Happy (belated) New Year to you all! Sorry I haven't gotten around to the blog like I said I would, but with the holidays and all, I was pretty busy. Last night, I caught the Critics Choice Awards and there seemed to be no surprises for who won.
Heath Ledger received the Best Supporting Actor Award for The Dark Knight, which adds on to the plethora of awards he has gotten for his twisted and masterful performance as The Joker.
Best Supporting Actress went to Kate Winslet for her performance as a Nazi War Criminal in The Reader.
In the new category, Best Action Film, The Dark Knight took home the award. It seems that the category was another way of saying "Here, you made a shitload of money and we don't want to get crucified by the Batman fans when they realize that The Dark Knight didn't win Best Picture. Just take the award"
The surprise of the evening was the tie between Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway for Best Actress. Anne focused on her former "Devil Wears Prada" co-star during the bulk of the speech as if she were receiving a lifetime achievement award. The tie signifies that it is neck to neck between the two actresses on getting the gold at the Oscars. Who knows? The last tie for an Academy Award was 40 years ago, and it could happen again.
Milk took home honors for Best Ensemble and Best Actor for Sean Penn. Despite the amazing nominees from Mickey Rourke and Clint Eastwood, Penn might be getting another Oscar.
Slumdog Millionaire came out as the winner of Best Director for Danny Boyle and Best Picture. This love story from India could come out on top as the film of 2008 at the other major award ceremonies.
Sunday's Golden Globes will be the deciding factor on who will be in the Oscar circle. Hopefully, there will be an actual awards ceremony this year unlike what happened during last year's writer's strike.
Friday, January 9, 2009
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