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The Blind Side Skit :: Wanda Sykes

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 14th March 2010 in Funny Stuff, Uncategorized, awards, comedy

Oscar’s Best Leading Actress Winner Sandra Bullock Is Not In This Video Clip

I wanted to put some funny stuff on my blog, since I hadn’t in a while. Hey, it’s a Sunday and it’s almost Spring. Shall we have a few laughs??

Best,

;~Dana

82nd Academy Awards :: Full Winners Listed With All Nominees

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 8th March 2010 in awards

Printable Oscar winners from the 82nd Academy Awards with  nominees…Actor Categories, first.

Actor in a Leading Role

    Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”

  • George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
  • Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
  • Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
  • Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Matt Damon in “Invictus”
  • Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
  • Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
  • Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
  • Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
  • Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
  • Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
  • Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
  • Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
  • Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
  • Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
  • Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”Kathryn Bigelow At Oscar Podium

Animated Feature Film

  • Coraline” Henry Selick
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
  • The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
  • The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
  • “Up” Pete Docter

Art Direction

  • “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
  • Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
  • Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  • The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

  • “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
  • The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
  • Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
  • The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design

  • Bright Star” Janet Patterson
  • Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
  • Nine” Colleen Atwood
  • “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

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Directing

  • Avatar” James Cameron
  • “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
  • Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
  • Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
  • Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)

  • Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
  • “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
  • Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
  • The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
  • Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

  • China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
  • The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
  • The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
  • “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
  • Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

  • Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
  • District 9” Julian Clarke
  • “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
  • Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
  • Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Christoph Waltz Won The Oscar® For Best Supporting Actor :: Speech

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 8th March 2010 in awards

Christoph Waltz, A German Television Actor, Won Another Award… An Academy Award For Acting Performance In A Supporting Role

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Oscar and Penélope that’s an über bingo. I always wanted to discover some new continent and I thought I had to go this way, and then I was introduced to Quentin Tarantino, who was putting together an expedition that was equipped by Harvey Weinstein and Lawrence Bender and David Linde, and he put this script in front of me and he said, “This is where we’re going, but we’re going the other way.”

So Brad Pitt helped me on board and Diane Kruger was there Melanie Laurent and Denis Menochet and Bob Richardson and Sally Menke and Adam Schweitzer and Lisa Kasteler. Everybody helped me find a place. Universal and The Weinstein Company and ICM and Quentin, with his unorthodox methods of navigation, this fearless explorer, took this ship across and brought it in with flying colors and that’s why I’m here.

And this is your welcoming embrace and there’s no way I can ever thank you enough, but I can start right now. Thank you.

Jeff Bridges Best Actor Oscar® Acceptance Speech

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 8th March 2010 in awards

Academy Award Winner Jeff Bridges, For Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role

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Oh! Thank you, Academy members! Mom and dad, yeah, look! Whoo!

Thank you, Mom and Dad, for turning me on to such a groovy profession. Oh, my dad and my mom, they loved show biz so much. I remember my mom, getting all of us kids to entertain at her parties. You know, my dad sitting me on his bed and teaching me all of the basics of acting for a role in Sea Hunt.

They loved show biz so much and I feel an extension of them. You know, this, this is honoring them as much as it is me. I wanna, I wanna thank Scott Cooper, our wonderful director, for his knowledge of film and country music and for his ability to instill self-confidence in his actors. I thank you for that. Scott, where are you? Raise your hand, man. Yeah! Scotty! Thank you for that, Scott man! And thank you for assembling such a wonderful cast. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin, wherever he is backstage. And Bobby Duvall, so wonderful you guys brought your heart and soul. I want to thank Barry Markowitz, our wonderful DP, he did such a brilliant job. Judy Cairo, our producer, and Fox Searchlight, our wonderful, our wonderful distributor. Thank you guys for keeping us all together and for making it all happen. T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton for bringing all of that great music and those wonderful musicians to the party, man.

My wonderful team that’s kept me together. Jean Sievers, David Schiff, Rick Kurtzman, CAA, Bob Wallerstein, Loyd Catlett, Tarra Day and Roger Love, man.

Thank you, guys. And I especially want to thank my gorgeous wife, Sue, we’ve been married 33 years. We have a beautiful family. Three girls, Isabelle, Jessie and Hayley. Thank you, guys. I wouldn’t be up here without you. Thank you so much.

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Mo’Nique’s Acceptance Speech For Best Supporting Actress Oscar

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 8th March 2010 in Uncategorized, awards

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Onstage Speech: Performance by an actress in a supporting role

CATEGORY: Performance by an actress in a supporting role

SPEECH BY: Mo’Nique

FILM: “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

First, I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics. I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel for enduring all that she had to so that I would not have to. Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey because you touched it, the whole world saw it. Ricky Anderson, our attorney of Anderson & Smith, thank you for your hard work. My entire BET family, my Precious family, thank you so much. To my amazing husband Sidney, thank you for showing me that sometimes you have to forego doing what’s popular in order to do what’s right. And baby, you were so right. God bless us all.

