Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus opens on Christmas Day, which is fitting since its star Heath Ledger now lives in an enchanted castle with Jesus.  I’m honestly not sure if this is even a new trailer because it seems like I’ve already posted 10 of these and the opening’s still a few months away.  It’s received mostly mixed reviews in its festival screenings, but I’ve always tended to like Terry Gilliam movies more than the critical consensus — rare for a prick like me.  And you can tell this one’s going to be really impressive because the epic opera gasp choir gets quite the workout.  I’d like to borrow them as my personal background music.  They could build to a crescendo right when I took my pants off, that way it’d really drive home the point that when the girl sees my weiner, she’s witnessing something miraculous, like the birth of a unicorn.

Also: does anyone else think it’s a big tease to have one of the big lines in the trailer be “Nothing is permanent, not even death.”?  It makes you expect the screen to lift up and there’s Heath Ledger on the stage, riding a white pony and holding sparklers in both hands.  They should look into that. I mean talk about a publicity stunt.

[via Yahoo/CHUD]

Below you can watch the first full-length trailer for Heath Ledger’s last film, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.  Be it 12 Monkeys or Fear and Loathing, I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Terry Gilliam. But even Gilliam might have outdone himself in whacked out story this time, with three different actors (Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell) taking over for Heath Ledger after his date with the giant pile of sleeping pills in the sky. Official synopsis:

Many centuries ago, Dr. Parnassus [Christopher Plummer] won immortality in a bet that found the malevolent Mr. Nick coming up short. While few would be foolish enough to try their luck against the powers of darkness a second time, Dr. Parnassus did precisely that — this time trading his mortality for youth on the understanding that his firstborn would become the property of Mr. Nick [Tom Waits] when the child reaches his or her 16th birthday. Flash-forward to the present day, and Dr. Parnassus’ daughter, Valentina, is about to celebrate her sweet sixteen. Dr. Parnassus is desperate to save his little girl from her fiery fate, and when Mr. Nick arrives to collect, the good doctor presents the Prince of Darkness with a wager too enticing to refuse: Dr. Parnassus and Mr. Nick will each compete to seduce five souls, with possession of Valentina going to whomever manages to complete the task first. [Yahoo UK via QuietEarth]

In related news, R. Kelly wants to know where he can get a piece of this immortality-in-exchange-for-a-16-year-old-you-love deal.  “I get immortality and replace a girlfriend once she gets too old?  What’s the catch!” 

Also, if R. Kelly made a deal with the devil, would the contract be signed in blood or urine?  Discuss.

Here’s the Modest Mouse video for “King Rat” directed by Heath Ledger.  I believe it’s best described as “In Soviet Russia, whale harpoon YOU.”  Harpooning starts around the 3 min. mark.

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So the Oscars, aka the Super Bowl for Gays happened last night.  I’ll try to combine all the thrilling action into one post:

- Mickey Rourke wore a necklace with a picture of his dear departed dog on it.  Aww, won’t someone adopt him?  He may not be housebroken, but he’s freakin’ adorable!

- Sean Penn beat Rourke for Best Actor in one the few awards I had any interest in.  I’d rather have seen shark tooth win (Sean Penn is a great actor, but everything about Milk was just so… expected), but at least it wasn’t like he got beat by someone totally undeserving, like Halle Berry, or that hack Meryl Streep.

- Kate Winslet won Best Actress for The Reader, making this the last time you’ll hear anything about The Reader.  Let’s see: main character who looks like he has Downs, protagonists who read poetry and take baths, ahck-tores viss fake jer-man ack saints… gosh, I haven’t been so excited to see something since The Hours!  Cross-eyed cats > Dyslexic Nazis.

- Slumdog Millionaire won everything ever. At this point I’m tired of pointing out that it wasn’t good.  If I wanted to watch people I don’t give a shit about fall in love I’d eat at the Olive Garden.  Or another sentence that would actually make sense. Tell ya one thing though, Danny Boyle’s daughter’s tits should’ve won something.

- Host Hugh Jackman danced and sang in that weird vibrato that only theater people have.  The opening number was okay, but his medley with Beyonce, Zac Efron, and the Mamma Mia people was so bad that when he gave Baz Luhrmann the credit for writing it, Baz practically hid underneath his seat.  But the important thing is that lots of people paid attention to Hugh Jackman.  “Hey, everyone, look what I can do!”

- Reese Witherspoon won the ugliest dress award. Hiiid-eeee-ouuuuuth…

- That list of “leaked winners” didn’t last one award.  Hope you didn’t bet the farm.  [FULL LIST OF WINNERS BELOW]

BEST PICTURE
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films
Production, Christian Colson, producer

LEAD ACTOR
Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)

LEAD ACTRESS
Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Departures” — Japan (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film
Partners production

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein
Company) [didn't like the movie, but she did great job]

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black for “Milk” (Focus Features) [In Bruges was robbed]

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) [of all the awards this movie won, this one was the one it least deserved.  Here, I'll give you a sample of the brilliant writing: "Latika!" In fact, that's two thirds of the movie.]

