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AWARDS NEWS: No major surprises in Golden Globe nominations

Nominees for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards:

Best Drama: "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglorious Basterds," "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," "Up in the Air."

Best Musical or Comedy: "(500) Days of Summer," "The Hangover," "It's Complicated," "Julie & Julia," "Nine."

Actor, Drama: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney, "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth, "A Single Man"; Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"; Tobey Maguire, "Brothers."

Actress, Drama: Emily Blunt, "The Young Victoria"; Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"; Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"; Carey Mulligan, "An Education"; Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."

Director: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"; James Cameron, "Avatar"; Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"; Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglorious Basterds."

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt Damon, "The Informant!"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "Nine"; Robert Downey Jr., "Sherlock Holmes"; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "(500) Days of Summer"; Michael Stuhlbarg, "A Serious Man."

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sandra Bullock, "The Proposal"; Marion Cotillard, "Nine"; Julia Roberts, "Duplicity"; Meryl Streep, "It's Complicated"; Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia."

Supporting Actor: Matt Damon, "Invictus"; Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"; Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"; Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"; Christoph Waltz, "Inglorious Basterds."

Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Nine"; Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"; Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"; Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Julianne Moore, "A Single Man."

Foreign Language: "Baaria," "Broken Embraces," "The Maid (La Nana)," "A Prophet," "The White Ribbon."

Animated Film: "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," "Coraline," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Princess and the Frog," "Up."

Screenplay: Neill Blomkamp, "District 9"; Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"; Nancy Meyers, "It's Complicated"; Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglorious Basterds."

Original Score: Michael Giacchino, "Up"; Marvin Hamlisch, "The Informant!"; James Horner, "Avatar"; Abel Korzeniowski, "A Single Man"; Karen O, Carter Burwell, "Where the Wild Things Are."

Original Song: "Cinema Italiano" (written by Maury Yeston), "Nine"; "I Want to Come Home" (written by Paul McCartney), "Everybody's Fine"; "I Will See You" (written by James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell), "Avatar"; "The Weary Kind (Theme from 'Crazy Heart')" (written by Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett), "Crazy Heart"; "Winter" (written by U2), "Brothers."

AWARDS NEWS: San Fran sticks with "Hurt Locker", but also awards several surprises

The San Francisco Film Critics have announced their 2009 year end awards. Of note, they broke away from the usual choice for supporting actor, naming Christopher McKay of Me And Orson Welles in that catagory, and gave Coraline its first win for Best Animated film. They also recognized "Anvil! The Story Of Anvil" as best documentary.

Personally, I love the fact that they gave one of this year's best (and often overlooked) films, the animated wonder Sita Sings The Blues, a special citation (whatever that means).

The Full list of winners:

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker

Best Foreign Language Film
You, the Living (Sweden)

Best Documentary
Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Animated Feature
Coraline

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Actor
Colin Firth, A Single Man

Best Actress
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles

Best Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Original Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, A Serious Man

Special Citation
Sita Sings the Blues

Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
Frazer Bradshaw, filmmaker, in recognition of his film Everything Strange and New
Barry Jenkins, filmmaker, in recognition of his film Medicine for Melancholy

In Memoriam
Rose Kaufman

 

AWARDS NEWS: Hoosiers flying high, naming "Up In The Air" best pic

We have a newbie this year!

The Indiana Film Journalists Association was formed in February 2009 with six founding members, and has since expanded its roster to nine. Members must reside in the Hoosier State and produce consistent, quality film criticism or commentary in any medium. This is the first  year-end list they have issued, and includes the winner and the runners-up.

Best Film of the Year
Up in the Air
Runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Animated Film
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runner-up: Up

Best Foreign Language Film
Sin Nombre
Runner-up: Welcome

Best Documentary
The Cove
Runner-up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Screenplay
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Runner-up: Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Director
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Runner-up: Wes Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Runner-up: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actress
Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Runner-up: Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air

Best Actor
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Runner-up: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Runner-up: Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones and Julie & Julia

Original Vision Award
Where the Wild Things Are
Runner-up: District 9

The Hoosier Award
The Hoosier Award is meant to recognize a significant cinematic contribution
by a person or persons with Indiana roots.
Actor Doug Jones, director Morgan Mead and screenwriter David Hamilton for My Name Is Jerry

Golden Globs coverage tomorrow!

AWARDS NEWS: SouthEast Film Critics are "Up In The Air" with their winners

The Southeastern Film Critics Association have announced their list of winners and runners-up for 2009. The SFCA is a group of 40+ film critics from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

The Winners:

BEST PICTURE
1. Up in the Air
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Up
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. A Serious Man
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
8. The Messenger
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox
10. District 9

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Runner-up: Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Runner-up: Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Runner-up: Woody Harrelson - The Messenger

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Runner-up: Jason Reitman - Up in the Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - (500) Days of Summer
Runner-up: Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
Runner-up: Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Summer Hours (France)
Runner-up: The White Ribbon (Germany)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Food, Inc.
Runner-up: The Cove

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Up
Runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox

WYATT AWARD
That Evening Sun
Runner-up: Goodbye Solo

More awards coming later today, and the Golden Globe noms will be announced tomorrow - keep it right here on PNR for the latest info as awards season swings into high gear!

AWARDS NEWS: Chances for an Oscar in the "locker" grow as New York Film Critics Circle names winners

"The Hurt Locker" lands another win, named Best Picture by the New York Film Critics Circle today.  That makes all but the New York Online critics in the Locker; they chose the sci-fi epic Avatar as best picture.

Also beginning to line up for possible Oscars are Meryl Streep as best Actress (all but LA so far in that catagory for Julie And Julia), and the sweep continues for Supporting actor and actress as Christoph Waltz and MoNique are once again named for their roles in "Inglorious Basterd" and "Precious" respectively.

