The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAS) winners

The BAFTAS were held tonight and for the most part it is still the same winners that every awards ceremony this year has has. The only surprises were Carey Mulligan(An Education)beat out Front Runner Meryl Streep (Sandra Bullock wasn't nominated) and Colin Firth( A Single Man) beat favorite for the Oscar Jeff Bridges. Another surprise was Kristen Stewart beating Carey Mulligan for The Orange Rising Star Award. Here is the complete list of winners:
Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Leading Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man
Leading Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up In the Air
Film Not in the English Language: A Prophet (France)
Animated Film: Up
Outstanding British Film: Fish Tank
Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Producer: Duncan Jones, Moon
Music: Michael Giacchino, Up
Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Editing: The Hurt Locker
Production Design: Avatar
Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Sound: The Hurt Locker
Special Visual Effects: Avatar
Makeup & Hair: The Young Victoria
Short Animation: Mother of Many
The Orange Rising Star Award: Kristen Stewart
Academy Fellowship: Vanessa Redgrave

My Newest Obsessions: Rude Boy

Now I'm not particularly a fan of the new "hard" Rihanna, i just think she's doing a bit too much to be considered edgy when she did it so will pre-beatdown, not she a bit of a overly couture mess. Her newest CD for me is a lack luster and bland album, but i do like this song. It's poppy and it as a hard sexual tone that gives it the edge it needs without announcing it to the world in a overly produced Young Jeezy endorsed wackfest. Plus for me to like a video to a song i like so much is a definite good sign. here's the video. i hope you enjoy

Icon: Whoopi Goldberg

A true comedy rebel Caryn Elaine Johnson redefined the role of a black Comedian and Actress with the unforgettable and iconic stage name Whoopi Goldberg. Not only a great comedian, but a exceptionally great dramatic actress winning an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, 7 NAACP Image Awards, 2 Daytime Emmy awards, 3 People's Choice awards and 2 Golden Globe awards for her acting range. In 1999, she received the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vanguard Award for her continued work in supporting the gay and lesbian community. In 2001, she won the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center. She has also won a Tony and Grammy award and has appeared in over 150 films in the 1990's. Whoopi was the highest-paid actress of all time. Goldberg has also been an advocate for human rights worldwide, moderating a panel at the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit on how social networks can be used to fight violent extremism in 2008 and also moderating a panel at the UN in 2009 on human rights, children and armed conflict, terrorism, human rights and reconciliation. and and true American Treasure that should be honored as a maverick that is still today refusing to bow to any ones standards and showing you a way to live as you are and be happy with whom you are 100% of the time. She is a true inspiration and living legend.

The Death of an Icon: Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen was an English fashion designer known for his unconventional designs and shock tactics. McQueen's dramatic designs, worn by celebrities including Rihanna, Björk and Lady Gaga, met with critical acclaim and earned him the British Designer of the Year award four times. McQueen's early runway collections developed his reputation for controversy and shock tactics (earning the title "l'enfant terrible" and "the hooligan of English fashion"),with trousers aptly named "bumsters" and a collection entitled "Highland Rape".[1][14][15] McQueen was known for his lavish, unconventional, runway shows, such as a recreation of a shipwreck for his spring 2003 collection, spring 2005's human chess game and his fall 2006 show, "Widows of Culloden" which featured a life-sized hologram of supermodel Kate Moss dressed in yards of rippling fabric. McQueen has been credited with bringing drama and extravagance to the catwalk He used new technology and innovation to add a different twist to his shows and often shocked and surprised audiences. The silhouettes that he created have been credited for adding a sense of fantasy and rebellion to fashion. McQueen became one of the first designers to use Indian models in London.ome of McQueen's accomplishments included being one of the youngest designers to achieve the title "British Designer of the Year", which he won four times between 1996 and 2003. He was also awarded the CBE and named International Designer of the Year at the Council of Fashion Designer Awards. December 2000 saw a new partnership for McQueen, with the Gucci Group acquiring 51% of his company and McQueen serving as Creative Director. Plans for expansion included the opening of stores in London, Milan and New York, and the launch of his perfumes Kingdom and, most recently, My Queen. In 2005 McQueen collaborated with Puma to create a special line of trainers for the shoe brand. McQueen became the first designer to participate in MAC's promotion of cosmetic releases created by fashion designers. The collection, McQueen, was released on 11 October 2007 and reflected the looks used on the Autumn/Winter McQueen catwalk. The inspiration for the collection was the Elizabeth Taylor movie Cleopatra, and thus the models sported intense blue, green, and teal eyes with strong black liner extended Egyptian-style. McQueen handpicked the makeup.

McQueen's death was announced on the afternoon of 11 February 2010. He was found dead that morning by his housekeeper at his home on Green Street, London W1. Paramedics were called; they pronounced him dead at the scene.

