Awards season is starting out with the National Board of Review announcing their winners. Anne Hathaway fans celebrate! Bignick and Zoo might not be very happy to see who won best original screenplay.

• Best Film: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
• Best Director: DAVID FINCHER, Benjamin Button
• Best Actor: CLINT EASTWOOD, Gran Torino
• Best Actress: ANNE HATHAWAY, Rachel Getting Married
• Best Supporting Actor: JOSH BROLIN, Milk
• Best Supporting Actress: PENELOPE CRUZ, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Best Foreign Language Film: MONGOL
• Best Documentary: MAN ON WIRE
• Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
• Best Ensemble Cast: DOUBT
• Breakthrough Performance, Actor: DEV PATEL, Slumdog Millionaire
• Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: VIOLA DAVIS, Doubt
• Best Directorial Debut: COURTNEY HUNT, Frozen River
• Best Original Screenplay: NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino
• Best Adapted Screenplay: SIMON BEAUFOY, Slumdog Millionaire; ERIC ROTH, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Spotlight Award: MELISSA LEO, Frozen River; RICHARD JENKINS, The Visitor
• The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression: TRUMBO

• Top Ten Films (in alphabetical order):
BURN AFTER READING
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
DEFIANCE
FROST/NIXON
GRAN TORINO
MILK
WALL-E
THE WRESTLER

• TOP 10 INDEPENDENT FILMS OF THE YEAR (in alphabetical order)
FROZEN RIVER
IN BRUGES
IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS
MR. FOE
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
SNOW ANGELS
SON OF RAMBOW
WENDY AND LUCY
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
THE VISITOR

• Top Five Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)
EDGE OF HEAVEN
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
ROMAN DE GARE
A SECRET
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

• Top Five Documentary Films (in alphabetical order):
AMERICAN TEEN
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)
DEAR ZACHARY
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED

• William K. Everson Film History Award: MOLLY HASKELL and ANDREW SARRIS

same goes for "Burn After Reading"

>same goes for "Burn After Reading"

Yeah this & Snow Angels got the PE from me

Last year they had The Bucket List as one of their top ten films.

• Best Original Screenplay: NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino
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lol@ soulhonky being spot on with the prediction of anger

Surprised that Man on Wire didn't win documentary (haven't seen it but have heard it's one of the year's best films overall) and I could see it possibly losing the Oscar to a film that's "about something" like Trouble the Water.

And before people go crazy, remember that these are indie awards so The Dark Knight, Wall-E, etc. weren't up for awards.
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Best Feature:
"Frozen River," directed by Courtney Hunt; produced by Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Documentary:
"Trouble the Water," directed and produced by Tia Lessin & Carl Deal (Zeitgeist Films in association with HBO Documentary Films)

Breakthrough Director Award:
Lance Hammer, director of "Ballast" (Alluvial Film Company)

Breakthrough Actor Award:
Melissa Leo ("Frozen River")

Best Ensemble Performance Award:
"Synecdoche, New York"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis and Tom Noonan (Sony Pictures Classics); Casting Director Jeanne McCarthy

tied with

"Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz & Patricia Clarkson (The Weinstein Company); Casting Directors Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto & Juliet Taylor

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You:
"Sita Sings the Blues" written, directed and animated by Nina Paley

http://gotham.ifp.org/

10. Encounters at the End of the World
9. Speed Racer
8. Iron Man
7. Slumdog Millionaire
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Milk
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
3. My Winnipeg
2. Synecdoche, New York
1. WALL-E

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863826_1863836,00.html

The guy also had Angelina Jolie in Wanted as one of his top performances so there's that too.

I didn't have to type that out. I have AutoFill and I wrote that heading so often this year that it wasn't neccessary.

One.

I thought it was entertaining and PERFECTLY captured the cartoon on film.

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deadlinehollywooddaily.com:

>'Wall-E' Named Best Picture By LAFCA

Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced that Pixar/Disney's Wall-E. Meanwhile, Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tied with 8 nominations apiece in the 14th Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics Choice Awards. Here are the LAFCA winners:

LOS ANGELES (DECEMBER 9, 2008) -- "Wall-E" was voted Best Picture of the Year, it was announced today by Lael Loewenstein, President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). The runner up was "The Dark Knight."

