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 SHORT TERM 12

The Austin Film Critics Association announced its 2013 awards, with Spike Jonze’s “HER” winning Best Film as well as two other awards, and leading the group’s Top Ten list. Steve McQueen’s historical drama “12 YEARS A SLAVE” won three awards: Chiwetel Ejiofor for Best Actor, Lupita Nyong’o for Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay by John Ridley. Short Term 12, made the Top Ten list along with Actress Brie Larson receiving honors in two categories: Best Actress, for “SHORT TERM 12,” and the Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award, for her roles in “SHORT TERM 12,” “THE SPECTACULAR NOW,” and “DON JON.” Best Supporting Actor went to Jared Leto for “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB.” The Austin Film Award, for movies shot locally or by Austin-based filmmakers, went to “BEFORE MIDNIGHT” this year.  Other winners include “THE ACT OF KILLING” for Best Documentary, “FRUITVALE STATION” for Best First Film, and “BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR” for Best Foreign Language Film.

The full list of winners, plus the AFCA Top Ten Films of 2013 list, is included below. 

Best Film: Her (Spike Jonze)
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress: Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her
Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Best Score: Arcade Fire, Her
Best Foreign Language Film: Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche)
Best Documentary: The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer)
Best Animated Film: Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee)
Best First Film: Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
Breakthrough Artist: Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Best Austin Film: Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
Special Honorary Award: Scarlett Johansson, for her outstanding voice performance in Her

AFCA 2013 Top Ten Films:

1. Her
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Gravity
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. Short Term 12
7. Mud
8. Before Midnight
9. Dallas Buyers Club
10. Captain Phillips

 

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 MOTHER OF GEORGE

The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) named 12 YEARS A SLAVE as the Best Picture of 2013.  The Fox Searchlight film also earned Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Newcomer honors for Steve McQueen, John Ridley and Lupita Nyong’o. Other 2013 AAFCA Award winners include FRUITVALE STATION, for Best Independent Film, MOTHER OF GEORGE, for Best World Cinema and AMERICAN PROMISE, from Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson for Best Documentary. The organization, which represents the leading African-American film critics nationwide, will formally present its awards during a private ceremony on Friday, January 31, 2014 in Hollywood, CA.  

The African-American Film Critics Association’s Top Ten Films of 2013 are as follows in order of distinction:

1. 12 Years a Slave

2. Lee Daniels: The Butler

3. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

4. American Hustle

5. Gravity

6. Fruitvale Station

7.  Dallas Buyers Club

8. Saving Mr. Banks

9. Out of the Furnace

10. 42

Best Actor                               Forest Whitaker, LEE DANIELS: THE BUTLER (TWC)

Best Actress                            Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actress         Oprah Winfrey, LEE DANIELS: THE BUTLER (TWC)

Best Supporting Actor            Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Focus Features)

Best World Cinema                MOTHER OF GEORGE (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Breakout Performance            Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight)

Best Director                           Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight)

Best Screenplay                      John Ridley, 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight)

Best Music                              Raphael Sadiq, BLACK NATIVITY (RCA Inspirational)

Best Independent Film           FRUITVALE STATION (TWC)

Best Animation                       FROZEN (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Documentary                  AMERICAN PROMISE (Rada Film Group)

 

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20 FEET FROM STARDOM

The Houston Film Critics Society selected “12 YEARS A SLAVE” as the Best Film of 2013.  12 YEARS A SLAVE also received awards for Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o, Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Best Screenplay. 20 FEET FROM STARDOM received the award for Best Documentary and the award for Best Foreign Language Film went to THE HUNT.

