Hi folks! Just getting an early jump here on tonight’s “biggest party in Hollywood.” Everyone will be there and so will some of the folks in the third row. We’ll be updating the list below live, to reflect the announcement of the winners as they happen. We’ll also be Tweeting all night with thoughts and observations. If you’re not already there, be sure to follow us at twitter.com/rowthree.
The awards will be broadcast live on NBC at 5 PM PST and 8 PM EST and we’ll be set to begin shortly thereafter. Here is a refresher on all of the nominees and remember to stop back here tonight for live coverage and plenty of commentary in the comments section. Hope to see you there!
MOVIES
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up in the Air
BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie and Julia
Nine
BEST DIRECTOR
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Matt Damon, The Informant
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Walz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
BEST SCREENPLAY
District 9, Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
It’s Complicated, Nancy Meyers
Up in the Air, Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Michael Giacchino, Up
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
Karen O., Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are
BEST SONG
“Cinema Italiano” — Nine
– - Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
“I Want to Come Home” — Everybody’s Fine
– - Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
“I Will See You” — Avatar
– - Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen
– - Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell
“The Weary Kind (Them from Crazy Heart)” — Crazy Heart
– - Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
“Winter” — Brothers
– - Music by: U2
– - Lyrics by: Bono
TELEVISION
BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA
“Big Love”
“Dexter”
“House”
“Mad Men”
“True Blood”
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
“30 Rock”
“Entourage”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”
“The Office”
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Glenn Close, “Damages”
January Jones, “Mad Men”
Julianna Marguiles, “The Good Wife”
Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”
Bill Paxton, “Big Love”
BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carrell, “The Office”
David Duchovny, “Californication”
Thomas Jane, “Hung”
Matthew Morrison, “Glee”
BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Courtney Cox, “Cougar Town”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Lea Michelle, “Glee”
Toni Collette, “United States of Tara”
BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Georgia O’Keefer (Lifetime)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
Into the Storm (HBO)
Little Dorrit (PBS)
Taking Chance (HBO)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Joan Allen, “Georgia O’Keefe”
Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”
Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens”
Anna Paquin, “The Courageous Heart of Irena”
Sendler”
Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers for Bobby”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance”
Kenneth Branagh, “Wallander: One Step Behind”
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Endgame”
Brendan Gleeson, “Into the Storm”
Jeremy Irons, “Georgia O’Keefe”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jane Adams, “Hung”
Rose Byrne “Damages”
Jane Lynch, “Glee”
Janet McTeer, “Into the Storm”
Chloe Sevigny, “Big Love”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Emerson, “LOST”
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
William Hurt, “Damages”
John Lithgow, “Dexter”
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”
CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Martin Scorsese
predictions for fun’s sake (movies only)
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Up in the Air
BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Julie and Julia
BEST DIRECTOR
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Colin Firth, A Single Man
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Walz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Broken Embraces (Spain)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air, Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Michael Giacchino, Up
BEST SONG
“Winter” — Brothers
– – Music by: U2
– – Lyrics by: Bono
No George Clooney Best Actor for Golden Globes, Goon? I thought those awards were all about the star-fucking.
They’re also Euroslanted which is why I think Firth is getting the nod
We all know about the HFPA, we all know about how useless they are and how just about any douche can vote, you don’t need to preach to the choir this year Kurt
I’m watching because Ricky Gervais is there and I actually like awards shows in general so long as I’m watching with other people.
Now someone get on board and challenge me in guessing
my guesses…
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Hurt Locker
BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Julie and Julia
BEST DIRECTOR
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, An Education
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Walz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Broken Embraces (Spain)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
James Horner, Avatar
BEST SONG
“I Want to Come Home” — Everybody’s Fine
– – Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
– – Lyrics by: Bono
The songs, I have NO idea. Also this category is a toss-up: BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Hurt Locker
BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Julie and Julia
BEST DIRECTOR
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Cloony
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Sandy Bullock
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Joseph Gordon Levitt
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Walz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
anna kendriks
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Broken Embraces (Spain)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Hurt Locker
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Michael Giacchino, Up
BEST SONG
The Song everyone hates from Avatar
Not who should win, but what WILL win.
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Hurt Locker
BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
(500) Days of Summer
BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, An Education
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt Damon, The Informant!
