The 23rd Annual Screen Actors' Guild Awards

I didn't get to watch these, of course, but I loved hearing the news. The SAGs always seem to be a little bit different; sometimes they predict the Oscars, sometimes they carve their own path. As always, winners are bolded.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Casey Affleck for Manchester By the Sea
Andrew Garfield for Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling for La La Land
Viggo Mortenson for Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington for Fences

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Amy Adams for Arrival
Emily Blunt for The Girl On the Train
Natalie Portman for Jackie
Emma Stone for La La Land
Meryl Streep for Florence Foster Jenkins

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mahershala Ali for Moonlight
Jeff Bridges for Hell or High WaterHugh Grant for Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges for Manchester By the Sea
Dev Patel for Lion

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Viola Davis for Fences
Nicole Kidman for LionNaomie Harris for Moonlight
Octavia Spencer for Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams for Manchester By the Sea

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES

The Crown
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Westworld

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Sterling K. Brown for This Is Us
Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones
John Lithgow for The Crown
Rami Malek for Mr. Robot
Kevin Spacey for House of Cards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 

Millie Bobby Brown for Stranger Things
Claire Foy for The Crown
Thandie Newton for Westworld
Winona Ryder for Stranger Things
Robin Wright for House of Cards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES 

The Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES 

Anthony Anderson for Black-ish
Titus Burgess for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell for Modern Family
William H. Macy for Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES 

Uzo Aduba for Orange Is the New Black
Jane Fonda for Grace and Frankie
Ellie Kemper for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep
Lily Tomlin for Grace and Frankie

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES 

Riz Ahmed for The Night Of
Sterling K. Brown for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Bryan Cranston for All the Way
John Turturro for The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES 

Bryce Dallas Howard for Black Mirror
Felicity Huffman for American Crime
Audra McDonald for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Sarah Paulson for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Kerry Washington for Confirmation

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES 

Game of Thrones
Marvel's Daredevil
Marvel's Luke Cage
The Walking Dead
Westworld

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE 

Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Nocturnal Animals
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne 

The 89th Annual Academy Awards - Nominations

Here they are!! Nominations for the 2017 Oscars are IN. Not surprised about some of them, but oh so excited. I'm going to be attending another event this year, and will probably be livetweeting, but will do an updated post the next day or so. (Follow @DanaDeMille)

BEST PICTURE

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Casey Affleck for Manchester By the Sea
Andrew Garfield for Hacksaw RidgeRyan Gosling for La La Land
Viggo Mortenson for Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington for Fences

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Isabelle Huppert for Elle
Ruth Negga for LovingNatalie Portman for JackieEmma Stone for La La Land
Meryl Streep for Florence Foster Jenkins

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mahershala Ali for MoonlightJeff Bridges for Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges for Manchester By the Sea
Dev Patel for LionMichael Shannon for Nocturnal Animals

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Viola Davis for Fences
Naomie Harris for Moonlight
Nicole Kidman for Lion
Octavia Spencer for Hidden FiguresMichelle Williams for Manchester By the Sea

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life As a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bradford Young for Arrival
Linus Sandgren for La La Land
Greig Fraser for LionJames Laxton for MoonlightRodrigo Prieto for Silence

COSTUME DESIGN

Joanna Johnston for Allied
Colleen Atwood for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemConsolata Boyle for Florence Foster Jenkins
Madeline Fontaine for Jackie
Mary Zaphres for La La Land

DIRECTING

Denis Villeneuve for Arrival
Mel Gibson for Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle for La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester By the Sea
Barry Jenkins for Moonlight

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th 

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe's Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets

FILM EDITING

Joe Walker for Arrival
John Gilbert for Hacksaw Ridge
Jake Roberts for Hell or High Water
Tom Cross for La La Land
Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon for Moonlight

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Land of Mine - Denmark
A Man Called Ove - Sweden
The Salesman - Iran
Tanna - Australia
Toni Erdmann - Germany

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Eva von Bahr and Love Larson for A Man Called Ove
Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo for Star Trek Beyond
Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson for Suicide Squad

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Mica Levi for Jackie
Justin Hurwitz for La La Land
Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka for Lion
Nicholas Britell for Moonlight
Thomas Newman for Passengers

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land - Music by Justin Hurtwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
"Can't Stop the Feeling" - Trolls - Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
"City of Stars" - La La Land - Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
"The Empty Chair" - Jim: The James Foley Story - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
"How Far I'll Go" - Moana - Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

I wasn't going to comment much on these but I AM SO EXCITED about "Audition" from La La Land getting nominated - I adore that song and it moved me. But I also really want Lin-Manuel Miranda to EGOT so I'm conflicted.

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Patrice Vermette (Production Design) and Paul Hotte (Set Decoration) for Arrival
Stuart Craig (Production Design) and Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jess Gonchor (Production Design) and Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) for Hail, Caesar!
David Wasco (Production Design) and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration) for La La Land
Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design) and Gene Serdena (Set Decoration) for Passengers

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode

SOUND EDITING

Sylvain Bellmare for Arrival
Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli for Deepwater Horizon
Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright for Hacksaw Ridge
Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan for La La Land
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for Sully

SOUND MIXING

Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye for Arrival
Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace for Hacksaw Ridge
Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow for La La Land
David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth for 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

VISUAL EFFECTS

Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton for Deepwater Horizon
Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould for Doctor Strange
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Don Lemmon for The Jungle Book
Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff for Kubo and the Two Strings
John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

Eric Heisserer for Arrival
August Wilson for Fences
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi for Hidden Figures
Luke Davies for Lion
Barry Jenkins (Screenplay) and Tarell Alvin McCraney (Story) for Moonlight

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

Taylor Sheridan for Hell or High Water
Damien Chazelle for La La Land
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester By the Sea
Mike Mills for 20th Century Women

Winners - Critics' Choice Awards 2016

We're getting down to the wire! (The Oscars wire, I guess.)

