Chooooooon

i heard this in Up in the Air(which by the way was brilliant) the other day. Forgot about it. Then Kept humming it wondering 'why am hummin this song' and then found it on youtube again.



and now i'm happy again

And the nominees are....

I may be on my own here but the nominations for this years Oscars are being announced in like 12 hours. Not like any of you care, but in case you do here's who i think will be nominated i'm only going to do the really important ones because there's like a bajillion categories)

Best Actor
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Ben Wishaw - Bright Star
Michael Caine - Is anybody there?
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Rupert Friend - Cheri
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Michael Stulberg - A Serious Man


Best Actress
Meryl Streep -Julie and Julia
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Michellee Pfiffer - Cheri
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Abbey Cornish - Brightstar
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones


Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz Inglorious Basterds
Alfred Molina for An Education
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones/Julie and Julia
Mark Wahlberg - The Lovely Bones
Matt Damon - Invictus
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Joseph Gordon Levitt - 500 Days of Summer

Best Supporting Actress
Mo'nique - Precious
Mariah Carey - Precious
Penelope Cruz - Nine/Broken Embraces
Sophia Loren - Nine
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Roseamund Pike - An Education
Emma Thompson - An Education
Melanie Laurent - Inglorious Basterds
Dianne Kruger - Inglorious Basterds
Julianne Moore - A Single Man


Best Animated Feature
Up
The Princess and The Frog
9
Coraline
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs


Best Art Direction
Bright Star
Precious
An Education
The Young Victoria
Cheri
Avatar
Inglorious Basterds
Nowhere Boy
Nine
A Single Man
The Hurt Locker
A Serious Man
The Informant
Invictus

Best Cinematography
Bright Star
Precious
An Education
A Single Man
Cheri
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds

Best Costume Design
Bright Star
An Education
A Single Man
Cheri
The Young Victoria
The Hurt Locker

Best Director
Katheryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Tom Ford - A Single Man
Lee Daniels - Precious
Lone Sherfig - An Education
Jane Campion - Bright Star
Peter Jackson - The Lovely Bones
Stephen Frears - Cheri
Quinten Tarentino - Inglorious Basterds

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Invictus
A Single Man
Precious
An Education
Bright Star
The Lovely Bones
Cheri
Inglorious Basterds
The Last Station

Best Foreign Language
Borken Embraces
The Maid
White Ribbon
A Prophet
Baaria

Best Original Score
Up in the Air
A Single Man
Avatar
Where the Wild Things Are
Crazy Heart

Best Original Song
Cinema Italino - Nine
Up in the Air
A Single Man
I See You - Avatar
Where the Wild Things Are
Crazy Heart

Best Original Screenplay
Away We Go
A Serious Man
The Hurt Locker
The Last Station
Inglorious Basterds


Best Adapted Screenplay
A Single Man
Invictus
Up in the Air
Precious
Nine
Where the Wild Things Are


=]

Here we go again...

I said i'd only do this for the Golden Globes and then again for the Oscars. But i'll do it for the SAG's tonight. They're like the Globes but its more focused on individual performances and ensemble casts in film and television. ANYWAY, with a slice of pizza hut delivery in one hand here are my predictions for tonights awards:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

An Education (2009)

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Nine (2009)

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)

Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)

Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)*3rd Place

Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)

Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)

Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)*2nd place

Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)

Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)

Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)

Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)

Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)

Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Diane Kruger for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)

"Glee" (2009)

"Modern Family" (2009)

"The Office" (2005)

"30 Rock" (2006)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Nominees:

"The Closer" (2005)

"Dexter" (2006)*This is if Mad Men loses out then they'll win it

"The Good Wife" (2009)

"Mad Men" (2007)

"True Blood" (2008)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)

Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)

Larry David for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)

Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)

Charlie Sheen for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)

Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)

Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008)

Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)

Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)

Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)

Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Patricia Arquette for "Medium" (2005)

Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)*Have you noticed I have a thing for this show ;]

Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)

Holly Hunter for "Saving Grace" (2007)

Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Nominees:

Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Cuba Gooding Jr. for Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) (TV)

Jeremy Irons for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)

Kevin Kline for "Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac (#37.8)" (2008)

Tom Wilkinson for A Number (2008) (TV)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Nominees:

Joan Allen for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)

Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Ruby Dee for America (2009) (TV)

Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)


P.S. Can I just say i'm so pissed at Avatar winning Best Director at the Globes because that sets the trend for the Oscars and I think Kathryn Bigelow desevres Best Director!

p.p.s. I'm being greedy and if my first choice doesnt win then if there's a runner up then i was right

:P

13/25

I kind of knew Chloe Sevingy and Julianna Margulies would win though. Avatar was a shock and i'm pissed off because he'll go off and repeat what he did in 1997 with the Titanic at the Oscars. But it would be so good if The Hurt Locker beats Avatar. Not that it wasnt a good movie but dont be greedy James!