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Walz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Broken Embraces (Spain)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
James Horner, Avatar
BEST SONG
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart
Best Drama – THE HURT LOCKER
Best Director – Q.TARANTINO
Best Comedy – NINE
Best Drama Actor – G.CLOONEY
Best Comedy Actor – M.DAMON
Best Drama Actress – C.MULLIGAN
Best Comedy Actress – M.STREEP
Best Support Actor – C.WALTZ
Best Support Actress – MO’NIQUE
Best Screenplay – Q.TARANTINO
Best Foriegn Film – THE WHITE RIBBON
Best Animated Film – UP
Best Score – MARVIN HAMLISCH
Best Song – T BONE BURNETT
this predictions are a split between likely choices and personal choices, of course i’d love to see Almodovar & Tarantino to win best-pciture awards, but i’m haven’t seen white ribbon or up in the air, at least till tomorrow, if Ricky plugs his new movie he can suck my 150km/h slaty balls.
since there’s no prize or anything I’m hoping people will grade their own papers and submit later so we can see who has their pulse on the strange whims of the HFPA
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Up in the Air
BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
(500) Days of Summer
BEST DIRECTOR
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, An Education
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Walz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Broken Embraces (Spain)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Karen O., Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are
BEST SONG
“The Weary Kind (Them from Crazy Heart)” — Crazy Heart
That’s embarrassing. Do these commentators do ANY research before interviewing these stars?
Ricky Gervais is killing it tonight. Brilliant.
Anyone else really love Up in the Air?
It struck a cord with me.
Definitely. It was between that and Basterds for my favorite movie of the year. It really struck a chord indeed.
Andrew – it’s KATHRYN Bigelow
someone needs to tell drew barrymore than its just a golden globe
she was able to squeeze in the fact the things in the world are more important but that lasted a half second.
I assume that is her first award for anything.
I am maybe in a cynical mood today but I find it wrong that they keep talking about making donations to Haiti but its always going to NBC.com to do so, not quite that selfless.
yeah weird i mean on other snl shows they give teh red cross number
Freddy Prince Jr is on 24
so in other words, i can keep watching this stupid awards show
following the av club live blog and they are hilarously mad about Cameron and Hangover winning. i laugh at their pain.
they are uberpandering this year
Standing O for The Dude! Nice.
because of mccartney earlier whenever anyone acts like they’re high, say “i think they’ve been watching cartoons”
so everyone who didnt put avatar on their oscar contest thing is screwed
pretty meh choices overall, esp. Sandra Bullock. guh.
best moment of the night was the sweet burn on Mel Gibson
for the most part: epic fail.
Best part of the evening? Ricky Gervais.
Well, that was possibly the most disappointing awards show I’ve ever seen. I’m scared to watch the Oscars now.
Good wins – Christoph Waltz, The White Ribbon, Up (though I would’ve loved for one of the stop-motion films to have won, just because), Up in the Air’s screenplay (though I wouldn’t have been as excited if I’d known at that point it was a consolation prize), Mad Men, Glee…actually, I wasn’t too upset with most the TV wins. It was the film side that was jacked up.
I’m just glad I had enough DVR delay I didn’t have to watch Sandra Bullock’s speech.
Ricky Gervais was great, though. Next time I vote we just have three hours of Gervais standup instead of the actual awards.
Oh, also, was Michael Stuhlbarg seriously the only nomination for A Serious Man in ANY category? That’s a fail already before they even started picking winners.
Slept through the awards (bloody time zones). Avatar as best picture!? Now I enjoyed the film, but come on…
The rest of the awards are very predictable, so I’m glad I didn’t stay up to see it!
Good Lord. This is why I hate the Globes. I didn’t watch, but reading the winners is not a good way for me to start my day.
I think Avatar will win for Best Picture at the Oscars just because the industry needs that kind of film, that makes people flock to the theaters and makes something that undercuts the pirating problem.
and truthfully, I am fine with that. In the universe of the Academy they have done far worse.
agree with Goon, the highlight was Gervais’ intro to Mel Gibson.
That and “You can’t buy a Golden Globe… well, officially. But if you COULD, the man you would buy is HFPA prez, Philip Burke.” and than Burke comes out shortly after.
In your face snobs.
Golden globes has a better track record than the Oscars, Babel, Mickey Rourke, and I doubt Oscar will pull one back by awarding Inglorious Basterds,, it will probably pick a worse movie than Avatar.