Here are some of his best works and some of the people seen in is magnificently extravagant designs

My Newest Obsessions

I am so living for 3 music videos right now. First the is Jay-Z's "On To The Next One" which is just hot to me. It's not your typical hip-hop video and the images within the video is a swag that I'm just drawn to. Second is Robin Thicke's "Sex Therapy" which is the sexiest song out right now and the video doesn't fall flat to the song. Third is Usher's "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" which is an effortlessly cool video with a story and dancing and a great song and here they are to watch. enjoy

W.T.F.: Beyonce in a Remake of "A Star Is Born"

I am so utterly disgusted in the shear audacity that is Beyonce's Ego. Okay music is her thing, i get that, but i really wish she'd stop acting. Everything she has been in should be a movie producers reason for not casting her, but they don't care if the movie is going to be acted well. They only care about the people going to pay to see Beyonce sing in a movie, again. "Dreamgirls" was good and Beyonce wasn't terrible, but for every "Dreamgirls" there is two "Obsessed" and when is saw they shitacular piece of filth and how badly Beyonce acted i was certain that people were done with her stiff delivery of her lines and her terribly over acted "dramatic scenes" and now they are going to shit on the legacy of great Oscar winning films with this piece of shit. I Refuse to let this happen. What can i do to get this movie stop.

2010 Grammy Winners

The Grammys were just this Sunday and for the most part the show was good. Beyonce won 6 awards and her performance was OK. Taylor Swift won the big award of the night, Best Album, and Lady Gaga won 2 awards. the best part of the evening was by far Pink's trapeze performance to the song "Glitter in the Air". It was magnificent and she has proven herself as one of the most important performer of this time. Here is a partial list of the winners, because the actual list is way too long, so i will post only the important ones. OH YEAH, here is a video of Pink's performance.



Here is a list of the winners:
Record of the Year - Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
Album of the Year - Fearless by Taylor Swift
Best New Artist - Zac Brown
Best Short Form Music Video - “Boom Boom Pow” by The Black Eyed Peas
Best Long Form Music Video - The Beatles Love-All Together Now by Various Artists
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - “Make It Mine” by Jason Mraz
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals - “Lucky” by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat
Best Pop Instrumental Performance - “Throw Down Your Heart” by Béla Fleck
Best Pop Instrumental Album - Potato Hole by Booker T. Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album - The E.N.D. by Black Eyed Peas
Best Dance Recording - “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga
Best Electronic/Dance Album - The Fame by Lady Gaga
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden by Michael Bublé
Best Rock Solo Vocal Performance - “Working On A Dream” by Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By a Duo/Group w/ Vocals - “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance - “War Machine” by AC/DC
Best Metal Performance - “Dissident Aggressor” by Judas Priest
Best Rock Instrumental Performance - “A Day in the Life” by Jeff Beck
Best Rock Song - “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon
Best Rock Album - 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day
Best Alternative Music Album - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - “Pretty Wings” by Maxwell
Best R&B Performance By a Duo/Group W/ Vocals - “Blame It” by Jamie Foxx and T-Pain
Best Urban/Alternative Performance - “Pearls” by India Arie and Dobet Gnahore
Best R&B Album - BLACKsummers’night by Maxwell
Best Rap Solo Performance - “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” by Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance By a Duo/Group - “Crack A Bottle” by Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - “Run This Town” by Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Best Rap Song - “Run This Town” by Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Best Rap Album - Relapse by Eminem
Best Female Country Vocal Performance - “White Horse” by Taylor Swift
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - “Sweet Thing” by Keith Urban
Best Country Performance by a Duo/Group With Vocals - “I Run to You” by Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration w/ Vocals - “I Told You So” by Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis
Best Country Instrumental Performance - “Producer’s Medley” by Steve Wariner
Best Country Song - “White Horse” by Taylor Swift
Best Country Album - Fearless by Taylor Swift

2010 Academy Awards Nominations

This years Oscar Nominations have been announced and the only real surprise is the nomination of Maggie Gyllenhaal for "Crazy Heart" and maybe Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station. Here is a video of the nominations plus a list of all the nominations.


A complete list of nominations:

Best Picture:
* “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
* “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
* “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
* “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
* “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
* “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
* “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
* “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
* “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

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”

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

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” Nominees to be determined
* “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

Foreign Language Film:
* “Ajami” Israel
* “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
* “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
* “Un Prophète” France
* “The White Ribbon” Germany

Makeup:
* “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
* “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
* “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score):
* “Avatar” James Horner
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
* “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
* “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
* “Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song):
* “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
* “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
* “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated):
* “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
* “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
* “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
* “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
* “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action):
* “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
* “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
* “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
* “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
* “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing:
* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
* “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
* “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
* “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing:
* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
* “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
* “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
* “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects:
* “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
* “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
* “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
* “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
* “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
* “Up in the Air”- Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay):
* “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
* “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
* “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
* “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy