Category Archives: Award Ceremonies

My thoughts and predictions, or results and other news on various Award shows.

2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Sound Mixing

 

The Nominees:

  • American Sniper — John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
  • Birdman — Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Thomas Varga
  • Interstellar — Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
  • Unbroken — Jon Tayler, Frank A. Montano, David Lee
  • Whiplash — Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley

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2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Makeup & Hairstyling

 

The Nominees:

  • Foxcatcher — Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel — Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier
  • Guardians of the Galaxy — Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

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2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Costume Design

 

The Nominees:

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel — Milena Canonero
  • Inherent Vice — Mark Bridges
  • Into the Woods — Colleen Atwood
  • Maleficent — Anna B. Sheppard
  • Mr. Turner — Jacqueline Durran

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2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies, Documentary

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Documentary Short Subject

 

The Nominees:

  • Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 — Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry
  • Joanna — Aneta Kopacz
  • Our Curse — Tomasz Sliwinski, Maciej Slesicki
  • The Reaper — Gabriel Serra
  • White Earth — Christian Jensen

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2015 Academy Awards, Animation, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Animated Short Film

 

The Nominees:

  • The Bigger Picture — Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
  • The Dam Keeper — Robert Kondo, Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi
  • Feast — Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed
  • Me and My Moulton — Torill Kove
  • A Single LIfe — Joris Oprins

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2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Original Song

 

The Nominees:

  • “Glory” Common, John Legend — Selma
  • “Lost Stars” Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois — Begin Again
  • “Everything is Awesome” Shawn Patterson — The Lego Movie
  • “Grateful” Diane Warren — Beyond the Lights
  • “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond — Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me

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2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Production Design

 

The Nominees:

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel — Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
  • The Imitation Game — Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
  • Interstellar — Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
  • Into the Woods — Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
  • Mr. Turner — Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

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Award Ceremonies

Wonderful Surprises from the 2015 AACTA Awards

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts’ 4th annual best-of-the-year award ceremony wrapped up on Jan. 29, 2015. It nearly slipped right past my radar. I’m so wrapped up in my narrow-minded American patriotism to recognize when an international film award ceremony takes place. I should be ashamed of myself. But I digress.

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2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Original Score

 

The Nominees:

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel — Alexandre Desplat
  • The Imitation Game — Alexandre Desplat
  • Interstellar — Hans Zimmer
  • Mr. Turner — Gary Yershon
  • The Theory of Everything — Johann Johannsson

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