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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Full List Of Oscar Nominations For 2011

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:35 AM PST

The Academy Award (informally known as the Oscar) is an award by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world and is televised live in more than 200 countries annually.

It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards (for music), Emmy Awards (for television), and Tony Awards (for theatre) are modeled after the Academy. This is going to be 83rd annual academy award which to held on 27, Feb 2011. It will include nomination for for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Here is the list of nominees below, to help guide you to the 2011 Oscars.

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Picture

  • ‘Black Swan’
  • ‘The Fighter’
  • ‘Inception’
  • ‘The Kids Are All Right’
  • ‘The King’s Speech’
  • ‘127 Hours’
  • ‘The Social Network’
  • ‘Toy Story 3’
  • ‘True Grit’
  • ‘Winter’s Bone’

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Director

  • Darren Aronofsky for ‘Black Swan’
  • Joel Coen and ‘Ethan Coen for True Grit’
  • David Fincher for ‘The Social Network’
  • Tom Hooper for ‘The King’s Speech’
  • David O’Russell for ‘The Fighter’

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Actor

  • Javier Bardem for ‘Biutiful’
  • Jeff Bridges for ‘True Grit’
  • Jesse Eisenberg for ‘The Social Network’
  • Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech’
  • James Franco for ’127 Hours’

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Actress

  • Annette Bening for ‘The Kids Are All Right’
  • Nicole Kidman for ‘Rabbit Hole’
  • Jennifer Lawrence for ‘Winter’s Bone’
  • Natalie Portman for ‘Black Swan’
  • Michelle Williams for ‘Blue Valentine’

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Supporting Actor

  • Christian Bale for ‘The Fighter’
  • John Hawkes for ‘Winter’s Bone’
  • Jeremy Renner for ‘The Town’
  • Mark Ruffalo for ‘The Kids Are All Right’
  • Geoffrey Rush for ‘The King’s Speech’

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Adams for ‘The Fighter’
  • Helena Bonham Carter for ‘The King’s Speech’
  • Melissa Leo for ‘The Fighter’
  • Hailee Steinfeld for ‘True Grit’
  • Jacki Weaver for ‘Animal Kingdom’

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Documentary

  • ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ by Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
  • ‘Gasland’ by Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
  • ‘Inside Job’ by Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  • ‘Restrepo’ by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
  • ‘Waste Land’ by Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Animated Feature

  • ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
  • ‘The Illusionist’
  • ‘Toy Story 3′

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Art Direction

  • Robert Stromberg (Production Design) and Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration) for Alice in Wonderland
  • Stuart Craig (Production Design) and Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
  • Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design) and Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration) for Inception
  • Eve Stewart (Production Design) and Judy Farr (Set Decoration) for The King’s Speech
  • Jess Gonchor (Production Design) and Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) for True Grit

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Cinematography

  • Matthew Libatique for ‘Black Swan’
  • Wally Pfister for ‘Inception’
  • Danny Cohen for ‘The King’s Speech’
  • Jeff Cronenweth for ‘The Social Network’
  • Roger Deakins for ‘True Grit’

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Costume Design

  • Colleen Atwood for ‘Alice in Wonderland’
  • Antonella Cannarozzi for ‘I Am Love’
  • Jenny Beavan for ‘The King’s Speech’
  • Sandy Powell for ‘The Tempest’
  • Mary Zophres for ‘True Grit’

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Documentary Short Subject

  • ‘Killing in the Name’ by Jed Rothstein
  • ‘Poster Girl’ by Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
  • Strangers No More’ by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  • ‘Sun Come Up’ by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
  • The Warriors of Qiugang’ by Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Film Editing

  • ‘Black Swan’ by Andrew Weisblum
  • ‘The Fighter’ by Pamela Martin
  • ‘The King’s Speech’ by Tariq Anwar
  • ‘127 Hours’ by Jon Harris
  • ‘The Social Network’ by Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Foreign Language Film

  • ‘Biutiful’ from Mexico
  • ‘Dogtooth’ from Greece
  • ‘In a Better World’ from Denmark
  • ‘Incendies’ from Canada
  • ‘Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)’ from Algeria