Best Picture: “12 YEARS A SLAVE“

 

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaròn, “GRAVITY”

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 YEARS A SLAVE”

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, “GRAVITY”

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB”

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 YEARS A SLAVE”

Best Screenplay: “12 YEARS A SLAVE”

Best Animated Film: “FROZEN”

Best Cinematography: “GRAVITY”

Best Documentary: “20 FEET FROM STARDOM”

Best Foreign Language Film: “THE HUNT”

Best Original Score: “GRAVITY”

Best Original Song: “Please Mr. Kennedy” from “INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS”

 

 

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12 YEARS A SLAVE

The Boston Online Film Critics Association really love 12 YEARS A SLAVE, awarding the film Best Picture of 2013, in addition to Best Director for Steve McQueen, Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor, Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Ensemble. The award for Best Foreign Language Film went to BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, and Best Documentary went to THE ACT OF KILLING.

THE 2013 Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards

Best Picture: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINE

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB 

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE 

Best Screenplay: BEFORE MIDNIGHT

Best Foreign Language Film: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

Best Documentary: THE ACT OF KILLING

Best Animated Film: THE WIND RISES and FROZEN (tie) 

Best Cinematography: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Best Editing: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Original Score: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Ensemble: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

The Ten Best Films of the Year:

1. 12 YEARS A SLAVE
2. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
3. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
4. GRAVITY
5. BEFORE MIDNIGHT
6. THE SPECTACULAR NOW
7. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
8. SPRING BREAKERS
9. THE WORLD’S END
10. FRUITVALE STATION

 

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BLACKFISH

“12 YEARS A SLAVE,” wowed the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), winning six awards including Best Film, Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o), Best Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley) and Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer). Best Foreign Language Film went to “THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN,” from Belgium, and Best Documentary honors were awarded to “BLACKFISH.” The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association is comprised of 58 DC-VA-MD-based film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet. 

THE 2013 WAFCA AWARD WINNERS:

Best Film:
12 Years a Slave

Best Director:
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Best Actor:
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actor:
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress:
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Best Acting Ensemble:
12 Years a Slave

Best Youth Performance:
Tye Sheridan (Mud)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

Best Original Screenplay:
Spike Jonze (Her)

Best Animated Feature:
Frozen

Best Documentary:
Blackfish

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Broken Circle Breakdown

Best Art Direction:
Production Designer: Catherine Martin, Set Decorator: Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)

Best Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, A.M.C. (Gravity)

Best Editing:
Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger (Gravity)

Best Original Score:
Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC:
Lee Daniels’ The Butler 

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Joel & Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Film Comment magazine, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, released its annual best of year film lists, with Joel & Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE and Richard Linklater’s BEFORE MIDNIGHT taking the top spots among films released in 2013. Other films making the list include Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE ACT OF KILLING, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel’s LEVIATHAN and Shane Carruth’s UPSTREAM COLOR. Film Comment’s survey also ranks films that have screened and made notable appearances at film festivals throughout the year, but remain without U.S. distribution.  

Film Comment’s Top 10 Films Released in 2013 
1. Joel & Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
2. Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE
3. Richard Linklater’s BEFORE MIDNIGHT
4. Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE ACT OF KILLING
5. Jia Zhang-ke’s A TOUCH OF SIN
6. Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel’s LEVIATHAN
7. Alfonso Cuarón’s GRAVITY
8. Andrew Bujalski’s COMPUTER CHESS
9. Noah Baumbach’s FRANCES HA
10. Shane Carruth’s UPSTREAM COLOR.

The rankings of other films making strong showings during the awards season are Spike Jonze’s HER (#17), Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA (#18), and David O. Russell’s AMERICAN HUSTLE (#19).

Film Comment’s survey also ranks films that have screened and made notable appearances at film festivals throughout the year, but remain without U.S. distribution as of press time:

1. Philippe Garrel’s JEALOUSY
2. Tsai Ming-liang’s STRAY DOGS
3. Joaquim Pinto’s WHAT NOW? REMIND ME
4. Hong Sang-soo’s NOBODY’S DAUGHTER HAEWON
5. Catherine Breillat’s ABUSE OF WEAKNESS
6. Hong Sang-soo’s OUR SUNHI
7. Ramon Zürcher’s THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT
8. Ben Rivers & Ben Russell’s A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS
9. Albert Serra’s STORY OF MY DEATH
10. Fernando Eimbcke’s CLUB SANDWICH.