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS - 2009

FILM: "The Hurt Locker"

DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker"

SCREENPLAY: "In The Loop"

ACTRESS: Meryl Streep for "Julie & Julia"

ACTOR: George Clooney for "Up In The Air" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’Nique for "Precious"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz for "Inglourious Basterds

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christian Berger for "The White Ribbon"

ANIMATED FILM: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

NON-FICTION FILM: "Of Time And The City"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Summer Hours"

FIRST FEATURE: "Hunger," director Steve McQueen

AWARDS NEWS: BFCA Nominations for 2009

Nominations for the Critics Choice awards, handed out by The Broadcast Film Critics Association, which consists of 235 television, radio and online film critics, were announced this morning. BFCA is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada. The Critics Choice Movie Awards will take place on Friday, January 15 at the Hollywood Palladium, and will be broadcast live on VH1.

The complete list of nominees:

BEST PICTURE
“Avatar”
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Invictus”
“Nine”
“Precious”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up In The Air”

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney – “Up In The Air”
Colin Firth – “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”
Viggo Mortensen – “The Road”
Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker”

BEST ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – “The Young Victoria ”
Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”
Carey Mulligan – “An Education”
Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious”
Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon – “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”
Christian McKay – “Me And Orson Welles”
Alfred Molina – “An Education”
Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard – “Nine”
Vera Farmiga – “Up In The Air”
Anna Kendrick – “Up In The Air”
Mo’Nique – “Precious”
Julianne Moore – “A Single Man”
Samantha Morton – “The Messenger”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Jae Head – “The Blind Side”
Bailee Madison – “Brothers”
Max Records – “Where The Wild Things Are”
Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones”
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Road”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Nine”
“Precious”
“Star Trek”
“Up In The Air”

BEST DIRECTING
Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron – “Avatar”
Lee Daniels – “Precious”
Clint Eastwood – “Invictus”
Jason Reitman – “Up In The Air”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “A Serious Man”
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – “(500) Days Of Summer”
Bob Peterson, Peter Docter – “Up”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach – “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – “District 9”
Geoffrey Fletcher – “Precious”
Tom Ford, David Scearce – “A Single Man”
Nick Hornby – “An Education”
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – “Up In The Air”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barry Ackroyd – “The Hurt Locker”
Dion Beebe – “Nine”
Mauro Fiore – “Avatar”
Andrew Lesnie – “The Lovely Bones”
Robert Richardson – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ART DIRECTION
Dan Bishop – “A Single Man”
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg – “Avatar”
John Myhre, Gordon Sim – “Nine”
Naomi Shohan, George De Titta, Jr. – “The Lovely Bones”
David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco – “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST EDITING
Dana E. Glauberman – “Up In The Air”
Sally Menke – “Inglourious Basterds”
Bob Murawski, Chris Innis – “The Hurt Locker”
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar”
Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith – “Nine”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood – “Nine”
Janet Patterson – “Bright Star”
Sandy Powell – “The Young Victoria ”
Anna Sheppard – “Inglourious Basterds”
Casey Storm – “Where The Wild Things Are”

BEST MAKEUP
“Avatar”
“District 9”
“Nine”
“The Road”
“Star Trek”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avatar”
“District 9”
“The Lovely Bones”
“Star Trek”
“2012”

BEST SOUND
“Avatar”
“District 9”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Nine”
“Star Trek”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs”
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“Princess And The Frog”
“Up”

BEST ACTION MOVIE
“Avatar”
“District 9”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”

BEST COMEDY
“(500) Days Of Summer”
“The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“The Proposal”
“Zombieland”

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
“Gifted Hands”
“Grey Gardens”
“Into The Storm”
“Taking Chance”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Broken Embraces”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“Red Cliff”
“Sin Nombre”
“The White Ribbon”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Anvil”
“Capitalism: A Love Story”
“The Cove”
“Food, Inc.”
“Michael Jackson’s This Is It”

BEST SONG
“All Is Love” – Karen O, Nick Zinner – “Where The Wild Things Are”
“Almost There” – Randy Newman – “The Princess And The Frog”
“Cinema Italiano” – Maury Yeston – “Nine”
“(I Want To) Come Home” – Paul McCartney – “Everybody’s Fine”
“The Weary Kind” – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham – “Crazy Heart”

BEST SCORE
Michael Giacchino – “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch – “The Informant!”
Randy Newman – “The Princess and the Frog”
Karen O, Carter Burwell – “Where The Wild Things Are”
Hans Zimmer – “Sherlock Holmes”

American Film Institute names surprises "Coraline", "The Hangover" on 2009 Top Ten list

The American Film Institute has named it's top ten for 2009. The list includes two films that have been ignored as too "Hollywood" for most critics' groups - the animated hit "Coraline" and the somewhat raunchy wedding comedy "The Hangover".  Notable by its absence from the list - "Inglorious Basterds". And also documentary "The Cove", which was considered a shoo in for the list. Ah, well...you can't have everything I guess...

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

CORALINE

THE HANGOVER

THE HURT LOCKER

THE MESSENGER

PRECIOUS

A SERIOUS MAN

A SINGLE MAN

SUGAR

UP

UP IN THE AIR

NY Online Critics virtually snub "Hurt Locker", awards "Avatar" best picture

In a major upset, the film that has been running away with all the first round of critics awards this afternoon, The Hurt Locker, managed only Best Director from the New York Film Critics Online this evening. James Cameron's epic Avatar was named best picture.

A trend for the supporting catagories is beginning to develop, with Inglorious Basterds' Christoph Waltz and Precious' MoNique winning all the awards in the supporting actor and actress catagories given out today so far.