“Well, that was possibly the most disappointing awards show I’ve ever seen.”
Aren’t they all?
Did anyone see the look on Tarantino’s face when he lost? Thought process:
“Whoa whoa whoa. Wha? I feel like Derek Zoolander at the VH1 fashion show here. I thought I made a pretty good movie. I had a fun and interesting story. Mine was just as fantastical (some might argue more fantastical than Avatar). The only difference, well not the only difference, is that mine actually made sense. Oh yeah and I actually was there directing my film and my actors. I didn’t have a bunch of artists do it for me. And I seem to remember actually writing out a script with some great dialogue and fascinating characters and interactions (all by hand I might add). And my actors did something really novel in my movie… they acted. This is total bullshit. I’m outta here.”
If Avatar wins best picture at the Oscars… I don’t know. I might actually stop caring (why I still care after last year is beyond me). I know people didn’t like Crash, Gump or Titanic or whatever, but c’mon. Because a movie uses neat effects… that’s the standard now? All you have to do is have the best CGI and you win? Story, acting and directing mean nothing (although if you’re the HFP apparently Cameron was the best director of the year)? I’m actually laughing as I type that. At least those movies had some semblance of interest. I have yet to hear a review from a competent person that said that Avatar really had much other than a “bang, zing” factor. Titanic and Gump had wonderful performances, good relationships, used effects that were, believe it or not, EFFECTive. This has got to be the worst win of all time.
I’ll stop ranting about it now… until the podcast of course.
I would say you are in a minority with that sentiment Andrew. A film this big will of course have backlash, but the critics and the people seem to largely love Avatar, that rarely happens. Once you accept that Oscar winners are chosen solely on hypothetical value of what seems like its relevant to canonize, not at all dealing with personal affect, than it seems like an obvious choice.
I am expecting even with ten nominations none of them will reflect my top ten, I just don’t think the Oscars are about choosing the best films, they are relying more on second-hand assumption of cultural relevance.
“I would say you are in a minority with that sentiment Andrew.”
Well, yes and no. I know people liked Avatar; many really loved it. But most of those people would agree that it’s not the best movie of the year and probably not even their favorite. Hell, I admitted to even liking Avatar. So my vote on Rot Tomatoes, if I had one, would be fresh as well.
BUT, you can’t go by the fresh rating. Look at the average SCORE on Rot Tom, which is 7.4 = about 3.5/5. So this is the best movie of the year? The one that most critics kinda liked? So be it.
looked up Rotten Tomatoes, top critics have Avatar at 94%! tomatometer at 82%. if this is a popularity contest, than it just makes sense.
Pretty unbelievable. That’s all I have to say.
“If Avatar wins best picture at the Oscars… I don’t know. I might actually stop caring”
Kind of a cliche, don’t you think?
Maybe Rusty, but true. I’ve always cared about the Oscars. I like the spectacle and the showmanship and I like trying to predict who will win. If I know all I have to do on my ballot is mark off the movie that cost the most to make, then I’m kind of done with it.
“Because a movie uses neat effects… that’s the standard now?”
As opposed to? What was the previous standard?
Andrew, you’ve too heavily bought into the marketing of the Oscars being the world championship of filmmaking, and now you can’t shake it in your adulthood. It’s not an authority, it is only arrogance that makes them name their awards “Best”.
“If Avatar wins best picture at the Oscars… I don’t know. I might actually stop caring (why I still care after last year is beyond me).”
I think lots of things are beyond you, especially yourself.
“As opposed to? What was the previous standard?”
I think the previous standard, though still flawed and working its way towards the middle, at least still cared about things like acting and storyline and general quality in all aspects of the film. Now, a person can debate those things and not everyone is going to like every aspect of every movie or every winner that is awarded, but in general, most people can agree that while they may not have liked a certain movie, they can appreciate what went into and all of the aspects that made people like it.
With Avatar, I read very little to support this. Almost every review I read/heard said the exact same thing: “I was swept up with the awesome visuals, it looked great and I had a blast. But the story and acting and dialogue was kind of lackluster.” So yeah, this was never the standard before.
As to your last comment: congratulations on continuing your reputation in the online movie world. I think you’re right however. There are LOTS of things that are beyond me.
