Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have also confirmed three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis will be presenting at this year’s Oscars. Day-Lewis is a five-time Best Actor nominee who’s won Oscars for his performances in Lincoln, There Will Be Blood, and My Left Foot.
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII—only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Unbroken brings to the big screen Zamperini’s unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit.
Starring alongside O’Connell are Domhnall Gleeson and Finn Wittrock as Phil and Mac — the airmen with whom Zamperini endured perilous weeks adrift in the open Pacific — Garrett Hedlund and John Magaro as fellow POWs who find an unexpected camaraderie during their internment, Alex Russell as Zamperini’s brother, Pete, and in his English-language feature debut, Japanese actor Miyavi as the brutal camp guard known only to the men as “The Bird.”
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Stephen Fry played host of the event (commonly referred to as the British equivalent of the Oscars) which was held at London’s Royal Opera House.
FELLOWSHIP
HELEN MIRREN
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
PETER GREENAWAY
BEST FILM
Winner: 12 YEARS A SLAVE Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen
AMERICAN HUSTLE Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
PHILOMENA Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Winner: GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson
PHILOMENA Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope
RUSH Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan
SAVING MR. BANKS John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
THE SELFISH GIANT: Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
COLIN CARBERRY (Writer), GLENN PATTERSON (Writer) Good Vibrations
KELLY MARCEL (Writer) Saving Mr. Banks
Winner: KIERAN EVANS (Director/Writer) Kelly + Victor
PAUL WRIGHT (Director/Writer), POLLY STOKES (Producer) For Those in Peril
SCOTT GRAHAM (Director/Writer) Shell
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE ACT OF KILLING Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
Winner: THE GREAT BEAUTY Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
METRO MANILA Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier
WADJDA Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
DOCUMENTARY
Winner: THE ACT OF KILLING Joshua Oppenheimer
THE ARMSTRONG LIE Alex Gibney
BLACKFISH Gabriela Cowperthwaite
TIM’S VERMEER Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler
WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS Alex Gibney
ANIMATED FILM
DESPICABLE ME 2 Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Winner: FROZEN Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY Dan Scanlon
DIRECTOR
12 YEARS A SLAVE Steve McQueen
AMERICAN HUSTLE David O. Russell
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Paul Greengrass
Winner: GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Martin Scorsese
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: AMERICAN HUSTLE Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
BLUE JASMINE Woody Allen
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
NEBRASKA Bob Nelson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 YEARS A SLAVE John Ridley
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Richard LaGravenese
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Billy Ray
Winner: PHILOMENA Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Terence Winter
LEADING ACTOR
BRUCE DERN Nebraska
Winner: CHIWETEL EJIOFOR 12 Years a Slave
CHRISTIAN BALE American Hustle
LEONARDO DICAPRIO The Wolf of Wall Street
TOM HANKS Captain Phillips
LEADING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS American Hustle
Winner: CATE BLANCHETT Blue Jasmine
EMMA THOMPSON Saving Mr. Banks
JUDI DENCH Philomena
SANDRA BULLOCK Gravity
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: BARKHAD ABDI Captain Phillips
BRADLEY COOPER American Hustle
DANIEL BRÜHL Rush
MATT DAMON Behind the Candelabra
MICHAEL FASSBENDER 12 Years a Slave
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: JENNIFER LAWRENCE American Hustle
JULIA ROBERTS August: Osage County
LUPITA NYONG’O 12 Years a Slave
OPRAH WINFREY The Butler
SALLY HAWKINS Blue Jasmine
ORIGINAL MUSIC
12 YEARS A SLAVE Hans Zimmer
THE BOOK THIEF John Williams
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Henry Jackman
Winner: GRAVITY Steven Price
SAVING MR. BANKS Thomas Newman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 YEARS A SLAVE Sean Bobbitt
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Barry Ackroyd
Winner: GRAVITY Emmanuel Lubezki
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Bruno Delbonnel
NEBRASKA Phedon Papamichael
EDITING
12 YEARS A SLAVE Joe Walker
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Christopher Rouse
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
Winner: RUSH Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Thelma Schoonmaker
PRODUCTION DESIGN
12 YEARS A SLAVE Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
AMERICAN HUSTLE Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Howard Cummings, Barbara Munch-Cameron
GRAVITY Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard
Winner: THE GREAT GATSBY Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
COSTUME DESIGN
AMERICAN HUSTLE Michael Wilkinson
