2011 Academy Awards

[Label Basher]

^ Do you happen to know why that was?

 

[Ziegfeld Girl]

^ Another Year is probably ineligible because Mike Leigh usually doesn't have a proper script before he shoots a movie and instead improvises with his actors a lot. Not sure about the others.

 

[Label Basher]

I had a feeling something like this was going to happen -

Black Swan caught in row over costume award nominations

BAFTAs night looms, but as attention inevitably focuses on how many prizes the King's Speech will win next weekend, a ruckus in the world of fashion threatens to distract film fans' attention from Britain's answer to the Oscars.

A row is escalating over the costumes worn in Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky's brilliantly over-the top ballet psychodrama, which has been nominated for five Oscars and 12 Baftas.

As the British Academy of Film and Television Arts readies itself for its awards night in London, its nomination last month for Black Swan's costume designer Amy Westcott has been soured by an extraordinary row over the proper credit rights on the film with Laura and Kate Mulleavy, the duo behind the cult, grungey fashion label Rodarte.

The fashion world was excited when it was revealed that the Mulleavy sisters had designed costumes for Black Swan.

Nothing could be more titillating than seeing Natalie Portman swanning around on the big screen in their clothes in her starring role as Nina in Black Swan. Portman is a friend of the designers, who wears their tattered, bird-inspired lines on the red carpet and is often in the front row at their shows.

The situation has become, like Nina's mind in the film, a little muddled. Reports surfaced recently alleging that the Mulleavy sisters were unhappy about how little credit they received for their designs in the film.

Westcott, as Black Swan's official designer, was the only one deemed eligible for any costume design award nominations. She has now spoken out on the Clothes on Film website to address the Mulleavy sister's complaints.

"Controversy is too complimentary a word for two people using their considerable self-publicising resources to loudly complain about their credit once they realised how good the film is," she said. She added that, contrary to what people had been led to believe, Rodarte did not design all of the ballet looks in the film – only seven were created by company.

"I was happy for Rodarte's persistent publicity efforts at first," Westcott said. "I'm so proud of the film and anything that brings it to an even wider audience is genuinely welcome."

When talking about the film, the Mulleavy sisters have failed to mention Westcott.

Far from being just a parochial fashion catfight, the Wescott-Mulleavy dispute raises the issue of whether fashion designers unfairly steal the limelight when they are involved with cinema.

Westcott said the overwhelming reaction from other costume designers had been "very affirming". She said: "Apparently this has happened to a number of people, but this one just got more press."

Rodarte's representatives did not reply to a request for a comment.

guardian.co.uk

Like the article said each party never acknowledged each other. When I first heard about the costumes it was said they were designed by Rodarte and then on IMDB it was listed as Amy Westcott.

Amy to me is clearly the main costume designer as she would have dressed the whole cast plus the extras. I see the point in both arguments but then in the past other designers have given outfits to appear in films and haven't been nomination along side the costume designer example Patricia Field for The Devil Wears Prada.

FYI Black Swan isn't even nominated for Oscar Costume Design it's -

“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest” Sandy Powell
“True Grit” Mary Zophres

That is interesting and surprising.

 

[Chaky]

^ Do you happen to know why that was?

If the scripts aren't produced under the WGA's contractual union guidelines (called the Minimum Basic Agreement) then they get disqualified.

Same thing happens every year so one always has to remember with these that occasionally the Oscar favourite is not even in contention, e.g. King's Speech.

 

[before]

That Westcott gal knows how to throw it down. I believe she's the one who deserves the credit, more so than the Rodarte girls.

I love Rodarte but there's always been something condescending about the duo. Just a feeling.

Perhaps being a critcs' darling isn't all that resourceful in this instance. Besides, the costumes weren't something to write home about.

 

[Zann]

there is a thread about the black swan rodarte costume thing. i know we've discussed it there already if yall want to contribute to that specific thread rather than here.

i wonder if black swan will win something other than best actress?

 

[Chaky]

Livestream now of the Oscar nominees luncheon. The acting nominees are answering questions from the media.

livestream.com

 

[Flashbang]

John Hawkes is so... charming. I love his face

 

[Chaky]

Oscar nominees luncheon

The class photo (super hi-res!)


Best Actor


Best Actress


Best Supporting Actress


awardsdaily.com

Christian Bale and David Fincher weren't there so not if a Supporting Actor or Director group photo exists.

 

[Flashbang]

I'm hoping the Academy would use 2008's nomination format like this:
I still remember got goosebumps all over when I saw it


I dislike 2009's

 

[beatriz]

Really? I find it so dispensable. And it's annoying that only actors (in a leading role, right?) get the "honour" of listening to a personalized speech before the winner is announced. Like they're the only really important part of a movie. Maybe I'm being cynical or harsh, but that's how I felt about it the past times.

 

[Zann]

I actually liked it. ^It's both Leading and Supporting actors/actresses that have it. When they first did it i bet everyone sitting there were crapping their pants. To have those calibur of actors and actresses say so many positive things about you must have been mind numbing.

 

[LolaSvelt]

It was done so awkwardly last year (in fact, the whole show wasn't very good last year...lots of mistakes and such).