AND THE WINNER IS

I really shouldnt but i'm watching the golden globes tonight at like 1am. Its a 4 hour show and the night before the night before an exam that isnt the best success strategy. But anyway i'm all for a good show. I've been watched a few of the movies but my predictions are based on press clips and half assed attepmts at watching some of the movies online. For the Television categories i'm basing it on what I saw the past year, even though we're ever so slow in catching up with our Yankee brothers and sisters. So here it goes:



Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

Avatar (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

(500) Days of Summer (2009)
The Hangover (2009)
It's Complicated (2009)
Julie & Julia (2009)
Nine (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)*he could win too but meh
Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)* in an ideal situation he'll win
Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
Tobey Maguire for Brothers (2009/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Nominees:

Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria (2009)
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)
Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)*she might win too, amazing performance!
Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Matt Damon for The Informant! (2009)
Daniel Day-Lewis for Nine (2009)
Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer (2009)*he's long overdue a golden globe
Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Sandra Bullock for The Proposal (2009/I)
Marion Cotillard for Nine (2009)
Julia Roberts for Duplicity (2009)
Meryl Streep for It's Complicated (2009)*its either OR really! Julie and Julia FTW
Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)
Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)*he could just pull it off
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Nominees:

Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)*go watch down to the bone and then watch this
Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Julianne Moore for A Single Man (2009)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Nominees:

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
James Cameron for Avatar (2009)*for the movie as a whole it should win
Clint Eastwood for Invictus (2009)
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)*a traditional tarantino movie

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Nominees:

District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino
It's Complicated (2009): Nancy Meyers
Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
*I watch movie versions of books so all the best to the winner!

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell("I See You")
Brothers (2009/I): U2, Bono("Winter")
Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Everybody's Fine (2009): Paul McCartney("(I Want To) Come Home")
Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Cinema Italiano")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Nominees:

Avatar (2009): James Horner
The Informant! (2009): Marvin Hamlisch
A Single Man (2009): Abel Korzeniowski
Up (2009): Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are (2009): Carter Burwell, Karen Orzolek* buy the soundtrack!!!

Best Animated Film

Nominees:

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Coraline (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)* I hope this wins it, handrawn anitmation FTW
Up (2009)

Best Foreign Language Film

Nominees:

Los abrazos rotos (2009)
Baarìa (2009)
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)
La nana (2009)
Un prophète (2009)
*I'm not going to lie.....I havent seen ANY of these

Best Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

"Big Love" (2006)
"Dexter" (2006)* could swing it this year
"House M.D." (2004)
"Mad Men" (2007)
"True Blood" (2008)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

"Entourage" (2004)
"Glee" (2009)
"Modern Family" (2009)
"The Office" (2005)
"30 Rock" (2006)* I really hope Glee wins over this, i'm sick of this show winning all the time!

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)
Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
"Little Dorrit" (2008)
Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009) (TV)
Kenneth Branagh for "Wallander" (2008)
Chiwetel Ejiofor for Endgame (2009)
Brendan Gleeson for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Jeremy Irons for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Joan Allen for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)
Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Anna Paquin for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV)
Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009)
Matthew Morrison for "Glee" (2009)*again 30 rock always wins but Glee for 2010!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Nominees:

Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)
Courteney Cox for "Cougar Town" (2009)* America's obssessed with cougars so maybe
Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Lea Michele for "Glee" (2009)* she played the neurotic nerd so well

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)* he goes through alot this season apparently
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
Bill Paxton for "Big Love" (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Nominees:

Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)
January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)* she acted her little ass off so here's hoping
Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2008)* If glenn or January dont win then she's got it
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Michael Emerson for "Lost" (2004)
Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
William Hurt for "Damages" (2007)
John Lithgow for "Dexter" (2006)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominees:

Jane Adams for "Hung" (2009)
Rose Byrne for "Damages" (2007)*she had me at hello in season 1 so here's hoping
Jane Lynch for "Glee" (2009)
Janet McTeer for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Chloë Sevigny for "Big Love" (2006)* she also went through alot so who knows

I'm not one to do predictions so it'll be interesting to see how many I get right

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We've started 4 minutes late so we will finish 4 minutes late.....

I'm so disappointed with myself! I've had 3 months to prepare for these exams but I chose to do everything at the very last minute. I really hate that feeling of immediate failure after an exam but I don't think i failed it, i probably barely passed it. Just gonna have to knock the next two out of the park which I know i'll be able to for Buyer Behaviour but accounting is a different story all together. My brain keeps getting stage fright and going blank on me in the exam hall so i'm just going to have to stick a few sneaky notes on my calculator and all will be well.

I've been in my auntys house the past 2 weeks or something but i'm going home once the exams are over. Bit of c.u.n.t and WAR is in oreder next week because I havent been out in an AGE! But then i've an exam on the 1st of Feb....STUPID SNOW. Nothing else's happening in my life so I guess i'll shut up now.

=]

Snow Day

Thats whats happening on Monday. The same Monday I was SUPPOSED to have an exam...and the one year i'm semi prepared for the bastard! My mum told me to take it as a blessing. At least I have more time to study for friday's exam.

Apparently the pipes are frozen and there's no water in our house, doesnt affect me though because i'm in my auntys-sucks for my mum and sister though! I've to go for a party being held in the same house with no running water, God help us all

O)