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Oscar Nominees

Here is the complete list of 79th annual Academy Award nominees, announced Tuesday morning.

BEST PICTURE
"Babel"
"The Departed"
"The Queen"
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
"Little Miss Sunshine"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"
Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen "
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"

BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Paul Greengrass, "United 93"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Patrick Marber , "Notes on a Scandal"
William Monahan, "The Departed"
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"After the Wedding" (Denmark)
"Days of Glory (Indigènes)" (Algeria)
"Lives of Others" (Germany)
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico)
"Water" (Canada)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Cars"
"Happy Feet"
"Monster House"

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Dreamgirls," Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
"The Good Shepherd," Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
"Pan's Labyrinth," Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
"The Prestige," Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Black Dahlia," Vilmos Zsigmond
"Children of Men," Emmanuel Lubezki
"The Illusionist," Dick Pope
"Pan's Labyrinth," Guillermo Navarro
"The Prestige," Wally Pfister

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Curse of the Golden Flower," Yee Chung Man
"The Devil Wears Prada," Patricia Field
"Dreamgirls," Sharen Davis
"Marie Antoinette," Milena Canonero
"The Queen," Consolata Boyle

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Deliver Us from Evil," Amy Berg and Frank Donner
"An Inconvenient Truth," Davis Guggenheim
"Iraq in Fragments," James Longley and John Sinno
"Jesus Camp," Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
"My Country, My Country," Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"The Blood of Yingzhou District," Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
"Recycled Life," Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
"Rehearsing a Dream," Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
"Two Hands," Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

BEST FILM EDITING
"Babel," Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
"Blood Diamond," Steven Rosenblum
"Children of Men," Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
"The Departed," Thelma Schoonmaker
"United 93," Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

BEST MAKEUP
"Apocalypto," Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
"Click," Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
"Pan's Labyrinth," David Marti and Montse Ribe

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla
"The Good German," Thomas Newman
"Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass
"Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete
"The Queen," Alexandre Desplat

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Music and lyric by Melissa Etheridge
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; lyric by Anne Preven
"Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Siedah Garrett
"Our Town" from "Cars," Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"The Danish Poet," Torill Kove
"Lifted," Gary Rydstrom
"The Little Matchgirl," Roger Allers and Don Hahn
"Maestro," Geza M. Toth
"No Time for Nuts," Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)" Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
"Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)" Borja Cobeaga
"Helmer & Son," Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
"The Saviour," Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
"West Bank Story," Ari Sandel

BEST SOUND EDITING
"Apocalypto," Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
"Blood Diamond," Lon Bender
"Flags of Our Fathers," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
"Letters from Iwo Jima"," Alan Robert Murray
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

BEST SOUND MIXING
"Apocalypto," Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
"Blood Diamond," Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
"Dreamgirls," Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
"Flags of Our Fathers," John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
"Poseidon," Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
"Superman Returns," Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

HONORARY ACADEMY AWARD
Ennio Morricone

Golden Globe Winners

Babel and Dreamgirls took home top honors at the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards show. Babel won the award for best dramatic movie and Martin Scorsese won for directing The Departed, while Dreamgirls scooped up awards for best comedy/musical and for a pair of its actors — keeping the films in tight competition for top honors in the Hollywood awards race.

Because the Globes split feature films into two categories — there are best picture awards for both drama and musical/comedy — their impact on the Oscar race is not always easy to determine. Last year, Brokeback Mountain won the Globe for best dramatic picture, but Crash, an also-ran at the Globes, won the Academy Award for best picture.

Here is the complete list of winners in the film categories of the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards.

DRAMATIC PICTURE - "Babel"

MUSICAL OR COMEDY PICTURE - "Dreamgirls"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE - "Letters From Iwo Jima"

BEST DIRECTOR - Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"

BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR - Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS - Helen Mirren, "The Queen"

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL - Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat"

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL - Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"

SUPPORTING ACTOR - Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"

ANIMATED FILM - "Cars"

SCREENPLAY - Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

ORIGINAL SCORE - Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"

ORIGINAL SONG - "The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"

CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Warren Beatty

Simpsons movie plot leaked

The X-Box Live site accidentally leaked a plot description for The Simpsons Movie. The blurb was quickly removed but not before screenshots were taken and posted to several websites including someone's Flickr collection. The synopsis read : “When Homer accidentally pollutes the river with toxic waste from the nuclear power plant he gets fired from his job and everyone has to evacuate Springfield, possibly forever." This apparent plot could be found in a typical episode of the show, which is a tad disappointing. One has to wonder if the movie is simply a cash grab at this stage of the franchise.

Grindhouse Trailer

As I talked about a few months ago, Grindhouse is a collaboration between Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. They will present two full-length movies in a new horror double feature.

In Tarantino's "Death Proof," Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna an Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.

In Rodriguez's "Planet Terror," two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.

FF2: Rise of the Silver Surfer

In this sequel, The Fantastic Four must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the return of their enemy, Dr. Doom.

What have I done?

In as weird a case of coincidence as I could imagine, a harmless joke remark has come to life. In discussing upcoming movies with some co-workers, I jokingly mentioned that PeeWee's Big Adventure 3 was soon to be made.

Well.....as it turns out this might be true after all. There is apparently renewed interest in the "Pee-wee's Playhouse'' show, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year and this has led Paul Reubens to look into reviving the character for a feature film.

Read the full interview on the MercuryNews.com website.

Oscars promo poster

This year's ad poster for the Academy Awards pays tribute to some of the memorable lines from Hollywood's best known films. From Titanic's "I'm the king of the world!" to the Godfather's "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.", these lines of dialogue have transcended film to take on their own life in people's day to day speech. Quoting movies or TV shows has become almost its own form of shorthand. At least that's the justification that came out during the rehab stint for my own problems with quote abuse ;)

My idealistic view is that a catchy phrase or profound line from a film draws upon its original context, which can provides its own insight and/or humour to the situation in which it is being introduced. Film is a kinetic medium which has become part of the common language. My realistic view is that it becomes another tool of conformity. Being able to recognize and apply these quotes becomes an indoctrination into mass culture.

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