THE COMPLETE FILM COMMENT 2013 BEST-OF FILMS LISTS

RELEASED 2013
1. Inside Llewyn Davis, Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen                               
2. 12 Years a Slave, Director: Steve McQueen                                             
3. Before Midnight, Director: Richard Linklater                                            
4. The Act of Killing, Director: Joshua Oppenheimer                                 
5. A Touch of Sin, Director: Jia Zhang-ke                                                       
 6. Leviathan, Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
7. Gravity, Director: Alfonso Cuarón                                                                
8. Computer Chess, Director: Andrew Bujalski                                           
9. Frances Ha, Director: Noah Baumbach                                                    
10. Upstream Color, Director: Shane Carruth

Rankings #11 – #20
11. Museum Hours, Director: Jem Cohen                                                    
12. Blue Is the Warmest Color, Director: Abdellatif Kechiche                 
13. Bastards, Director: Claire Denis                                                               
14. Spring Breakers, Director: Harmony Korine                                         
15. Like Someone in Love, Director: Abbas Kiarostami                            
16. Stories We Tell, Director: Sarah Polley                                                  
17. Her, Director: Spike Jonze                                                                          
18. Nebraska, Director: Alexander Payne                                                     
19. American Hustle, Director: David O. Russell                                        
20. The Grandmaster, Director: Wong Kar Wai                                           

Rankings #21 – #30
21. At Berkeley, Director: Frederick Wiseman                                                         
22. Beyond the Hills, Director: Cristian Mungiu
23. No, Director: Pablo Larraín                                                                                     
24. The Great Beauty, Director: Paolo Sorrentino
25. Blue Jasmine, Director: Woody Allen
26. All Is Lost, Director: J.C. Chandor
27. Post Tenebras Lux, Director: Carlos Reygadas
28. Something in the Air, Director: Olivier Assayas
29. Viola, Director: Matías Piñeiro
30. Fruitvale Station, Director: Ryan Coogler

Rankings #31 – #40
31. To the Wonder, Director: Terrence Malick
32. Night Across the Street, Director: Raúl Ruiz
33. Room 237, Director: Rodney Ascher
34. Faust, Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
35. Let the Fire Burn, Director: Jason Osder
36. Le Pont du Nord, Director: Jacques Rivette
37. The Wolf of Wall Street, Director: Martin Scorsese
38. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet, Director: Alain Resnais
39. The Last Time I Saw Macao, Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
40. The Past, Director: Asghar Farhadi

Rankings #41 – #50
41. The Square, Director: Jehane Noujaim
42. The Wind Rises, Director: Hayao Miyazaki
43. Drug War, Director: Johnnie To
44. Cousin Jules, Director: Dominique Benicheti
45. Much Ado About Nothing, Director: Joss Whedon
46. Passion, Director: Brian De Palma
47. Short Term 12, Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
48. Dallas Buyers Club, Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
49. Berberian Sound Studio, Director: Peter Strickland
50. Captain Phillips, Director: Paul Greengrass

 
FILMS WITHOUT DISTRIBUTION 2013
1. Jealousy, Director: Philippe Garrel                                                      
2. Stray Dogs, Director: Tsai Ming-liang                                                 
3. What Now? Remind Me, Director: Joaquim Pinto                            
4. Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Director: Hong Sang-soo                
5. Abuse of Weakness, Director: Catherine Breillat
6. Our Sunhi, Director: Hong Sang-soo                                                  
7. The Strange Little Cat, Director: Ramon Zürcher
8. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness, Directors: Ben Rivers & Ben Russell       
9. Story of My Death, Director: Albert Serra                                            
10. Club Sandwich, Director: Fernando Eimbcke

