Hammond, out of a large slew of Oscarologists, made the most accurate Golden Globes winner predictions. Out of all of ‘em. And, as I told you, it’s a really tough year to pick award winner. Which does let all the legions of other Oscarologists off the hook, but it also says something about one of the journeymen of Oscarologists, Pete Hammond.
And, yes, he may not be a frequent Twitterer…

January 23rd Was D-day To Have Nominee Ballots In Here’s The Academy Of Motion Pictures Press Release: OSCAR® NOMINATION BALLOTS DUE JANUARY 23 Beverly Hills, CA — The 5,777 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nominations ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers no later than 5 p.m. on [...]

Congratulations To All The Actors, And Actor Ensemble Casts, Winners And Nominees Of The SAG Awards…. a great acting performance, and want that person, that movie, to win; because I have been so emotionally moved, or just wowed down to my socks. Then, I remind myself that I haven’t seen everything. Some people in the Academy are exceptionally busy with very demanding jobs…

The contest for college students to enter, by The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences, and MTV…
(Official Press Release)
(…and, uh, my own coloring to their letterhead…hope they aren’t mad)

Onstage Acceptance Photos, Golden Globes Awards, January 18th, 2010.
Thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for releasing to us these high-resolution photos for my use. For both my sites…
Actor Winner’s Faces, In Close-Up, Backstage, Can Be Found At Hollywood Actor Prep.

• Best Animated Feature — Up
• Best Screenplay — Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
• Best Actress, TV Miniseries — Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
• Best Actor, TV Miniseries — Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
• Best Actress, TV Drama — Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Best Actor, TV Drama — Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Best Actress, TV Comedy — Toni Collette, United States of Tara

Best Supporting Actress Film
Nominees:
Mo’Nique (“Precious”),
Penelope Cruz (“Nine”),
Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air”),
Anna Kendrick (“Up in the Air”),
Julianne Moore (“A Single Man”)
…
All other Golden Globe categories and nominees are here in a printable list.

“Open dance auditions for the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast will be held on Friday, January 22, and Saturday, January 23, at CenterStaging in Burbank…” Schedule of auditions is posted here.

This Weekend Is Considered A Precursor To What Awards Will Win At The OscarsThe Golden Globes are on Sunday, NBC.
The Critics Choice Awards are on Friday, VH1.
Tom O’Neil, at The Envelope, Explains The Pattern Of Oscar Prediction

Wes Anderson Received An Award, This Critter Accepted For Him (video)
The award’s for “Special Filmmaking Achievement”.
Love this line…
” The same medium as our film, which is in STOP MOTION–Which is, like, what I am right now.”
Also loved the bunny in the low-cut striped gown, who was there to make sure he didn’t exit stage left…

Paul Debevec, Tim Hawkins, John Monos and Mark Sagar for the design and engineering of the Light Stage capture devices and the image-based facial rendering system developed for character relighting in motion pictures… with their ability to capture high fidelity reflectance data of human subjects, allows for the creation of photorealistic digital faces as they would appear in any lighting condition. (complete list)

List of 7 films…
On Saturday, January 23, all members of the Academy’s Makeup Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

Maggie Gyllenhaal Had A Few Glasses Of Champagne, Dahling…
And saw Jeff Bridges at an event…Like a gushing fan, she approached him. (Anyone who says that professional actors don’t get nervous, or daunted, has never been a professional actor…)

Probable BEST ACTOR Oscar Nominee:: Jeff Bridges::
His Acting Career, in film stills…mighty impressive…

I Believe This Boy Is A Very Young Jeff Bridges
I admit I am a bit happy that father, and actor, Lloyd Bridges instilled a sense of acting-integrity in his sons. Because it does show, in all of their work…and at least, one of them, to be very comfortable without a shirt, on camera. (photo)

2oth Century Fox Released James Cameron’s Script For Avatar
Care to read it? Click on this link…

When she won the acting role of Precious, Gabby Sidibe was in college, on her way to becoming a psychotherapist.
Perhaps that prepared her for some of the things that people tell her, after seeing the movie where she plays the character of the same name.

Film directors in this video are:
Quentin Tarentino, Kathryn Bigelow, Jason Reitman, Lee Daniels, and James Cameron.
They answer what they might have done if they hadn’t decided to direct movies. Some talk about other future plans.

Up In The Air

Avatar

(500) Days Of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Inglourious Basterds

Stephen Lang is a real actor’s actor. The way he see’s the character he’s playing, and the choices he makes that give the roles so much dimension.
Between Public Enemies, and Avatar, this actor has had a really good year. After a lotta years, acting…

They have acting in common, and a double-a in both of their last names. They may also both have Acting Category, Oscar nominations this year.