MTV Movie Award Nominations

The Nominations for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards have been released!
Go to MTV.com to vote You will have to "sign in or sign up."

I am really surprised to see Iron Man with only 2 nominations and Twilight with 7. Kristen Stewart for Best Female Performance?!? Right. Are these based on popularity? Talent? Box office totals? What?

Nominees for the "2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS" are:

BEST MOVIE (voting stays live throughout the 2009 Movie Awards ceremony)

* The Dark Knight
o Director: Christopher Nolan, Producers: Charles Roven and Emma Thomas (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* High School Musical 3: Senior Year
o Director: Kenny Ortega, Producers: Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Iron Man
o Director: Jon Favreau, Producers: Avi Arad and Kevin Feige (Paramount Pictures)
* Slumdog Millionaire
o Director: Danny Boyle, Producer: Christian Colson (Fox Searchlight)
* Twilight
o Director: Catherine Hardwicke, Producers: Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian and Mark Morgan (Summit Entertainment)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

* Angelina Jolie - Wanted (Universal Pictures)
* Anne Hathaway - Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
* Kate Winslet - The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
* Kristen Stewart - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Pictures)

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

* Christian Bale - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (Paramount Pictures)
* Shia LaBeouf - Eagle Eye (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
* Vin Diesel - Fast & Furious (Universal Pictures)
* Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE

* Amanda Seyfried - Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
* Ashley Tisdale - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Vanessa Hudgens - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Kat Dennings - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE

* Robert Pattinson - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Taylor Lautner - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Ben Barnes - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* Bobb'e J. Thompson - Role Models (Universal Pictures)

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

* Amy Poehler - Baby Mama (Universal Pictures)
* Anna Faris - The House Bunny (Columbia Pictures)
* James Franco - Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
* Jim Carrey - Yes Man (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Steve Carell - Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST VILLAIN

* Derek Mears - Friday The 13th (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Dwayne Johnson - Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Johnathon Schaech - Prom Night (Screen Gems)
* Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)

BEST FIGHT

* Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson - Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
* Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
* Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride - Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)

BEST KISS

* Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy - Wanted (Universal Pictures)
* Freida Pinto and Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* James Franco and Sean Penn - Milk (Focus Features)
* Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon - I Love You, Man (Paramount Pictures)
* Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)

BEST WTF MOMENT (New Category)

* Amy Poehler - Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink (Universal Pictures)
* Angelina Jolie - Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill (Universal Pictures)
* Ayush Mahesh Khedekar - Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed (Fox Searchlight)
* Ben Stiller - Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
* Jason Segel and Kristen Bell - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up (Universal Pictures)

BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE (New Category)

* "Jai Ho" - AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* "The Wrestler" - Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
* "The Climb" - Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
* "Decode" - Paramore, Twilight (Summit Entertainment)

2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS: Total Number of Combined Category Nominations

Twilight 7
Slumdog Millionaire 6
High School Musical 3: Senior Year 5
The Dark Knight 4
Wanted 3
Baby Mama 2
Bride Wars 2
Get Smart 2
Hannah Montana: The Movie 2
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army 2
Iron Man 2
Pineapple Express 2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 1
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 1
Eagle Eye 1
Fast & Furious 1
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 1
Friday The 13th 1
The House Bunny 1
I Love You, Man 1
Mamma Mia! 1
Milk 1
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist 1
Prom Night 1
The Reader 1
Role Models 1
Tropic Thunder 1
The Wrestler 1
Yes Man 1

(Thank you ComingSoon.net)

Updated Academy Picks

After doing some research (browsing the latest EW issue), I have revised my picks for this years Academy Award Winners. Well, just Best Actress in a Leading Role. Anne Hathaway, I believe, does not have enough history to win at this stage in her career. Because I totally know what I am talking about hah. Good thing I don't have money on this.

Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway-Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie-Changeling
Melissa Leo-Frozen River
Meryl Streep-Doubt
Kate Winslet-The Reader

It could be anyone.
The Academy Awards air February 22nd 5:00 pst.

People's Choice Awards

Jen McDonnell, Dose.ca
Published: Wednesday, January 07, 2009

The people were united in their love of The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan's gritty take on the Batman franchise starring Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger. The film swept the ceremony with five wins: favourite movie, favourite superhero, favourite onscreen match-up, favourite action movie and favourite cast. Bale accepted the awards with a short speech, closing with "Here's to Heath."