BEST MOVIE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Spotlight
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Johnny Depp, Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
R.J. Cyler, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Shameik Moore, Dope
Milo Parker, Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay, Room

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matt Charm and Joel & Ethan Coen, Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Inside Out
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short
Nick Hornby, Brooklyn
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Emma Donoghue, Room
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ed Lachman, Carol
Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
Dariusz Wolski, The Martian
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
Roger Deakins, Sicario

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, Bridge of Spies
Francois Seguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay, Brooklyn
Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler, Carol
Eve Stewart and Michael Standish, The Danish Girl
Colin Gibson, Mad Max: Fury Road
Arthur Max and Celia Bobak, The Martian

BEST EDITING
Hank Corwin, The Big Short
Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road
Pietro Scalia, The Martian
Stephen Mirrione, The Revenant
Tom McArdle, Spotlight

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Brooklyn
Sandy Powell, Carol
Sandy Powell, Cinderella
Paco Delgado, The Danish Girl
Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Black Mass
Carol
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
The Walk

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Furious 7
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Sicario

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig, Spectre
Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Tom Hardy, Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
Paul Rudd, Ant-Man

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt, Sicario
Rebecca Ferguson, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Bryce Dallas Howard, Jurassic World
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST COMEDY
The Big Short
Inside Out
Joy
Sisters
Spy
Trainwreck

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Robert De Niro, The Intern
Bill Hader, Trainwreck
Jason Statham, Spy

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Tina Fey, Sisters
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Lily Tomlin, Grandma

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Ex Machina
It Follows
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury World
The Martian

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
Mustang
The Second Mother (Que Horas Ela Volta?)
Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next

BEST SONG
"Love Me Like You Do," Fifty Shades of Grey
"See You Again," Furious 7
"Til It Happens to You," The Hunting Ground
"One Kind of Love," Love & Mercy
"Writing's On the Wall," Spectre
"Simple Song #3," Youth

BEST SCORE
Carter Burwell, Carol
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, The Revenant
Johann Johansson, Sicario
Howard Shore, Spotlight

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Randall Park, Fresh Off the Boat
Fred Savage, The Grinder
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Hugh Dancy, Hannibal
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Clive Owen, The Knick
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Justin Theroux, The Leftovers
Aden Young, Rectify

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Wes Bentley, American Horror Story: Hotel
Martin Clunes, Arthur & George
Idris Elba, Luther
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
Vincent Kartheiser, Saints & Strangers
Patrick Wilson, Fargo

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Aya Cash, You're the Worst
Wendi McLendon-Covey, The Goldbergs
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Constance Wu, Fresh Off the Boat

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Shiri Appleby, UnREAL
Carrie Coon, The Leftovers
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Krysten Ritter, Jessica Jones

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Hotel
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Sarah Hay, Flesh and Bone
Alyvia Alyn Lind, Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colours
Rachel McAdams, True Detective
Shanice Williams, The Wiz Live!

BEST COMEDY SERIES
black-ish
Catastrophe
Jane the Virgin
Master of None
The Last Man on Earth
Transparent
You're the Worst

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Empire
Mr. Robot
Penny Dreadful
Rectify
The Knick
The Leftovers
UnReal

BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ellen Burstyn, Mom
Anjelica Huston, Transparent
Cherry Jones, Transparent
Jenifer Lewis, black-ish
Timothy Olyphant, The Grinder
John Slattery, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Richard Armitage, Hannibal
Justin Kirk, Manhattan
Patti LuPone, Penny Dreadful
Margo Martindale, The Good Wife
Marisa Tomei, Empire
B.D. Wong, Mr. Robot

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Childhood's End
Fargo
Luther
Saints & Strangers
Show Me a Hero
The Wiz Live!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jaime Camil, Jane the Virgin
Jay Duplass, Transparent
Neil Flynn, The Middle
Keegan Michael Key, Playing House
Mel Rodriguez, Getting On

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Clayne Crawford, Rectify
Christopher Eccleston, The Leftovers
Andre Holland, The Knick
Jonathan Jackson, Nashville
Rufus Sewell, The Man in the High Castle
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
David Alan Grier, The Wiz Live!
Ne-Yo, The Wiz Live!
Nick Offerman, Fargo
Jesse Plemons, Fargo
Raoul Trujillo, Saints & Strangers
Bokeem Woodbine, Fargo

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Kether Donohue, You're the Worst
Allison Janney, Mom
Judith Light, Transparent
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Eden Sher, The Middle

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Ann Dowd, The Leftovers
Regina King, The Leftovers
Helen McCrory, Penny Dreadful
Hayden Panetierre, Nashville
Maura Tierney, The Affair
Constance Zimmer, UnREAL

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Mary J. Blige, The Wiz Live!
Laura Haddock, Luther
Cristin Milioti, Fargo
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Hotel
Winona Ryder, Show Me a Hero
Jean Smart, Fargo

BEST ANIMATION SERIES
Bob's Burgers
BoJack Horseman
South Park
Star Wars Rebels
The Simpsons
 
 

Screen Actors Guild Awards - 2016

Seriously - the nominations come fast and furious! The Academy's the only one that holds out longer.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Johnny Depp - Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Helen Mirren - Woman in Gold
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Sarah Silverman - I Smile Back

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes
Jacob Tremblay - Room

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Helen Mirren - Trumbo
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
The Big Bang Theory
Key & Peele
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Transparent
Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Rami Malek - Mr Robot
Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Claire Danes - Homeland
Viola Davis - How to Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
Robin Wright - House of Cards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ty Burrell - Modern Family
Louis CK - Louie
William H. Macy - Shameless
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory
Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Uzo Aduba - Orange Is the New Black
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Ellie Kemper - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Idris Elba - Luther
Ben Kingsley - Tut
Ray Liotta - Texas Rising
Bill Murray - A Very Murray Christmas
Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Nicole Kidman - Grace of Monaco
Queen Latifah - Bessie
Christina Ricci - The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
Susan Sarandon - The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Kristen Wiig - The Spoils Before Dying

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Everest
Furious 7
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
The Blacklist
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Marvel's Daredevil
The Walking Dead

Golden Globes Winners - 2016

I told you, it's awards season. Still trying to figure out any way I'll be able to watch the telecast, but this'll get updated either way!