ANIMATED FEATURE
Andrew Stanton for “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) [Also had better writing than Milk]

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Kunio Kato for “La Maison en Petits Cubes” (A Robot
Communications Production) [Never saw it, but his "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto" acceptance speech was the highlight of the night.]

ART DIRECTION
Donald Graham Burt for art direction and Victor J. Zolfo
for set decoration on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
(Paramount and Warner Bros)

COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O’Connor for “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage,
Pathe and BBC Films) [Come on, Academy, don't encourage them. Winning an award for costumes was the only reason they made this movie.]

MAKEUP
Greg Cannom for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
(Paramount and Warner Bros)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox
Searchlight) [I'm torn on this one. The movie definitely looked pretty, but I'm also really sick of the "Oh my God, everything's tilted!" trend in cinematography.  Congratulations, you're arty, now can you hold the goddamned camera straight, please?]

LIVE ACTION SHORT FIRM
Jochen Alexander Freydank for “Spielzeugland (Toyland)”, a
Mephisto Film production

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
James Marsh and Simon Chinn for “Man on Wire” (Magnolia
Pictures) A Wall to Wall production [Gonzo not being nominated is a crime, but at least Encounters didn't win.]

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Megan Mylan for “Smile Pinki”, a Principle production [weird, I thought Smile Pink was something way different…}

VISUAL EFFECTS
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron for
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner
Bros)

SOUND EDITING
Richard King for “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros)

SOUND MIXING
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty for “Slumdog
Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

FILM EDITING
Chris Dickens for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

ORIGINAL SCORE
A.R. Rahman for “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

ORIGINAL SONG
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight),
music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar

A no-name blog has posted a cryptic list of what it says are the leaked winners of the 2009 Oscars.  Its validity seems slightly doubtful considering the ballots were due at 5 pm Tuesday and the post went up only an hour after that (seems like they’d take longer than that to count, no?).  But then again, the Academy are nothing if not predictable old farts, so most of these are still probably a pretty good bet.  Here they are:

Actor in a leading role: Mickey Rourke [Yay!]
Actor in a supporting role: Heath Ledger [Duh]
Actress in a leading role: Kate Winslet [Meh?]
Actress in a supporting role: Amy Adams [Sure, why not]
Animated Feature Film: WALL•E [f-ck, I thought Bolt had it locked up]
Art Direction: The Dark Knight
Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Directing: Slumdog Millionaire
Documentary feature: Man on Wire
Documentary short: The Conscience of Nhem En
Film editing: Milk
Foreign language film: Departures
Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Music (Score): Defiance
Music (Song): Down to Earth (WALL•E)
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire [Duh. Ugh.]
Short film (animated): Presto
Short film (live action): Auf Der Strecke (On The Line)
Sound editing: WALL•E
Sound mixing: The Dark Knight
Visual effects: Iron Man
Writing (Adapted screenplay): The Reader
Writing (Original screenplay): In Bruges

I know, I know, it’s just not the same without Hugh Jackman singing a gay song about them. Speaking of gay, the super secret list of presenters is rumored to include Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Dominic Cooper [ed note: I have no idea who that is], Amanda Seyfried, Beyoncé, and some say, Miley Cyrus.  Hooray for half-assed plans to attract younger viewers!  Shit, why not just get John Cena to host and call it the People’s Choice Awards?  And the best kill sequence set to Limp Bizkit goes to: Saw XVIII…

[thanks to Spout with the assist]

The British Academy Awards, the BAFTAs, happened over the weekend, and that slick Hollywood fluff piece (set in India!) Slumdog Millionaire took best picture.  When I heard, I got so angry that I immediately looked at pictures of Emma Watson and imagined what she’d look like naked and with bigger boobs.  She’s really pretty.  She’s like the little sister I never boned.  Elsewhere, Heath Ledger locked up the award for being dead and Mickey Rourke wore a fashion scarf.  So, pretty much business as usual.

