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2012 Oscar Awards Wiinners Complete List & Details - New Cine Buzz

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

WINNER

THE ARTIST

NOMINEES:

THE DESCENDANTS

EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

THE HELP

HUGO

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

MONEYBALL

THE TREE OF LIFE

WAR HORSE

As expected, THE ARTIST emerged as a well-deserved winner here!

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

WINNER

Michel Hazanavicius (THE ARTIST)

NOMINEES:

Woody Allen (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS)

Terrence Malick (THE TREE OF LIFE)

Alexander Payne (THE DESCENDANTS)

Martin Scorcese (HUGO)

It's Michel Hazanavicius vs. Alexander Payne! I'm happy to know that Hazanavicius grabbed a well-deserved win here.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

WINNER

Jean Dujardin (THE ARTIST)

NOMINEES:

Demian Bichir (A BETTER LIFE)

George Clooney (THE DESCENDANTS)

Gary Oldman (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY)

Brad Pitt (MONEYBALL)

It's Jean Dujardin vs. George Clooney. But the Academy made the right choice to award Jean Dujardin for his charming performance as George Valentin in THE ARTIST, which also made him the first Frenchman to win the coveted Oscar for Best Actor!

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

WINNER

Meryl Streep (THE IRON LADY)

NOMINEES:

Glenn Close (ALBERT NOBBS)

Rooney Mara (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)

Viola Davis (THE HELP)

Michelle Williams (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)

This category is narrowed down between Viola Davis or Meryl Streep for the win. Many might have rooted for Viola Davis to nab the Oscar here, especially given her recent winning streak in other awards. But Meryl Streep has finally broke the jinx after being nominated for a record 12th time since 1983's SILKWOOD, with her spot-on performance as Margaret Thatcher in THE IRON LADY.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER

Christopher Plummer (BEGINNERS)

NOMINEES:

Kenneth Branagh (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)

Jonah Hill (MONEYBALL)

Nick Nolte (WARRIOR)

Max von Sydow (EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE)

Another shoo-in win. Enough said.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER

Octavia Spencer (THE HELP)

NOMINEES:

Berenice Bejo (THE ARTIST)

Jessica Chastain (THE HELP)

Melissa McCarthy (BRIDESMAIDS)

Janet McTeer (ALBERT NOBBS)

No surprise here. Octavia Spencer is a shoo-in win for this category.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

WINNER

RANGO

NOMINEES:

A CAT IN PARIS

CHICO & RITA

KUNG FU PANDA 2

PUSS IN BOOTS

A shoo-in win. Gore Verbinski's loving tribute to the classic western is an inventive and colorful animated feature is worthy of an award here.

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

WINNER

Woody Allen (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS)

NOMINEES:

Michel Hazanavicius (THE ARTIST)

Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo (BRIDESMAIDS)

J.C. Chandor (MARGIN CALL)

Woody Allen (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS)

Asghar Farhadi (A SEPARATION)

Another undeserved win. While many have hailed MIDNIGHT IN PARIS is Allen's finest movie he's ever made in years, I beg to differ. (read: overrated). Personally Michel Hazanavicus or Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo should bag the win instead.

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED

WINNER

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (THE DESCENDANTS)

NOMINEES:

John Logan (HUGO)

George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon (THE IDES OF MARCH)

Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin (MONEYBALL)

Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY)

THE DESCENDANTS is a hugely overrated movie with sadly average plot. Of all the nominees in this category here, I think Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin should win this instead for crafting a unpopular subject matter into something intriguing in MONEYBALL.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

WINNER

Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)

NOMINEES:

Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius (THE ARTIST)

Kevin Tent (THE DESCENDANTS)

Thelma Schoonmaker (HUGO)

Christopher Tellefsen (MONEYBALL)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER

Ludovic Bource (THE ARTIST)

NOMINEES:

John Williams (THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN)

Howard Shore (HUGO)

Alberto Iglesias (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY)

John Williams (WAR HORSE)

Ludovic Bource's layered score is one of the best accomplishments that drives the artistic success of THE ARTIST. Bravo!

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

Robert Richardson (HUGO)

NOMINEES:

Guillaume Schiffman (THE ARTIST)

Jeff Cronenworth (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)

Emmanuel Lubezki (THE TREE OF LIFE)

Janusz Kaminski (WAR HORSE)

Robert Richardson won Best Cinematography for HUGO? As good as he is, I still figured either Jeff Cronenworth or Emmanuel Lubezki deserved a better win here.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION

WINNER

Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo (HUGO)

NOMINEES:

Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould (THE ARTIST)

Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan (HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2)

Anne Seibel, Helene Dubreuil (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS)

Rick Carter, Lee Sandales (WAR HORSE)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER

Mark Bridges (THE ARTIST)

NOMINEES:

Lisy Christl (ANONYMOUS)

Sandy Powell (HUGO)

Michael O'Connor (JANE EYRE)

Arianne Phillips (W.E.)