The complete list of winners:

Picture - Avatar (20th Century Fox)

Actor - Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

Actress - Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)

Director - Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique (Precious)

Breakthrough Performer - Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Debut Director - Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer

Ensemble Cast - In the Loop (IFC Films)

Screenplay - Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino

Documentary - The Cove (Roadside Attractions)

Foreign Language - The White Ribbon (Sony Classics)

Animated - Up (Disney/Pixar)

Cinematography - Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson

Film Music or Score - Crazy Heart - Steve Bruton & T. Bone Burnett, music supervisor: Jeffrey Pollack

More awards throughout the night - still expecting the American Film Institute's top 10 list this evening, along with more awards throughout the week...

LA Critics putting the "Hurt" on other films; Bigelow named best director

LA Film Critics picked "The Hurt Locker" as best picture of 2009 this afternoon.

Full list of winners and runners-up. as traditionally announced by LA each year:

Best Picture
“The Hurt Locker”
Runner-up: “Up in the Air”

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Runner-up: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”

Best Actress
Yolande Moreau, “Séraphine”
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”

New Generation Award
Neill Blomkamp, “District 9”

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, “In The Loop”

Best Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, “The White Ribbon”

Best Screenplay
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, “In The Loop”

Best Cinematography
Christian Berger, “The White Ribbon”
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Documentary/Non-fiction Film
“The Beaches of Agnes” and “The Cove”

Best Foreign-Language Film
“Summer Hours”
Runner-up: “The White Ribbon”

Best Animated Film
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Runner-up: “Up”

Best Music/Score
T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, “Crazy Heart”
Runner-up: Alexandrew Desplat, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”

Best Production Design
Philip Ivey, “District 9”
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, ” Avatar”

More awards coming throughout the night, stay tuned to PNR for the complete lists!

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Boston critics pick indie fave "The Hurt Locker" as best picture

Boston Film Critics Society have named Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq drama The Hurt Locker as best picture of 2009, and also awarded Bigelow best director. Meryl Streep and Jeremy Renner were named best actress and actor respectively for "Julie and Julia" and "The Hurt Locker". Best ensemble was a tie for "Precious" and, in somewhat of a stunner, "Star Trek".

The complete winners list:

Best Picture

    Hurt Locker

 Best Actor

    Jeremy Renner for Hurt Locker

Best Actress

     Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

     Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds

 Best Supporting Actress

    Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

 Best Director

    Kathryn Bigelow for Hurt Locker

Best Screenplay

     Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man

Best Cinematography

    Barry Ackroyd for Hurt Locker

Best Documentary

    The Cove

Best Animated Film

    Up

Best Film Editing

    Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for Hurt Locker

 Best New Filmmaker

     Neill Blomkamp for District 9

Best Ensemble Cast

     Tie between Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire and Star Trek

Best Use of Music in a Film
     Crazy Heart

Subject:CINEMA's Flashback Flicks #1 - December 12, 2009!

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AWARDS NEWS: DC Critics are "Up In The Air"

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) today announced their 2009 winners, awarding Best Film to Up in the Air. The film's star, George Clooney, took home the Best Actor award, his second win (Michael Clayton, 2007). In a WAFCA first, Kathryn Bigelow took home the prize for Best Director for the Iraq War film, The Hurt Locker, the first woman to do so.

Relative newcomer Carey Mulligan took home the Best Actress award for "An Education," while what many considered the only locks of the season - the Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories - went to Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Mo'Nique (Precious), respectively. Precious also walked away with the Best Breakthrough Performance for first-time actress Gabourey Sidibe.

"We are thrilled with these results," said Tim Gordon, president of WAFCA. "As with every year, there were consensus favorites as well as surprises that both stunned and delighted us. In a year full of as many great films as this one, things are always...up in the air!"

In other categories, Sheldon Turner and two-time winner Jason Reitman (2006's Thank You for Smoking) won Best Adapted Screenplay for Up in the Air. Reitman also won the same award in 2006 for Thank You For Smoking. Quentin Tarantino won Best Original Screenplay for his heavily lauded Inglourious Basterds. Up snagged the Best Animated Film award, the fourth WAFCA win for the Disney/Pixar juggernaut. Best foreign film went to the immigration drama Sin Nombre, and Best Documentary went to Food, Inc.

The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association is comprised of 48 DC-VA-MD-based film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet. Voting was conducted from December 4 - 5, 2009.

Best Film: Up in the Air | Paramount

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Best Actor: George Clooney (Up in the Air)

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique (Precious)

Best Ensemble: The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment

Best Breakthrough Performance: Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)

Best Screenplay, Adapted: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air)

Best Screenplay, Original: Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Animated Film: Up | Walt Disney & Pixar

Best Foreign Film: Sin Nombre | Focus Features

Best Documentary: Food, Inc. | Magnolia

Best Art Direction: Nine | The Weinstein Company

SOURCE Washington DC Area Film Critics Association

Hollywood Reporter, Billboard sold to new publishing conglomerate

e5 Global Media LLC, a new company formed jointly by private equity partner Pluribus Capital Management and financial services firm Guggenheim Partners, has reached an agreement to purchase The Hollywood Reporter , Billboard, and several other publications from the Nielsen Co.

In addition to The Hollywood Reporter, the other brands included in the sale by Nielsen Business Media are: Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, the Clio Awards, Backstage and Film Journal. e5 Global Media will also acquire the Film Expo business, which includes the ShoWest, ShowEast, Cinema Expo International and CineAsia trade shows.

This deal is a potentially landscape-changing one as the new company makes decisions on how each publication is presented.

You can check out the full story at http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icf90084764d1ef2da20709764244c17d

Subject:CiNEMA #201 - "Scrooged! 'A Christmas Carol' Then And Now!"

TC and Kim  salute Dickens with this overview of the many different versions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL!

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THR's Friedman bashes NBR for not naming "Precious" among years' best films

The shockwaves have started....right on schedule....