The previous year was amazing, though. I loved the intimate setting, Hugh Jackman and the acting format. Not only did all of the actors get praised, but they got some really good previous winners to salute them. I feel like the people they got last year were not friends, just acquaintances. I bet Oprah hasn't even talked to Gabourey Sidibe ever since the ceremony.
The one thing I disliked about that ceremony,however, was that they pushed aside the Original Song nominees and condensed all of their songs into a crappy medley just so they could make room for Beyonce/Zac Efron/Vanessa Hudgens and co.

That being said, I hope they go back to doing classic clips this year. Or even show a montage of clips like they did for the Supporting categories last year.

 

[melfreya]

Oscar Nominees’ Moms to Embarrass Them on Twitter

You know what's funny about moms? How they're all kind of the same: Like, they love you, are proud of you, know embarrassing stuff about you, and don't know how to use technology. Not knowing how to use technology, or knowing how to use technology but in a distinctly mom-ish way (i.e., really loving, all up in your business, but not that all-important thing — "cool") is a really defining feature of moms. And to prove it — that, like, no matter who you are, your mom loves you but sounds funny on technology — the Academy Awards are having the nominees' moms, the “Mominees,” tweet about their children during the preshow. Aw. Famous people's moms! Just like your mom! Natalie Portman has already gone on record with an appropriate response ("No way! My mother would be terrified"), but the Academy promises it will teach all mominees who don't know how to tweet, how to tweet. A real public service that. Anyway, James Franco's mom better get ready: She's going to be expected to write ten tweets to every other mom's one, using only one arm.

nymag.com

 

[Label Basher]

Really? I find it so dispensable. And it's annoying that only actors (in a leading role, right?) get the "honour" of listening to a personalized speech before the winner is announced. Like they're the only really important part of a movie. Maybe I'm being cynical or harsh, but that's how I felt about it the past times.

No I agree, it went on way too long and just made ''Hollywood'' look like douches.

Maybe they could swap and have the actress give the actress and the actor give the actor etc for a change.

 

[Label Basher]

Oscar Nominees’ Moms to Embarrass Them on Twitter

That is so lame and stupid. This is the Oscars not the MTV Awards.
My Mum would tell them that she doesn't have time for that rubbish.

 

[MUXU]

hahaha, "mominees". that is lame

anyone know what time and which channel the oscars is gonna be on for uk?

 

[Chaky]

BAFTA winners

Best film
The King's Speech
Black Swan
True Grit
Inception
The Social Network

Best director
David Fincher - The Social Network
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Danny Boyle - 127 Hours

Best actor
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
James Franco - 127 Hours
Javier Bardem - Biutiful
Jeff Bridges - True Grit

Best actress
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right
Noomi Rapace - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit

Best supporting actor
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Pete Postlethwaite - The Town
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right

Best supporting actress
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Barbara Hershey - Black Swan
Lesley Manville - Another Year
Miranda Richardson - Made in Dagenham

Outstanding British film
The King's Speech
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
Made in Dagenham

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Four Lions - Chris Morris (director/writer)
The Arbor - Clio Bernard (director), Tracy O'Riordan (producer)
Exit Through The Gift Shop - Banksy (director), Jaimie D'Cruz (producer)
Monster - Gareth Edwards (director/writer)
Skeletons - Nick Whitfield (director/Writer)

Best foreign language film
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Sweden
Biutiful - Mexico/Spain
The Secret in Their Eyes - Argentina
I Am Love - Italy
Of Gods and Men - France

Best animated feature film
Toy Story 3
How To Train Your Dragon
Despicable Me

Best original screenplay
The King's Speech - David Seidler
Black Swan - Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin
The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The Kids are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

Best adapted screenplay
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt
True Grit - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Best original score
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours - AR Rahman
Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman
How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer

Cinematography
True Grit
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech

Editing
The Social Network
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech

Production design
Inception
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
The King's Speech
True Grit

Costume design
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
The King's Speech
Made in Dagenham
True Grit

Sound
Inception
127 Hours
Black Swan
The King's Speech
True Grit

Special Visual Effects
Inception
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part I
Toy Story 3

Make-up and hair
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part I
The King's Speech
Made in Dagenham

Short animation
The Eagleman Stag
Matter Fisher
Thursday

Short film
Until The River Runs Red
Connect
Lin
Rite
Turning

Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Tom Hardy
Gemma Arterton
Andrew Garfield
Aaron Johnson
Emma Stone

 

[Chaky]

As expected it was a good haul for The King's Speech. I'm happy that Fincher got Director, he really deserved it. And generally happy for anything picked up by Social Network, Black Swan and Inception.

I still think the Baftas got it wrong by failing to nominate Blue Valentine or Winter's Bone but never mind.

Looking good for Colin and King's Speech in a couple of weeks.

 

[MyNameIs]

Really BAFTAs? Helena Bonham Carter? She was fine in that role, I'm even ok with the nomination (even though she would NEVER have even been in the running had TKS not been such an awards magnet) but giving her the win??? That's got to be one of the least deserving wins ever.

I'm over this TKS obsession in general though. I'd love for it to end up losing the Picture.