Awards Season 2007

[Jeff]

it's hard to tell, but is that Wajda in the front row?

No, that's Ruby Dee.

[portnoy]

Big pic of almost all nominees.

good damn sarah polley

[Matt]

Big pic of almost all nominees.

good damn sarah polley

Stone fox Julie Christie makes Sarah Polley look like a hunk of swiss cheese.

5 will get you 10 that Ruby Dee is saying to Amy Ryan, "Girl, you know your little boyfriend is gay?"

Related: HELLO Emily Blunt!

[Antoine Doinel]

Next year's Oscar nominees if the strike doesn't end.

[domino harvey]

Cracked.com's tagline should be "Comedy's hard, isn't it folks?"

[Shrew]

Dude in the 3rd row 4th from the left is really freaking me out.

[domino harvey]

Who's Indie Rock Paul Muni standing between Jason Reitman and Javier Bardem?

[MichaelB]

it's hard to tell, but is that Wajda in the front row?

I can't see him in the front row, or anywhere else. He's not the guy with the stick slightly right of centre, if that's the one you're thinking of (or if it is, he's changed pretty dramatically since the last photo I saw of him - which was only taken a few weeks ago)

I suspect "almost all" nominees excludes people who'd have to be flown in!

[portnoy]

Who's Indie Rock Paul Muni standing between Jason Reitman and Javier Bardem?

Vincent Paronnaud, co-director of Persepolis, which is why Marjane's hand is on his shoulder.

[portnoy]

The whole cluster between Diablo Cody and Julian Schnabel is acting like the cool kids table and I want to throw all the contents of my lunch tray at them.

[Jeff]

it's hard to tell, but is that Wajda in the front row?

I can't see him in the front row, or anywhere else. He's not the guy with the stick slightly right of centre, if that's the one you're thinking of (or if it is, he's changed pretty dramatically since the last photo I saw of him - which was only taken a few weeks ago)

I believe that the dude with the cane is 98-year-old Robert Boyle who was Hitchcock's production designer, and is this year's honorary award recipient.

I suspect "almost all" nominees excludes people who'd have to be flown in!

I said "almost all" at first, but now I notice several big names, including Depp and Day-Lewis, didn't show.

[GoldenPilgrim]

Why is Roger Daltry standing 5 people to Javier Bardem's right, and wearing one of those orange nickelodeon mouth guards.

[Matt]

Why is Roger Daltry standing 5 people to Javier Bardem's right, and wearing one of those orange nickelodeon mouth guards.

I thought it was Brian May. Six of one with these old rock geezers, though.

Look out for the soul-swallower 6 people to PTA's right. I think he hypnotized me through the camera.

[Andre Jurieu]

Related: HELLO Emily Blunt!

I had the exact same reaction while watching Charlie Wilson's War. Actually, Blunt's legs might have been the highlight of the movie.

[miless]

Look out for the soul-swallower 6 people to PTA's right. I think he hypnotized me through the camera.

You have his "precious".

[tavernier]

Related: HELLO Emily Blunt!

I had the exact same reaction while watching Charlie Wilson's War. Actually, Blunt's legs might have been the highlight of the movie.

She was amazing: I didn't believe it was her even after seeing the credits.

[pianocrash]

There Will Be Oscars (warning: contains David Spade content that may or may not be funny).

[miless]

There Will Be Oscars (warning: contains David Spade content that may or may not be funny).

I'll lean towards "not funny".

[domino harvey]

I felt the skit lacked the political element of Spade's work in Just Shoot Me

[domino harvey]

WGA Awards:

Adapted Screenplay: Coens, No Country For Old Men
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Documentary Screenplay: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side

New Series: Mad Men
Dramatic Series: The Wire
Episodic Drama: The Sopranos (The Second Coming)
Comedic Series: 30 Rock
Episodic Comedy: The Office (The Job)
Comedy/Variety: The Colbert Report
Daytime Serial: The Young & The Restless

[exte]

`Ratatouille' wins 10 Annie Awards
Sat Feb 9, 2:41 AM ET

A gourmet rat was the big cheese Friday, winning 10 Annie Awards, which recognize achievements in feature film and television animation.

Disney and Pixar's rodent tale "Ratatouille" won the award for best feature production, beating out DreamWorks' insect story "Bee Movie," Sony Pictures' penguin-powered "Surf's Up," Sony Pictures Classics' coming-of-age chronicle "Persepolis" and 20th Century Fox's "The Simpsons Movie."

"Ratatouille" went into the ceremony at UCLA's Royce Hall with a leading 13 nominations.

Among it awards were best writing and directing for Brad Bird, best voice acting for Ian Holm, best character animation, music, storyboarding, production design and best animated video game.

Bird and two writing partners are also up for an Oscar for best original screenplay.

"Ratatouille" is the tale of a rat voiced by Patton Oswalt that tries to rise above the trash-nibbling ways of his family and friends.

The Annie Awards are presented by The International Animated Film Society. The best-picture winner has gone on to win the Academy Award for animated feature every year but one since the Oscars added the category in 2001. Last year's Annie winner, the Disney-Pixar auto-racing comedy "Cars," lost at the Oscars to the penguin musical "Happy Feet."

Other Annie Awards presented Friday included:

• Animated Effects: Deborah Carlson, "Surf's Up."

• Animated television production: "Creature Comforts America," Aardman Animation.

• Animated television production for children: "El Tigre," Nickelodeon.

• Directing in an animated TV production: Seth Green, "Robot Chicken Star Wars," ShadowMachine.

[foggy eyes]

BAFTAs:

Best film: Atonement

Best British film: This is England

Leading actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Leading actress: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose

Supporting actor: Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men

Supporting actress: Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Director: No Country For Old Men - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Original screenplay: Juno - Diablo Cody

Adapted screenplay: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Ronald Harwood

Film not in the English language: The Lives of Others

Animated film: Ratatouille

Carl Foreman award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film: Matt Greenhalgh (writer) - Control

Music: La Vie en Rose - Christopher Gunning

Cinematography: No Country For Old Men - Roger Deakins

Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum - Christopher Rouse

Production design: Atonement - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

Costume design: La Vie en Rose - Marit Allen

Sound: The Bourne Ultimatum - Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, Dave Parker, Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg

Special visual effects: The Golden Compass - Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood

Make-up and hair: La Vie en Rose - Jan Archibald, Didier Lavergne

All in all, a fairly unremarkable ceremony - highlights probably being Marion Cotillard's mental collapse, Tilda's bizarre dress, and Daniel Day Lewis babbling on about playing with oneself. Interesting to note that La Vie en Rose garnered more awards than Atonement (but of course in the end they just couldn't resist), and lauding Deakins for No Country for Old Men rather than Jesse James strikes me as pretty ludicrous.

[tavernier]

All in all, a fairly unremarkable ceremony - highlights probably being Marion Cotillard's mental collapse

is there video of this?

[Jeff]

All in all, a fairly unremarkable ceremony - highlights probably being Marion Cotillard's mental collapse

is there video of this?

Yes. Nothing exciting, she was just overwhelmed. If you want to see the ceremony, they're showing it three times in a row on BBC America tonight.

[tavernier]

Nothing exciting, she was just overwhelmed.

It would be fun seeing how she'd react if she won the Oscar.