Monday, February 29, 2016

"Make films. Draw. Write. It'll make a world of difference."-Pete Docter

What a night! Almost all of the stars came out (where was Brad and Angelina?) to see the biggest night for movies. Chris Rock hosted and as much as I like Chris Rock......I don't think he did a very good job. I know he had a lot of pressure on him and the girl scout thing was super cute but it was way to over the top and boring. I found myself wanting to fast forward through his monologue and almost all night with him. I think Kevin Hart would have been much better with everything going on but it is what it is. All in all, last night was boring. Both my mom and sister came over to watch my favorite night on TV so that was a lot of fun. We ordered pizza, had wine and champagne and wore our high heels. 





Red carpet was great and seeing all the celebrities made me so happy. But nothing made me happier than seeing Leonardo DiCaprio win! I sat waiting for this moment. Playboy hottie for the win! 
And watching Brie Larson win too was just great. She is actually the winner for me for best dressed of the night. 
Also, who looked amazing last night was Olivia Wilde, Sofia Vergara, Cate Blanchett, Lady Gaga, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Garner.....and of course my girl Jennifer Lawrence. 







Best thing of the night? Leo winning of course

Best speech of the night? Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera for Inside Out---"Anyone out there who's in junior high, high school, working it out, suffering- there are days you're gonna feel sad, you're gonna feel angry, you're gonna be scared. There is nothing you can choose, but you can make stuff. Make films. Draw. Write. It'll make a world of difference." -Pete Docter

Best performance of the night? Hands down goes to Lady Gaga singing "Til It Happens To You" from The Hunting Ground was just breathtaking to watch. Dedicated to sexually abused people, she co-wrote it with Diane Warren. Lady Gaga herself is a survivor of sexual abuse. 

Worst thing of the night? Sylvester Stallone losing. He was robbed!

Here are the 2016 winners for The Academy Awards from last night. 

Friday, February 26, 2016

Academy Awards 2016 nomination list

The Academy Awards are on Sunday and I can't wait! It's one of my favorite nights to watch on TV. I get my shoes, a bottle of Champagne, usually my mother and park myself in front of the TV. 

I am not a fan of Jennifer Lawrence and Brie Larson in the same category because y'all know I love J.Law but Brie totally deserves to win too! And I am not a fan of Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio in the same category so it's going to be interesting to see what happens. Will this be Leo's year? Or will another year go by for the playboy hottie......we will see Sunday.

Here are the nominees this year. (print this out and follow along to see who wins). 



ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES

BRYAN CRANSTON

Trumbo

MATT DAMON

The Martian

LEONARDO DICAPRIO

The Revenant

MICHAEL FASSBENDER

Steve Jobs

EDDIE REDMAYNE

The Danish Girl

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES

CHRISTIAN BALE

The Big Short

TOM HARDY

The Revenant

MARK RUFFALO

Spotlight

MARK RYLANCE

Bridge of Spies

SYLVESTER STALLONE

Creed

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES

CATE BLANCHETT

Carol

BRIE LARSON

Room

JENNIFER LAWRENCE

Joy

CHARLOTTE RAMPLING

45 Years

SAOIRSE RONAN

Brooklyn

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES

JENNIFER JASON LEIGH

The Hateful Eight

ROONEY MARA

Carol

RACHEL MCADAMS

Spotlight

ALICIA VIKANDER

The Danish Girl

KATE WINSLET

Steve Jobs

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES

ANOMALISA

Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran

BOY AND THE WORLD

AlĂŞ Abreu

INSIDE OUT

Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera

SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

Mark Burton and Richard Starzak

WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE

Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura

BEST PICTURE

NOMINEES

THE BIG SHORT

Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers

BRIDGE OF SPIES

Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

BROOKLYN

Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers

THE MARTIAN

Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers

THE REVENANT

Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers

ROOM

Ed Guiney, Producer

SPOTLIGHT

Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers

CINEMATOGRAPHY

NOMINEES

CAROL

Ed Lachman

THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Robert Richardson

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

John Seale

THE REVENANT

Emmanuel Lubezki

SICARIO

Roger Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN

NOMINEES

CAROL

Sandy Powell

CINDERELLA

Sandy Powell

THE DANISH GIRL

Paco Delgado

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Jenny Beavan

THE REVENANT

Jacqueline West

DIRECTING

NOMINEES

THE BIG SHORT

Adam McKay

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

George Miller

THE REVENANT

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

ROOM

Lenny Abrahamson

SPOTLIGHT

Tom McCarthy

FILM EDITING

NOMINEES

THE BIG SHORT

Hank Corwin

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Margaret Sixel

THE REVENANT

Stephen Mirrione

SPOTLIGHT

Tom McArdle

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

NOMINEES

EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT

Colombia

MUSTANG

France

SON OF SAUL

Hungary

THEEB

Jordan

A WAR

Denmark

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

NOMINEES

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin

THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED

Love Larson and Eva von Bahr

THE REVENANT

Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini

PRODUCTION DESIGN

NOMINEES

BRIDGE OF SPIES

Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich

THE DANISH GIRL

Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson

THE MARTIAN

Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak

THE REVENANT

Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy

SOUND EDITING

NOMINEES

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Mark Mangini and David White

THE MARTIAN

Oliver Tarney

THE REVENANT

Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender

SICARIO

Alan Robert Murray

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Matthew Wood and David Acord

SOUND MIXING

NOMINEES

BRIDGE OF SPIES

Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo

THE MARTIAN

Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth

THE REVENANT

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

VISUAL EFFECTS

NOMINEES

EX MACHINA

Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams

THE MARTIAN

Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner

THE REVENANT

Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

NOMINEES

BRIDGE OF SPIES

Thomas Newman

CAROL

Carter Burwell

THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Ennio Morricone

SICARIO

JĂłhann JĂłhannsson

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

John Williams

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

NOMINEES

BRIDGE OF SPIES

Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

EX MACHINA

Written by Alex Garland

INSIDE OUT

Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen

SPOTLIGHT

Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

NOMINEES

BODY TEAM 12

David Darg and Bryn Mooser

CHAU, BEYOND THE LINES

Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck

CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH

Adam Benzine

A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

LAST DAY OF FREEDOM

Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

NOMINEES

AMY

Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees

CARTEL LAND

Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin

THE LOOK OF SILENCE

Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen

WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?

Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes

WINTER ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

NOMINEES

BEAR STORY

Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala

PROLOGUE

Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton

SANJAY’S SUPER TEAM

Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle

WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT COSMOS

Konstantin Bronzit

WORLD OF TOMORROW

Don Hertzfeldt

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

NOMINEES

AVE MARIA

Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont

DAY ONE

Henry Hughes

EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY (ALLES WIRD GUT)

Patrick Vollrath

SHOK

Jamie Donoughue

STUTTERER

Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

NOMINEES

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey; Music and Lyric by The Weeknd, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio

RACING EXTINCTION

“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction; Music by J. Ralph, Lyric by Anohni

YOUTH

“Simple Song #3” from Youth; Music and Lyric by David Lang

THE HUNTING GROUND

“Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga

SPECTRE

“Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre; Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

NOMINEES

THE BIG SHORT

Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay

BROOKLYN

Screenplay by Nick Hornby

CAROL

Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy

THE MARTIAN

Screenplay by Drew Goddard

ROOM

Screenplay by Emma Donoghue




Come back Monday where I will be talking all about it and listing the winners, in case you miss it!