Extras on the DVD release will include a commentary with Director Oliver Parker and Screenwriter Hamish McColl, deleted and extended scenes with director intros, a gag reel, and a featurette ("The Wheelchair Chase"). The Blu-ray release will include all that, plus additional featurettes ("The English Files: The Making of Johnny English Reborn", "Working With Rowan", "Gadgets", "English in Hong Kong"). [Updated 1/31/12]: See official package artwork below.

Source: DVD Active

Title: The Three Musketeers (IMDb)
Starring: Matthew Macfadyen
Released: 13th March 2012
SRP: $26.99 (DVD)

Further Details:
Summit Entertainment has announced DVD ($26.99), 2D Blu-ray ($30.49), and 3D Blu-ray ($34.99) releases of The Three Musketeers for March 13th. Extras will include an audio commentary with director Paul W.S. Anderson, deleted and extended scenes, featurettes ("Cast and Crew Stories", "17th Century Action"), and more. Attached below is a trade advertisement with some early artwork below:

 (Source: DVD Active)

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Video: Watch Carey Mulligan with 5 other actresses BTS of THR's 'The Actress Roundtable' cover shoot

Carey Mulligan (Drive and Shame) joined fellow Hollywood actresses Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn), Viola Davis (The Help), and Octavia Spencer (The Help) for the magazine cover (see above via THR) of THR's annual The Actress Roundtable and its series discussions (which Carey had also appeared previously in 2009: THR's Awards Watch: Actresses roundtable featuring Carey Mulligan, just before getting her first Oscar nomination for An Education), the 2011 award season issue.

Watch a sneak peek VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of THR's 2011 Awards Season Actresses' Cover Shoot below...
   

(source: The Hollywood Reporter)

Also, read the transcript or watch the...
THR's Actress Roundtable: Six A-Listers Sound Off on Bad Reviews, Nudity and Playing Hitler

Photos: Carey Mulligan at the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala

Carey Mulligan attended and accepted her Hollywood Supporting Actress Award (for her supporting role turn in both Drive and Shame films) at the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala Presented By Starz held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 24, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.

Speaking of the very busy Carey Mulligan, who is currently filming The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire in Australia, she has two new films, one in theaters now (Drive with Ryan Gosling) and opening in December 2nd (Shame with Michael Fassbender), and 2 new film projects she's either cast or circling according to Cinema Blend: Carey Mulligan Cast In Coens Brothers' Latest, Circling New Spike Jonze Updated 10/26: Read this new article (via Collider) Carey Mulligan Talks THE GREAT GATSBY; Geeks Out Over Working with Coen Brothers, Spike Jonze, and Charlie Kaufman in Upcoming Projects
   
Anyway, check out CM's new photos below...

15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala Presented By Starz - Arrivals

(Photos by FlynetPictures.com
| Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images North America |  zimbio.com) 

View more CM photos here: 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala    

15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala Presented By Starz - Show

Carey Mulligan accepts the Hollywood Supporting Actress Award onstage from presenter actor Christoph Waltz during the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala Presented By Starz held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 24, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. 

(Photos by John Shearer/Getty Images North America | zimbio.com)
 

  15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala Presented By Starz - Backstage  

(Photos by Jason Merritt/Getty Images North America | zimbio.com) 
 

2011 Glamour Reel Moments Premiere Presented By Clarisonic - After Party   
with actors Amber Heard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt   

 (Photos by Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America | zimbio.com)  

Carey Mulligan to receive a Supporting Actress Award at Hollywood Film Awards!

Carey Mulligan co-stars in Shame. In theaters December 2nd!

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Carey Mulligan will receive an honor (and award) from the The 15th Annual Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, where she'll be honored with a Hollywood Supporting Actress Award for her recent supporting roles in Drive (with Ryan Gosling) and the upcoming Shame (with Michael Fassbender) films.

Carey Mulligan to Receive Supporting Actress Honor at Hollywood Film Awards (Exclusive)
The 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, will honor Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan with its 2011 Hollywood Supporting Actress Award. Mulligan is being recognized for her performance as an emotionally disturbed young woman who moves in with her sex-addicted brother in Shame, as well as for her portrayal of a young mother in need of protection in Drive.  Read full article.

Speaking of Shame, which was recently acquired by Fox Searchlight for domestic distribution, Box Office Mojo has listed the film to be released on December 2nd!

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