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
Spotlight
The Revenant
Carol

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Joy
Spy
The Big Short
The Martian
Trainwreck

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Rooney Mara - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Will Smith - Concussion
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Lily Tomlin - Grandma
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Melissa McCarthy - Spy
Maggie Smith - The Lady in the Van
Amy Schumer - Trainwreck

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Al Pacino - Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo - Infinitely Polar Bear
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Steve Carell - The Big Short
Matt Damon - The Martian

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren - Trumbo
Jane Fonda - Youth
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone - Creed
Paul Dano - Love & Mercy

BEST DIRECTOR -  MOTION PICTURE
Todd Haynes - Carol
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Ridley Scott - The Martian
Alejandro Inarritu - The Revenant

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer - Spotlight
Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs
Charles Randolph, Adam McKay - The Big Short
Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight
Emma Donoghue - Room

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Good Dinosaur
The Peanuts Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Mustang - France
Son of Saul - Hungary
The Brand New Testament - Belgium, France, Luxembourg
The Club - Chile
The Fencer - Finland, Germany, Estonia

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Carter Burwell - Carol
Daniel Pemberton - Steve Jobs
Alexandre Desplat - The Danish Girl
Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto - The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Love Me Like You Do" - 50 Shades of Grey
"See You Again" - Furious 7
"One Kind of Love" - Love & Mercy
"Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre
"Simple Song #3" - Youth

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Game of Thrones
Mr Robot
Narcos
Outlander
Empire

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Casual
Mozart In the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

BEST LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh & Bone
Wolf Hall
American Crime

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Felicity Huffman - American Crime
Lady Gaga - American Horror Story: Hotel
Queen Latifah - Bessie
Kirsten Dunst - Fargo
Sarah Hay - Flesh & Bones

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Patrick Wilson - Fargo
Idris Elba - Luther
David Oyelowo - Nightingale
Oscar Isaac - Show Me a Hero
Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Taraji Henson - Empire
Robin Wright - House of Cards
Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder
Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
Eva Green - Penny Dreadful

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Rami Malek - Mr Robot
Wagner Moura - Narcos
Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Lily Tomlin - Grace and Frankie
Gina Rodriguez - Jane the Virgin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Scream Queens
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Rachel Bloom - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Patrick Stewart - Blunt Talk
Aziz Ansari - Master of None
Gael Garcia Bernal - Mozart in the Jungle
Rob Lowe - The Grinder
Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MINISERIES, SERIES, OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Regina King - American Crime
Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey
Uzo Aduba - Orange Is the New Black
Maura Tierney - The Affair
Judith Light - Transparent

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline
Christian Slater - Mr Robot
Tobias Menzies - Outlander
Alan Cumming - The Good Wife
Damian Lewis - Wolf Hall 

CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD
Denzel Washington 

Independent Spirit Awards - UPDATED: WINNERS - 2016

It's about that time - time for my rather dead blog to get active again! I seem to have an issue keeping it going unless it's awards season. At least I don't have angry readers clamoring for more - maybe next year I can try to get into a better pattern.

This is the first announcement for awards season! I've recently moved to Kitchener, so I'm going to have to figure out a way to watch my shows without cable. Meanwhile, Independent Spirit Awards nominations!

BEST FEATURE
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
Spotlight
Tangerine

BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
James White
Manos Sucias
Mediterranea
Songs My Brothers Taught Me

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Jesse Andrews - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Joseph Carpignano - Mediterranea
Emma Donoghue - Room
Marielle Heller - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph - The Mend

BEST DIRECTOR
Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson - Anomalisa
Cary Joji Fukunaga - Beasts of No Nation
Todd Haynes - Carol
David Robert Mitchell - It Follows
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Sean Baker - Tangerine

BEST SCREENPLAY
Charlie Kaufman - Anamalisa
Donald Margulies - The End of the Tour
Phyllis Nagy - Carol
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer - Spotlight
S. Craig Zahler - Bone Tomahawk

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (BEST FEATURE UNDER $500,000)
Advantageous
Christmas, Again
Heaven Knows What
Krisha
Out Of My Hand

BEST MALE LEAD
Christopher Abbott - James White
Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
Ben Mendelsohn - Mississippi Grind
Jason Segel - The End of the Tour
Koudous Seihon - Mediterranea

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Rooney Mara - Carol
Bel Powley - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez - Tangerine

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Kevin Corrigan - Results
Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Richard Jenkins - Bone Tomahawk
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Robin Bartlett - H.
Marin Ireland - Glass Chin
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Anomalisa
Cynthia Nixon - James White
Mya Taylor - Tangerine

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cary Joji Fukunaga - Beasts of No Nation
Ed Lachman - Carol
Michael Gioulakis - It Follows
Reed Morano - Meadowland
Joshua James Richards - Songs My Brothers Taught Me

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Embrace of the Serpent (El Abrazo De La Serpiente)
Girlhood
Mustang
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Best of Enemies
Heart of a Dog
The Look of Silence
Meru
The Russian Woodpecker
(T)ERROR

BEST EDITING
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie - Heaven Knows What
Tom McArdle - Spotlight
Nathan Nugent - Room
Julio C. Perez IV - It Follows
Kristan Sprague - Manos Sucias

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (BEST ENSEMBLE)
Spotlight

KIEHL'S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Chloe Zhoa
Felix Thompson
Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Darren Dean
Mel Eslyn
Rebecca Green & Laura D. Smith

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Alex Sichel & Elizabeth Giamatti
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Hemal Trivedi & Mohammed Ali Naqvi

I'm loving the relative unknowns in the leading role and big nominations. It's one of the reasons I adore the Independent Spirit Awards.