Read the article in it's entirety at Canada.com

People's Choice Awards Winners:
Favourite Funny Male Star: Adam Sandler
Favourite Star Under 35: Carrie Underwood
Favourite Competition Reality Show: Dancing with the Stars
Favourite Talk Show Host: Ellen Degeneres
Favourite Combined Forces: "No Air" - Jordin Sparks f. Chris Brown
Favourite Male Singer: Chris Brown
Favourite Movie Comedy: 27 Dresses
Favourite Female Movie Star: Reese Witherspoon
Favourite Male Movie Star: Will Smith
Favourite Family Movie: Wall-E
Favourite R&B Song: "No One" - Alicia Keys
Favourite Leading Man: Brad Pitt
Favourite Sci-Fi Fantasy Show: Heroes
Favourite Rock Song: "All Summer Long" - Kid Rock
Favourite Male TV Star: Hugh Laurie
Favourite Female Singer: Carrie Underwood
Favourite TV Guest Star: Robin Williams - Law & Order: SVU
Favourite Leading Lady: Kate Hudson
Favourite Movie Drama: The Secret Life of Bees
Favourite Female TV Star: Christina Applegate
Favourite TV Drama: House
Favourite New TV Comedy: Gary Unmarried
Favourite New TV Drama: The Mentalist
Favourite TV Comedy: Two and a Half Men
Favourite Movie: The Dark Knight
Favourite Superhero: The Dark Knight
Favourite On-Screen Match Up: The Dark Knight
Favourite Action Movie: The Dark Knight
Favourite Cast: The Dark Knight

Hugh Jackman to host new-look Oscars

"By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian actor Hugh Jackman was named on Friday as host of February's Oscars in a departure from the tradition of picking U.S. comedians on Hollywood's most prestigious night.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which hands out the world's top film honors, said Jackman, 40, star of the romantic epic "Australia," will host the televised ceremony for the first time.

The actor, who also starred in the three "X-Men" movies and is an award-winning musical theater performer, has hosted Broadway's Tony awards three times and last month was named 2008's "sexiest man alive" by People magazine.

"Hugh Jackman is a consummate entertainer and an internationally renowned movie star," said Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, the new producers of the televised show.

"He also has style, elegance and a sense of occasion. Hugh is the ideal choice to host a celebration of the year's movies -- and to have fun doing it," the pair said in a statement.

Oscar nominations for the best movies and performances of 2008 will be announced in January. The awards will be handed out on February 22 by the Academy at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and will be televised in the United States by the ABC network.

Jackman's choice heralds a new direction for the 81st Oscar ceremony after recent years of falling TV ratings.

Typically, the program has been hosted by U.S. comedians, and in recent years, show organizers have experimented with a variety of hosting styles ranging from political satirist Jon Stewart, to edgy Chris Rock and popular Ellen DeGeneres.

Mark and Condon have axed the famous opening monologue for the February 2009 show, hoping for more spontaneity overall. They said there may be a stronger element of music and dancing than previously.

"We want it to be more of a party and a celebration and a departure from the late-night talk-show format," Mark told Reuters. Mark and Condon have a background in musicals and worked together on the 2006 film hit "Dreamgirls".

Jackman, who can sing and dance, was "genuinely thrilled" at the offer, Mark said, but "he wanted to make sure the format would mesh with his skills."

The February 2008 three-hour plus broadcast, hosted for the second time by Stewart, hit a low 32 million U.S. viewers and entered the record books as the least-watched Oscars ever.

Still, even an audience of that size makes the telecast annually one of the most-watched U.S. TV shows. The broadcast also is televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

Mark said he and Condon planned to get the telecast under three hours, yet still keep the live presentations of awards and acceptance speeches."

Article came from reuters.com

AFI 10 Top 10

Where were you last night approx. between 8:00 and 11:00 pst? Not watching AFI's 10 Top 10? Shame. LotR was second on the fantasy list.

New Bourne Film!

"Their ears ringing with the sound of three Oscar wins for the Bourne Ultimatum, Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have reportedly committed to add a fourth film to the critically acclaimed action franchise."
Read the rest at eonline.com

Academy Award Winners 2008

From moviesonline.ca

Best Motion Picture: "No Country for Old Men."
Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood."
Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose."
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men."
Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."
Director: Joel Coen and Eathan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."
Foreign Language Film: "The Counterfeiters," Austria.
Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno."
Animated Feature Film: "Ratatouille."
Art Direction: "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
Cinematography: "There Will Be Blood."
Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli.
Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
Costume: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."
Documentary Feature: "Taxi to the Dark Side."
Documentary Short Subject: "Freeheld."
Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Makeup: "La Vie en Rose."
Animated Short Film: "Peter & the Wolf."
Live Action Short Film: "Le Mozart des Pickpockets ('The Mozart of Pickpockets')."
Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass."

Bourne went three for three! And if Viggo was going to lose to anyone, I am glad it was Daniel Day-Lewis.