Rourke took home Best Actor, and upon being asked how he was able to so convincingly portray aging wrestler Randy the Ram, Rourke called out Chris Jericho, snorted a line, and invited the interviewer to a “fireman party”. (full list of winners and Mickey Rourke’s acceptance speech after the jump)

BEST FILM
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson [Boo!]
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
FROST/NIXON – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
MILK – Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
THE READER – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
MAN ON WIRE – Simon Chinn, James Marsh
HUNGER – Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch, Steve McQueen, Enda Walsh
IN BRUGES – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh [Robbed!]
MAMMA MIA! – Judy Craymer, Gary Goetzman, Phyllida Lloyd, Catherine Johnson [Nominated!]
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
STEVE McQUEEN (Director/Writer) – Hunger [not that Steve McQueen]
SIMON CHINN (Producer) – Man On Wire
JUDY CRAYMER (Producer) – Mamma Mia!
GARTH JENNINGS (Writer) – Son of Rambow
SOLON PAPADOPOULOS, ROY BOULTER (Producers) – Of Time And The City

DIRECTOR
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Danny Boyle
CHANGELING – Clint Eastwood [I blame the gooks!]
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – David Fincher
FROST/NIXON – Ron Howard
THE READER – Stephen Daldry

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
IN BRUGES – Martin McDonagh [Yay!]
BURN AFTER READING – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
CHANGELING – Joe Michael Straczynski
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Philippe Claudel
MILK – Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Simon Beaufoy [Boo!]
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON – Peter Morgan
THE READER – David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD – Justin Haythe

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG – Yves Marmion, Philippe Claudel
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX – Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel
GOMORRAH – Domenico Procacci, Matteo Garrone
PERSEPOLIS – Marc-Antoine Robert, Xavier Rigault, Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Yael Nahlieli, Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM
WALL•E – Andrew Stanton [Yay!]
PERSEPOLIS – Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
WALTZ WITH BASHIR – Ari Folman

LEADING ACTOR
MICKEY ROURKE – The Wrestler [Yay!]
FRANK LANGELLA – Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL – Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN – Milk
BRAD PITT – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

LEADING ACTRESS
KATE WINSLET – The Reader [Good thing that cunt Kate Winslet didn't win!]
ANGELINA JOLIE – Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS – I’ve Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP – Doubt
KATE WINSLET – Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
HEATH LEDGER – The Dark Knight [RIP!]
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. – Tropic Thunder [Robbed!]
BRENDAN GLEESON – In Bruges [Fat!]
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Doubt [Probably really good like he always is!]
BRAD PITT – Burn After Reading [Underrated!]

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
PENÉLOPE CRUZ – Vicky Cristina Barcelona [Eh!]
AMY ADAMS – Doubt
FREIDA PINTO – Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON – Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI – The Wrestler [Nice boobs!]

MUSIC
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A. R. Rahman
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Alexandre Desplat
THE DARK KNIGHT – Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
MAMMA MIA! – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
WALL•E – Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Anthony Dod Mantle
CHANGELING – Tom Stern
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Claudio Miranda
THE DARK KNIGHT – Wally Pfister
THE READER – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

Legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz took a series of photographs of some of this year’s actor/director pairings for the latest Vanity Fair.  You can see why she’s legendary, because she’s managed to TAKE PICTURES of CELEBRITIES in front of a GREY WALL.  How does she do it?  This kind of genius doesn’t come naturally. She may have sold her soul to the devil.  Or bathed in the blood of Christian babies. In fact, I think I read that somewhere.

There were 21 infants in the creche and six supervisors. All of the victims were stabbed in the throat or head. Parents gathered in the Dendermonde town hall and, with psychologists in support, identified the victims using photographs. Nine children escaped unharmed. Three of the creche’s child care workers were injured as they tried to fend off the attacker.

“There was blood everywhere, it was unbelievable, real carnage. He went straight for the babies and attacked them. The smallest ones were in their beds, they were probably asleep.”

After the attack, the man calmly left on his bicycle. Police sealed off all local schools as panic spread throughout the town.

The knifeman was pursued by a police helicopter and arrested in a nearby supermarket still in possession of the weapon used in the attack.

“You can’t imagine what we saw at that time. The babies were hurt not in the arms, not in the legs, not in the stomach, always the head or the neck. It is something you don’t forget.” [Telegraph]

The man has since been identified as Kim de Gelder, who some say may have been inspired by the anniversary of Heath Ledger’s death.

The Australian actor died of a drug overdose on Jan 22, 2008, a year and a day before the suspect is accused of carrying out the attack after painting his face white, blackening his eyes and either colouring his hair red or wearing a red wig. Mr De Gelder has been variously described by former workmates as a “film freak” and “movie addict”.

The young man, who lived his whole life within three miles of the family home has emerged as a troubled loner.

“His nickname was Satan,” said one former schoolmate.

What a coincidence, that’s my dog’s name!  Or so he tells me, anyway.

Neighbours who knew Mr De Gelder’s parents described their son Kim, one of two children, as “someone who lived alone in his own world”.

“He was sometimes seen chattering away to himself,” said one.

“He was local but he was a stranger to everyone here. He was a loner who shunned contact with others.”