Rankings #11 – #20
11. Closed Curtain, Director: Jafar Panahi                                             
12. Til Madness Do Us Part, Director: Wang Bing
13. Three Interpretation Exercises, Director: Cristi Puiu                  
14. Stemple Pass, Director: James Benning                                        
15. People’s Park, Directors: Libbie D. Cohn & J. P. Sniadecki       
16. The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, Directors: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani         
17. La Ultima Película, Directors: Raya Martin & Mark Peranson     
18. Butter on the Latch, Director: Josephine Decker                          
19. Blind Detective, Director: Johnnie To                                               
20. Coast of Death, Director: Lois Patiño

The lists of films and poll participants can be found on FilmComment.com and in the January/February issue of Film Comment, which hits newsstands January 7, 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE

“Better You, Better Me” by Alicia Keys from indie film “THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE”, and “The Muslims Are Coming” from the documentary “THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING!” are among seventy-five songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2013 that are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 86th Oscars.  The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 16, 2014, and the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014.

The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title:

     “Amen” from “All Is Lost”
     “Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
     “Doby” from “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”
     “Last Mile Home” from “August: Osage County”
     “Austenland” from “Austenland”
     “Comic Books” from “Austenland”
     “L.O.V.E.D.A.R.C.Y” from “Austenland”
     “What Up” from “Austenland”
     “He Loves Me Still” from “Black Nativity”
     “Hush Child (Get You Through This Silent Night)” from “Black Nativity”
     “Test Of Faith” from “Black Nativity”
     “Forgiveness” from “Brave Miss World”
     “Lullaby Song” from “Cleaver’s Destiny”
     “Shine Your Way” from “The Croods”
     “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
     “Gonna Be Alright” from “Epic”
     “Rise Up” from “Epic”
     “What Matters Most” from “Escape from Planet Earth”
     “Bones” from “For No Good Reason”
     “Going Nowhere” from “For No Good Reason”
     “Gonzo” from “For No Good Reason”
     “The Courage To Believe” from “Free China: The Courage to Believe”
     “Let It Go” from “Frozen”
     “100$ Bill” from “The Great Gatsby”
     “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” from “The Great Gatsby”
     “Over The Love” from “The Great Gatsby”
     “Together” from “The Great Gatsby”
     “Young and Beautiful” from “The Great Gatsby”
     “The Moon Song” from “Her”
     “I See Fire” from “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
     “Bite Of Our Lives” from “How Sweet It Is”
     “Try” from     “How Sweet It Is”
     “Atlas” from “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
     “Better You, Better Me” from “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete”
     “Bring It On” from “Jewtopia”
     “Aygiri Nadani” from “Kamasutra 3D”
     “Har Har Mahadeva” from “Kamasutra 3D”
     “I Felt” from “Kamasutra 3D”
     “Of The Soil” from “Kamasutra 3D”
     “Sawariya” from “Kamasutra 3D”
     “In The Middle Of The Night” from “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
     “You And I Ain’t Nothin’ No More” from “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
     “Let’s Take A Trip” from “Live at the Foxes Den”
     “Pour Me Another Dream” from “Live at the Foxes Den”
     “The Time Of My Life” from “Live at the Foxes Den”
     “Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
     “Monsters University” from “Monsters University”
     “When The Darkness Comes” from “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”
     “Sacrifice (I Am Here)” from “Murph: The Protector”
     “The Muslims Are Coming” from “The Muslims Are Coming!”
     “Oblivion” from “Oblivion”
     “Sweeter Than Fiction” from “One Chance”
     “Nothing Can Stop Me Now” from “Planes”
     “We Both Know” from “Safe Haven”
     “Get Used To Me” from “The Sapphires”
     “Stay Alive” from “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
     “So You Know What It’s Like” from “Short Term 12”
     “There’s No Black Or White” from “Somm”
     “Cut Me Some Slack” from “Sound City”
     “You Can’t Fix This” from “Sound City”
     “Let It Go” from “Spark: A Burning Man Story”
     “We Ride” from “Spark: A Burning Man Story”
     “Becomes The Color” from “Stoker”
     “Younger Every Day” from “3 Geezers!”
     “Here It Comes” from “Trance”
     “Let The Bass Go” from “Turbo”
     “The Snail Is Fast” from “Turbo”
     “Speedin'” from “Turbo”
     “My Lord Sunshine (Sunrise)” from “12 Years a Slave”
     “Make It Love” from “Two: The Story of Roman & Nyro”
     “One Life” from “The Ultimate Life”
     “Unfinished Songs” from “Unfinished Song”
     “For The Time Being” from “The Way, Way Back”
     “Go Where The Love Is” from “The Way, Way Back”
     “Bleed For Love” from “Winnie Mandela”