Also, It Follows is an excellent film. Really creepy, but really well put together, and not B class at all.

UPDATED: Still loving the fact that the big names aren't the only ones winning! (Better than the Oscars with the diversity for sure.) And Spotlight is winning big; I still haven't seen it (I'm always later with the awards films) but I've heard it certainly deserves it! Tonight will be an interesting race. I'll be live-tweeting on Twitter from an event  here in Kitchener!

The 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Updated Winners

I always manage to forget about the Critics' Choice Awards, but I noticed they were airing tonight, January 15, so I figured, let's jump on board! I think I'll watch them, so I may be liveblogging - keep an eye on this post for updated winners!

UPDATED WITH WINNERS

BEST PICTURE
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken
Whiplash

BEST ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton - Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
David Oyelowo - Selma
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

That's the second win for Michael Keaton tonight! I'm thinking an Oscar is likely. But Benedict and Eddie are still in the running, to me, especially considering the different voters that the Oscars have. This is going to be interesting.

BEST ACTRESS
Jennifer Aniston - Cake
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Oh, Julianne's speech was beautiful - my favourite part was definitely when she thanked the other ladies nominated with her, and when she spoke about Alzheimer's. I think we've got a race between her and Felicity Jones, maybe? All these women are just so talented!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Emma Stone - Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Ellar Coltrane - Boyhood
Ansel Elgort - The Fault In Our Stars
Mackenzie Foy - Interstellar
Jaeden Lieberher - St Vincent
Quvenzhane Wallis - Annie
Noah Wiseman - The Babadook

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Selma

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay - Selma
David Fincher - Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Inarritu - Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
Angelina Jolie - Unbroken
Richard Linklater - Boyhood

I called this about two seconds before it was announced. I think Richard Linklater's going to take home a ton of awards this season, as is Boyhood.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance - Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo
Boyhood - Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness 
Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy
Whiplash - Damien Chazelle

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game - Graham Moore
Inherent Vice - Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything - Anthony McCarten
Unbroken - Joel & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson
Wild - Nick Hornby

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance - Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert Yeoman
Interstellar - Hoyte Van Hoytema
Mr Turner - Dick Pope
Unbroken - Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance - Kevin Thompson (Production Designer); George DeTitta Jr. (Set Decorator)
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer); Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator)
Inherent Vice - David Crank (Production Designer); Amy Wells (Set Decorator)
Interstellar - Nathan Crowley (Production Designer); Gary Fettis (Set Decorator)
Into the Woods - Dennis Gassner (Production Designer); Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator)
Snowpiercer - Ondrej Nekvasil (Production Designer); Beatrice Brentnerova (Set Decorator)

BEST EDITING
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance - Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Boyhood - Sandra Adair
Gone Girl - Kirk Baxter
Interstellar - Lee Smith
Whiplash - Tom Cross

This was definitely one of the favourites; the film looks like it was filmed in one long, continuous take, which is an incredible feat of editing. I can't wait to see it for myself.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice - Mark Bridges
Into the Woods - Colleen Atwood
Maleficent - Anna B. Sheppard
Mr Turner - Jacqueline Durran

I'm a little disappointed - I have a soft spot for Colleen Atwood, though. The costumes in Grand Budapest were pretty great, though.

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods
Maleficent

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

I can't say I'm surprised - apparently, the Academy is the only one who missed the memo on this one. (I haven't seen it, but I'm basing it on what friends and people on Twitter have said, mostly.)


BEST ACTION MOVIE
American Sniper
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Edge of Tomorrow
Fury
Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Bradley Cooper - American Sniper
Tom Cruise - Edge of Tomorrow
Chris Evans - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Brad Pitt - Fury
Chris Pratt - Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt - Edge of Tomorrow
Scarlett Johansson - Lucy
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Zoe Saldana - Guardians of the Galaxy
Shailene Woodley - Divergent

This was a pleasant surprise! I wouldn't have expected this. Also, John Krasinski popping out to give her a kiss was adorable! And THANK YOU to Ms Blunt for mentioning that she finally wasn't a damsel in distress in an action film - it doesn't happen enough, and I hope she starts a trend.


BEST COMEDY
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
The Grand Budapest Hotel
St Vincent
Top Five
22 Jump Street

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jon Favreau - Chef
Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton - Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
Bill Murray - St Vincent
Chris Rock - Top Five
Channing Tatum - 22 Jump Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Rose Byrne - Neighbors
Rosario Dawson - Top Five
Melissa McCarthy - St Vincent
Jenny Slate - Obvious Child
Kristen Wiig - The Skeleton Twins

I LITERALLY SQUEALED. I'm SO glad to see recognition for this film! Jenny Slate is hilariously amazing in Obvious Child, and has gotten absolutely no large scale recognition. The film is also so, so important, and such an excellent discussion and realistic portrayal of abortion. It's amazing.


BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
The Babadook
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Interstellar
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Force Majeure
Ida
Leviathan
Two Days, One Night
Wild Tales

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CitizenFour
Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me
Jodorowsky's Dune
Last Days in Vietnam
Life Itself
The Overnighters

BEST SONG
"Big Eyes" from Big Eyes
"Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie
"Glory" from Selma
"Lost Stars" from Begin Again
"Yellow Flicker Beat" from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

BEST SCORE 
The Imitation Game - Alexandre Desplat
The Theory of Everything - Johann Johansson
Gone Girl - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance - Antonio Sanchez
Interstellar - Hans Zimmer

I really loved Gone Girl's score, so I'm a bit disappointed, but at least they were nominated. They haven't been up for any other awards. But maybe I just don't know anything about music! (Oh, well.)

