David Fincher’s “The Social Network” lead the Chicago Film Critics on Friday with eight nominations, including Best Picture, Director and Actor. “The King’s Speech,” “Black Swan,” “Winter’s Bone” and “True Grit” followed up each with six nominations.
The Indiana Film Journalists Association announced its annual film awards and “The Social Network” took top honors, winning best film as well as Aaron Sorkin for best screenplay. Natalie Portman was named best actress for “Black Swan.” James Franco won best actor for “127 Hours.”
Raoul Ruiz’ Mysteries of Lisbon was awarded the Louis Delluc prize for Best French film of the year beating out a competitive field of films that included “Carlos,” Olivier Assayas, “The Ghost Writer,” Roman Polanski, “Of Gods and Men,” Xavier Beauvois, “On Tour,” Mathieu Amalric, “The Princess of Montpensier,” Bernard Tavernier, “White Material,” Claire Denis and “Young Girls in Black,” Jean-Paul Civeyrac.
The Las Vegas Film Critic Society presents its “Sierra” awards each year for the best in film, including The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award, which is named for the Academy Award winning actor.
Nominees for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2010 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles. ‘The King’s Speech’ and ‘The Fighter’ lead the field with 4 nominations each, followed by ‘Black Swan’ and ‘The Kids Are All Right’ with 3 nominations each. ‘Winter’s Bone’ was not left out, picking up 2 nominations.
Forty-one songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 83rd Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced this morning and The Kings Speech lead the field with 7 nominations followed by The Fighter and the critics’ favorite The Social Network with 6 nominations.
The National Board of Review announced their film awards for 2010. No real surprises on the list.
The New York Film Critics Circle announced their awards for the best films of 2010 on Monday night and again, The Social Network is the top film of the year. As reported by the NJ.com, this year’s voting, held at New York’s Regency Hotel and done by secret ballot, took nearly four hours. The prizes will be awarded at a gala dinner on January 10th at the Manhattan nightspot, Crimson.
The Toronto Film Critics Association has announced its 2010 winners and what is becoming very much expected, David Fincher’s The Social Network took the top prizes including Best Picture, Best Director (David Fincher), Best Actor (Jesse Eisenberg), Best Supporting Actor (Armie Hammer) and Best Screenplay. Not to be ignored is the documentary “Exit Through The Gift Shop” Winner of Best Documentary Feature and Best First Feature; and Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone.”
Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Marisa Tomei and Oprah Winfrey will present on the 83rd Academy Awards®, telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced today.
The Boston Society of Film Critics announced its pick of films for 2010 and awarded an astonishing 5 prizes to The Social Network, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. The 2010 Awards ceremony will be held on 01/30/2011 at the Brattle Theater, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.