During the nominations process, all voting members of the Music Branch will receive a Reminder List of works submitted in the category and a DVD copy of the song clips.  Members will be asked to watch the clips and then vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements in the category.  The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.  A maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film.

To be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film.  A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits.

“Better You, Better Me” by Alicia Keys from “THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE”

http://youtu.be/ullvhblUbGU

“The Muslims Are Coming” from “THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING!”

http://youtu.be/il3wk1tpt00

 

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Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE, along with David O. Russell,’s AMERICAN HUSTLE lead the 2014 Golden Globes nominations, with each film receiving 7 nods including including Best Director and Best Picture. In addition to 12 Years a Slave, other nominees for Best Motion Picture, Drama include CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, GRAVITY, PHILOMENA and RUSH. The nominees for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy include AMERICAN HUSTLE, HER, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, NEBRASKA and THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (France) was nominated in the Best Foreign-Language Film, along with THE GREAT BEAUTY (Italy), THE HUNT (Denmark), THE PAST (Iran) and THE WIND RISES (Japan). The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the second year in a row,  will air on Sunday, January 12, 2014.

Best Motion Picture, Drama

12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

American Hustle
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix, Her

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Kate Winslet, Labor Day

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams, American Hustle
Julia Delpy, Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Spike Jonze ,Her
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena
John Ridley, 12 Years A Slave
David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer, American Hustle

Best Foreign-Language Film

Blue Is the Warmest Colour (France)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Past (Iran)
The Wind Rises (Japan)

Best Animated Feature Film

The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

“Atlas,” The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
“Let It Go,” Frozen
“Ordinary Love,” Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
“Please, Mr. Kennedy,” Inside Llewyn Davis
“Sweeter Than Fiction,” One Chance

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Alex Ebert, All Is Love
Alex Eves, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Steven Price, Gravity
John Williams, The Book Thief
Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave

Best TV Movie or Miniseries

American Horror Story: Coven
Behind the Candelabra
Dancing on the Edge
Top of the Lake
The White Queen

Best TV Series, Drama

Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Masters of Sex

Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical

The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Girls
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation

Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist

Best Actor, TV Series Comedy

Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Michael J. Fox, The Michael J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie

Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba, Luther
Al Pacino, Phil Spector

Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

Helena Bonham Cater, Burton & Taylor
Rebecca Ferguson, The White Queen
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie

Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Rob Lowe, Behind the Candelabra
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll, House of Cards
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie

Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge
Janet McTeer, The White Queen
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Monica Potter, Parenthood
Sofía Vergara, Modern Family

Cecile B. DeMille Award
Woody Allen

 

 

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 12 YEARS A SLAVE

The nominations for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2013 in film and television categories as well as the SAG Awards honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles. 12 YEARS A SLAVE lead with 4 nominations in the film category, including Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for MICHAEL FASSBENDER, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for LUPITA NYONG’O, and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, January 18, 2014.

The complete list of nominations for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® follows. 