Oscar/Academy Award Nominations

Nominations for the 80th Academy Awards have just been announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24th, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.

Here is the complete list of nominees:

Best motion picture of the year:
* Atonement
* Juno
* Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
* There Will Be Blood

Performance by an actor in a leading role:
* George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
* Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
* Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
* Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
* Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
* Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
* Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
* Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

Performance by an actress in a leading role:
* Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
* Julie Christie (Away from Her)
* Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
* Laura Linney (The Savages)
* Ellen Page (Juno)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
* Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
* Ruby Dee (American Gangster)
* Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
* Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
* Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

Best animated feature film of the year:
* Persepolis
* Ratatouille
* Surf's Up

Achievement in art direction:
* American Gangster (Art Direction: Arthur Max, Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino)
* Atonement (Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer)
* The Golden Compass (Art Direction: Dennis Gassner, Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock)
* Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Art Direction: Dante Ferretti, Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo)
* There Will Be Blood (Art Direction: Jack Fisk, Set Decoration: Jim Erickson)

Achievement in cinematography:
* The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Roger Deakins)
* Atonement (Seamus McGarvey)
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Janusz Kaminski)
* No Country for Old Men (Roger Deakins)
* There Will Be Blood (Robert Elswit)

Achievement in costume design:
* Across the Universe (Albert Wolsky)
* Atonement (Jacqueline Durran)
* Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Alexandra Byrne)
* La Vie en Rose (Marit Allen)
* Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Colleen Atwood)

Achievement in directing:
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
* Juno (Jason Reitman)
* Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy)
* No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
* There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Best documentary feature:
* No End in Sight
* Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
* Sicko
* Taxi to the Dark Side
* War/Dance

Best documentary short subject:
* Freeheld
* La Corona (The Crown)
* Salim Baba
* Sari's Mother

Achievement in film editing:
* The Bourne Ultimatum (Christopher Rouse)
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Juliette Welfling)
* Into the Wild (Jay Cassidy)
* No Country for Old Men (Roderick Jaynes)
* There Will Be Blood (Dylan Tichenor)

Best foreign language film of the year:
* Beaufort (Israel)
* The Counterfeiters (Austria)
* Katyn (Poland)
* Mongol (Kazakhstan)
* 12 (Russia)

Achievement in makeup:
* La Vie en Rose (Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald)
* Norbit (Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Ve Neill, Martin Samuel)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
* Atonement (Dario Marianelli)
* The Kite Runner (Alberto Iglesias)
* Michael Clayton (James Newton Howard)
* Ratatouille (Michael Giacchino)
* 3:10 to Yuma (Marco Beltrami)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
* Once ("Falling Slowly" - Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
* Enchanted ("Happy Working Song" - Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz)
* August Rush ("Raise It Up" - Nominees to be determined)
* Enchanted ("So Close" - Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz)
* Enchanted ("That's How You Know" - Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz)

Best animated short film:
* I Met the Walrus
* Madame Tutli-Putli
* Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
* My Love (Moya Lyubov)
* Peter & the Wolf

Best live action short film:
* At Night
* Il Supplente (The Substitute)
* Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
* Tanghi Argentini
* The Tonto Woman

Achievement in sound editing:
* The Bourne Ultimatum (Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg)
* No Country for Old Men (Skip Lievsay)
* Ratatouille (Randy Thom and Michael Silvers)
* There Will Be Blood (Matthew Wood)
* Transformers (Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins)

Achievement in sound mixing:
* The Bourne Ultimatum (Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis)
* No Country for Old Men (Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland)
* Ratatouille (Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane)
* 3:10 to Yuma (Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe)
* Transformers (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin)

Achievement in visual effects:
* The Golden Compass (Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier)
* Transformers (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier)

Adapted screenplay:
* Atonement (Screenplay by Christopher Hampton)
* Away from Her (Written by Sarah Polley)
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Screenplay by Ronald Harwood)
* No Country for Old Men (Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
* There Will Be Blood (Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson)

Original screenplay:
* Juno (Written by Diablo Cody)
* Lars and the Real Girl (Written by Nancy Oliver)
* Michael Clayton (Written by Tony Gilroy)
* Ratatouille (Screenplay by Brad Bird, Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird)
* The Savages (Written by Tamara Jenkins)

Thank you worstpreviews.com

Viggo was nominated!

Yay! Viggo = nominated for Best Actor! But I think Denzel will beat him...

The Vine: All tongue-tied at Golden Globes

Get ready for a loopy ride this year at the Golden Globes, as studios prepare for as many as three best picture Oscar contenders to be excluded from contention for the Globes' best picture drama list. Click on the link to read the rest of the article.