Sandra Bullock’s Oscar Acceptance Speech :: Best Actress Speech

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 7th March 2010 in awards

Academy Award Winner Sandra Bullock Won For Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role, Playing Leigh Ann Tuohy In The Blind Side

Here is Sandra Bullock’s Acceptance Speech:

Did I really earn this or did I just wear you all down? I would like to thank the Academy for allowing me in the last month to have the most incredible ride with rooms full of artists that I see tonight and that I’ve worked with before and I hope to work with in the future, who inspire me and blaze trails for us. Four of them that I’ve fallen deeply in love with I share this night with and I share this award with.

Gabby, I love you so much. You are exquisite. You are beyond words to me. Carey, your grace and your elegance and your beauty and your talent makes me sick. Helen, I feel like we are family through family and I don’t have the words to express just what I think of you. And Meryl, you know what I think of you and you are such a good kisser.

I have so many people to thank for my good fortune in this lifetime and this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, I know. To the family that allowed me to play them, the Tuohy family, I know they’re in here and you’ll probably hear her in a minute. Maybe not. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to… the family that made this film that gave me the opportunity to do something different. John Lee Hancock, Gil Netter, Alcon, Warner Bros., the actors, everyone who’s shown me kindness when it wasn’t fashionable, I thank you. To everyone who was mean to me when it wasn’t… George Clooney threw me in a pool years ago. I’m still holding a grudge. But there’s so many people to thank.

Not enough time, so I would like to thank what this film is about for me which are the moms that take care of the babies and the children no matter where they come from. Those moms and parents never get thanked. I, in particular, failed to thank one. So… if I can take this moment to thank Helga B. for not letting me ride in cars with boys until I was 18 because she was right. I would’ve done what she said I was gonna do. For making me practice every day when I got home. Piano, ballet, whatever it is I wanted to be. She said to be an artist, you had to practice every day, and for reminding her daughters that there’s no race, no religion, no class system, no color, nothing, no sexual orientation that makes us better than anyone else. We are all deserving of love. So, to that trailblazer, who allowed me to have that. And this. And this. I thank you so much for this opportunity that I share with these extraordinary women and my lover Meryl Streep. Thank you.

Sandra Bullock and her oscar

Oscar Prep Is Almost Wrapped For The Season

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 7th March 2010 in awards

If You Need To Catch Up, Head Over To My Other Site: Oscar Prep…

I have put some last minute content up; and the PDF Downloadable Oscar Ballots are there, as well as lots of other interesting stuff.

Oscar Prep [link] only runs for two months, just before the Academy Awards, every year. For the rest of the year, I put all my focus back here.

Dana Kaminski's oscar blog called Oscar Prep dot com

Actors And Actresses Winning Oscars® For ‘Wrong Role’

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 7th March 2010 in awards

Pete Hammond And Tom O’Neil Discuss The History Of Oscar® Acting Awards, And Deserving…

Two Oscar Pundits discuss a long history of actors winning Academy Awards for movie performances that were really because of earlier performances, in previous film,  or for longevity of acting career.

There is something to be said for longevity of career. Especially if an actor gives great performance after great performance. That, to me, says that is maestro level acting chops. Very high-level, to be held in high esteem. Longevity of acting career, with repeated  high-level acting, bears a message that the great acting that the actor did in one movie wasn’t a fluke, or because of a great director, or even a good casting fit.

I think there should be another Oscar for that. Separate from an individual acting Oscar, and in addition to the Lifetime Achievement Oscar for Acting.

Seriously. An Oscar  can be awarded to show that we do respect and revere our accomplished and high-level actors. To Actors, that show, repeatedly, a great artistry.

Should we also have an Oscar for being lovable? I am serious about this too. George Clooney and Sandra Bullock are so loved by the public. I love them too. Her a bit more than him, but that is just a personal thing because I think she’s a bit more real than him, more authentic.I think she works hard, very hard.  Movie star status is important to the movie business. The Academy Awards are a movie-star-affair. Maybe there should be an additional movie star award, at the Oscars.

That way, the great acting performances will be the only criteria that gets rewarded by the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, and the Supporting acting categories as well. Not get all muddied up with these other categories or past performances.

I find this video interesting, and I love the history. When I started Oscar Prep, I used vintage footage from past Academy Awards, but then they put the Academy kabosh on that.

Pete Hammond And Tom O'Neil from the LA Times

This video goes Oscar Vintage, so I dig it. Pete Hammond and Tom O’Neil really know their stuff, their Oscar® history…

(By the way, I disagree a bit with what they say about Sandra Bullock’s acting choices. That, later in another post.)

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You can find these two Oscarologists, Tom O’Neil and Pete Hammond at the LA Times.