20th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

BRUCE DERN / Woody Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures)

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

TOM HANKS / Capt. Richard Phillips – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures)

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features)

FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

CATE BLANCHETT / Jasmine – “BLUE JASMINE” (Sony Pictures Classics)

SANDRA BULLOCK / Ryan Stone – “GRAVITY” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

JUDI DENCH / Philomena Lee – “PHILOMENA” (The Weinstein Company)

MERYL STREEP / Violet Weston – “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY” (The Weinstein Company)

EMMA THOMPSON / P.L. Travers – “SAVING MR. BANKS” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

BARKHAD ABDI / Muse – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures)

DANIEL BRÜHL / Niki Lauda – “RUSH” (Universal Pictures)

MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Edwin Epps – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JAMES GANDOLFINI / Albert – “ENOUGH SAID” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JARED LETO / Rayon – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Rosalyn Rosenfeld – “AMERICAN HUSTLE” (Columbia Pictures)

LUPITA NYONG’O / Patsey – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JULIA ROBERTS / Barbara Weston – “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY” (The Weinstein Company)

JUNE SQUIBB / Kate Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures)

OPRAH WINFREY / Gloria Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / Ford

PAUL DANO / Tibeats

GARRET DILLAHUNT / Armsby

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup

MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Edwin Epps

PAUL GIAMATTI / Freeman

SCOOT McNAIRY / Brown

LUPITA NYONG’O / Patsey

ADEPERO ODUYE / Eliza

SARAH PAULSON / Mistress Epps

BRAD PITT / Bass

MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / Robert

ALFRE WOODARD / Mistress Shaw

AMERICAN HUSTLE (Columbia Pictures)

AMY ADAMS / Sydney Prosser

CHRISTIAN BALE / Irving Rosenfeld

LOUIS C.K. / Stoddard Thorsen

BRADLEY COOPER / Richie DiMaso

PAUL HERMAN / Alfonse Simone

JACK HUSTON / Pete Musane

JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Rosalyn Rosenfeld

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA / Federal Prosecutor

MICHAEL PEÑA / Sheik (Agent Hernandez)

JEREMY RENNER / Mayor Carmine Polito

ELISABETH RÖHM / Dolly Polito

SHEA WHIGHAM / Carl Elway

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (The Weinstein Company)

ABIGAIL BRESLIN / Jean Fordham

CHRIS COOPER / Charles Aiken

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / “Little” Charles Aiken

JULIETTE LEWIS / Karen Weston

MARGO MARTINDALE / Mattie Fae Aiken

EWAN McGREGOR / Bill Fordham

DERMOT MULRONEY / Steve

JULIANNE NICHOLSON / Ivy Weston

JULIA ROBERTS / Barbara Weston

SAM SHEPARD / Beverly Weston

MERYL STREEP / Violet Weston

MISTY UPHAM / Johnna

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Focus Features)

JENNIFER GARNER / Dr. Eve Saks

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof

JARED LETO / Rayon

DENIS O’HARE / Dr. Sevard

DALLAS ROBERTS / David Wayne

STEVE ZAHN / Tucker

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (The Weinstein Company)

MARIAH CAREY / Hattie Pearl

JOHN CUSACK / Richard Nixon

JANE FONDA / Nancy Reagan

CUBA GOODING, JR. / Carter Wilson

TERRENCE HOWARD / Howard

LENNY KRAVITZ / James Holloway

JAMES MARSDEN / John F. Kennedy

DAVID OYELOWO / Louis Gaines

ALEX PETTYFER / Thomas Westfall

VANESSA REDGRAVE / Annabeth Westfall

ALAN RICKMAN / Ronald Reagan

LIEV SCHREIBER / Lyndon B. Johnson

FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines

ROBIN WILLIAMS / Dwight D. Eisenhower

OPRAH WINFREY / Gloria Gaines

 

TELEVISION PROGRAMS

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

MATT DAMON / Scott Thorson – “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” (HBO)

MICHAEL DOUGLAS / Liberace – “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” (HBO)

JEREMY IRONS / King Henry IV – “THE HOLLOW CROWN” (WNET/Thirteen)

ROB LOWE / John F. Kennedy – “KILLING KENNEDY” (National Geographic Channel)

AL PACINO / Phil Spector – “PHIL SPECTOR” (HBO)
 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

ANGELA BASSETT / Coretta Scott King – “BETTY & CORETTA” (Lifetime)

HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Elizabeth Taylor – “BURTON AND TAYLOR” (BBC America)