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (MVP) - New Award 2015 
Jessica Chastain

MY QUEEN! I was very excited to hear this, and that SPEECH. Her speech, completely calling out the lack of diversity in Hollywood, was so important, and so eloquently said. What a woman.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Kevin Costner

LOUIS XIII GENIUS AWARD
Ron Howard 

BAFTA Nominations - 2015 - UPDATED WITH WINNERS

As always at this time of year - more nominations! Now for the BAFTAs - British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards! Again, if I actually get to watch these, I might liveblog, but I also might just update the post after the airing of the awards. (The show will air on February 8, 2015.)

FILM - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Theory of Everything - Anthony McCarten
The Imitation Game - Graham Moore
American Sniper - Jason Hall
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
Paddington - Paul King

FILM - LEADING ACTOR
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Benedict Cumberbatch - The ImitationJake Gyllenhaal - NightcrawlerMichael Keaton - Birdman

FILM - ANIMATED FILM
The Boxtrolls - Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
The Lego Movie - Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Big Hero 6 - Don Hall, Chris Williams

FILM - LEADING ACTRESS
Felicity Jones - The Theory of EverythingJulianne Moore - Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
Amy Adams - Big Eyes
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

FILM - BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Monkey Love Experiments - Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson
The Bigger Picture - Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
My Dad - Marcus Armitage

FILM - MAKE-UP AND HAIR
Guardians of the Galaxy - Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
Into the Woods - Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland
Mr Turner - Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Frances Hannon
The Theory of Everything - Jan Sewell

FILM - BRITISH SHORT FILM
The Kármán Line - Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp
Boogaloo and Graham - Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Slap - Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland
Emotional Fusebox - Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard
Three Brothers - Aleem Khan, Matthieu De Braconier, Stephanie Papelow


FILM - ORIGINAL MUSIC
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar - Hans Zimmer
Birdman - Antonio Sanchez
The Theory of Everything - Johann Johansson
Under the Skin - Mica Levi


FILM - CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert Yeoman
Ida - Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski
Interstellar - Hoyte Van Hoytema
Mr Turner - Dick Pope
Birdman - Emmanuel Lubezki


FILM - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman - Alejandro G. Inaritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson
Boyhood - Richard Linklater
Whiplash - Damien Chazelle
Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy


FILM - COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Milena Canonero
The Imitation Game - Sammy Sheldon Differ
The Theory of Everything - Steven Noble
Mr Turner - Jacqueline Durran
Into the Woods - Colleen Atwood


FILM - OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
'71 - Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke
The Theory of Everything - James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Under the Skin - Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell
Pride - Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford
The Imitation Game - Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore
Paddington - Paul King, David Heyman


FILM - DIRECTOR
Alejandro G. Inarritu - BirdmanWes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
James Marsh - The Theory of Everything
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Damien Chazelle - Whiplash

FILM - OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone - Pride
Gregory Burke, Yann Demange - '71
Elaine Constantine - Northern Soul
Hong Khaou - Lilting
Paul Katis, Andrew De Lotbiniere - Kajaki: The True Story

FILM - DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet From Stardom - Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rodgers, Gil Friesen
20,000 Days on Earth - Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Finding Vivian Maier - John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Virunga - Orlando Von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara
Citizenfour - Laura Poitras


FILM - PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Mr Turner - Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts
Interstellar - Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Big Eyes - Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau


FILM - EE RISING STAR
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O'Connell
Shailene Woodley
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller


FILM - EDITING
Birdman - Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Barney Pilling
The Theory of Everything - Jinx Godfrey
The Imitation Game - William Goldenberg
Nightcrawler - John Gilroy
Whiplash - Tom Cross


FILM - SOUND
Birdman - Thomas Varga, Martin Hernandez, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano
American Sniper - Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
The Imitation Game - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak
Whiplash - Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann


FILM - FILM
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
The Theory of Everything - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Birdman - Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
The Imitation Game - Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
Boyhood - Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland


FILM - SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
Guardians of the Galaxy - Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer
Interstellar - Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley


FILM - FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Ida - Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
The Lunchbox - Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga
Two Days, One Night - Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
Leviathan - Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
Trash - Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier


FILM - SUPPORTING ACTOR
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Edward Norton - Birdman
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

FILM - SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Imelda Staunton - Pride
Emma Stone - Birdman
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Rene Russo - Nightcrawler

FILM - OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA IN 2015
BBC Films

Surprised to see David Fincher snubbed, but glad to see Rosamund Pike getting more recognition. This will be an interesting race, especially as it's one of the shows that airs closest to the Oscars.

UPDATE: Look at all the Boyhood wins! I loved that film, and sincerely wasn't expecting it to get that much recognition. Julianne Moore and J.K. Simmons are probably locks, as is Patricia Arquette, and Eddie Redmayne is definitely likely for the Oscar race. This is getting interesting!

The 30th Annual Independent Spirit Awards - Updated With Winners

Some more nominees! The Spirit Awards are a little different, and that's why I love them. It's not ALL of the same people nominated over the board as with the more mainstream shows. The only issue is that I never get to watch them because I can never find them - so, despite where I live, there probably won't be any liveblogging, but I'll update when winners are announced! The Awards air February 21, 2015.