As usual, THR's "Showbiz 411" columnist Roger Friedman - you remember, the gossip troll, er, columnist FIRED by Fox News last spring for reviewing an unfinished bootleg of Wolverine that he illegally downloaded from the internet - has launched his annual assault on the selections made by the National Board of Review.  He does this every year, usually because they tend to sometimes pick a popular movie over a critically acclaimed indie for their annual Top 10 Best Of Films.

This year, Roger says it's a "scandal" and an "embarrassment" that the NBR members selected a movie like Star Trek for their top ten, while "ignoring" a film as wonderful as Precious.

So of course, in the good tradition of gossip columnists, Friedman has to make personal jabs at the members of the NBR thusly:

^{Of course the National Board of Review, despite its name, is not about professional filmmakers or critics. Indeed, the actual professionals have been dropped by president Annie Schulhof over the last several years in favor of a sex therapist and Schulhof’s Park Avenue socialite friends.}

^{Gone from the NBR just recently are Annette Insdorf of Columbia University, a respected professor and writer; as well as both Roy and Lewis Frumkes, writers and film academicians, and Reeves Lehmann, head of the School of Visual Arts. They’ve added, however, Erik Tarloff, screenwriter of the memorable “Car 54, Where Are You?” and several episodes of TV’s “Gimme a Break!”}

^{As for “Precious”: luckily the NBR is a  precursor of nothing. Insiders say the Oscars are months away, and that the Academy voters don’t take the NBR seriously. Basically, it’s an advertising tool so that the studios can trumpet an impressive sounding award name in ads over Christmas. By March 7th, the NBR will be a distant memory, and their snub of “Precious” just another on their long list of embarrassments.}

Ok, well, obviously it's NOT nothing, or the media wouldn't make such a big deal about it. People do care about the opinions of members of the NBR, and their "cred" isn't in danger by anyone from someone of Friedman's gossipy bitching. It's important for everyone to have a say, but like a typical extreme-left liberal, if the choices don't mesh with Friedman's, he attacks the choices they do make.  Also, I don't see the word "professional" in the name National Board Of Review. No one ever claimed that they were "professional" in any sense of the word other than professional movie fans. Yes, they ARE well connected, particularly with Warner Brothers. And yes, some of them ARE in the film business, either directly or on its fringe. But nothing requires them to be in the industry.

There's also one other overwhelming fact - Preciousis getting raves from the critics, and is doing well on scoring at the IMDB (about as reliable as, say, NOTHING). But the word of mouth from regular fans is that it's an INCREDIBLY DEPRESSING film. One person I talked to didn't see that "uplifting" end as very uplifting - in fact, they said Preciousis quite possibly the most depressing movie ever made and, in a reference that shocked me, called it the film equivalent of Gloomy Sunday. For those of you who don't know that song, it's from the 30s or 40s, the best known version is by Billie Holliday, and it's earned the somewhat-ubiquitous nickname of "The Hungarian Suicide Song" for the number of suicides it supposedly inspired.

If THAT is the general populace's take on Precious, it's NOT going to go over with the average audience, but of course it will do well with the critics, it's the kind of movie that critics like - socially relevant and depressing as all hell.  Me, I haven't seen it as yet, but plan to in the next couple of weeks, because i'm hearing how great it is. But all indications are that it's NOT going to be the huge Oscar contender that many seem to believe it will be.

Star Trek, on the other hand, is a crowd pleasure - HORRORS! How DARE a "professional" group give a feel-good fun romp of a movie like Star Treka year-end award? It's just not acceptable...NO NO NO NO NO! The indie fans have DECLARED it so.

Grow up, indie fans...Of all the Oscarlists I've looked at around the net from various columnists and indie blogs, includingINDIEWire, the standard of indie coverage, I think they're all about 40-50% wrong...and no matter how much they think that all ten Best Picture Oscarnoms are going to go to indies, they're very wrong on that - with Up, Star Trek, Watchmen, and several other films as good possible nominees, it's inevitable that many many indie columnists are going to be severely disappointed, severely pissed, and ready to unload at anything they perceive as a threat to indie domination of the Oscars. Hey, guys, i'm an indie fan  - I mean, I DO run an indie site too - but i'm also a realist. And I know a great, well-reviewed, well thought of movie like Star Trek has a shot at Oscar. Not because it's mainstream, but because it's just that damn good.

I do agree with Friedman on one thing, though - I too find it weird that Precious wasn't mentioned on NBR's list of top indie films of the year either. Surely it should have been there at least. But then again, neither was That Evening Sun, one of the most underrated films of the past several years. It also deserved to be there...especially in the light of several Spirit Awardnoms (though inexplicably not nominating star Hal Holbrook, but giving nods to two of his supporting co-stars).

It's gonna be a fun Awards Season folks...and we'll be here keeping you tuned in to all the gossip, malicious or friendly, and weighing in on it as well...

Lambert/ABC controversy dangerously close to blacklist

We were planning to address this on Subject:CINEMA's next episode, but it's gotten out of hand and it's time to call a spade a spade, as it were...

ABC has gone beyond the boundaries of censorship when it comes to their recent actions concerning  singer and American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert. Way beyond. It is now bordering dangerously close to blacklisting the performer. And it has to STOP. NOW.

After a particularly raunchy performance on The American Music Awards, ABC recieved 1500 complaints about the singer's antics. Immediately, ABC began censoring Lambert, which is their right - where the American Music Awards were concerned. ABC had every right to tone down Lambert's performance for the west coast broacast of the show.

However, it's gone beyond that. They cancelled an appearance on ABC morning show Good Morning America set for that Wednesday. And now they've continued their abhorent behavior, booting Lambert from scheduled appearances on the Jimmy Kimmel show next week, and on Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve December 31st.