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Makeup

  • ‘Barney’s’ Version by Adrien Morot
  • ‘The Way Back’ by Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  • ‘The Wolfman’ by Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Music (Original Score)

  • ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ by John Powell
  • ‘Inception’ by Hans Zimmer
  • ‘The King’s Speech’ by Alexandre Desplat
  • ‘127 Hours’ by A.R. Rahman
  • ‘The Social Network’ by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Music (Original Song)

  • ‘Country Strong(Coming Home)’ by Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
  • ‘Tangled (I See the Light)’ by Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater
  • ‘127 Hours (If I Rise)’ by Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
  • ‘Toy Story 3 (We Belong Together)’ by Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Short Film (Animated)

  • ‘Day & Night’ by Teddy Newton
  • ‘The Gruffalo’ by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
  • ‘Let’s Pollute’ by Geefwee Boedoe
  • ‘The Lost Thing’ by Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
  • Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)’ by Bastien Dubois

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Short Film (Live Action)

  • ‘The Confession’ by Tanel Toom
  • ‘The Crush’ by Michael Creagh
  • ‘God of Love’ by Luke Matheny
  • ‘Na Wewe’ by Ivan Goldschmidt
  • ‘Wish 143’ by Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Sound Editing

  • ‘Inception’ by Richard King
  • ‘Toy Story 3’ by Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
  • ‘Tron: Legacy’ by Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
  • ‘True Grit’ by Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
  • ‘Unstoppable’ by Mark P. Stoeckinger

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Sound Mixing

  • ‘Inception’ by Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
  • ‘The King’s Speech’ by Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
  • ‘Salt’ by Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
  • ‘The Social Network’ by Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
  • ‘True Grit’ by Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Visual Effects

  • ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
  • ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1’ by Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
  • ‘Hereafter’ by Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
  • ‘Inception’ by Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
  • ‘Iron Man 2’ by Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • ‘127 Hours’ by Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
  • ‘The Social Network’ by Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
  • ‘Toy Story 3’ by Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
  • ‘True Grit’ by Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • ‘Winter’s Bone’ by Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Oscar Nomination 2011 List For Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • ‘Another Year’ Written by Mike Leigh
  • ‘The Fighter’ Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
  • ‘Inception’ Written by Christopher Nolan
  • ‘The Kids Are All Right’ Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
  • ‘The King’s Speech’ Screenplay by David Seidler

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Record & Send Audio Video Greeting Cards For Free

Time is the most precious thing you can give to someone close to you, but if the person is far of then your wishes on special occasions can make them feel you are close to each other. Earlier we use to write letters to give that personal touch but now letter writing is obsolete, So is there any way to keep that personal touch intact.

Here we are offering you some amazing greeting websites which can make you feel personal while whishing your dear once.

BUBBLEJOY

It gives you a medium to send interactive video greetings to your family and friends. It is very easy and fun to create and send greetings by choosing a design for your card as per the occasion as it offers you designs for all the big occasions like Valentines Day, Thanksgiving, Thank You, Christmas, New Year, Birthday and more. After selecting design of your choice now you need to ensure your web cam is ready to record your audio-video message which gives an illusion of your presence to your loved once to whome you send greetings. This service Simply record a video directly using your webcam and eliminates all the time consuming aspects. You can record your video message for one minute and customize your card by adding your custom message and send your same to anyone by sharing the link  to your card.

listen what you write

Do you like reading, if not then we have come up with a set of new websites offers you free service of text to speech. This service helps converting any text document into speech in minutes. It can help from a student to an entrepreneur.

You either upload any document, cut and paste text or link to feeds it will automatically convert all your text data into speech which you can listen immediately or save in your desire format to listen later. It is as easy as it can be and absolutely free to use. The best part using this service is you don’t need to download any software for converting files.

iSpeech

This service is very easy to use, it offers you to read with your ears. Which means you just need to provide the text you wish to read and it will convert the text document into an audio file and provide you the same to listen. It provides you a very simple interface which guides you itself and available to you all the time as there is no software installation required for the same. It offers you some more key feature:
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