The Winners Of The 2011 Academy Awards …

And the winners are …

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)
A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production
Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” (Paramount)
A Relativity Media Production
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. UK Services Production
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production
Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
WINNER: “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production
Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight)
An Hours Production
Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
A Columbia Pictures Production
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney)
A Pixar Production
Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” (Paramount)
A Paramount Pictures Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
A Winter’s Bone Production
Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” (Paramount), David O. Russell
WINNER: “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
“True Grit” (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount)
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
WINNER: Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
James Franco in “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate)
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
WINNER: Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER: Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
Jeremy Renner in “The Town” (Warner Bros.)
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER: Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” (Paramount)
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” (Sony Pictures Classics)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
WINNER: “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
WINNER: “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“How to Train Your Dragon” (Paramount)
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sylvain Chomet
WINNER: “Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney)
Lee Unkrich

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Day & Night”
“The Gruffalo”
“Let’s Pollute”
WINNER: “The Lost Thing”
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
WINNER: “In a Better World” Denmark
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law” (Hors-la-loi) Algeria

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”
WINNER: “Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”

SOUND MIXING
WINNER: “Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“Salt”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”

SOUND EDITING
WINNER: “Inception”
“Toy Story 3”
“Tron: Legacy”
“True Grit”
“Unstoppable”

ORIGINAL SCORE
“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
“Inception” Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech” Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
WINNER: “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

ORIGINAL SONG
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Alan Menken and Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong
WINNER: “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3” Randy Newman.

COSTUME
WINNER: “Alice in Wonderland”
“I Am Love”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Tempest”
“True Grit”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“GasLand”
WINNER: “Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
WINNER: “Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”

ART DIRECTION
WINNER: “Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“True Grit”

FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
WINNER: “The Social Network”

MAKEUP
“Barney’s Version”
“The Way Back”
WINNER: “The Wolfman”

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“The Confession”
“The Crush”
WINNER: “God of Love”
“Na Wewe”
“Wish 143”

VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
“Hereafter”
WINNER: “Inception”
“Iron Man 2”

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Whoopi Goldberg Dissed By New York Times?

When Whoopi Goldberg caught sight of an recent New York Times article discussing the lack of racial diversity among this year’s Academy Award nominees, she naturally expected to see her own name.

But Goldberg, 55, who won an Oscar for her role in 1990’s Ghost, wasn’t mentioned at all in the story – and that smarted.

“I am embarrassed to tell you it hurt me terribly,” Goldberg said on the View Monday. “When you win an Academy Award, that’s part of what you’ve done, your legacy. I will always be Academy Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg, and [I] have been dismissed and erased by the New York Times film critics, who should know better.”

Goldberg went on to list her accomplishments before blasting the critics for “sloppy” work. The article did, however, reference a slew of modern day African American winners, including Halle Berry, Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman, all of whom won the award after 2002.

“Not only am I an Academy Award winner,” she said, pausing to take out her statuette as the audience erupted in cheers and applause. “I have made over 50 films. I have been nominated twice – once for The Color Purple, once for Ghost. And I won for Ghost.”

“This is not hidden information, and to these two critics, who are the head critics of the New York Times … it’s hard not to take it personally,” she continued. “There’s a lot of stuff that people say and do but this is sloppy journalism.”

“People in Somalia know [about my Oscar win],” she continued. “People in China know.”

Later on Monday, a spokesperson for the Times responded to Goldberg’s rant in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. “The error lies with those who are reading the story incorrectly,” the statement reads. “The point of the piece was not to name every black actor or actress who has been awarded an Oscar, it was to draw a comparison between the number who won prior to 2002 (the year Halle Berry and Denzel Washington won) and those who have won since.”

Continues the statement: “And the story states very clearly that in 73 years, prior to 2002, only seven black actors/actresses won Oscars.”

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Gabourey; Toast Of The Vanity Fair Oscar Party. (How Ironic)

“Precious” star Gabourey Sidibe was the toast of Sunday night’s Vanity Fair Oscar party — despite the uproar over her omission from the magazine’s Young Hollywood cover.

Sidibe was feted by host Graydon Carter at Hollywood’s Sunset Towers Hotel, along with Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez, Hilary Swank, Colin Firth, Jane Fonda, Christoph Waltz, Kathryn Bigelow, Lauren Bacall and Morgan Freeman.

The controversial March VF cover featured Carey Mulligan, Kristen Stewart, Amanda Seyfried and several other svelte, white starlets, while stocky Sidibe was shunted to an interview inside.