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Ellen Mirojnick
Winner: THE GREAT GATSBY Catherine Martin
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Michael O’Connor
SAVING MR. BANKS Daniel Orlandi
MAKE UP & HAIR
Winner: AMERICAN HUSTLE Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell, Kathrine Gordon
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
THE BUTLER Debra Denson, Candace Neal, Robert Stevenson, Matthew Mungle
THE GREAT GATSBY Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
SOUND
ALL IS LOST Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
Winner: GRAVITY Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Paul Urmson
RUSH Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: GRAVITY Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
IRON MAN 3 Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
PACIFIC RIM Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
EVERYTHING I CAN SEE FROM HERE Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor
I AM TOM MOODY Ainslie Henderson
Winner: SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa
BRITISH SHORT FILM
ISLAND QUEEN Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema, Emma Hughes
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim
ORBIT EVER AFTER Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles
Winner: ROOM 8 James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner
SEA VIEW Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot
THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
DANE DEHAAN
GEORGE MACKAY
LUPITA NYONG’O
Winner: WILL POULTER
LÉA SEYDOUX
Source: BAFTA
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No one is ever safe on Game of Thrones and the upcoming season promises more deaths you may not see coming. In this new trailer for the critically acclaimed HBO series, GoT fans are treated to little glimpses at all the key players (including one very imposing dragon). Season four will premiere on April 6, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT.
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NFL Quarterbacks Colin Kaepernick and Cam Newton handled hosting duties at the 4th Annual Hall of Game Awards presented by Cartoon Network, with the two NFL stars showing they were game for pretty much anything – including showing off their singing skills during a sing-off featuring Katy Perry’s “Roar”. The star-studded event attracted athletes, musicians, and actors, and included musical performances by Fall Out Boy and Jason Derulo.
The Hall of Game Awards will premiere on February 17th at 7:00pm ET/PT on Cartoon Network.
Alti-Dude
Nyjah Huston, Street League Skateboarding champion
Amped Up Anthem
Fall Out Boy, “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)”
Best Boogie
Richard Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball)
Best Foes Forever
Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers (NFL)
Captain Clutch
Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks (NFL)
Dance Machine
Joseph Fauria, Detroit Lions (NFL)
Dynamic Duo
Peyton Manning & His Wide Receivers (NFL)
Fanatic Fanstars
Seattle Seahawks (NFL)
In It To Win It
Victoria Azarenka, Tennis (WTA)
Gnarliest Newcomer
Lance Coury (Motocross)
He Got Game
Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers (MLB)
I Got Swag
Colin Kaepernick (NFL)
Most Awesome Mascot
Bailey (mascot for Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
Most Viral Player
Titus Ashby, Trick Shot Toddler
MVC: Most Valuable Cartoon
Adventure Time
Queen of the Slopes
Lindsey Vonn, Olympic Skier
Rumble Royalty
John Cena, WWE Superstar
She Got Game
Leticia Bufoni, Skateboarder
Super Siblings
Lopez Brothers (NBA)
We Got Game
Miami Heat (NBA)
Whoa-Ment
Chris Davis, Auburn Tigers
BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING:
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Candace Neal
Robert Stevenson
BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP:
Prisoners
Donald Mowat
Pamela Westmore
BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING:
American Hustle
Kathrine Gordon
Michelle Johnson
BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP:
Dallas Buyers Club
Robin Mathews
BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS:
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Stephen Prouty
Tony Gardner
BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING:
The Voice
Shawn Finch
Jerilynn Stephens
BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP:
Breaking Bad
Tarra Day
Steve LaPorte
BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING:
Vikings
Dee Corcoran
BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP:
Boardwalk Empire
Michele Paris
BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS:
The Walking Dead
Greg Nicotero
Jake Garber
BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING:
Behind the Candelabra
Marie Larkin
Yvette Stone
BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP:
Behind the Candelabra
Kate Biscoe
Deborah Rutherford
Hiroshi Yada
BEST MAKE-UP/HAIR STYLING:
Magic Flute
Darren Jinks
Samantha Wootten
Brandi Strona
BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP:
Wash the Day Away (Delta)
Tyson Fountaine
Brian Penikas
Source: Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild, Local 706
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All 13 episodes of the second season of the Golden Globe and Writers Guild of America Awards nominated series will be available on June 6th, everywhere Netflix is available.
