The Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

I always like the different finds these awards showcase, so I want to share this, as part of the award season blog extravaganza! Again, I'll be posting winners as they're announced, though this one will be even harder to find!

Please check out www.spiritawards.com for full details! The Spirit Awards will air March 1 on IFC, at 10pm.

BEST FEATURE
12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR
Shane Carruth - Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor - All Is Lost
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Jeff Nichols - Mud
Alexander Payne - Nebraska

BEST SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener - Enough Said
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - The Spectacular Now
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Blue Caprice
Concussion
Fruitvale Station
Una Noche
Wadjda

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Lake Bell - In a World...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Don Jon
Bob Nelson - Nebraska
Jill Soloway - Afternoon Delight
Michael Starrbury - The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt - 12 Years a Slave
Benoit Debie - Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel - Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. DeMarco & Peter Zuccarini  - All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky - Computer Chess

BEST EDITING
Shane Carruth & David Lowery - Upstream Color
Jem Cohen & Mark Vives - Museum Hours
Jennifer Lame - Frances Ha
Cindy Lee - Una Noche
Nat Sanders - Short Term 12

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann - Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson - Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now

BEST MALE LEAD
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford - All Is Lost

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Melonie Diaz - Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Yolonda Ross - Go for Sisters
June Squibb - Nebraska

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte - Nebraska
James Gandolfini - Enough Said
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Keith Stanfield - Short Term 12

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet From Stardom
After Tiller
Gideon's Army
The Act of Killing
The Square

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
A Touch of Sin (China)
Blue Is the Warmest Color (France)
Gloria (Chile)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Mud (Director, casting director, cast) - WINNER

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Given to the writer, director and producers of a feature made for under $500,000.
Computer Chess
Crystal Fairy
Museum Hours
Pit Stop
This Is Martin Bonner

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Recognises a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.
Shaka King - Newlyweeds
Aaron Douglas Johnston - My Sister's Quinceanera
Madeline Olnek - The Foxy Merkins

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Presented to an emerging director on non-union features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Stella Artois.
Kalyanee Mam - A River Changes Course
Jason Osder - Let the Fire Burn
Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez - Manakamana

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
The Piaget Producers Award honours emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.
Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
Jacob Jaffke
Andrea Roa
Frederick Thornton

I may actually be able to watch the Spirit Awards - I'm looking forward to it. I wish I could watch the films on this list, but I feel they might be significantly harder to find than any of the other lists. Are you going to be watching any?

The Golden Globes Nominations

So, the Golden Globe nominations were announced, and I'm going to keep my tradition of tracking the award season on my blog! Here we go, for the 2014 Golden Globes. The 71st Annual Globes will be airing on January 12, 2014 - hosted once again by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Check out www.goldenglobes.com for full details.

BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Matt Damon - Behind the Candelabra
Chiewetel Ejiofor - Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba - Luther
Al Pacino - Phil Spector
Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelabra

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Chiewetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
Robert Redford - All Is Lost
Idris Elba - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Christian Bale - American Hustle
Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix - Her

BEST ACTOR IN A 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 ACTOR IN A TV SERIES, DRAMA
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Michael Sheen - Masters of Sex
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
James Spader - The Blacklist
Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan

BEST ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton and Taylor
Rebecca Ferguson - The White Queen
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Coven
Helen Mirren - Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss - Top of the Lake

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks
Judi Dench - Philomena
Kate Winslet - Labor Day

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Enough Said
Amy Adams - American Hustle
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig - Frances Ha

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES, COMEDY
Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
Lena Dunham - Girls
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES, DRAMA
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Kerry Washington - Scandal
Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black
Robin Wright - House of Cards
Taylor Schilling - Orange Is the New Black

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Frozen
The Croods
Despicable Me 2

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell - American Hustle
Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
Alexander Payne - Nebraska

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue Is the Warmest Color (France)
The Past (France)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Wind Rises (Japan)
The Great Beauty (Italy)

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Rush
Philomena

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Nebraska
American Hustle
The Wolf of Wall Street
Inside Llewyn Davis
Her

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Steven Price - Gravity
John Williams - The Book Thief
Hans Zimmer - 12 Years a Slave
Alex Ebert - All Is Lost
Alex Heffes - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
Atlas - Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion)
Let It Go - Frozen (Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez)
Ordinary Love - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Brian Burton)
Please Mr Kennedy - Inside Llewyn Davis (T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Justin Timberlake, George Cromaty, Ed Rush)
Sweeter Than Fiction - One Chance (Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift)

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave
Bob Nelson - Nebraska
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell - American Hustle
Jeff Pope - Philomena
Spike Jonze - Her

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
Daniel Bruhl - Rush
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Rob Lowe - Behind the Candelabra
Josh Charles - The Good Wife
Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll - House of Cards
Jon Voight - Ray Donovan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
June Squibb - Nebraska
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Hayden Panetierre - Nashville
Jacqueline Bisset - Dancing on the Edge
Janet McTeer - The White Queen
Monica Potter - Parenthood
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family

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

BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
House of Cards
Masters of Sex
The Good Wife

Whew! There's quite a different crop here than in previous years. I'm excited to see these awards! I'm also determined to actually see all the nominees - excluding the TV series, because there's no way I could catch up on all of those in time.

