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Independent Spirit Awards: The Complete List of Winners

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:35:00 GMT

Hurray for the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the hip, cool cousin of the Academy Awards. They take place the day before the Oscars in a tent in Santa Monica, and honor the best in independent filmmaking.

Here's a list of the winners from last night's ceremony:

BEST FEATURE
Juno

BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Lookout

BEST DIRECTOR
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST MALE LEAD
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Ellen Page - Juno

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Talk To Me

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

BEST SCREENPLAY
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Crazy Love

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Once (Ireland)

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
I'm Not There, Directed by Todd Haynes

Independent Spirit Awards: Keri Russell

Independent Spirit Awards: Angelina Jolie Totally Reveals Her Humongous Baby Bump

Independent Spirit Awards: Diablo Cody Wins Best First Screenplay

FameCrawler Oscar Picks: Where We Demonstrate That We Really Do Have an Opinion on Everything

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:35:00 GMT

Without a doubt one of the things keeping you up late at night is wondering "Who do the FameCrawler bloggers think will win big at the Academy Awards?" (Of course, that along with, "Who will Jamie Lynn take to Lamaze class?)

This must be your lucky day, because here are our completely unsolicited opinions (Sorry, can't help you out with the Jamie Lynn thing):

Sweatpantsmom:

Best Actress: Laura Linney (I love her. Ellen Page was great in Juno, but has no 'body of work.' That there is Academy-speak for "She ain't been in nuthin' else.")

Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee (First time nominated. She's 83, for chrissakes - just give it to her already.)

Best Actor: George Clooney (He's hot. And I still watch ER, hoping for him to make a surprise cameo.)

Best Supporting Actor: Hal Holbrook (See Ruby Dee, above)

Best Picture: Juno (Juno Juno Juno. Has anyone even seen the other movies?)

Whit:

Best Actress: I didn't see any of them, so I'll go with whoever looks the hottest.

Best Supporting Actress: See above.

Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis

Best Supporting Actor: That kid from There Will Be Blood. Oh, he wasn't nominated. Um, how about that rat from Ratatouille?

Best Picture: There Will Be Blood

Best Host: Jon Stewart (Lifetime Achievement to Billy Crystal)

Her Bad Mother:

Best Actress: Prediction: Julie Christie; Wish: Ellen Page

Best Supporting Actress: Prediction: Cate Blanchett (but will be happy if she or Tilda Swinton or that little Irish chick wins it)

Best Actor: Prediction: Daniel Day Lewis; Wish: Viggo (Johnny's hot, but Sweeney Todd? Nope. Viggo's hot AND deserving for that penis-baring knife fight)

Best Supporting Actor: Prediction/Wish: Javier Bardem

Best Picture: Toss-up: No Country For Old Men or There Will Be Blood. Can't call this one.

Karen:

Best Actress: Ellen Page because she is a Canucklehead like me.

Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton because if I could have a celebs life it would be hers and Johnny Depp would be my boy toy. (See below.) Although the step-mom in Juno should have been nominated.

Best Actor: Johnny Depp - because he is my back-up husband and deserves it.

Best Supporting Actor: Phillip Seymour Hoffman because I'm a big fan of his work and he rocks and that's all you need to know.

Best Picture: Juno, hands down has to win because I'm a Mom and I said so.

Sassy Smith:

Best Actress: Julie Christie

Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee

Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis (totally want Johnny Depp to win but whatever..lol)

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men

Independent Spirit Awards: "Juno" Rules

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:34:00 GMT

I never get tired of pimping this movie. In fact, I like "Juno" almost as much as I like Barack Obama. The two have more in common than you think: both are smart, totally refreshing and most important of all - deserving of your vote.

"Juno" had no problems getting the votes on Saturday, as it scored big at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. The quirky comedy took the top prize for best feature film, best actress honors for Ellen Page and best first screenplay for Diablo Cody.

The film, a coming-of-age story about a teen who discovers she's pregnant, is up for four Oscars at tonight's Academy Awards: Best Picture, Cody for Best Screenplay, Page for Best Actress, and Jason Reitman for Best Director.

I'm Team Juno, in case you couldn't tell.

Independent Spirit Awards: Diablo Cody Wins Best First Screenplay

Independent Spirit Awards: Diablo Cody Wins Best First Screenplay

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:10:00 GMT

Diablo Cody has won the award for Best First Screenplay for "Juno" at the Film Independent Spirit Awards taking place in Santa Monica today. Cody is also up for an Oscar for Best Screenplay at tomorrow's Academy Awards.

"This is the coolest award in the coolest category. There is nothing like writing a first screenplay," Cody said.

Cody wrote her first book, Candy Girl, at the age of 24 while working as a stripper to help support her 5-year old stepdaughter and then-husband Jonny Hunt.

2008 Oscar Nominees

Whit Honea — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:41:00 GMT

It's Oscar time and the nominees were released today. There are a few FameCrawler regulars making the cut. Congratulations and good luck!

...and the Oscar might go to:

Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

Best Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises."

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"; Julie Christie, "Away From Her"; Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"; Laura Linney, "The Savages"; Ellen Page, "Juno."

Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."

Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

Best Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Jason Reitman, "Juno"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

Best Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters," Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara
Jenkins, "The Savages."

Best Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille"; "Surf's Up."

Best Art Direction: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The Golden Compass," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "There Will Be Blood."

Best Cinematography: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," "Atonement," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

Best Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "3:10 to Yuma," "Transformers."

Best Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "There Will Be Blood," "Transformers."

Best Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli; "The Kite Runner," Alberto Iglesias; "Michael Clayton," James Newton Howard; "Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino; "3:10 to Yuma," Marco
Beltrami.

Best Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "Raise It Up" from "August Rush," Nominees to be determined; "So Close" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

Best Costume: "Across the Universe," "Atonement," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "La Vie en Rose," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

Best Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight," "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience," "Sicko," "Taxi to the Dark Side," "War/Dance."

Best Documentary (short subject): "Freeheld," "La Corona (The Crown)," "Salim Baba," "Sari's Mother."

Best Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Into the Wild," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

Best Makeup: "La Vie en Rose," "Norbit," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

Best Animated Short Film: "I Met the Walrus," "Madame Tutli-Putli," "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)," "My Love (Moya Lyubov)," "Peter & the Wolf."

Best Live Action Short Film: "At Night," "Il Supplente (The Substitute)," "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)," "Tanghi Argentini," "The Tonto Woman."

Best Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," “Transformers."

The only movies on this list that I've seen are Pirates, Ratatouille, Transformers, Bourne and There Will Be Blood. I need to get out more.

What are your predictions?

Golden Globe Winner Daniel Day-Lewis Isn't Creepy

Whit Honea — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:35:00 GMT

"How can you be a recluse,'" asks Daniel Day-Lewis in a recent interview with the Observer, "in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don't?"

Too true.

Daniel Day-Lewis has a reputation of madness among many in the media, no doubt fueled in part by the roles that he chooses. He just won a Golden Globe for his latest role in the movie There Will Be Blood. I watched a screening of this over the weekend with a handful of people "for our consideration" and damn if it wasn't slow and disturbing. Day-Lewis, however, was fantastic. A fantastic mad, creepy recluse. Go figure.

"It is misleading," he explains in the same interiew, "to see my life in front of the camera and my life at home with my wife and children as two lives between which there is a schism. My life as it is away from movie set is a life where I follow my curiosity just as avidly as when I am working. It is with a very positive sense that I keep away from the work for a while. It has always seemed natural to me that that in turn should help me in the work that I do.?

I can't argue with you, Daniel, not that I would ever dare to do such a thing.

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