Oscar 2011 Predictions

Oscar 2011 is now approaching and many people speculate or predict who will win Oscar Award in the coming celebrities stud ceremony. Many people are disappointed by previous results as we all knew. These disappointments are numerous but still Oscar is the best viewed award giving body in the world. It is like an Olympic or a Miss Universe telecast that everybody is waiting to witness.

One of the guys who revealed his predictions is Roger Ebert. He chose the "The King's Speech" as the best film of the year. For Best Actor he predicts that Colin Firth will take home the statue while Geoffrey Rush will take home the best supporting actor award. Tom Hopper who won best director earlier in directors Guide Awards will win the Best Director Award for the "The King's Speech" as well.

For Best Actress as what most people think who will win this year Roger Ebert also think that Natalie Portman will win it as a Ballerina in the film "Black Swan". Her performance as a perfectionist dancer who went mad in pursuit for perfection.

How about you? Who are your bet to win this coming Oscar Award? 

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83rd Academy Awards Nominees

Here are the 83rd Academy Awards Nominees:
Best picture

"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"The King’s Speech"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter’s Bone"

Actor

Javier Bardem, "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges, "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
James Franco, "127 Hours"
Actress

Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"
Supporting actor

Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
John Hawkes, "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner, "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo, "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech"
Supporting actress

Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech"
Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"
Director

Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
David O. Russell, "The Fighter"
Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"
David Fincher, "The Social Network"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "True Grit"
Animated feature

"How to Train Your Dragon"
"The Illusionist"
"Toy Story 3"
Adapted screenplay

"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3"
"True Grit"
"Winter’s Bone"
Original screenplay

"Another Year"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"The King’s Speech"
Foreign language film

"Biutiful"
"Dogtooth"
"In a Better world"
"Incendies"
"Outside the Law"
Art direction

"Alice in Wonderland"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I"
"Inception"
"The King's Speech"
"True Grit"
Cinematography

“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The King's Speech”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”
Costume design

"Alice in Wonderland"
"I Am Love"
"The King's Speech"
"The Tempest"
"True Grit"
Documentary feature

"Exit Through the Gift Shop"
"Gasland"
"Inside Job"
"Restrepo"
"Waste Land"
Documentary short

"Killing in the Name"
"Poster Girl"
"Strangers No More"
"Sun Come Up"
"The Warriors of Qiugang"
Film editing

"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"The King's Speech"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
Makeup

“Barney's Version”
“The Way Back”
“The Wolfman”
Sound mixing

“Inception”
“The King's Speech”
“Salt”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”
Original score

“How to Train Your Dragon”
“Inception”
“The King's Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
Visual effects

“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
“Hereafter”
“Inception”
“Iron Man 2”
Original song

“Coming Home” from “Country Strong”
“I See the Light” from “Tangled”
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours”
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3"
Sound editing

"Inception"
"Toy Story 3"
"Tron: Legacy"
"True Grit"
"Unstoppable"
Animated short film

"Day & Night"
"The Gruffalo"
"Let's Pollute"
"The Lost Thing"
"Madagascar, carnet de voyage" ("Madagascar, a Journey Diary")
Live action short film

"The Confession"
"The Crush"
"God of Love"
"Na Wewe"
"Wish 143"

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Oscar Nominations: Who was snubbed?

The nominations for Oscar Awards that will be shown live on the last week of February are already released a week ago.

The "King Speech"was nominated for 12 awards that include best actor category. "Social Network" is nominated 8 times but not for actors and many people are not surprised. Here are the list of Nominees for 83rd Academy Awards:

Even if the list of nominees are good but there are people or film that are left in the dust. Almost everyone were surprised about the exclusion of Mark Wahlberg in the "The Fighter because some of his co-stars where nominated for supporting categories. Ryan Gosling was also excluded but Michelle Williams was nominated as Best Actress in "Blue Valentine". Paul Diamatti who won best actor in Golden Globe was also left out.

Among the actresses are Mila kunis and Barbara Hershey were missing as best supporting actress nominees. They are good in "Black Swan". Julia Moore who is also good in "the kids are alright" although she might compete Annette Bening. This Annette Bening is nominated many times but never won an Oscar.


This leads to the question of another possible snub - do you think Oscar winner Halle Berry should have gotten a nod for her "Frankie & Alice" role (the same one that earned the actress a Golden Globe nod in the best actress category)?

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