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Idris Elba have cleaned up here - both are nominated in TWO categories. That's the first time I've ever seen this! It should be a banner year. Also, why was I not INFORMED that Helena Bonham Carter played Elizabeth Taylor in a movie?! That is now an absolute must see for me!

I still have a problem with the fact that the Globes categorize musicals and comedies in the same category - as we saw with Les Mis last year, it is not a comedy just because it's a musical, and it shouldn't be going up against comedies. Musicals either need their own category, or they need to be included where appropriate. Unfortunately, that's probably not going to change any time soon. So, we'll just have to see how everything goes.

As always, I'm a fan of Jennifer Lawrence, and I am rooting for Coop to win something this year after being snubbed for Silver Linings last year. I cannot wait to see American Hustle; it looks great and it's David O. Russell, who usually hits it out of the park for me.

Keep checking back for more blog posts! I'll be covering as many award shows as possible, and hopefully culminating with the Academy Awards in February. (Seriously. I book off work so I can watch it and I run a live blog during the broadcast!)

My Blog Will Be Updated More - SAG Award Nominations

It's award season - and that means my blog becomes active again! I swear I will be publishing more posts over the course of 2014, with actual content. But in the meantime, here we go into award season, and that means it'll all culminate with my liveblog of the Academy Awards in February.

Here we go with the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations! The 20th Annual SAG Awards will be airing January 18. I'm hoping to try to watch them and do a live blog like I do for the Academy Awards, but that will depend on me finding the channel they're on! Check out www.sagawards.org for full information.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
12 Years a Slave 
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Dallas Buyers Club
Lee Daniels' The Butler

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Chiwetel Ejiofor, as Solomon Northup - 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, as Capt. Richard Phillips - Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, as Ron Woodrof - Dallas Buyers Club
Forest Whitaker, as Cecil Gaines - Lee Daniels' The Butler
Bruce Dern, as Woody Grant - Nebraska

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep, as Violet Weston - August: Osage County
Cate Blanchett, as Jasmine - Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, as Ryan Stone - Gravity
Judi Dench, as Philomena Lee - Philomena
Emma Thompson, as P.L. Travers - Saving Mr. Banks

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Michael Fassbender, as Edwin Epps - 12 Years a Slave
Barkhad Abdi, as Muse - Captain Phillips
Jared Leto, as Rayon - Dallas Buyers Club
James Gandolfini, as Albert - Enough Said
Daniel Bruhl, as Niki Lauda - Rush

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Lupita Nyong'o, as Patsey - 12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lawrence, as Rosalyn Rosenfeld - American Hustle
Julia Roberts, as Barbara Weston - August: Osage County
June Squibb, as Kate Grant - Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, as Gloria Gaines - Lee Daniels' The Butler

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
Arrested Development
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Steve Buscemi, as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson - Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, as Walter White - Breaking Bad
Peter Dinklage, as Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones
Kevin Spacey, as Francis Underwood - House of Cards
Jeff Daniels, as Will McAvoy - The Newsroom

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jessica Lange, as Fiona Goode - American Horror Story: Coven
Anna Gunn, as Skyler White - Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham - Downton Abbey
Claire Danes, as Carrie Mathison - Homeland
Kerry Washington, as Olivia Pope - Scandal

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock
Jason Bateman, as Michael Bluth - Arrested Development
Don Cheadle, as Martin 'Marty' Kaan - House of Lies
Ty Burrell, as Phil Dunphy - Modern Family
Jim Parsons, as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock
Julie Bowen, as Claire Dunphy - Modern Family
Edie Falco, as Jackie Peyton - Nurse Jackie
Mayim Bialik, as Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as Vice President Selina Meyer - Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Matt Damon, as Scott Thorson - Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas, as Liberace - Behind the Candelabra
Rob Lowe, as John F. Kennedy - Killing Kennedy
Al Pacino, as Phil Spector - Phil Spector
Jeremy Irons, as King Henry IV - The Hollow Crown

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Angela Bassett, as Coretta Scott King - Betty & Coretta
Helena Bonham Carter, as Elizabeth Taylor - Burton and Taylor
Elisabeth Moss, as Robin Griffin - Top of the Lake
Holly Hunter, as G.J. - Top of the Lake
Helen Mirren, as Linda Kenney Baden - Phil Spector

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
All Is Lost
Fast & Furious 6
Lone Survivor
Rush
The Wolverine

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Homeland
The Walking Dead

This should be fascinating. I am surprised, yet pleasantly so, by James Gandolfini's posthumous nomination. Not sure if that will be a deciding factor, but it's nice to see one of his last pieces being so well received. And as always, I love the inclusion of the stunt performances. Usually there are writing awards, but I haven't seen any mention of those nominations as of yet. I'll update this blog post if I get more information!