Staff recalled how he would often bring in a packed lunch consisting only of raw broccoli.

His landlord, speaking anonymously, described a young man with “no hobbies, no social life and no friends”.

He was pale “as if he never saw the sun”, he added. [Telegraph]

Jesus.  Well I think it’s clear that what we have here is a case of a goth kid.  As we all know, the best way to handle a goth kid is with a strict zero tolerance policy.  At the first sign of black fingernails or lip piercings, begin teasing mercilessly.  Knock him down, pants him, steal his magic cards, throw rocks at him, give him tittie twisters and call him “faggot”; anything to dissuade him from this dangerous lifestyle.  And if he ever stands up to you, you have to get right in his chubby face and say stuff like, “Oh yeah?  What are you going to do about it?” and shove him into a corner.  The key is to make them feel as small and powerless as possible.

Best Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor, Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon, Sean Penn, Milk, Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Really?], Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married, Angelina Jolie, Changeling, Melissa Leo, Frozen River, Meryl Streep, Doubt, Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk, Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt, Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight, Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Doubt, Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Viola Davis, Doubt, Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire, Stephen Daldry, The Reader, David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon, Gus Van Sant, Milk  [MORE CATEGORIES AFTER THE JUMP…}

Wow.  Nice to see Mickey Rourke on there, but The Wrestler is a hell of a lot better than any of their best picture nominees.  Frost/Nixon?  Milk?  The Reader?  Is this an award for great filmmaking or the IMPORTANT STORY FROM HISTORY award?  And I’m sure you’ll all notice the Dark Knight snub.  Even if you don’t think it deserves a best picture nomination (I’m on the fence, myself), Chris Nolan still deserves a best director nod (this dismissive wank is for you, Ron Howard).  It’s much harder to make a believable movie about Batman than it is to make yet another holocaust masturbation.  Do they realize what they’ve done? They’ve made us bored.  With THE HOLOCAUST.  At some point, they may have to recruit some members of the Academy who aren’t a million years old.  Just a thought.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
Wall-E

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth–The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley–Doubt
Peter Morgan–Frost/Nixon
David Hare–The Reader
Simon Beaufoy–Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Cinematography
Tom Stern Changeling
Claudio Miranda The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister The Dark Knight
Roger Deakins, Chris Menges The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle Slumdog Millionaire

Editing
Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith The Dark Knight
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill Frost/Nixon
Elliot Graham Milk
Chris Dickens Slumdog Millionaire

Art Direction
James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis Changeling
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando The Dark Knight
Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway The Duchess
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt Revolutionary Road

Costume Design
Catherine Martin Australia
Jacqueline West The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Michael O’Connor The Duchess
Danny Glicker Milk
Albert Wolsky Revolutionary Road

Best documentary feature
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
“Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
“The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
“Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
“Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject
“The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
“The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
“Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
“The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Best foreign language film of the year
“The Baader Meinhof Complex”, Germany
“The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), France
“Departures” (Regent Releasing), Japan
“Revanche” (Janus Films),  Austria
“Waltz with Bashir”, Israel

Achievement in makeup
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat
“Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
“Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
“O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam

Best animated short film
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
“Lavatory – Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
“Oktapodi” (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
“Presto” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
“This Way Up”, A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes Best live action short film
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
“Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
“New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
“The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
“Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
“Wanted” (Universal),Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
“Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
“Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Fingers crossed, Bolt!  This just might be your year!

That I searched for Golden Globes pictures and the first thing that popped up was a shot of the Jonas Mannequins should tell you just about all you need to know about this retarded farce.  In other news, Katie Holmes is looking really bad these days.

List of winners after the jump, plus, see Demi Moore present Heath Ledger’s Best Supporting Actor award to Chris Nolan.  Such a surprise that Ledger won.  Took a lot courage to pick him over Tom Cruise in a fatsuit, I bet. Also, if anyone could tell me what the hell’s going on here that’d be great.

Best Motion Picture – Drama
* Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
* Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sean Penn – Milk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
* Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Colin Farrell – In Bruges
Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
James Franco – Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
* Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Posthumous)
Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
* Kate Winslet – The Reader
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Best Director – Motion Picture
* Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
* Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth
Doubt – John Patrick Shanley
The Reader – David Hare

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
* “The Wrestler” – The Wrestler
“I Thought I Lost You” – Bolt
“Once in a Lifetime” – Cadillac Records
“Gran Torino” – Gran Torino
“Down to Earth” – WALL-E

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
* Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
Changeling – Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
Defiance – James Newton Howard
Frost/Nixon – Hans Zimmer

Best Foreign Language Film
* Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) • Israel
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)- Germany
Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) –Sweden
Gomorrah (Gomorra) — Italy
I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime)_- France

Best Animated Feature Film
* WALL-E
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda

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