Lambert has acknoledged that he got carried away at the AMA's but refused to apologize, saying that he wasn't a baby sitter and that his performance, after 10:30 PM on both coasts, was not designed for children.  On an appearance on CBS' Early Show last week, on the same day that he had been scheduled for GMA, he accused those who were complaining of discrimination. In case you were unaware (and I don't know who would be), Lambert is openly gay. 

You know what? After careful consideration, I agree with him.

Outside of the usual over-the-top cronies who always freak out when they feel things go too far, nobody else really cares. Look around - is anyone talking about it at the watercooler? No? Then GROW UP, ABC! Grow Up, Bob Igor and the rest of you in the executive staff. No one gave a damn when Madonna and Britney Spears pulled the same kind of thing on MTV's Video Music Awards a couple years back. And NO ONE Pulled the same kind of shit you're now trying to pull on Lambert to either of them. No one gave a rats' butt that Michael Phelps smoked weed last year except one sponsor, and they're now finding out that dropping Phelps may have been a huge mistake.

We live in a world where shocking things sometimes happen after 10 PM at night. For pete's sake, everywhere else in the world EXCEPT the U.S., the "F" word is acceptable on FREE TV after 9 PM.  ABC is showing the rest of the world how backwards and prudish we can really be.  Don't give me the Central Timezone bullshit, it won't wash with me. It's time to grow some balls and stand up to the FCC and the complaints from a conservative christian organization who has made it their life's mission to hassle gay performers.  It's time the long-antiquated FCC was abolished, anyway - they clearly are completely out of step with television in the rest of the world.  And I've got news for Liberty Counsel, the group who filed the complaint - i'm a born again Christian, and have been for 34 years. And even I can see what you are doing is flat out WRONG.

Lambert made the only statement he's going to make on this, and the entire incident should now be OVER. Drop it. EVERYONE ELSE HAS. If you don't stop this shameful behavior, you're inviting the kinds of boycotts from GLAAD and other gay and lesbian groups that could really cause problems with your network.  Do you really want that? DO YOU?

Rumors are flying that people in the executive suite are trying to talk (or even force) Barbara Walters into dropping Lambert from her "10 Most Interesting People Of 2009" special next week, and maybe finding someone else to replace him. If that rumor is true, the entire ABC/Disney board should resign in shame. I'm sure Ms. Walters is quite capable of making her own decisions, and standing up to ABC's strong-arm tactics. But if the rumor is true, and she also caves to pressure, then we have a REAL problem. But I think she'll do the right thing and allow his piece to air.

And then I hope she turns to the camera and lets ABC execs have it right in the balls. They have it coming. Never did I ever think I would see this kind of deplorable, ruthless, and ILLEGAL behavior return in a town that has been so devestated by such actions in the recent past. And I hope ABC comes down from their high horse soon, and realizes that all they're now doing...is making themselves, their entire network, and the legacy of Walt Disney look like one gigantic ass...

Nat'l Board Of Review names "Up In The Air" best picture of 2009

The National Board of Review has named "Up In The Air" best picture of 2009.

"Air" star George Clooney shared lead actor with Morgan Freeman for "Invictus".

THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

Best Picture: Up in the Air by Jason Reitman

Ten Best Films
(in alphabetical order)
AN EDUCATION
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
INVICTUS
THE MESSENGER
A SERIOUS MAN
STAR TREK
UP
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Best Director
Clint Eastwood, Invictus

Best Actor
Morgan Freeman, Invictus and George Clooney, Up In The Air (tie)

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education

Best Supporting Actor
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Supporting Actress
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air

Best Foreign Film
A Prophet

Best Documentary
The Cove

Best Animated Feature
Up

Best Ensemble Cast
It’s Complicated

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut
Duncan Jones, Moon, Oren Moverman, The Messenger and Marc Webb, 500 Days of Summer (tie)

Best Original Screenplay
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air

Special Filmmaking Achievement Award
WES ANDERSON, The Fantastic Mr. Fox

William K. Everson Film History Award
JEAN PICKER FIRSTENBERG

NBR Freedom of Expression
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
INVICTUS
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSEBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

Five Best Foreign-Language Films
(in alphabetical order)
THE MAID
REVANCHE
SONG OF SPARROWS
THREE MONKEYS
THE WHITE RIBBON

Five Best Documentaries
(in alphabetical order)
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
CRUDE
FOOD, INC.
GOOD HAIR
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

Top Ten Independent Films
(in alphabetical order)
AMREEKA
DISTRICT 9
GOODBYE SOLO
HUMPDAY
IN THE LOOP
JULIA
ME AND ORSON WELLES
MOON
SUGAR
TWO LOVERS

Commentary on this and other awards so far coming on this weekend's edition of Subject:CINEMA

AWARDS NEWS: "Hurt Locker" tops Gotham/IFP awards

"The Hurt Locker" emerged as the big winner at Monday's Gotham Independent Film Awards at New York's Cipriani Wall Street. It wasn't a clean sweep as many predicted but it picked up prizes for feature -- the night's top prize -- as well as for ensemble cast.

Feature prize went to producer-helmer Kathryn Bigelow, producer-scribe Mark Boal, and producers Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, with the cast trophy went to Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse and Evangeline Lilly.

"Locker" missed out on its third nomination, the breakthrough actor award, which went to Catalina Saavedra for Chilean-set "The Maid." Renner was also nominated in the category.

Robert Kenner's "Food, Inc.,"took the documentary prize.

The breakthrough director went to Robert Siegel for his debut film, "Big Fan." Siegel also penned 2008's "The Wrestler."

Ry Russo-Young's "You Won't Miss Me" took the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You award, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize.