The Basics on the Series:
From Weeds creator Jenji Kohan comes Orange is the New Black, a women’s prison drama with comedy that takes no prisoners. Based on the acclaimed memoir of the same name by Piper Kerman, the series is about engaged Brooklynite Piper Chapman, whose decade-old relationship with drug-runner Alex results in her arrest and year-long detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper must trade her comfortable New York life with fiancé Larry, for an orange prison jumpsuit and a baffling prison culture where she is forced to question everything she believes about herself and the world at large. As she struggles to adjust to her new reality, she finds unexpected laughter, tears, conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric and outspoken group of inmates.
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– Exclusive interview with Samira Wiley
– Interview with Taylor Schilling and Jenji Kohan
Source: Netflix
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Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his knowledge of space in Fox’s Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey. The 13-part documentary series will premiere on March 9, 2014.
Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts the docuseries directed by Brannon Braga, Bill Pope, and Ann Druyan. Druyan and Steven Soter write, and Druyan, Seth MacFarlane, Mitchell Cannold, and Brannon Braga executive produce.
The Synopsis: More than three decades after the debut of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Carl Sagan’s stunning and iconic exploration of the universe as revealed by science, COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY sets off on a new voyage for the stars. Sagan’s original creative collaborators – writer/executive producer Ann Druyan and astronomer Steven Soter – have teamed with Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad) to conceive a 13-part series that will serve as a successor to the Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning original series.
Hosted by renowned astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson (Death By Black Hole, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier), the series will explore how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. It will bring to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge and transport viewers to new worlds and across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale.
COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY will invent new modes of scientific storytelling to reveal the grandeur of the universe and re-invent celebrated elements of the legendary original series, including the Cosmic Calendar and the Ship of the Imagination. The most profound scientific concepts will be presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience.
Carl Sagan’s original series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, was first broadcast in 1980 and has been enjoyed by more than 750 million people worldwide.
Fox has released this brand new photo of James McAvoy (with a furrowed brow) as Charles Xavier in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The new X-Men movie brings Bryan Singer back into the X-Men fold as director and stars just about everyone from the previous X-Men movies.
Coming to theaters on May 23, 2014, the cast includes Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Peter Dinklage, Omar Sy, Daniel Cudmore, and Lucas Till.
The Plot: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class, in an epic battle that must change the past — to save our future.
Voltage Pictures unspooled this new trailer for the action film Drive Hard starring John Cusack and Thomas Jane and directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. Voltage hasn’t set a release date yet, but we should be seeing this action thriller in theaters this year.
The Plot: American thief, Simon Keller (Cusack), arrives in a foreign country in need of a getaway driver. Rather than recruit one from the underworld, he takes a driving lesson from ex F-1 champion, Peter Roberts (Jane), now working as a driving instructor. After Keller robs a bank during the lesson, Roberts has no choice, but to use his driving talent to get away from pursuing police and mobsters.
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