Enjoy

Dana

Oscars® Producer Wanted To Be A Child Actor

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 7th March 2010 in awards

But Adam Shankman’s Parents Wouldn’t Let Him

He’s had an interesting path to where he is now.

Here’s an excerpt from the LA Times, about this dancer, who grew up in Brentwood, California to become a recognizable name for ‘Dancing With The Stars’, and a movie producer. Someone who is a self-proclaimed workaholic, and is part of the Producer-Duo of the Academy Awards show this year.

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Long before Shankman received calls from movie stars, he dreamed of being one. Growing up in Brentwood, Shankman wanted to be a child actor — something his therapist mother and his father wouldn’t allow.

“My parents couldn’t get me to stop cartwheeling up and down the aisles of restaurants,” he recalled.

His affinity for dance landed him a spot at the prestigious Juilliard School without ever having had any formal training. He dropped out about a year and a half later. Back in L.A., he began getting small jobs as a backup dancer in music videos for artists such as Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. He also got a gig as “Jack the Rubber Boy,” Rubbermaid’s dancing commercial spokesperson.

One job led to the next, and soon he was choreographing dance numbers in films. He created a short film involving dance that landed at Sundance and was soon offered his first directing job on “The Wedding Planner,” starring Jennifer Lopez.

Since then, Shankman has directed a number of movies, including “Bringing Down the House” and “Bedtime Stories.” Meanwhile, his production company has churned out popular films including “Step Up” and the upcoming Miley Cyrus film “The Last Song.”

Zac Efron, who worked with Shankman on “Hairspray” and “17 Again” and will be a presenter at this year’s Oscars, said he thinks the director is “able to connect with younger people because he’s maintained his own youthful energy.”

“I think people think of me for saccharine family movies,” Shankman acknowledged. “I’ve spent most of my career taking pretty schlocky ideas and turning them into something a little original. But I want to do something more adult than kids and animals.”

Shankman’s commercial sensibility has certainly been welcomed by the academy, which has long been trying to attract a younger viewership — Channing Tatum, who starred in “Step Up,” Cyrus, and a slew of dancers from “So You Think You Can Dance” will join Efron in appearances on the Oscar telecast.

Despite the frenetic pace of the last few months, Shankman has already been pondering his next career move.

“I think I do a lot of work so I don’t have to look at my life. I think that’s what my workaholism is about,” he said. “I’ve had the craziest year doing all these things I’d never seen myself doing, and a lot of people see me as diversifying, but I was just trying to fill up my time. And it’s not a sad thing. But my heart has now turned towards wanting to do things that make me happy.”

Source : LA Times, Amy Kaufman

If you haven’t been to my other site, called Oscar Prep, click on the name to go there now. There’s lots there, including a downloadable , printable Oscar Nominee list there, as well as an Oscar Bingo game with 9 game cards, to spice up the boring parts of the show…

Enjoy!

Dana

Fake Oscar® Art Installation On Runyon Canyon

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 4th March 2010 in awards

Was It Comedian Ben Gleib Who Said This About Runyon Canyon:

“Hiking up Runyon Canyon to be amongst nature and smell the air thick with depression of out of work actors?”

Well, now, Runyon Canyon has something else.

Someone put up a very tall statue that looks a heck of a lot like a giant Oscar®…Except it isn’t.

Worse, it’s a skeleton. With a quote inscribed: “Beauty Is A Snip Away”.

skull oscar sculpture on runyan canyon

Apparently it’s an art installation from an English artist, commenting on the Oscars.

At Awards Daily, Sasha Stone wrote that originally, she thought it was from the Guerrilla Girls, protesting how women are portrayed in movies.

The caption behind the photo is that “Beauty is just a snip away.”

I’m not sure to what it refers, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it is a stunt by the Guerilla Girls [sic] who have, for years, been driving home the point that the Oscars have been dominated by white men for 82 years.  If anyone else knows what it might be – give a shout out.  This skeleton Oscar was at the top of Runyan Canyon this morning.

UPDATE: the friend who sent this in says that it says ‘beauty is just a snip away.’

Awed, I’m sitting here thinkin’ how’d they hike that thing all the way up that trail??

And, about how it’s some cool art. Wee bit hipper than Oscar Bingo,which is on my Oscar Prep by way of Oscar.com.

That’s my taste. What do you think?

Here’s a Guerrilla Girls Awards Season sample, from 1996, on Hollywood Boulevard…

Guerrilla girls billboard about female directors in hollywood

Best,

Dana

PS I snagged the elevators-in-movies-video, in my sidebar, from Sasha Stone’s AwardsDaily.com  too.

PPS In case you weren’t familiar with Runyon Canyon, here’s part of a google page. See the part about “celebrities”?

google page snapshot search words runyon canyon

Acting Nomination? Oscars? How Does That Feel?