The show was streamed live via Ustream.com

AWARDS NEWS: "Nine" , "Red Cliff" lead Satellite Award noms

Rob Marshall's "Nine" scored a whopping 11 Satellite Award nominations, including best picture in the comedy or musical category. The bigscreen adaptation of the Broadway tuner also scored acting nods for stars Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Daniel Day-Lewis, as well as best ensemble. Marshall was also nominated for best director.

John Woo's expansive historical epic "Red Cliff"came in second with seven nods.

In the best actor field, the nominees are Jeff Bridges ("Crazy Heart"), Hugh Dancy ("Adam"), Johnny Depp ("Public Enemies"), Colin Firth ("A Single Man"), Jeremy Renner ("The Hurt Locker") and Michael Sheen ("The Damned United").

For best actress, the nominees are Shohreh Aghdashloo ("The Stoning of Soraya M."), Emily Blunt ("The Young Victoria"), Abbie Cornish ("Bright Star") Penelope Cruz ("Broken Embraces"), Carey Mulligan ("An Education") and Catalina Saavedra ("The Maid").

Best Drama nods went to "Bright Star,""An Education,""The Hurt Locker,""The Messenger,""Precious"and "The Stoning of Soraya M.", with Musical/Comedy nods going to "Nine,""The Informant,""Julie and Julia,""It's Complicated,""A Serious Man"and "Up in the Air."

The complete list of nominations follows:

FILM

Motion Picture (Drama)
"Bright Star"
"An Education"
"The Hurt Locker"
"The Messenger"
"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"
"The Stoning of Soraya M."

Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
"The Informant!"
"It's Complicated"
"Julie & Julia"
"Nine"
"A Serious Man"
"Up in the Air"

Foreign Language Film
"Broken Embraces"
"I Killed My Mother"
"The Maid"
"Red Cliff"
"The White Ribbon"
"Winter in Wartime"

Documentary Feature
"The Beaches of Agnes"
"The Cove"
"Every Little Step"
"It Might Get Loud"
"The September Issue"
"Valentino: The Last Emperor"

Motion Picture (Animated or Mixed Media)
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
"The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"Up"
"Where the Wild Things Are"

Director
Jane Campion, "Bright Star"
Neill Blomkamp, "District 9"
Lone Scherfig, "An Education"
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Rob Marshall, "Nine"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"

Actress (Drama)
Shohreh Aghdashloo, "The Stoning of Soraya M."
Emily Blunt, "The Young Victoria"
Abbie Cornish, "Bright Star"
Penelope Cruz, "Broken Embraces"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
Catalina Saavedra, "The Maid"

Actor (Drama)
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
Hugh Dancy, "Adam"
Johnny Depp, "Public Enemies"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"
Michael Sheen, "The Damned United"

Actress (Comedy Or Musical)
Sandra Bullock, "The Proposal"
Marion Cotillard, "Nine"
Zooey Deschanel, "(500) Days of Summer"
Katherine Heigl, "The Ugly Truth"
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"

Actor (Comedy Or Musical)
George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Bradley Cooper, "The Hangover"
Matt Damon, "The Informant!"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Nine"
Michael Stuhlbarg, "A Serious Man"

Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, "Sunshine Cleaning"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Mozhan Marno, "The Stoning of Soraya M."
Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"

Supporting Actor
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
James McAvoy, "The Last Station"
Alfred Molina, "An Education"
Timothy Spall, "The Damned United"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Original Screenplay
Jane Campion, "Bright Star"
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "(500) Days of Summer"
Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"
Joel and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"
Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, "Up"

Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"
Nick Hornby, "An Education"
Nora Ephron, "Julie & Julia"
Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"

Cinematography
Robert Richardson, "Inglourious Basterds"
Guillermo Navarro and Erich Roland, "It Might Get Loud"

Dion Beebe, "Nine"
Dante Spinotti, "Public Enemies"
Lu Yue and Zhang Yi, "Red Cliff"
Roger Deakins, "A Serious Man"

Film Editing
Julian Clarke, "District 9"
Chris Innis and Bob Murawski, "The Hurt Locker"
Greg Finton, "It Might Get Loud"
Claire Simpson and Wyatt Smith, "Nine"
Angie Lam, Yang Hongyu and Robert A. Ferretti, "Red Cliff"

David Brenner and Peter S. Elliot, "2012"

Original Score
Gabriel Yared, "Amelia"
Marvin Hamlisch, "The Informant!"
Elliot Goldenthal, "Public Enemies"
Michael Giacchino, "Up"

Rolfe Kent, "Up in the Air"
Carter Burwell and Karen O, "Where the Wild Things Are"

Original Song
"The Weary Kind"from "Crazy Heart"(T Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham)
"We Are the Children of the World"from "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"(Terry Gilliam)
"Cinema Italiano"from "Nine"(Maury Yeston)
"I See in Color"from "Precious: Based on the Novel Push"by Sapphire (Mary J. Blige)
"Almost There"from "The Princess and the Frog"(Randy Newman)
"Down in New Orleans"from "The Princess and the Frog"(Randy Newman)

Art Direction
Terry Gilliam, Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
Nathan Crowley, Patrick Lumb and William Ladd Skinner, "Public Enemies"
Eddy Wong, "Red Cliff"
Chris Kennedy, "The Road"
Ian Philips and Dan Bishop, "A Single Man"
Barry Chusid and Elizabeth Wilcox, "2012"

Costume Design
Consolata Boyle, "Cheri"
Monique Prudhomme, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
Colleen Atwood,"Nine"
Tim Yip, "Red Cliff"
Sandy Powell, "The Young Victoria"

Visual Effects
"District 9"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Red Cliff"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"2012"

Sound
"It Might Get Loud"
"Nine"
"Red Cliff"
"Terminator Salvation"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"2012"

Ensemble
"Nine"

Outstanding New Talent
Gabourey Sidibe

Auteur Award
Roger Corman

Tesla Award (Achievement in Technology)
Roger Deakins

Mary Pickford Award (Outstanding Artistic Contribution)
Michael York

Ten Best Films of 2009

"Bright Star"

"An Education"

"(500) Days of Summer"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Nine"

"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"

"A Serious Man"

"The Stoning of Soraya M."