HOLLY HUNTER / G.J. – “TOP OF THE LAKE” (Sundance Channel)

HELEN MIRREN / Linda Kenney Baden – “PHIL SPECTOR” (HBO)

ELISABETH MOSS / Robin Griffin – “TOP OF THE LAKE” (Sundance Channel)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)

BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)

JEFF DANIELS / Will McAvoy – “THE NEWSROOM” (HBO)

PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister – “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)

KEVIN SPACEY / Francis Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison – “HOMELAND” (Showtime)

ANNA GUNN / Skyler White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)

JESSICA LANGE / Fiona Goode – “AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN” (FX)

MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)

KERRY WASHINGTON / Olivia Pope – “SCANDAL” (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)

JASON BATEMAN / Michael Bluth – “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” (Netflix)

TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

DON CHEADLE / Martin “Marty” Kaan – “HOUSE OF LIES” (Showtime)

JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)

JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Vice President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)

PATRICIA ARQUETTE / Sally Wheet

MARGOT BINGHAM / Daughter Maitland

STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson

BRIAN GERAGHTY / Agent Warren Knox

STEPHEN GRAHAM / Al Capone

ERIK LA RAY HARVEY / Dunn Purnsley

JACK HUSTON / Richard Harrow

RON LIVINGSTON / Roy Phillips

DOMENICK LOMBARDOZZI / Ralph Capone

GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody

BEN ROSENFIELD / Willie Thompson

MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein

JACOB WARE / Agent Selby

SHEA WHIGHAM / Elias “Eli” Thompson

MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / “Chalky” White

JEFFREY WRIGHT / Valentin Narcisse

BREAKING BAD (AMC)

MICHAEL BOWEN / Uncle Jack

BETSY BRANDT / Marie Schrader

BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White

LAVELL CRAWFORD / Huell

TAIT FLETCHER / Lester

LAURA FRASER / Lydia Rodarte-Quale

ANNA GUNN / Skyler White

MATTHEW T. METZLER / Matt

RJ MITTE / Walter White Jr.

DEAN NORRIS / Hank Schrader

BOB ODENKIRK / Saul Goodman

AARON PAUL / Jesse Pinkman

JESSE PLEMONS / Todd

STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA / Gomez

KEVIN RANKIN / Kenny

PATRICK SANE / Frankie

DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)