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 5th February 2010 in awards

Actor Christoph Waltz, who already won the SAG Award and a Golden Globe, Describes How The Oscar Nominee Feels

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“What I’m really over the moon about is that ‘Inglourious Basterds’ got eight nominations. Quentin (Tarantino) got everything he deserved: screenplay, cinematography, editing, director, best picture. For me, just finishing this film a year ago was the highlight. I don’t imagine space travel could be any more exciting.” Waltz acknowledged that he is considered a Oscar front-runner but said he was trying to “block out” any anticipation ahead of next month’s Academy Awards. “I never take anything for granted and I never try to anticipate,” Waltz said. “If I had expected to win in Cannes I would never have had that feeling of lightness and joy when they called my name. I’ve been trying to put (winning) out of my mind and so far, I think I’m doing pretty well.” However, Waltz said he will take the time to prepare an acceptance speech. Fans of the Austrian actor’s eloquent wordplay can be assured it will be as carefully planned as the staged thank-yous he gave accepting his Golden Globe, SAG and numerous other honors this year. “I think it is just a matter of respect to give these things some thought,” Waltz said. “A billion people watch the Oscars; one should make the effort to think about what you’re going to say.” THR


Chistoph Waltz Is Backstage After The SAG Awards, Talking About Being ‘Mind…Blown Away’ When Winning Acting Award…

Waltz also talks about his perspective on getting acting work, and expresses quite an honorable regard for his acting career.

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This actor says he:

Has No Lucky Charm

Is Superstition-Free

Takes Nothing For Granted

Actor_Nom_Christoph_Waltz From Inglurious Basterds

Best,

;~Dana

Dana Kaminski author, editor, copywrighted by...

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You may also wish to visit my other site called ‘OSCAR PREP’. Today, I added a small-performance video of Ryan Bingham, whose voice and song is very special. He wrote the songs for ‘Crazy Heart’.

…And before you go elsewhere, please remember to share. There is a charge for Hollywood Actor Prep: It’s for the reader to share with at least one person. Email (securely send this article with video), Facebook, or any other way, so that Prep reaches all actors that may benefit. Thank you for helping make a strong, supportive, actor community.

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82nd Oscar Nominated Actors, As Announced Today

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 2nd February 2010 in awards

Oscar© Nominees For Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress :: Printable List

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Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards

OSCAR STATUETTE

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
  • George Clooney in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
  • Colin Firth in “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company)
  • Morgan Freeman in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)
  • Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Matt Damon in “Invictus” (Warner Bros.)
  • Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
  • Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones” (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
  • Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.)
  • Helen Mirren in “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Carey Mulligan in “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
  • Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Penélope Cruz in “Nine” (The Weinstein Company)
  • Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
  • Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
  • Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Actress Anne Hathaway announces Oscar nominations

Actress Anne Hathaway, Tom Sherak Announce Oscar Nominees ©A.M.P.T.A.

For the complete list of 82nd Academy Award Nominations, all categories:

Click to go to: Dana Kaminski’s Oscar Blog called Oscar Prep, at OscarPrep.com.

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TO PRINT THE LIST OF ACTING CATEGORY, OSCAR NOMINEES :

Click on the title at top of page: ‘82nd Oscar…’ . You will get a new page that looks nearly the same, except it will have this identical Oscar© list on it, with the same title and picture. Only.

Enjoy!

Dana

Thank you for sharing this.

Actors Acceptance Speeches :: SAG Awards 2010

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 23rd January 2010 in awards

Cast Ensembles + Actors Who Won At The SAG Awards

Acceptance Speeches; And Individual Actors Are Listed Who Make Up Ensemble Cast Winners…