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

‘PRECIOUS’ WINS!!! Adapted Screenplay & Best Supporting Actress.

Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. This makes Mo’Nique the fifth Black woman to win an Academy Award for acting! She joins the ranks of Hattie McDaniel, Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry and Jennifer Hudson.  Mo’Nique thanked Hattie McDaniel, Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, her BET family, the Academy and said, “First, I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics.”  Congratulations Mo’Nique!

Adapted Screenplay:
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire The first-time an African-American has won this award (third African-American nominated.

Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Animated Feature Film:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Original Song:
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36, Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from Nine, Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Original Screenplay:
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, Up

Documentary Short:
Music by Prudence, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Sound Editing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Cinematography:
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Sound Mixing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Original Score:
Avatar, James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker, Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes, Hans Zimmer
Up, Michael Giacchino

Documentary Feature:
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

Film Editing:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Actor:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Actress:
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia.

Director:
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air.

Best Picture:
Avata
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Mo’Nique Allegedly “RUDE” To Barbara Walters.

Barbara Walters assures us that she and “Precious” star Mo’Nique got along famously during their interview for Walters’ final Oscar special, airing Sunday. But, privately, Babwa is said to be grumbling that their get-together was a horror show.

“Barbara is telling friends that Mo’Nique was one of her most challenging subjects ever,” claims our well-placed informant. “If Barbara needed one more reason to quit the Oscar specials, Mo’Nique gave it to her.”

Walters is said to have first gotten under Mo’Nique’s skin during the actress’ 2006 appearance on “The View,” when the ABC News queen inquired about Mo’s newborn twin boys.

“How are those little creatures?” asked Walters.

“Wait a minute, Barbara, they’re not creatures,” Mo shot back. Walters quickly pronounced the babies “adorable.” Later, she chided her guest: “Remember, you come and go. We stay.”

Now the mistress of her own BET talk show and the front-runner for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, Mo’Nique has become choosy in granting interviews. And when Walters’ producers came calling, she had a few requests.

“She had very specific hair and makeup demands,” says a source. “She also insisted that Barbara fly down to Atlanta. Barbara usually goes to her subject’s home, whether it’s Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts. Mo’Nique wouldn’t let Barbara into her house.”

Mo is also alleged to have treated Walters just slightly better than her brutal character, Mary, treats her daughter in “Precious.”

“She was so disrespectful and dismissive that Barbara’s producer, Bill Geddie, had to step in and ask Mo’Nique’s husband, Sid [Hicks], why Mo was being so rude,” claims the source. “Bill has told people you won’t be seeing Mo on ‘The View’ again soon.”

But Walters insists, “There was nothing about her that was rude.”

“It’s a wonderful, funny interview,” says Walters, who talked with the star about everything from her open marriage to her hairy legs. “She couldn’t have been more open. If you’re not happy, you don’t answer those questions.”

Walters adds that there was nothing unusual about Mo’Nique’s hair and makeup requirements and says, “I can’t remember when we did an interview in someone’s house.”

As for her “creatures” comment: “We were joking that day, and Mo’Nique knows it. She laughed and I laughed. I don’t understand why some people want to make trouble.”

Mo’Nique said through her rep: “Oftentimes we hear things that are far from the truth. Watch the Barbara Walters special and decide for yourself.”

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.

Gabby To Hitch Ride With Oprah To Oscar Ceremony.



At Thursday’s Essence Black Women in Hollywood luncheon, “Precious” star Gabourey Sidibe told People that Oprah, herself, had offered Sidibe a lift to the Academy Awards. “Oprah called me and was like, ‘Hey girl, do you want to ride together?’ ” Sidibe said. “I was like, ‘I got it Oprah, calm down. I don’t want to show up with you. People will think we’re too cool.” Don’t get her wrong. It’s not that the 26-year-old nominee for Best Actress wouldn’t love some alone time with the talk show queen (who’s also the co-producer of “Precious”). She just hasn’t warmed up to sharing the spotlight with the likes of Oprah, just yet. “She’s the only person that I’m continually star-struck by,” Sidibe told People. “When I meet people I get used to them very quickly because everyone seems like a friend because I watch them on TV. But Oprah is the only one I can’t get used to.”

Meanwhile, Oprah is clearly a fan of the rising star, as well. According to NYtimes.com, The Oprah Winfrey Network announced Monday that it has acquired the TV rights to “Precious.”

-“The BklynBandette.” Mr. Hollywood’s Co-Defendant.