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer) *Executive Producers are not awarded
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood Richard Linklater, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, Cathleen Sutherland
Love Is Strange Lucas Joaquin, Lars Knudsen, Ira Sachs, Jayne Baron Sherman, Jay Van Hoy
Selma Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey
Whiplash Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster, Michael Litvak

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Director: Ana Lily Amirpour; Producers: Justin Begnaud, Sina Sayyah
Dear White People Director/Producer: Justin Simien; Producers: Effie T. Brown, Ann Le, Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Lena Waithe
Nightcrawler Director: Dan Gilroy; Producers: Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak
Obvious Child Director: Gillian Robespierre; Producer: Elisabeth Holm
She's Lost Control Director/Producer: Anja Marquardt; Producers: Mollye Asher, Kiara C. Jones

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer) *Executive Producers are not awarded
Blue Ruin Writer/Director: Jeremy Saulnier; Producers: Richard Peete, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani
It Felt Like Love Writer/Director/Producer: Eliza Hittman; Producers: Shrihari Sathe, Laura Wagner
Land Ho! Writers/Directors: Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens; Producers: Christina Jennings, Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy
Man From Reno Writer/Director: Dave Boyle; Writers: Joel Clark, Michael Lerman; Producer: Ko Mori
Test Writer/Director/Producer: Chris Mason Johnson; Producer: Chris Martin

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle - WhiplashAva Duvernay - Selma
Alejandro G. Inarritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
David Zellner - Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter

BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski - Big Eyes
J.C. Chandor - A Most Violent Year
Dan Gilroy - Nightcrawler
Jim Jarmusch - Only Lovers Left Alive
Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias - Love Is Strange

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Desiree Akhavan - Appropriate Behavior
Sara Colangelo - Little Accidents
Justin Lader - The One I Love
Anja Marquardt - She's Lost ControlJustin Simien - Dear White People

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Darius Khondji - The Immigrant
Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Sean Porter - It Felt Like Love
Lyle Vincent - A Girl Walks Home Alone At NightBradford Young - Selma

BEST EDITING
Sandra Adair - Boyhood
Tom Cross - Whiplash
John Gilroy - Nightcrawler
Ron Patane - A Most Violent Year
Adam Wingard - The Guest

BEST MALE LEAD
Andre Benjamin - Jimi: All Is By My Side
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
John Lithgow - Love Is Strange
David Oyelowo - Selma

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Marion Cotillard - The Immigrant
Rinko Kikuchi - Kumiko, The Treasure HunterJulianne Moore - Still Alice
Jenny Slate - Obvious ChildTilda Swinton - Only Lovers Left Alive

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Riz Ahmed - NightcrawlerEthan Hawke - Boyhood
Alfred Molina - Love Is Strange
Edward Norton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Patricia Arquette - BoyhoodJessica Chastain - A Most Violent YearCarmen Ejogo - Selma
Andrea Suarez Paz - Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Emma Stone - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Force Majeure (Sweden) Director: Ruben Ostlund
Ida (Poland) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan (Russia) Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Mommy (Canada) Director: Xavier Dolan
Norte, the End of History (Philippines) Director: Lav Diaz
Under the Skin (United Kingdom) Director: Jonathan Glazer

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
20,000 Days on Earth Directors: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard; Producers: Dan Bowen, James Wilson
CitizenFour Director/Producer: Laura Poitras; Producers: Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky
Stray Dog Director: Debra Granik; Producer: Anne Rosellini
The Salt of the Earth Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders; Producer: David Rosier
Virunga Director/Producer: Orlando von Einsiedel; Producer: Joanna Natasegara

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Award given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Inherent Vice Director: Paul Thomas Anderson; Casting Director: Cassandra Kulukundis

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
Foxcatcher Director/Producer: Bennett Miller; Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman; Producers: Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
The Producers Award, now in its 18th year, honors 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.
Chad Burris
Elisabeth Holm

Chris Ohlson

LENSCRAFTERS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 20th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by LensCrafters.
Sara Dosa - The Last Season
Dan Krauss - The Kill Team
Darius Clark Monroe - Evolution of a Criminal
Amanda Rose Wilder - Approaching the Elephant  

2015 ROGER AND CHAZ EBERT FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
This award includes a $10,000 cash grant. It is given to a filmmaker currently participating in a Film Independent Artist Development program with the mission of diversity in mind.
Christina Choe - Currently in active pre-production on her first narrative feature film, Nancy

KIEHL'S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 21st year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Kiehl's Since 1851.
Ana Lily Amirpour - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia - H.
Chris Eska - The Retrieval 

I was sad not to be able to view the Spirit Awards - we don't get the channel on which they air - but I'm glad to see everything. I was hoping some different titles would get the distinctions, but it seems that a lot of the Oscar favourites are staying true here. (Although Nightcrawler snuck its way in there!)

68th Tony Awards - Winners - UPDATED

I didn't get to liveblog the Tony's this year as I was working at the 1st Annual Ottawa Tony Awards Show - a party where we watch the Tony's and raise money for local theatre initiatives. It was fun, and it'll be happening again next year - make sure to keep us in mind! (ottawatonyawards.com)

And here are the winners of the Tony's - including the history making Audra MacDonald, winning a Tony in every acting category! Winners are bolded.

BEST PLAY
Act One
All the Way
Casa Valentina
Mothers and Sons
Outside Mullingar

BEST MUSICAL
After Midnight
Aladdin
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Glass Menagerie
A Raisin in the Sun
Twelfth Night 

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Violet

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Aladdin - Chad Beguelin
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical - Douglas McGrath
Bullets Over Broadway - Woody Allen
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Robert L. Freedman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
Aladdin - Music: Alan Menken; Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Chad Beguelin
The Bridges of Madison County - Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Music: Steven Lutvak; Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak
If/Then - Music: Tom Kitt; Lyrics: Brian Yorkey

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Samuel Barnett - Twelfth Night
Bryan Cranston - All the Way
Chris O'Dowd - Of Mice and Men
Mark Rylance - Richard III
Tony Shalhoub - Act One