Other award winners are:
DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight”

ACTRESS: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Runner-up: Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”

ACTOR: Sean Penn, “Milk”
Runner-up: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

SCREENPLAY: Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, "Synecdoche, New York"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Elegy"
Runner-up: Viola Davis, "Doubt"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Runner-up: Eddie Marsan, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Still Life“ directed by Jia Zhangke
Runner-up: "The Class" directed by Laurent Cantet

DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM: "Man on Wire" directed by James Marsh
Runner-up: "The Class" directed by Laurent Cantet

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mark Friedberg, "Synecdoche, New York"
Runner-up: Nathan Crowley, "The Dark Knight"

ANIMATION: “Waltz with Bashir" directed by Ari Folman

MUSIC/SCORE: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Yu Lik Wai, "Still Life"
Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

NEW GENERATION: Steve McQueen, “Hunger”

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: John Calley (previously announced)

DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: James Benning, “RR” and “Casting a Glance”
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I this being most correct come Oscar night.

Haven't seen it so I'm not knocking it but I can't imagine that Hollywood won't find one of their own to give those awards (actress and screenplay) to.

And with Kate Winslet having 5 nominations and no wins in her past and two buzzed about performances this year, she seems like a lock for this year's "We Owed Ya One" Oscar.

Copied and pasted from http://www.nyfcc.com/awards.php. I'm too lazy to reorganize it.


Best Actress
Sally Hawkins
Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Screenplay
Jenny Lumet
Rachel Getting Married

Best Cinematographer
Anthony Dod Mantle
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin
Milk

Best Animated Film
WALL-E

Best Director
Mike Leigh
Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best First Film
Courtney Hunt
Frozen River

Best Foreign Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Best Actor
Sean Penn
Milk

Best Documentary
Man on Wire

Best Picture
Milk

1. The Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Wall-E
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Funny Games
6. Bank Job
7. Lakeview Terrace
8. The Ruins
9. Redbelt
10. Death Race

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
WALL-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler


The AFI Awards selections were made by a 13-person jury composed of scholars, industry professionals, critics and AFI trustees.

Among the film jurors were USC film professor Rick Jewell; writer/director/producer Robert Towne; critics Richard Schickel, Elvis Mitchell and Leonard Maltin; and columnist Anne Thompson. Television jurors included AFI president emeritus Jean Picker Firstenberg, The Times' TV critic Mary McNamara and TV Guide's Matt Roush.
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BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
Changeling

BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
Frozen River

BEST STORYTELLER
Jennifer Lumet: Rachel Getting Married

BEST ACTRESS:
Melissa Leo: Frozen River

BEST ACTOR
Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Abigail Breslin: Kit Kittredge and Definitely Maybe

BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS: *TIE*
Sally Hawkins: Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep: Mamma Mia!

BEST FOREIGN FILM
I've Loved You So Long

BEST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE:
The Secret Life Of Bees

BEST UNRELEASED MOVIE:
How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES:
Nothing But The Truth

BEST MUSIC:
Cadillac Records

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE:
Eve: WALL-E

BEST FAMILY FILM
WALL-E

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Meryl Streep

ACTING AND ACTIVISM:
Natalie Portman

ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women:
Changeling

JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America:
Ballast

KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity:
Battle In Seattle

COURAGE IN ACTING:
Deidra Edwards in DisFigured: For redefining conventional standards of female physical beauty and pride on screen, and promoting positive images of big bodied women.

BEST DOCUMENTARIES:

GROUNDBREAKER:
A Walk To Beautiful

ABOVE AND BEYOND:
Wings Of Defeat

COURAGE IN FILMMAKING:
Traces Of The Trade

MOST OFFENSIVE MALE CHARACTERS
Aaron Eckhart: Towelhead
Sam Rockwell: Choke,
Larry Bishop: Hell Ride
Paul Rudd, Sean William Scott: Role Models
Jason Mewes: Zack And Miri Make a Porno

TOP TEN HALL OF SHAME
Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired
House Of The Sleeping Beauties
The Women
The Life Before Her Eyes
The Hottie and the Nottie
Savage Grace
Made Of Honor
The Family That Preys
Hounddog
Zack And Miri Make A Porno

10. Surfwise
9. Wendy and Lucy
8. Man on Wire
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days
6. Paranoid Park
5. Milk
4. The Dark Knight
3. Synecdoche, New York
2. Rachel Getting Married
1. WALL-E

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_year_in_film_2008/1

They picked it up and reairing it in January I think. Plays alot like Dateline in the beginning, but was a very moving, emotional doc. I almost cried and I never cry. Def worth seeing.