"Up in the Air"

AWARDS NEWS: "Precious", "The Last Station" lead Spirit Award nominations

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced nominations this morning for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Nominees for Best Feature include (500) Days Of Summer, Amreeka, Precious, Sin Nombre and The Last Station. Taraji P. Henson and Matt Dillon also announced finalists for the Acura Someone to Watch Award, the Truer Than Fiction Award, and the Piaget Producers Award.

A Serious Man was selected for the Robert Altman Award, which is given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast.

"It's astonishing to look back upon the wealth of fresh and diverse filmmaking talent that has been nominated over the past 25 years," said Film Independent's Executive Director Dawn Hudson. "This year's nominees continue to uphold that independent spirit, and have created exceptional work that we are proud to spotlight and celebrate."

"It is exciting to be able to recognize this diverse group of filmmakers, who despite the challenging times, continue to create meaningful and original work," said Stephanie Allain, Chair of the American Narrative Feature Nominating Committee.

Selected from 240 submissions, this year's winners will be unveiled at a late-night celebration on Friday, March 5, 2010, at LA Live's panoramic event deck in downtown Los Angeles. The 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony will air live and uncut on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. PST/11:00 p.m. EST on IFC (Independent Film Channel). Premier Sponsors IFC, ELLE, Piaget, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Acura, Stella Artois and Principal Sponsor Netflix sponsor this year's event. American Airlines is the Official Airline Partner and On3 Productions is the Official Presenter Gift Lounge Producer. Wire Image is the Official Photographer and PR Newswire is the Official Breaking News Service of Film Independent.

On Wednesday, March 3, a selection of Spirit Award nominees will discuss their films and their craft at Film Independent's Directors Close-Up, a 5-week series that features conversations with directors and their collaborators.

The Spirit Awards Nominating Committee applies uniqueness of vision, original & provocative subject matter, economy of means (with particular attention paid to total production cost & individual compensation), and percentage of financing from independent sources as guidelines when making its selections. The Committee was composed of the following sub-committees:

The 14-person American Narrative Nominating Committee included Chair, producer Stephanie Allain; producers, Nina Jacobson, Gail Mutrux, Heather Rae; writer/director Mora Stephens; writer/director/producer Larry Karaszewski; director John Singleton; actors Melonie Diaz, S. Epatha Merkerson, Andre Royo; casting director Jeanne McCarthy; film critic Elvis Mitchell playwright; Bernard Weinraub; and Los Angeles Film Festival Artistic Director David Ansen.

The 8-person Documentary Feature Nominating Committee included Co-Chairs, film marketing veteran Laura Kim and Toronto International Film Festival documentary programmer Thom Powers; filmmakers Scott Kennedy, Marina Zenovich, Patrick Creadon, Stefan Forbes; cinematographer Ellen Kuras; and producer Chiemi Karasawa.

The 8-person Foreign Feature Nominating Committee included Chair, writer/director/producer Mary Sweeney; writer/directors Goran Dukic, Neil LaBute, Kasi Lemmons; past Director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Tim Kittleson; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment President of Creative Affairs, Bingham Ray; San Francisco Film Society Director of Programming, Rachel Rosen; and Los Angeles Times Film Critic Kenneth Turan.

The 5-person Acura Someone to Watch Nominating Committee included Chair, filmmaker and Austin Film Society's Director of Artist Series, Bryan Poyser; filmmakers Rodney Evans, Barry Jenkins; Denver Post Film Critic Lisa Kennedy; and festival programmer Mike Plante.

The 5-person Truer Than Fiction Nominating Committee included Chair, filmmaker AJ Schnack; filmmakers Thomas Allen Harris, Darius Marder, Laura Poitras; and Sundance Institute's Director of Documentary Film Program, Cara Mertes.

The 5-person Piaget Producer's Award Nominating Committee included Chair, producer Effie T. Brown; producers Amy Hobby, Paul Mezey; Film Finances Inc. Vice President, Paula Schmit; and New York University film professor Karl Bardosh.

For more information on submission guidelines, voting, media and publicist credentials, and the history of the Spirit Awards, please visit SpiritAwards.com.

ABOUT FILM INDEPENDENT

Film Independent is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization that champions independent film and supports a community of artists who embody diversity, innovation, and uniqueness of vision. Film Independent helps filmmakers make their movies, builds an audience for their projects, and works to diversify the film industry. Film Independent's Board of Directors, filmmakers, staff, and constituents, are comprised of an inclusive community of individuals across ability, age, ethnicity, gender, race, and sexual orientation. Anyone passionate about film can become a member, whether you are a filmmaker, industry leader, or a film lover.

With over 250 annual screenings and events, Film Independent provides access to a network of like-minded artists who are driving creativity in the film industry. Film Independent offers free Filmmaker Labs for selected writers, directors, and producers; provides cut-rate services for filmmakers; and presents year-round networking opportunities. Film Independent's mentorship and job placement program, Project:Involve, pairs emerging culturally diverse filmmakers with film industry professionals.

Film Independent produces the Los Angeles Film Festival, celebrating the best of American and international cinema and the Spirit Awards, a celebration honoring films and filmmakers that embody independence and originality.

For more information or to become a member, visit FilmIndependent.org.