Mark Bridge's splendid recreation of the 1920s glamorous fashion in THE ARTIST is a well-deserved win here.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

WINNER

Robert Legato, John Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning (HUGO)

NOMINEES:

Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson (HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2)

Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, Swen Gillberg (REAL STEEL)

Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett (RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES)

Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, John Frazier (TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON)

This is really a surprise. I was expecting RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES would be a shoo-in win for this category. But HUGO? Seriously?

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

WINNER

Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland (THE IRON LADY)

NOMINEES:

Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, Matthew W. Mungle (ALBERT NOBBS)

Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin (HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2)

Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland's excellent makeup effect over Meryl Streep's character as Margaret Thatcher is spot-on convincing. A well-deserved win.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

WINNER

Tom Fleischman, John Midgley (HUGO)

NOMINEES:

David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)

Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Ed Novick (MONEYBALL)

Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin (TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON)

Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson (WAR HORSE)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

WINNER

Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty (HUGO)

NOMINEES:

Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis (DRIVE)

Ren Klyce (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)

Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl (TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON)

Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom (WAR HORSE)

Is Jay Chou Out Of The Picture From THE VIRAL FACTOR Sequel?

Currently THE VIRAL FACTOR is doing well in the box-office, and a sequel plan is already in talks. But there's a speculating rumor that one of the main stars, Jay Chou, will be dropped from the cast list of THE VIRAL FACTOR sequel.

Apparently he is said to be lacking in martial-arts training and underperformed with lots of NG (no good) takes. Not only that, he made demanding requests on-set and worried a lot about his wig. He also requested the director (Dante Lam) to make him "look good" during the non-action scenes, while insisting on using stunt double for ferocious fighting scenes.

Investors are looking forward to bring in Donnie Yen or Andy Lau to replace Jay Chou in the sequel to boost box-office sales.

Despite all the rumors surrounding Jay Chou's highly-demanding attitude and the sequel plan for THE VIRAL FACTOR, Jay's recording company JVR Music claimed that they have not heard of plans for making a sequel, and added that Jay once said that he will be filming any action movies in the coming future.

Kahaani Thriller Movie First Look Poster & Casts

Starring Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee
Music by Vishal-Shekhar
Directed by Sujoy Ghosh
Produced by Sujoy Ghosh, Kushal Gada
Screenplay by Sujoy Ghosh, Suresh Nair,Nikhil Vyas, Story by Sujoy Ghosh, Advaita Kala
Cinematography Setu
Editing by Namrata Rao
Distributed by Pen India Pvt. Ltd, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Boundscript Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd
Release date(s) March 9, 2012 (2012-03-09)
Country India
Language Hindi

India vs Srilanka 10ODI Match Pictures, Virat Kohli 133* Man of The Match

India vs Srilanka 10ODI Match Pictures, Virat Kohli 133* Man of The Match, India vs Sri lanka Match Picture Gallery, Wallpaper, Images, Photos, Score Card, Man Of The Match. Results of India Srilanka Match, India One By 7 Wickets By Chasing 321 as target and got 1 point as bonus

Virat Kohli of India celebrates after reaching his century during the One Day International match between India and Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval on February 28, 2012 in Hobart, Australia.India's Virat Kohli plays a shot during their Tri-series one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval in Hobart February 28, 2012.India's Gautam Gambhir plays a shot during their Tri-series one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval in Hobart February 28, 2012.India's Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during their Tri-series one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval in Hobart February 28, 2012.

Yaarukku Theriyum Tamil Movie Preview

It is a regular formula that universally most of the movie contributes on one hero-heroine-villain concept. To ultimately change such a concept was the sunrise of the movie yarukku theriyum. The film casting 7 characters, makes sure that they do not identify each other. Even the fans would find it typical to assume who are the characters in the beginning. Such characterisations, dramatisations and twists carry forward the movie. Director Ganesan Kamaraj is student of Director Bagyaraj. Bagyaraj ties a knot in the climax and he reveals the knot only through his screenplay. So as the same is in this movie, the screenplay in the beginning does not forecast on characterisation. The last scenes reveals the knots and brings out the thrill of the movie. The director has kept up such speed ups and twists in the movie. Making it out after the sunset, the entire movie is shot after 6pm. The American standard time was to be followed by the crew throughout the shoot. Some actors had to work in other few movies during their day time and work with this movie in the night time. This shows their strive to work for this movie, sometimes with loss of sleep which an incomparable task.

Nishanth, Dilip, Achutha, Harish Raja, Sanjana, Kalabavan Mani and jayaprakash are casting, making this movie the most thrilled one. This could happen to be a trend-setter movie for first time in Tamil film industry. Given importance to the story, The yaruku theriyum movie is planned to be released in 3 languages including tamil. Mahesh K Dev with three cameras has done a legible cinematography. After the making of tamil padam music composer Kannan has given an entry to this movie. The stunts have been out by Super subbaraayan, Art direction by BL DEva, Line producer Krishnamurthy have been taking cares respectively. Producer Sridhar speaks”When Ganeshan Kamaraj said the story to me I marked 13 places to plunge my quest. But in the last 15 minutes of the movie, screenplay by the director had the answers of its own way. Fans watching this movie would be enthralled with the same feel. Yarukku theriyum will a full feast to the fans.”