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN /Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)
ALEC BALDWIN:  I’m really happy to get an award from Justin Timberlake, but I’m really, really, really happy to get an award from Kate Hudson. [laughter]   I just want to say thank you, this is completely unexpected, congratulations to all the other nominees. And thank you to everybody involved with the show.  Tina and all of our writers back home, and our crew and our cast, many of whom are here with us.  We have a great experience there; we have a great group of people.
But I want to say, especially tonight, that I’m proud to be a member of this union. I’m proud to be a member of the Screen Actors Guild.  The work that is done by the union is important work, to benefit people, many of whom are not in this room tonight, and don’t get to star in films and television projects, and so forth.  And they rely on the union to work hard for them, for their residuals and their benefits, and so forth, and we have a… [applause]  Yeah, thank you.
We have another negotiation coming up very soon, and it’ll be right around the corner, as we all remember.  And I just want to say, I am proud, proud, proud to be a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and thank you very much.  [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
TINA FEY / LizLemon  - “30 ROCK” (NBC)
TINY FEY: Oh, my gosh! This is so exciting because every time they play that song, my husband gets fifteen cents! [laughter] So, we got that.
I’m very surprised.  I share this with the cast of “30 Rock” and the writers. And I want to thank some of my acting teachers, because I actually did have some. [laughter] Richard Warner and Betsy Tucker at the University of Virginia, in Chicago, Don DiPaolo and Martin DeMott, and the late and very, very mean Del Close. [laughter] And my current acting teacher, Alec Baldwin; I learn from you every single day. My husband Jeff and my sweet, sweet Alice.
And I just wanted to take a moment to say to everyone at NBC, we are very happy with everything. [laughter] [applause] And, happy to be there. So, thank you. [applause]
GLEE (FOX)
DIANNA AGRON /Quinn Fabray
CHRIS COLFER /Kurt Hummel
PATRICK GALLAGHER/ Ken Tanaka
JESSALYN GILSIG /Terri Schuester
JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester
JAYMA MAYS / Emma Pillsbury
KEVIN McHALE /Arty Abrams
LEA MICHELE /Rachel Berry
CORY MONTEITH /Finn Hudson
HEATHER MORRIS /Brittany
MATTHEW MORRISON/ Will Schuester
AMBER RILEY /Mercedes
NAYA RIVERA /Santana Lopez
MARK SALLING /Puck
HARRY SHUM JR. /Mike Chang
JOSH SUSSMAN /Jacob Ben Israel
DIJON TALTON /Matt Rutherford
IQBAL THEBA /Principal Figgins
JENNA USHKOWITZ /Tina
JANE LYNCH:  We have also the largest cast.  My God, you guys, come on.  This is unreal.  We want to say congratulations to all the other nominees, and we couldn’t be happier to be acting on this show. And to be chosen by our peers means the world to us.  We would like to thank Ryan Murphy for giving us the parts of a lifetime.  [cast applauds]  Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, and Ryan for pitching into our strike zone every week.  And we thank them so much. And of course, you don’t do this in a vacuum.  We want to thank our crew who do in 10 days what should take a month-and-a-half.  So, thank you so much.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)
JULIANNA MARGULIES:  Thank you so much to the Screen Actors Guild. It’s such an honor.  I wouldn’t be standing here if it weren’t for my brilliant writers: Michelle and Robert King. It’s a privilege to play this role.  And it just gets better. You always think TV is so difficult because the pilot, they had a year to write it, and then every episode they only have a week.  But you get better and better with every episode, and I’m just thrilled to play this role.
And to Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Archie Panjabi, Matt CzuchryZukri, Chris Noth, Makenzie  Vega, Graham Phillips – oh god, am I missing anyone?  I hope not.  Josh Charles, did I say him, you guys?  I share this all with you.  And to my parents, I just have to say, my mother and father call me after every single episode.  [laughter]  And they’ve been so supportive of me and have such interest in my life, in every role I take – oh except “Snakes on a Plane,” they weren’t… [laughter]…they weren’t so proud of that one.  But they’re proud of this one, and I really appreciate your interest.
Thank you so much.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
MICHAEL C. HALL /Dexter Morgan – “DEXTER” (Showtime)
MICHAEL C. HALL:  Thank you.  Thank you so much to our union for this recognition.  Thank you to our writers for their plate-spinning ability and audacity.  And thank you as well to our crew who I think have as much to do with the cohesiveness that we manage on this show as anyone.  And finally, again, to my cast mates, thank you for your professionalism and your talent, and for your willingness to endure all those awkward pauses while Dexter thinks his voiceover.  [laughter]
Thank you to my wife, Jennifer.  Thank you for wearing that dress.  [laughter]  And thank you to my mom for keeping all the most important doors open for me.
Thank you.  [applause]
Ensemble Cast OF Mad Men at SAG Awards Backstage