2010 SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not listed)

(500) Days Of Summer       Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica
                 Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe
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Amreeka             Producers: Paul Barkin, Christina
                 Piovesan
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Precious             Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness,
                 Sarah Siegel-Magness
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Sin Nombre            Producer: Amy Kaufman
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The Last Station         Producers: Bonnie Arnold, Chris Curling,
                 Jens Meuer
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BEST DIRECTOR

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen      A Serious Man
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Lee Daniels           Precious
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Cary Joji Fukunaga        Sin Nombre
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James Gray            Two Lovers
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Michael Hoffman         The Last Station
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BEST SCREENPLAY

Alessandro Camon, Oren
 Moverman            The Messenger
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Michael Hoffman         The Last Station
---------------         ----------------
Lee Toland Krieger       The Vicious Kind
------------------       ----------------
Greg Mottola          Adventureland
------------          -------------
Scott Neustadter, Michael H.
 Weber             (500) Days Of Summer
----------------------------  --------------------

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

A Single Man          Director: Tom Ford
                Producers: Tom Ford, Andrew Miano, Robert
                Salerno, Chris Weitz
------------          -----------------------------------------
Crazy Heart           Director: Scott Cooper
                Producers: T Bone Burnett, Judy Cairo,
                 Rob Carliner, Scott Cooper, Robert
                 Duvall
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Easier With Practice      Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
                Producer: Cookie Carosella
--------------------      --------------------------
Paranormal Activity       Director: Oren Peli
                Producer: Jason Blum, Oren Peli
-------------------       -------------------------------
The Messenger          Director: Oren Moverman
                Producers: Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee,
                 Zach Miller
-------------          ----------------------------------------

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Sophie Barthes          Cold Souls
--------------          ----------
Scott Cooper           Crazy Heart
------------           -----------
Cherien Dabis          Amreeka
-------------          -------
Geoffrey Fletcher        Precious
-----------------        --------
Tom Ford, David Scearce     A Single Man
-----------------------     ------------

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD - Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director, and producer. Executive Producers are not listed

Big Fan             Writer/Director: Robert Siegel
                 Producers: Elan Bogarin, Jean Kouremetis
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Humpday             Writer/Director/Producer: Lynn Shelton
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The New Year Parade       Writer/Director: Tom Quinn
                 Producers: Steve Beal, Tom Quinn
-------------------       --------------------------------
Treeless Mountain        Writer/Director: So Yong Kim
                 Producers: Bradley Rust Gray, Ben Howe,
                 So Yong Kim, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy
-----------------        ---------------------------------------
Zero Bridge           Writer/Director: Tariq Tapa
                 Producers: Josee Lajoie, Hilal Ahmed
                 Langoo, Tariq Tapa
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BEST FEMALE LEAD

Maria Bello           Downloading Nancy
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Nisreen Faour          Amreeka
-------------          -------
Helen Mirren           The Last Station
------------           ----------------
Gwyneth Paltrow         Two Lovers
---------------         ----------
Gabourey Sidibe         Precious
---------------         --------

BEST MALE LEAD

Jeff Bridges           Crazy Heart
------------           -----------
Colin Firth           A Single Man
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt       (500) Days Of Summer
--------------------       --------------------
Souleymane Sy Savane       Goodbye Solo
--------------------       ------------
Adam Scott            The Vicious Kind
----------            ----------------

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Dina Korzun           Cold Souls
-----------           ----------
Mo'Nique             Precious
--------             --------
Samantha Morton         The Messenger
---------------         -------------
Natalie Press          Fifty Dead Men Walking
-------------          ----------------------
Mia Wasikowska          That Evening Sun
--------------          ----------------

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Jemaine Clement         Gentlemen Broncos
---------------         -----------------
Woody Harrelson         The Messenger
---------------         -------------
Christian McKay         Me and Orson Welles
---------------         -------------------
Raymond McKinnon         That Evening Sun
----------------         ----------------
Christopher Plummer       The Last Station
-------------------       ----------------

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins          A Serious Man
-------------          -------------
Adriano Goldman         Sin Nombre
---------------         ----------
Anne Misawa           Treeless Mountain
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Andrij Parekh          Cold Souls
-------------          ----------
Peter Zeitlinger         Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)

Anvil! The Story of Anvil    Director: Sacha Gervasi
-------------------------    -----------------------
Food, Inc.            Director: Robert Kenner
----------            -----------------------
More Than A Game         Director: Kristopher Belman
----------------         ---------------------------
October Country         Directors: Donal Mosher, Michael
                 Palmieri
---------------         --------------------------------
Which Way Home          Director: Rebecca Cammisa
--------------          -------------------------

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)

A Prophet            Director: Jacques Audiard
(France)
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An Education           Director: Lone Scherfig
(UK/France)
-----------           -----------------------
Everlasting Moments       Director: Jan Troell
(Sweden)
--------             --------------------
Mother              Director: Bong Joon-Ho
(South Korea)
-------------          ----------------------
The Maid             Director: Sebastian Silva
(Chile)
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ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD - The 16th annual Acura Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Acura.

Kyle Patrick Alvarez       Easier With Practice
--------------------       --------------------
Asiel Norton           Redland
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Tariq Tapa            Zero Bridge
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TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD - The 15th annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Natalia Almada          El General
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Jessica Oreck          Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
-------------          ---------------------------
Bill Ross, Turner Ross      45365
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PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD - The 13th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.

Karin Chien           The Exploding Girl, Santa Mesa
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Larry Fessenden         I Sell the Dead, The House of the Devil
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Dia Sokol            Beeswax, Nights & Weekends
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ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD - (Given to one film's director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)

A Serious Man          Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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                 Casting Directors: Ellen Chenoweth,
                 Rachel Tenner
                 -----------------------------------
                 Ensemble Cast: Richard Kind, Sari
                 Lennick, Jessica McManus, Fred Melamed,
                 Michael Stuhlbarg, Aaron Wolff
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