“I just don’t think the Oscars are about choosing the best films, they are relying more on second-hand assumption of cultural relevance.”
I cant believe I’m saying this, but listen to Rot. He gets it.
“I’ve always cared about the Oscars. I like the spectacle and the showmanship and I like trying to predict who will win.”
Hey, that’s what I like about the Oscars too. None of that has anything to do with them picking the best movies, which they’ve never done.
And I think when you look back you’ll admit that the gap of depth and performance between Avatar and Gump is not that great. Gump is very “on the nose”.
And both Gump and Avatar are insanely popular because for whatever reason their stories really hit home with audiences. Probably because of their simplicity, and also their ambition.
Just accept that it’s a silly award and go back to enjoying it guilt free; is this guy’s advice.
And somehow I still think Hurt Locker’s gonna win. I’m too much of an optomist to predict award shows.
p.s. RDJ’s speech was a highlight. Is there a more charming guy in Hollywood (other than Clooney, of course)? And Ricky was a great host.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2811820/Boom-in-Avatar-names-for-kiddies.html
ugh.
What can I say Andrew, you consistently bring it out in me. Being right justifies being harsh however.
I think Avatar is a way better movie than The Hurt Locker, and just about as deep.
If the fault with Avatar is that it isn’t deep enough to win awards, what about The Departed, Crash, No Country for Old Men, Slumdog Millionaire, Braveheart?
I hope Avatar wins just to stick it to you stuck americans, not even celebrating when you justify your budgets.
*stuck up
Totally forgot about RDJ. His speech was awesome. “I’m not thanking anybody. I earned this. This was all me.”
I don’t think a movie has to be “deep” to be good. But it should be compelling and it should excel in as many aspects as possible. From what I can tell, Avatar excels at one thing and one thing only: looking neat-o.
And I didn’t think it was harsh at all Henrik. It’s the one thing you’ve said I agree with. There are lots of things that are beyond me. LOTS. Anyone who claims otherwise about themselves is a liar.
Let us look at the Golden Globe Best Drama to Best Picture Oscars since Titanic came out. The first one I list will be the GG winner, the second will be the Oscar winner.
2009: Avatar, ?
2008: Slumdog Millionaire, Slumdog Millionaire
2007: Atonement, No Country for Old Men
2006: Babel, The Departed
2005: Brokeback Mountain, Crash
2004: The Aviator, Million Dollar Baby
2003: Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings
2002: The Hours, Chicago
2001: A Beautiful Mind, A Beautiful Mind
2000: Gladiator, Gladiator
1999: American Beauty, American Beauty
1998: Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love
1997: Titanic, Titanic
Interesting.
50% consistency rating. Interesting indeed. Meanwhile the critics choice awards are at 80% consistency with the Oscars over the past ten years.
Ahem, Aviator?
Sorry it had to be said…
It’s been changed – ignore me
Speaking of the critics, I think you’re wrong about the previous comment on Avatar’s average ratings. Look at metacritic which actually takes scores into account rather than the ridiculous ‘fresh’ rating from RT. On Metacritic it gets 84 which doesn’t sound high, but for an average rating it’s very impressive and is in the top 20 of the year http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/ .
There are very few oscar contenders that rate higher. Hurt Locker did get a crazily high 94 though.
Saying that, I agree that I don’t think Avatar deserves to win best picture, but I’m not against other people thinking so.
I see two vastly superior movies winning at GG and losing at Oscars on that list (The Hours & Babel) and none going the other way, but what is interesting about it? The consistency rating?
From Ebert’s twitter:
“All hail “Avatar,” yes, but the year’s best picture? Give me a f–king break.”
The way I see it… it’s just a TV show. So who freakin cares all that much who wins?
I do for some reason. I like to see movies/actors/crew that I like get recognized. Hopefully more people will go see those films then so that they get the box office they deserve. I’m not a huge proponent of Hurt Locker, but main stream movie goers would LOVE it! Too bad no one bothered. $16 million world wide. Avatar about 13 gazillion. So sad.
I like awards. People watch movies that win awards. I like good movies to win awards.
Agreed. I still watch the Oscars every year even though I have to stay up all night and go to work with no sleep the next day. Yes, they often pick the wrong films and the ceremony is crazily overlong, but I enjoy shouting at the screen in frustration as much as cheering when something deserving wins an award.