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
MAD MEN (AMC)
ALEXA ALEMANNI /Allison
BRYAN BATT /Salvatore Romano
JARED S. GILMORE/ Bobby Draper
MICHAEL GLADIS /Paul Kinsey
JON HAMM / DonDraper
JARED HARRIS /Lane Pryce
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS / Joan Holloway (Harris)
JANUARY JONES /Betty Draper
VINCENT KARTHEISER / Peter Campbell
ROBERT MORSE /Bertram Cooper
ELISABETH MOSS /Peggy Olson
KIERNAN SHIPKA /Sally Draper
JOHN SLATTERY /Roger Sterling
RICH SOMMER /Harry Crane
CHRISTOPHER STANLEY / Henry Francis
AARON STATON /Ken Cosgrove
JOHN HAMM:  Thank you, Lizzie, for being prompt.  [applause/cheers]  Thank you very much.  It’s an honor just to be in this room with all of you insanely talented people.  I’d like to thank every one of our – the male members of our cast – for giving me the note about growing a beard.  [laughter]  Except Jared.  Way to go, buddy.  Way to drop the ball.
It is truly a collaborative effort the making of our show.  We wouldn’t be anywhere without our insanely talented staff of writers, our amazing crew that does in seven days what some shows take even longer to do.  So, [laughter] we are very happy to be here, very happy to accept this.  And thank you all very much. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
CHRISTOPH WALTZ /COL. Hans Landa – “INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS” (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
CHRISTOPH WALTZ:  Thank you so much.  A stage actor acts on a stage.  But a screen actor doesn’t act on the screen.  The stage actor just walks on by himself, but the screen actor is put on by projectionist.  Yet we dedicate our lives to our contribution of the whole, and yes in occasional fits of megalomania we consider ourselves worthy of a script like “Inglourious Basterds,” or a director like Quentin Tarantino, or men like Harvey Weinstein, or David Linde, or a studio like Weinstein or Universal.  Or partners like Brad or Diane, and back-up personally like Adam Schweitzer and Lisa Kasteler. But after the rude awakening, we just carry on with our lives.
We work towards what can only be hoped for in utmost secrecy.  This is what I was granted by working with Quentin Tarantino on “Inglourious Basterds.”  For this I’m indebted and grateful to all of you, for this as well.  To all of you, including the projectionist.
Thank you.  [applause]
Screen Actors Guild Awards 46th Annual Life Achievement Award
BETTY WHITE
BETTY WHITE:  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.  And from the bottom of my bottom, thank you for whatever.  [laughter]  Oh my dears, I can’t – and the fact that this lovely lady, she is such a wonderful one, with all the wonderful things that have happened to her, isn’t it heartening to see how far a girl as plain as she is can go.  [laughter]  Seventy-one years ago when I sang on an experiment thing and it was called television, who would have dreamed it would culminate in an evening like this?
I should be presenting an award to you for the privilege of working in this wonderful business all this time.  And you still can’t get rid of me.  [laughter]  I was only 88 last Sunday, so I have lots more stuff to do.  [laughter] [applause]
Being in show business is like living in a small town. People greet you like neighbors, not like strangers.  And through the mail you form friendships that last for years with people you’ve never even met.  I often wonder about people who have some kind of passion.  Something that they care so deeply about that it never fails to fascinate them.  How lucky can I be to have two such passions:  show business and animals.  Actually, I may have more than two passions, but that’s none of your business.  [laughter]
I am still to this day star struck.  I look out at this audience and I see so many famous faces.  But what really boggles my mind is that I actually know many of you. And I’ve worked with quite a few… maybe had a couple.  [laughter] [applause]  And you know who you are.  [laughter]
Back when I first started, it would never have even occurred to me to imagine such a thing as this moment.  And I still can’t believe I’m standing here.  This is the highest point of my entire professional life.  To the Screen Actors Guild, to each and every one of you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you.  [standing ovation]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN BACON / Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl – “TAKING CHANCE” (HBO)
KEVIN BACON:  Thank you so much for this. Thank you, let’s see, to my brothers and sisters in the Screen Actors Guild for including me with this amazing group of performers. I hope that we are colleagues and not competitors. I want to say thank you to everybody who was involved in the making of “Taking Chance,” from the inception to the broadcast of it. We should all be very proud of this great film.
I want to give a shout-out to Master Sergeant Vic Szalankiewicz. [applause] Vic had the unenviable job of trying to make me look like a Marine. And his real job is even harder. He’s back from his third tour of Iraq and probably on his way down to Haiti. [applause] So, Vic, thanks for your help with this.
And…lastly, I just want to say to my – my beautiful wife and family, you know, we actors, we’ve got to go away sometimes. And, you know, not just like physically, but into the heads and hearts of the characters that we play. So, thanks for trusting that I’ll always find my way back. Thank you. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
DREW BARRYMORE /Little Edie – “GREY GARDENS” (HBO)
DREW BARRYMORE:  Um, um, okay.  Thank you very much.  Again, I’m not used to this, and, um um, um… Okay.  But funny, improv is usually a good thing, and it’s backfiring on me very badly right now.  I’m someone who – I want to speak from my heart and spontaneously, and this is not going well.  Um, I just – I’m very proud to be a member of this Guild, all 120,000 members are just incredible.  [applause]
And this started in 1933, and my family was – the Barrymores were acting at that time, and I’m very honored to keep their name alive.  And I’m very… [applause]… honored to be in this room with you.  And Jessica, to be in your company.  And Michael, for you to give me a chance, I’m incredibly indebted.  Because we just want so badly to express range and to try things that we never thought we could do, or take risks.
And right now I feel really sick—[laughter—and nervous, and that is a good thing.  Because when you feel that way, I think you’re on a good path, at least in a professional sense.  [laughter]
Thank you so much.  Thank you.  Thank you, thank you.  [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
MO’NIQUE / Mary – “PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE” (Lionsgate)