> • Top Five Documentary Films (in alphabetical order):
> AMERICAN TEEN
> THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)
> DEAR ZACHARY
> ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
> ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED

Schwarzbaum:

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20162677_20164091_20247149,00.html


Gleiberman:

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20162677_20164091_20247185,00.html
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

MOTION PICTURE
Actor
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Actress
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Ensemble Cast
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Stunt Ensemble
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Wanted

PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Actor in a television movie or miniseries
Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
Paul Giamatti - John Adams
Kevin Spacey - Recount
Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Redemption
Tom Wilkinson - John Adams

Actress in a television movie or miniseries
Laura Dern - Recount
Laura Linney - John Adams
Shirley Maclaine - Coco Chanel
Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
Susan Sarandon - Bernard And Doris

Actor in a drama series
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Hugh Laurie - House
William Shatner - Boston Legal
James Spader - Boston Legal

Actress in a drama series
Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Actor in a comedy series
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Steve Carell - The Office
David Duchovny - Californication
Jeremy Piven - Entourage
Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Actress in a comedy series
Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds
Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union

Ensemble in a drama Series
Boston Legal
Dexter
House
Mad Men
The Closer

Ensemble in a comedy series
30 Rock
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Weeds

Stunt ensemble
Friday Night Lights
Heroes
Prison Break
The Unit
The Closer

Life achievement award
James Earl Jones

who gets nominated for the acting categories in the Oscars..most times.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer
Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

i don't care no more


she wrote the best script

Shouts out to my peoples on The Game...

>THE 40th NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NOMINATION RESULTS

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Outstanding Comedy Series

• “30 Rock” (NBC)
• “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• “The Game” (CW)
• “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• “Ugly Betty” (ABC)


Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Donald Faison – “Scrubs” (NBC)
• LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Paul James – “Greek” (ABC Family)
• Terry Crews – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• Tyler James Williams – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)


Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• America Ferrera – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tia Mowry – “The Game” (CW)
• Tichina Arnold – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – “Girlfriends” (CW)


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Blair Underwood – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
• Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA)
• Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Larramie ‘Doc’ Shaw – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tisha Campbell-Martin – “Rita Rocks” (Lifetime)
• Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Wanda Sykes – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (CW)


Outstanding Drama Series

• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “House” (FOX)
• “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• “The Unit” (CBS)
• “The Wire” (HBO)


Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Anthony Anderson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Blair Underwood – “In Treatment” (HBO)
• Dennis Haysbert – “The Unit” (CBS)
• Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)
• Omar Epps – “House” (FOX)


Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• CCH Pounder – “The Shield” (FX)
• Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Loretta Divine – “Eli Stone” (ABC)
• Nicki Micheaux – “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• Wendy Davis – “Army Wives” (Lifetime)


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Blair Underwood – “Dirty Sexy Money” (ABC)
• James Pickens, Jr. – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Laurence Fishburne – “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS)
• Michael Kenneth Williams – “The Wire” (HBO)
• Taye Diggs – “Private Practice” (ABC)


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Alfre Woodard – “My Own Worst Enemy” (NBC)
• Angela Bassett – “ER” (NBC)
• Audra McDonald – “Private Practice” (ABC)
• S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Sonja Sohn – “The Wire” (HBO)


Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• “24: Redemption” (FOX)
• “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• “House of Saddam” (HBO)
• “Racing For Time” (Lifetime)


Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic
Special

• Andre Braugher – “The Andromeda Strain” (A&E)
• Ben Vereen – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• Charles S. Dutton – “Racing For Time” (Lifetime)
• Sean Combs – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Sean Patrick Thomas – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)


Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic
Special

• Audra McDonald – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Chandra Wilson – “Accidental Friendship” (Hallmark Channel)
• Phylicia Rashad – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Sanaa Lathan – “A Raisin in The Sun” (ABC)
• Vanessa Williams – “Flirting With Forty” (Lifetime)


Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Bryton McClure – “The Young And The Restless” (CBS)
• Cornelius Smith, Jr. – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Dan Martin – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
• Montell Williams – “The Guiding Light” (CBS)
• Texas Battle – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)


Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Christel Khalil – “The Young And The Restless” (CBS)
• Debbi Morgan – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Eva Marcille – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Nia Peeples – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Tonya Lee Williams – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)


Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special)

• “American Gangster” (BET)
• “Anderson Cooper 360: Race in America” (CNN)
• “An Oprah Winfrey Show Special Event: The Dream Lives – A Martin Luther King Day Special” (Syndicated)
• “In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview” (TVOne)
• “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (HBO)


Outstanding Talk – (Series)

• “Iconoclasts: Venus Williams & Wyclef Jean” (Sundance Channel)
• “Judge Mathis” (Syndicated)
• “Tavis Smiley” (PBS)
• “The Tyra Banks Show” (CW)
• “The View” (ABC)


Outstanding Reality – (Series)

• “American Idol 7” (FOX)
• “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
• “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” (BET)
• “Project Runway” (Bravo)
• “Run’s House 5” (MTV)


Outstanding Variety – (Series or Special)

• “American Idol 7: Idol Gives Back” (FOX)
• “BET Awards ‘08” (BET)
• “Chris Rock – Kill the Messenger” (HBO)
• “Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam” (HBO)
• “UNCF An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson” (Syndicated)


Outstanding Children’s Program

• “Cheetah Girls: One World” (Disney Channel)
• “Cory in the House” (Disney Channel)
• “Dora The Explorer” (Nickelodeon)
• “Go, Diego, Go” (Nickelodeon)
• “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)


Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Program - Series or Special

• Caitlin Sanchez – “Cheetah Girls: One World” (Disney Channel)
• Keke Palmer – “True Jackson” (Nickelodeon)
• Kyle Massey – “Cory in the House” (Disney Channel)
• Lil’ JJ – “Just Jordan” (Nickelodeon)
• Selena Gomez – “Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney Channel)


MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Motion Picture

• “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures)
• “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)
• “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys” (Lionsgate)


Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Derek Luke – “Miracle at St. Anna” (Touchstone Pictures)
• Don Cheadle – “Traitor” (Overture Films)
• Jeffrey Wright – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Rob Brown – “The Express” (Universal Pictures)
• Will Smith – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)


Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Alfre Woodard – “Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys” (Lionsgate)
• Angela Bassett – “Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns” (Lionsgate)
• Dakota Fanning – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Queen Latifah – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Rosario Dawson – “Seven Pounds” (Columbia Pictures)


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Cedric the Entertainer – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Columbus Short – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music
Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Dev Patel – “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
• Mos Def – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood
Pictures)
• Nate Parker – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Alicia Keys – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Beyoncé Knowles – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music
Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Jennifer Hudson – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Sophie Okonedo – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Taraji P. Henson – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount)


Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• “Ballast” (Alluvial Film Co.)
• “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom” (Logo)
• “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
• “The Visitor” (Overture Films)


Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture

• “Captain Abu Raed” (Neoclassics Films)
• “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Mongol” (Picturehouse)
• “Song of Sparrows” (Regent Releasing)
• “Under the Same Moon” (Fox Searchlight)


DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY

Outstanding Documentary

• “The Black List” (HBO)
• “Black Magic” (ESPN)
• “CNN Presents: Black in America” (CNN)
• “Dare Not Walk Alone” (DNWA Productions)
• “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films)


WRITING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Aaron McGruder & Rodney Barnes – “The Boondocks” - The Story of Gangstalicious Part 2 (Cartoon Network)
• Erica D. Montolfo – “The Game” - White Coats and White Lies (CW)
• Marc Wilmore – “The Simpsons” - My Pods and Broomstick (FOX)
• Ryan Koh – “The Office” - Business Ethics (NBC)
• Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally – “Ugly Betty” - Crush’d (ABC)


Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Aaron Rahsaan Thomas – “Friday Night Lights” - Leave No One Behind (NBC)
• Janine Sherman Barrois – “ER” - Parental Guidance (NBC)
• Kathleen McGhee-Anderson – “Lincoln Heights” - Glass House (ABC)
• Liz Friedman & Sara Hess – “House” – Lucky Thirteen (FOX)
• Shonda Rhimes – “Grey’s Anatomy” – Freedom Part 1 & 2 (ABC)


Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
(Theatrical or Television)

• Darnell Martin – “Cadillac Records” (Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Secret Life of Bees” (Fox Searchlight)
• Jenny Lumet – “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Paris Qualles – “A Raisin In The Sun” (ABC)
• Patrik-Ian Polk & John R. Gordon – “Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom” (LOGO)

Nominees in the Directing Category will be announced at a later date.
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I wish Grandma could see us...

The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures

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o The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
o The Dark Knight: Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
o Frost/Nixon: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner
o Milk: Dan Jinks & Bruce Cohen
o Slumdog Millionaire: Christian Colson *

The PGA Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

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o Man on Wire: Simon Chinn
o Standard Operating Procedure: Julie Bilson Ahlberg, Errol Morris
o Trouble the Water: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

The PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

*
o Bolt: Clark Spencer
o Kung Fu Panda: Melissa Cobb
o Wall-E: Jim Morris *

The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award In Episodic Television (Comedy)

*
o Curb Your Enthusiasm
o Entourage
o The Office
o 30 Rock *
o Weeds

Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television (Drama)

*
o Boston Legal
o Damages
o Dexter
o Lost
o Mad Men *

Producer of the Year Award in Non-Fiction Television

*
o Deadliest Catch
o Frontline
o Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List
o 60 Minutes
o This American Life

Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television

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o The Amazing Race
o The Colbert Report
o Project Runway
o Real Time with Bill Maher
o Top Chef *

David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television

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o 24: Redemption
o Bernard and Doris
o John Adams
o A Raisin in the Sun Movie
o Recount *

PGA honorary awards and recipients

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o Milestone Award
+ Brian Grazer and Ron Howard

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o David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
+ Michael Douglas

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o Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
+ David Chase

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o Visionary Award
+ Jeff Skoll

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o Vanguard Award
+ MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson

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o The Stanley Kramer Award
+ Milk Movie: Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen

for the oscars

My Picks (not necessarily my favorites):
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Doubt
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire?

I think Benjamin Button, Rachel Getting Married, The Wrestler, and Frost/Nixon are all going to get shut out of the Best Picture race because of TDK and Wall-E. With wins like Crash and nods like Juno, I'm assuming that the Academy wants more movies that people have seen. That would contribute to the ratings for the show more. Out of those picks, I could see Slumdog getting snubbed in favor of Benjamin Button or Rachel Getting Married simply because it may not be 'American' enough.
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on the fence. i think slumdog's an absolute lock for a best pic nomination especially after it swept at the critic's choice awards last night, and milk only being nominated for one golden globe could hurt its chances.

IMO it should win the Oscar for Best Picture too. It might be a lock by now but I'm still not certain about it. Either way, a movie is going to screwed over to let TDK in the race. The only reason I can give for that is that TDK was the most enjoyable film of the year by miles. It doesn't really deserve a nod for Best Picture but I wouldn't be mad about it.

I know the Supporting Actor category has officially been renamed the Heath Ledger Award for Acting in a Supporting Role....

But didn't Jeffrey Wright carry Cadillac Records more than Ledger carried The Dark Knight? I'm not questioning which film is better--but I am saying this: Without Heath, The Dark Knight could've still been heat. But without Jeffrey Wright, I seriously don't think I would've liked Cadillac Records at all.
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that was 1 movie I watched this year and was surprised at how much I liked it... wright was great in it but I thought the whole cast was superb


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Although I think Cadillac Records=Ray in a lot of aspects, I definitely can say I liked it. I was really skeptical about Beyonce but she was very good.

The only problem I had with the movie was that they had to leave a lot of people out of the movie--mainly the other Chess brother and all of those other great acts on the label. I understand they did it for the sake of time but I wish we could've at least saw them around in the background.
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TDK really only had the one.