Monday, February 28, 2011

OSCAR's 2011 WINNERS

It's awarding season again for the big man in the U.S. and who will be the lucky winners?  Who will take home that  Gold Statue which has been a symbol of movies highest honor in recognizing the best of best film for the last 83 years of American movie industry the OSCAR.

The 83rd Oscar award always and never stop surprising it's viewers every time they held their presentation and more often than not it brought us a lot of controversies that is always major talk of the Tinseltown,  from the nominees, presenters, performers, speeches and even up to the winners it never failed to amaze its viewers in America and around the globe.  This year the  2011 83rd  Academy Awards will honor once again the best of the best Films, Directors, Actors and other categories. The ceremony took placed at  the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California yesterday  February 27, 2011
And here are the winners of the 2011 Academy Award.

BEST PICTURE CATEGORY -THE KING'S SPEECH

The Tom Hooper (director) 2010 British historical drama got the the trophy for the best picture category. The film was starred by Collin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. The movie is about the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George (‘Bertie’) reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

BEST ACTOR CATEGORY - COLIN FIRTH


The British actor Colin Firth take home the trophy for the best actor category in the recent concluded  83rd  Academy Award for his lead role as stammering wartime monarch King George VI in movies "The King's Speech". Firth won all the critics and industry award as he portrayal of reluctant king, King George VI. Last year Firth was Oscar-nominated the same category, for his role as a closeted gay professor in the drama "A Single Man." But finally take home the trophy this year, no bad, after all . Collin Firth was  the sixth best actor Oscar winner in 10 years to win for playing a real-life character.




BEST ACTRESS CATEGORY - NATALIE PORTMAN

The 29 year old Israel-American actress Natalie Portman won the best actress award at the Oscar for her lead role as Nina Sayers for the movies "The Black Swan". Portman was rumored to be the strong contender for the best actress category having dominated the various awards that lead her up to the Oscar. The Black Swan is 2010 American psychological thriller  film by director Darren Aronofsky. 


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR CATEGORY - CHRISTIAN BALE 

Christian Bale won the best supporting actor category for his role as Dick "Dicky" Eklund  in the 2010 biographical sports drama film who directed by David O. Russel. Also starred by Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams. The film is centered to the life of a professional boxer "Irish "Micky" Ward played Mark Wahlberg and his older brother Dicky Eklund played by Christian Bale. Christian Bale performance in this boxing film generate Oscar buzz as he dramatically transformed himself from Batman buff into a rail thin for his role a drug addict and former boxer but after all said and done he still take home the trophy of his remarkable performance and I guess Christian Bale think right now that it's all worth it.      

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MELISSA LEO

Melissa Leo stunning performance and other critics describe it as her "galvanic" performance for her role as Alice Ward the mother of the boxers in 2010 biographical sport movie "The Fighter" become  her ticket to Oscars and that lead her in winning the award for best supporting actress category. Melissa also won the New York Film Critics Award for the same category. As she accept Melissa secure herself now in the "Listverse" Oscar's most memorable speeches as drop the drop the first "F" word as she tarnished her Oscar speech after winning an Academy Award for best supporting actress.


BEST DIRECTOR CATEGORY - TOM HOOPER

The 38 year old British filmmaker who direct the 2011 Academy Award Best Picture winner "The King's Speech" a historical drama about the stutter King George VI played by Colin Firth overcome his sickness and lead the British Empire on the eve of World War II . Hooper took home the best director award yesterday's at the recent concluded 83rd Oscar. The best part of him winning the award is the thought that he made a film about giving speeches  but now he got to make one himself for winning one of the most coveted and highest honor, The Best Director Award. The King's Speech is Hooper second major theatrical feature after his 2009 British sports film "The Damned United"  



Here are the other winners for the 2011 83rd Academy Award

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE                 Toy Story 3
BEST ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY             The King's Speech
BEST ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY              The Social Network
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM            In a Better World (Denmark)
ART DIRECTOR                          Alice in Wonderland
CINEMATOGRAPHY                        Inception
COSTUME DESIGN                        Alice in Wonderland
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE                   Inside Job
FILM EDITING                          The Social Network
MAKEUP                                The Wolfman
ORIGINAL SCORE                        The Social Network
ORIGINAL SONG                         "We Belong Together"         from Toy Story 3

ANIMATED SHORT                        The Lost Thing
LIVE ACTION SHORT                     God of Love
SOUND EDITING                         Inception
SOUND MIXING                          Inception
VISUAL EFFECT                         Inception
SHORT DOCUMENTARY                     Strangers no more

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