MO’NIQUE:  Wow.  [cheers]  Thank you to every member of the Screen Actors Guild.  I am so very honored.  There are some people that I must thank, that could easily go overlooked. But without these people, this film could have not been what it is.  I have to say thank you to Aunt Dot, who plays Mary Jones’ mother.  [applause]  I have to say thank you to the Each One Teach One Students, [cheers] y’all were absolutely amazing.
I have to say thank you to Lisa Cortes, who was an amazing producer, and who put the work in every single day.  And I have to thank the little girl that we called “Mongo.”  Her name is Quishay, and I want to thank that baby and her mother for allowing us to use that special gift in this project.  Lee Daniels, you never cease to amaze me.  God got somethin’ on you brother that you can’t begin to imagine the gift.
God bless us all.  [cheers]  Thank you very much.  [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SANDRA BULLOCK /Leigh Anne Tuohy – “THE BLIND SIDE” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
SANDRA BULLOCK:  Oh, if this were only not televised, so I could use the appropriate words I’m feeling right now.  [laughter]  I am Sandra Bullock, and I’m an actor.  And I am…[applause]…so proud to say that in a room full of faces that have inspired me, and allowed me six years ago to say I’m going to stop working ‘cause I wasn’t doing good work, and audition again.  And you say goodbye to the money, and you say goodbye to all the things that you became comfortable with.
In 2006, I sat in this room with a little film called “Crash,” and I got to look at the people who got me here.  So, to the Screen Actors Guild, thank you so much.  [applause]
To the opportunities from John Lee Hancock, our director, who allowed me to step up to the plate.  To Francie Brown, my dialects coach, who stayed in the room when I had a temper tantrum.
To Alar Kivilo, our cinematographer.  If you saw what I looked like in the morning, and what ended up on film, two very different things.  [laughter]  To my fellow actors on screen:  Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Kathy Bates, the list goes on and on.  I adore you and I’m inspired by you.  And to my husband, Jesse, who works so hard all day, and you get dressed up in monkey suits, and you sit at a table with people you don’t know.  [laughter]  And I leave you there and then you come back with, like, Morgan Freeman’s email.  I don’t know how you do it.  [laughter]  I love you so much, and you’re really hot.  And… [laughter] I want you so much.  [laughter]
And just to everyone in this room, thank you for making me proud to be an actor, and allowing me to be here.  And just accepting me.  Thank you so much.  [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
DANIEL BRÜHL /Fredrick Zoller
AUGUST DIEHL /Major Hellstrom
JULIE DREYFUS /Francesca Mondino
MICHAELFASSBENDER / LT. Archie Hicox
SYLVESTER GROTH /Joseph Goebbels
JACKY IDO /Marcel
DIANE KRUGER / Bridget von Hammersmark
MÉLANIE LAURENT /Shosanna
DENIS MENOCHET /Perrier LaPadite
MIKE MYERS /General Ed French
BRAD PITT / LT. Aldo Raine
ELI ROTH / SGT. Donny Donowitz
TIL SCHWEIGER /SGT. Hugo Stiglitz
ROD TAYLOR /Winston Churchill
CHRISTOPH WALTZ /COL. Hans Landa
MARTIN WUTTKE /Hitler
ELI ROTH:  Thank you, George Clooney. Thank you so much. Come on up here, guys. The great Michael Fassbender, Jacky Ido, Christoph Waltz, B.J. Novak, Diane Kruger, Omar Doom and myself. On behalf of the whole cast of “Inglourious Basterds,” we want to say thank you to Mr. Quentin Tarantino—[applause]—for – for what you did for this film. A year ago – a year ago, we all sat down in Berlin and we read through the script and we all sat around, and we saw that Quentin had pulled together actors from Ireland and from Austria and from France, and from Newton, Massachusetts, and from Germany and from New York, and from the Fangoria Convention. [laughter] And pulled together such a wonderful, wonderful cast. We all felt it was really something special.
So, it was an honor to be a part of it, Quentin. And, for every actor out there, we just want you to know that whether you are Brad Pitt, one of the biggest stars in the world, or someone who has never acted in a motion picture, your vote is a vote for director Quentin Tarantino, who, if he feels you are right for the part, he will give it to you. And, Quentin, your belief in us lets us rise to the occasion and brings out the best in all of us. It was an honor to be a part of this. We love you. Thank you so much. [applause] [cheers] Thank you, everyone. [applause]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JEFF BRIDGES /Bad Blake – “CRAZY HEART” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
JEFF BRIDGES:  Whoo!  Oh!  [standing ovation]  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Aw, this means so much to me.  My god, this is a heavy thing.  Whoa!  This means so much to be acknowledged like this by my acting family.  You guys, that’s what it’s like.  It’s like a big family with you guys, playing “advanced pretend.”  You know, my mom was real good at that.  You always encouraged us to pretend, and it’s like this is just, you know, an advanced version of that.  And it especially feels wonderful to be nominated in this great group of actors, with my buddy George, and all of you guys.  You’re such wonderful actors.  [applause]
I love being an actor.  You know, pretending to be other people, getting into the shoes of other folks.  Please wrap it up?!  Oh man!  [laughter]  I wish I was – I mean, there’s so many people to thank.  Okay, I’m just gonna have to—
MERYL STREEP:  Don’t listen to them.
BRIDGES:  Don’t listen to it? Just don’t – you did the best one.  Yeah, I love that when you just… you know.  Scott Cooper, the great director, writer.  Thomas Cobb, the wonderful writer of the book.  All of the wonderful actors in the movie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, her tenderness, her strength, it was so wonderful to be a part of.  Colin Farrell, Bob Duvall, my god, what a dream working with those guys.  [applause]  T-Bone Burnett creating all that great music.  [applause]  My dear friend Steven Bruton. And, oh yeah, Bone turned me on to a great singing coach, if you guys need to do any singing, [laughter] Roger Love [sp], he’s very good.  He does it over the phone, if you can believe it.  [laughter]
And I gotta give a shout out to Lloyd Catlett, my stand-in over 50 years.  You know, he’s from Texas.  Anytime I gotta do a Texan, I just –  and just Lloyd gives me a little Texas.  You know, that’s – thank you, Lloyd.  And my teachers, you know, in life and in acting: my mother, my father and my brother, thank you guys.  [applause]
And my main teacher, where are you, I can’t see you?  My wife, Sue, wave your hands.  There you are!  [applause]  Thank you, sweetheart.  And thank all of you guys.  Love playin’ with you!  [applause] [cheers]