HUGH BONNEVILLE / Robert, Earl of Grantham

LAURA CARMICHAEL / Lady Edith Crawley

JIM CARTER / Mr. Carson

BRENDAN COYLE / John Bates

MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley

KEVIN DOYLE / Molesley

JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY / Lady Sybil Crawley

SIOBHAN FINNERAN / Sarah O’Brien

JOANNE FROGGATT / Anna Bates

ROB JAMES-COLLIER / Thomas Barrow

ALLEN LEECH / Tom Branson

PHYLLIS LOGAN / Mrs. Hughes

ELIZABETH McGOVERN / Cora, Countess of Grantham

SOPHIE McSHERA / Daisy

MATT MILNE / Alfred

LESLEY NICOL / Mrs. Patmore

AMY NUTTALL / Ethel

DAVID ROBB / Dr. Clarkson

MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

ED SPELEERS / Jimmy

DAN STEVENS / Matthew Crawley

CARA THEOBOLD / Ivy

PENELOPE WILTON / Isobel Crawley

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

ALFIE ALLEN / Theon Greyjoy

JOHN BRADLEY / Samwell Tarly

OONA CHAPLIN / Talisa Maegyr

GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE / Brienne of Tarth

EMILIA CLARKE / Daenerys Targaryen

NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU / Jaime Lannister

MACKENZIE CROOK / Orell

CHARLES DANCE / Tywin Lannister

JOE DEMPSIE / Gendry

PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister

NATALIE DORMER / Margaery Tyrell

NATHALIE EMMANUEL / Missandei

MICHELLE FAIRLEY / Lady Catelyn Stark

JACK GLEESON / Joffrey Baratheon

IAIN GLEN / Ser Jorah Mormont

KIT HARINGTON / Jon Snow

LENA HEADEY /Cersei Lannister

ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT / Brandon “Bran” Stark

KRISTOFER HIVJU / Tormund Giantsbane

PAUL KAYE / Thoros of Myr

SIBEL KEKILLI / Shae

ROSE LESLIE / Ygritte

RICHARD MADDEN / Robb Stark

RORY McCANN / Sandor “The Hound” Clegane

MICHAEL McELHATTON / Roose Bolton

IAN McELHINNEY / Barristan Selmy

PHILIP McGINLEY / Anguy

HANNAH MURRAY / Gilly

IWAN RHEON / Ramsay Snow

SOPHIE TURNER / Sansa Stark

CARICE VAN HOUTEN / Melisandre

MAISIE WILLIAMS / Arya Stark

HOMELAND (Showtime)

F. MURRAY ABRAHAM / Dar Adal

SARITA CHOUDHURY / Mira Berenson

CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison

RUPERT FRIEND / Peter Quinn

TRACY LETTS / Sen. Andrew Lockhart

DAMIAN LEWIS / Nicholas Brody

MANDY PATINKIN / Saul Berenson

MORGAN SAYLOR / Dana Brody

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

30 ROCK (NBC)

SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger

ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy

KATRINA BOWDEN / Cerie

KEVIN BROWN / Dot Com

GRIZZ CHAPMAN / Grizz

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon

JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano

JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney

JOHN LUTZ / Lutz

JAMES MARSDEN / Criss

JACK McBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell

TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan

KEITH POWELL / Toofer

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (Netflix)

WILL ARNETT / George Oscar “G.O.B.” Bluth II

JASON BATEMAN / Michael Bluth

JOHN BEARD / Himself

MICHAEL CERA / George-Michael Bluth

DAVID CROSS / Tobias Fünke

PORTIA DE ROSSI / Lindsay Bluth Fünke

ISLA FISHER / Rebel Alley

TONY HALE / Buster Bluth

RON HOWARD / Narrator/Himself

LIZA MINNELLI / Lucille Austero

ALIA SHAWKAT / Maeby Fünke

JEFFREY TAMBOR / George Bluth, Sr./Oscar Bluth

JESSICA WALTER / Lucille Bluth

HENRY WINKLER / Barry Zuckerkorn

THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)

MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler

KALEY CUOCO / Penny

JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter

SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz

KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali

JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper

MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)

JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy

TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy

AUBREY ANDERSON EMMONS / Lily Tucker-Pritchett

JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett

NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy

SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy

ED O’NEILL / Jay Pritchett

RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado

ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker

SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy

VEEP (HBO)

SUFE BRADSHAW / Sue Wilson

ANNA CHLUMSKY / Amy Brookheimer

GARY COLE / Kent Davidson

KEVIN DUNN / Ben Cafferty

TONY HALE / Gary Walsh

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Vice President Selina Meyer

REID SCOTT / Dan Egan

TIMOTHY SIMONS / Jonah Ryan

MATT WALSH / Mike McLintock

 

SAG AWARDS® HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

ALL IS LOST (Lionsgate)

FAST & FURIOUS 6 (Universal Pictures)

LONE SURVIVOR (Universal Pictures)

RUSH (Universal Pictures)

THE WOLVERINE (20th Century Fox)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)

BREAKING BAD (AMC)

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

HOMELAND (Showtime)

THE WALKING DEAD (AMC)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild 50th Annual Life Achievement Award

RITA MORENO

 

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12 YEARS A SLAVE

“12 YEARS A SLAVE” lead the 2013 Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) awards, winning six awards including Best Film, Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o), Best Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley) and Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer).  Best Foreign Language Film went to “THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN,” from Belgium, and Best Documentary honors were awarded to “BLACKFISH.” 

THE 2013 WAFCA AWARD WINNERS:

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