FILM/NEW YORK CRITICS PICK "LOCKER": The New York Film Critics Circle announced the winners today of their annual awards. "The Hurt Locker" took best picture, while director Katheryn Bigelow also won. Best Actress went to Meryl Streep for "Julie & Julia," while Best Actor went to "George Clooney" for "Up In The Air" and "Fantastic Mr Fox". Mo'Nique took Supp Actress for "Precious," while Christoph Waltz won for "Inglorious Basterds". "In The Loop" too Best Screenplay, while "The White Room" took Best Cinematography. "Fantastic Mr Fox" won the Animated award, "Of Time and the City" won the Documentary award, and "Summer Hours" took best Foreign Film. The groups Best First Film went to Steve McQueen for "Hunger". Full details on the awards can be found on the groups website.
FILM/ L.A. CRITICS PICK "LOCKER": "The Hurt Locker" charmed the Los Angeles Film Critics Association yesterday, as Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama snared honors for best picture and best director of the year. Jeff Bridges won the actor nod for his turn as a boozy, washed-up country musician in Fox Searchlight’s "Crazy Heart," which also won the group’s music honors for songwriters T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton. Yolande Moreau drew the actress prize for her performance as Gallic painter Seraphine de Senlis in "Seraphine." Supporting honors went to Christoph Waltz as a multilingual Nazi colonel in "Inglourious Basterds," and Mo’Nique as the mother of all abusive mothers in "Precious." Besides "The Hurt Locker" and "Crazy Heart," the only film to score more than one prize from the L.A. critics was Sony/TriStar’s "District 9," which received the New Generation award for South African director Neill Blomkamp and was also cited for production designer Philip Ivey’s imaginative rendering of Johannesburg in the wake of an alien invasion. French family drama "Summer Hours" was the choice for top foreign-language film. "Up in the Air" was recognized in the screenplay category , while the film also placed runner-up for picture and supporting actress Anna Kendrick. Cannes Palme d’Or winner "The White Ribbon" won the cinematography award for Christian Berger’s black-and-white lensing and was the runner-up for Michael Haneke’s direction and foreign-language film. The stop-motion adaptation of "Fantastic Mr. Fox," directed by Wes Anderson, won the animation prize; the runner-up was Disney/Pixar’s "Up". The award for documentary/nonfiction film was a tie between Agnes Varda’s self-portrait "The Beaches of Agnes," and director Louie Psihoyos’ dolphin-slaughter expose "The Cove". The awards will be handed out on January 16 in Los Angeles. Full details can be found on the groups website.
FILM/ BOSTON CRITICS PICK "LOCKER": The Boston Society of Film Critics named “The Hurt Locker" the year’s best film. Its maker, Kathryn Bigelow, was named best director. Jeremy Renner, who played the soldier, was voted best actor. The movie also won the editing and cinematography prizes, making it the biggest winner in the group’s 28 years. Meryl Streep was named best actress for playing Julia Child in “Julia and Julie.” The runner-up was Gabourey Sidibe for her performance as abused Harlem teenager in “Precious.” Christian McKay, who played a young Orson Welles in “Me and Orson Welles” was the runner-up in the actor category. Christoph Waltz was named best supporting actor for his charismatic Nazi in “Inglorious Basterds.” Mo’Nique won the supporting actress prize for her work as the inventively abusive mother in “Precious” The runners up were Stanley Tucci, as Julia Child’s supportive husband, Paul, in ”Julie and Julia”; and Anna Kendrick, who plays a fast-talking junior executive, opposite George Clooney, in “Up in the Air.” The awards were presented this past weekend. Full details can be found on the groups website.
The World War II tale "Inglourious Basterds" and the Rome-set musical "Nine" led the contenders for the 15th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards, announced today, with 10 nominations each."Avatar" followed with 9 nominations, while "The Hurt Locker" and "Up in the Air" received 8 each. The 235-member Broadcast Film Critics Association, nominated 10 movies for best picture: "Avatar," "An Education," "The Hurt Locker Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Invictus," "Nine," "Precious," "A Serious Man," "Up" and "Up in the Air." Nominated for best actor
were: Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart";
George Clooney in "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth in "A Single Man"; Morgan Freeman in "Invictus"; Viggo Mortenson, who headlines "The Road" and Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker Locker." In the best actress category, the nominees were: Emily Blunt in "The Young Victoria"; Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"; Carey Mulligan in "An Education"; Saoirse Ronan in "The Lovely Bones"; Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious" and "Meryl Streep" in "Julie & Julia." "Up in the Air" earned nominations for both Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick in the supporting actress category, where the other nominees were Marion Cotillard, "Nine"; Mo'Nique, "Precious"; Julianne Moore, "A Single Man"; and Samantha Morton, "The Messenger." Nominated as best supporting actor were Matt Damon, "Invictus"; Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"; Christian McKay, "Me and Orson Welles"; Alfred Molina, "An Education"; Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones" and Cristoph Waltz, "Inglorious Basterds." Kathryn Bigelow was the sole woman nominated in the directing category for her work on "The Hurt Locker." Also nominated were James Cameron, "Avatar"; Lee Daniels, "Precious"; Clint Eastwood, "Invictus"; Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air" and Quentin Tarantino, "Inglorious Basterds". The awards will be handed out on January 15 in Hollywood. Full details on all the noms can be found on the Critics Choice Website.
Joe McElderry was crowned the winner of Britain's "The X Factor"
last night, in what is set to go down as the biggest night of television of the year. Nearly 20 million viewers tuned in to see McElderry, 18, overcome Olly Murs in the public vote, to become the 6th winner of the talent show. More than 10 million votes were cast in the final during the weekend. McElderry, from South Shields, was the runaway favourite to land the title after a string of heartfelt performances, including a duet with George Michael. He said last night: “I never took much notice of all the hype, because as soon as you do I think it can put you off. It was flattering, but just because everyone says you’re going to win doesn’t mean you are. But I’m thrilled. It’s amazing.” He has led the public vote for the past 3 weeks and in the run-off last night secured 61.3% of the votes. McElderry will now sign a £1 million deal with Syco, the division of Sony Music run by Simon Cowell. He is now virtually guaranteed the Christmas #1 with his rendition of "
The Climb," an uplifting ballad originally recorded by Miley Cyrus. The single is already as a download and will be available in the shops Wednesday.
THEATRE/ MIXED NOTICES FOR "NIGHT MUSIC": The Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" opened last night to mixed, but generally positive, reviews. The revival stars Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Variety, while giving postive notices to the actors, called the production "uneven". The New York Times said: "The night itself is said to smile at the escapades of the addled lovers in “A Little Night Music". But the expression that hovers over
Trevor Nunn’s revival feels dangerously close to a smirk". As for the acting, the Times said: "An elegiac darkness infuses this production, which stars
Catherine Zeta-Jones, in a lively Broadway debut, and the indomitable (and invaluable) Angela Lansbury". New York Magazine called the show: "Trevor Nunn’s stunning, twilit, devastatingly good new production of A Little Night Music". A new Broadway cast recording will be recorded in early January, and will be released next Spring. The show runs 120 minutes and is playing at the Walter Kerr Theater on Broadway.
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