Thanks to the SAG Awards for this transcript.

SAG Award Winners With Lists Of All Nominated Actors :: January 2010

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 23rd January 2010 in Uncategorized, awards

SAG AWARDS 2010  :: These awards honor actors, acting ensembles, only.

Only  SAG actors vote.

The winners are listed first, under each category heading. The nominees are listed below the winner.

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Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

An Education (2009)

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Nine (2009)

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

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

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

Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

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)

Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

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

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)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

“Glee” (2009)

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (2000)

“Modern Family” (2009)

“The Office” (2005)

“30 Rock” (2006)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

“Mad Men” (2007)

“The Closer” (2005)

“Dexter” (2006)

“The Good Wife” (2009)

“True Blood” (2008)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

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

Tina Fey for “30 Rock” (2006)

Christina Applegate for “Samantha Who?” (2007)

Toni Collette for “United States of Tara” (2009)

Edie Falco for “Nurse Jackie” (2009)

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

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Michael C. Hall for “Dexter” (2006)

Simon Baker for “The Mentalist” (2008)

Bryan Cranston for “Breaking Bad” (2008)

Jon Hamm for “Mad Men” (2007)

Hugh Laurie for “House M.D.” (2004)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Julianna Margulies for “The Good Wife” (2009)

Patricia Arquette for “Medium” (2005)

Glenn Close for “Damages” (2007)

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

Holly Hunter for “Saving Grace” (2007)

Kyra Sedgwick for “The Closer” (2005)

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

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

Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

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

Ruby Dee for America (2009) (TV)

Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)

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

actor jeff bridges winner of sag award and golden globe. so far this year!

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Photos Of Acting Category Winners :: Golden Globes 2010

Posted by Dana Kaminski on 18th January 2010 in awards

Golden Globe Actor Winners Photos Make It To This Blog By 6:26 PT, 9:26 ET, Jan. 18, 1010

Okay, so it took me about a whole day toiling with the all my blog tech to get this posted…And, yes, near the end, I was wondering out loud to inanimate objects why-ever I was ‘Doing-all-this’…I did accelerate to the question, with simultaneous head shaking…“Why, Any Of This??”…But then, by the end, when I saw the finished gallery: the actors expressions, expressiveness…well…)

For me, these photos…of these well-known actors, are just wonderful.

Actor Jeff Bridges Holding HIs Golden Globe Award for acting

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Their faces are so wonderfully expressive of how they feel about their very recent Golden Globe win. Full of authentic emotion. Yes, they are famous; yes, they have had long careers. Yet, this win really feels like a prize to them. Look, and see.

I can also, clearly,  see what separates real actors, from most of the other people in the world.  The trait what makes them really great at acting.

I share their joy with them, when I see these photos, and I hope you will get a similar satisfaction from seeing these Golden Globes Winners:

Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, And Accompanying Authentic Joy…

Actor Meryl Streep, Golden Globe winner

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I Would Know That These Winners Are Actors, And Great Ones…

Even if I never saw them in a movie, or anywhere that I was informed what they were.

They were born actors, and they love acting.

They also worked very hard at it. These individual actors.

They cherish being rewarded for acting. For being recognized, their true nature.

How Could I Tell That These Are True Actors?

And all these other annoying assumptions?

You look at the photos, and tell me how you can. We’ll compare impressions. Leave a comment, or tweet me at my Twitter name which is @__dana__.

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Big-And-Serious-Thank-You to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Best,

Dana

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That’s what makes it worth it, for me. Honestly.

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