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Tyne Daly - Mothers and Sons
LaTanya Richardson Jackson - A Raisin in the Sun
Cherry Jones - The Glass Menagerie
Audra McDonald - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Estelle Parsons - The Velocity of Autumn 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Neil Patrick Harris - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ramin Karimloo - Les Miserables
Andy Karl - Rocky
Jefferson Mays - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Bryce Pinkham - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Mary Bridget Davies - A Night With Janis Joplin
Sutton Foster - Violet
Idina Menzel - If/Then
Jessie Mueller - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Kelli O'Hara - The Bridges of Madison County

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Reed Birney - Casa Valentina
Paul Chahidi - Twelfth Night
Stephen Fry - Twelfth Night
Mark Rylance - Twelfth Night
Brian J. Smith - The Glass Menagerie

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Sarah Greene - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Celia Keenan-Bolger - The Glass Menagerie
Sophie Okonedo - A Raisin in the Sun
Anika Noni Rose - A Raisin in the Sun
Mare Winningham - Casa Valentina

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein - Cabaret
Nick Cordero - Bullets Over Broadway
Joshua Henry - Violet
James Monroe Iglehart - Aladdin
Jarrod Spector - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Linda Emond - Cabaret
Lena Hall - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Anika Larsen - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox - After Midnight
Lauren Worsham - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Tim Carroll - Twelfth Night
Michael Grandage - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Kenny Leon - A Raisin in the Sun
John Tiffany - The Glass Menagerie

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Warren Carlyle - After Midnight
Michael Mayer - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Leigh Silverman - Violet
Darko Tresnjak - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Warren Carlyle - After Midnight
Steven Hoggett & Kelly Devine - Rocky
Casey Nicholaw - Aladdin
Susan Stroman - Bullets Over Broadway

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Doug Besterman - Bullets Over Broadway
Jason Robert Brown - The Bridges of Madison County
Steve Sidwell - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Jonathan Tunick - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Beowulf Boritt - Act One
Bob Crowley - The Glass Menagerie
Es Devlin - Machinal
Christopher Oram - The Cripple of Inishmaan

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Barreca - Rocky
Julian Crouch - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Alexander Dodge - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Santo Loquasto - Bullets Over Broadway

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Jane Greenwood - Act One
Michael Krass - Machinal
Rita Ryack - Casa Valentina
Jenny Tiramani - Twelfth Night

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Linda Cho - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
William Ivey Long - Bullets Over Broadway
Arianne Phillips - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Isabel Toledo - After Midnight

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Paule Constable - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Jane Cox - Machinal
Natasha Katz - The Glass Menagerie
Japhy Weideman - Of Mice and Men

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Kevin Adams - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Christopher Akerlind - Rocky
Howell Binkley - After Midnight
Donald Holder - The Bridges of Madison County

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Alex Baranowski - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Steve Canyon Kennedy - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Dan Moses Schreier - Act One
Matt Tierney - Machinal

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Peter Hylenski - After Midnight
Tim O'Heir - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Mick Potter - Les Miserables
Brian Ronan - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Jane Greenwood (Costume designer for more than 125 Broadway productions)

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD
Signature Theatre (New York City's Signature Theatre exists to honour and celebrate the playwright)

ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD
Rosie O'Donnell (The Emmy-award winning performer, writer, producer, three-time past host of the Tony Awards ceremony, and founder of Rosie's Theater Kids) 

TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE
Joseph P. Benincasa - President and CEO of The Actors Fund
Joan Marcus - Broadway photographer who has created production shots for over 300 shows on the Great White Way since 1986
Charlotte Wilcox - Founder of The Charlotte Wilcox Company and one of the leading general managers in the Broadway industry

59th Annual Drama Desk Awards - Winners

The Tony Awards are TOMORROW! On that note - I won't be liveblogging like I usually do! I'm assisting in a Tony's party that's fundraising for Suzart Productions, a local Ottawa non-profit community theatre initiative. (Mostly, we just want to hang out with people and watch the Tony's, but might as well raise some money for a great cause.) Check out @OttTonyAwards on Twitter - and if you're in Ottawa, you can pay at the door to get in! Silent auction, coffee station and a fun photobooth! (ottawatonyawards.com)

Anyway. I wanted to share the Drama Desk Awards winners! Let's prep for Broadway's biggest night; I always love to see who gets the Drama Desk Awards.

As always, winners are bolded!

OUTSTANDING PLAY
The Explorers Club - Neil Benjamin
Core Values - Steven Levenson
The Night Alive - Conor McPherson
Regular Singing - Richard Nelson
Domesticated - Bruce Norris
All the Way - Robert Schenkkan
Outside Mullingar - John Patrick Shanley

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Aladdin
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Fun Home
Love's Labour's Lost
Rocky
The Bridges of Madison County

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
I Remember Mama
London Wall
No Man's Land
Of Mice and Men
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Model Apartment
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare's Globe Production)

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL OR REVUE
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Violet

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Bryan Cranston - All the Way
Hamish Linklater - The Comedy of Errors
Ian McKellen - No Man's Land
David Morse - The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Dumin
Chris O'Dowd - Of Mice and Men
Daniel Radcliffe - The Cripple of Inishmaan
Denzel Washington - A Raisin in the Sun

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Barbara Andres - I Remember Mama
Tyne Daly - Mothers and Sons
Audra McDonald - Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Laurie Metcalf - Domesticated
J. Smith-Cameron - Juno and the Paycock
Harriet Walter - Julius Caesar

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Neil Patrick Harris - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Adam Jacobs - Aladdin
Andy Karl - Rocky
Jefferson Mays - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Steven Pasquale - The Bridges of Madison County
Bryce Pinkham - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sutton Foster - Violet
Idina Menzel - If/Then
Jessie Mueller - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Kelli O'Hara - The Bridges of Madison County
Margo Seibert - Tamar of the River
Barrett Wilbert Weed - Heathers: The Musical

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reed Birney - Casa Valentina
Chuck Cooper - Choir Boy
Peter Maloney - Outside Mullingar
Bobby Moreno - Year of the Rooster
Bill Pullman - The Jacksonian
Brian J. Smith - The Glass Menagerie

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Betty Buckley - The Old Friends
Julia Coffey - London Wall
Diane Davis - The Model Apartment
Celia Keenan-Bolger - The Glass Menagerie
Jan Maxwell - The Castle
Sophie Okonedo - A Raisin in the Sun

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Danny Burstein - Cabaret
Nick Cordero - Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Joshua Henry - Violet
James Monroe Inglehart - Aladdin
Rory O'Malley - Nobody Loves You
Bobby Steggert - Big Fish

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Stephanie J. Block - Little Miss Sunshine
Anika Larsen - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Adriane Lenox - After Midnight
Sydney Lucas - Fun Home
Laura Osnes - The Threepenny Opera
Jennifer Simard - Disaster!
Lauren Worsham - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Joe Calarco - A Christmas Carol
Tim Carroll - Twelfth Night
Thomas Kail - Family Furniture
Bill Rauch - All the Way
Anna D. Shapiro - Domesticated
Julie Taymor - A Midsummer Night's Dream

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Sam Gold - Fun Home
Michael Mayer - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Bartlett Sher - The Bridges of Madison County
Susan Stroman - Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Alex Timbers - Rocky
Darko Tresnjak - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Warren Carlyle - After Midnight
Steven Hoggett, Kelly Devine - Rocky
Danny Mefford - Love's Labour's Lost
Casey Nicholaw - Aladdin
Susan Stroman - Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Sonya Tayeh - Kung Fu

OUTSTANDING MUSIC
Jason Robert Brown - The Bridges of Madison County
Andrew Lippa - Big Fish
Steven Lutvak - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Alan Menken - Aladdin
Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe - Heathers: The Musical
Jeanine Tesori - Fun Home

OUTSTANDING LYRICS
Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin - Aladdin
Jason Robert Brown - The Bridges of Madison County
Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Michael Friedman - Love's Labour's Lost
Michael Korie - Far From Home
Lisa Kron - Fun Home

OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Chad Beguelin - Aladdin
Robert L. Freedman - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair - Murder for Two
Lisa Kron - Fun Home
Douglas McGrath - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Marsha Norman - The Bridges of Madison County

OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Jason Robert Brown - The Bridges of Madison County
 John Clancy - Fun Home
Larry Hochman - Big Fish
Steve Sidwell - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Michael Starobin - If/Then
Jonathan Tunick - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

OUTSTANDING MUSIC IN A PLAY
Lewis Flinn - The Tribute Artist
Elliot Goldenthal - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Rob Kearns - The Life and Sort Of Death of Eric Argyle
Tom Kochan - Almost, Maine
Nico Muhly - The Glass Menagerie
Duncan Sheik - A Man's a Man

OUTSTANDING REVUE
After Midnight
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Musik from the Weimar and Beyond
Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz
Til Divorce Do Us Part
What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Christopher Barreca - Rocky
Alexander Dodge - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Richard Hoover - Small Engine Repair
Santo Loquasto - Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Ian MacNeil - A Doll's House
Donyale Werle - The Explorers Club

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Constance Hoffman - A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Ivey Long - Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Zane Pihlstrom - Nutcracker Rouge
Loren Shaw - The Mysteries
Jenny Tiramani - Twelfth Night
David C. Woolard - The Heir Apparent

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Christopher Akerlind - Rocky
Jane Cox - Machinal
David Lander - The Civil War
Peter Mumford - King Lear
Brian Tovar - Tamar of the River
Japhy Wiedeman - Macbeth

OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN
Robert Massicotte and Alexis Laurence - Cirkopolis
Sven Ortel - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Aaron Rhyne - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Shawn Sagady - All the Way
Austin Switser - Sontag: Reborn
Ben Rubin - Arguendo

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A MUSICAL
Kai Harada - Fun Home
Peter Hylenski - Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Peter Hylenski - Rocky
Brian Ronan - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Dan Moses Schreier - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Jon Weston - The Bridges of Madison County

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A PLAY
M.L. Dogg - The Open House
Katie Down - The Golden Dragon
Paul James Prendergast - All the Way
Dan Moses Schreier - Act One
Christopher Shutt - Love and Information
Matt Tierney - Machinal

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
David Barlow - This Is My Office
Jim Brochu - Character Man
Hannah Cabell - Grounded
Debra Jo Rupp - Becoming Dr Ruth
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned
John Douglas Thompson - Satchmo at the Waldorf

UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
Charlatan
Cirkopolis
Mother Africa
Nothing to Hide
Nutcracker Rouge
The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill Vol. 2

SPECIAL AWARDS
To SoHo Rep: For nearly four decades of artistic distinction, innovative production, and provocative play selection.
To Veanne Cox: For her ability to express the eccentricities, strengths, and vulnerabilities of a range of characters, and notably for her comedic flair as evidenced in this season's The Old Friends and The Most Deserving.
To Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, the Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award: For his visionary directorial excellence. This season's The Golden Dragon and The Mysteries exemplify his bold and strikingly original imagination.
To the ensembles of off-Broadway's The Open House and Broadway's The Realistic Joneses and to the creator of both plays, Will Eno: For two extraordinary casts and one impressively inventive playwright.
             The Open House: Hannah Bos, Michael Countryman, Peter Friedman, Danny McCarthy, Carolyn McCormick
             The Realistic Joneses: Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Marisa Tomei

The Independent Spirit Awards 2014 - Complete List

Today is Oscar Day, yes, but we've got to keep up with the other award shows winners! These are the Independent Spirit Awards - some of my favourites, though I always manage to fail to watch them - so check it out! As always, the bolded nominees are the winners!

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
Yolanda 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