83d Annual Academy Awards
The Winners:
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening (The Kids are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan) – WINNER
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) – WINNER
James Franco (127 Hours)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale (The Fighter) – WINNER
John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter) – WINNER
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3 – WINNER
Best Documentary Short Subject
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More – WINNER
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
Best Short Film (Animated)
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing – WINNER
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love – WINNER
Na Wewe
Wish 143
Achievement in Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland – WINNER
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception – WINNER
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
Achievement in Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland – WINNER
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
Achievement in Directing
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) – WINNER
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Best Documentary Feature
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job – WINNER
Restrepo
Waste Land
Achievement in Makeup
Barney’s Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman – WINNER
Achievement in Film Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network – WINNER
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark) – WINNER
Incendies (Canada)
Hors la Loi (Algeria)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network – WINNER
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from Country Strong
“I See the Light” from Tangled
“If I Rise” from 127 Hours
“We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 – WINNER
Achievement in Sound Editing
Inception – WINNER
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Inception – WINNER
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
Achievement in Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
Inception – WINNER
Iron Man 2
Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours (Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle)
The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin) – WINNER
Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini)
Original Screenplay
Another Year (Mike Leigh)
The Fighter (Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy)
Inception (Christopher Nolan)
The Kids are All Right (Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko)
The King’s Speech (David Seidler) – WINNER
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Black Swan wins big at Spirit Awards

“Black Swan” has been named best picture at the Independent Spirit Awards.
Darren Aronofsky picked up the Spirit Award for best director of “Black Swan.”
James Franco and Natalie Portman, meanwhile, won for best actors for “127 Hours” and “Black Swan” respectively.
Dale Dickey and John Hawkes won the supporting categories for “Winter’s Bone.” 
Franco was the only Spirits nominee also up for an Oscar in the category. He topped Ronald Bronstein for “Daddy Longlegs,” Aaron Eckhart for “Rabbit Hole,” John C. Reilly for “Cyrus,” and Ben Stiller for “Greenberg.”
Eligibility for the awards, conducted by Film Independent, is limited to US films made for under $20 million. “The King’s Speech” won the foreign language trophy — the only category in which it was eligible.
The 26th annual awards show returned to its usual spot in a beachside tent in Santa Monica amid chilly winds.
“Exit Through the Gift Shop” took the documentary award with Thierry Guetta accepting on behalf of the mysterious Banksy.
“Get Low” won the first feature for director Aaron Schneider and producers David Gundlach and Dean Zanuck.
Lena Dunham won the best first screenplay award for drama-comedy “Tiny Furniture” and thanked her parents. “I feel very lucky to have been born to my two best friends,” she said.
Matthew Libatique won the cinematography trophy for “Black Swan.”
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Art Directors honor production designers
‘Speech,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘Swan’ get top kudos
“The King’s Speech’s” production designer Eve Stewart and a.d. Leon McCarthy won for their period pic.
“The King’s Speech” and production designer Eve Stewart won in the period film category, besting “True Grit,” “Shutter Island,” “Robin Hood” and “Get Low.”
The fantasy film field was led by “Inception” and production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas. Pic pulled ahead of “Alice in Wonderland,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, “Tron: Legacy” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”
“Black Swan” and production designer Therese DePrez copped the trophy in the contemporary film category, beating “The Social Network,” “The Fighter,” “The Town” and “127 Hours.”
Host Paula Poundstone kept the proceedings lively with the same caustic, audience-baiting humor she brought to the event last year.
In television, kudos went to Lifetime movie “Secrets in the Walls,” ABC’s “Modern Family,” NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” (which won for the first time after 36 years of broadcasts) and the “82nd annual Academy Awards” telecast.
The Dos Equis spot “Ice Fishing” won in the commercial/music video category.
David Lynch introduced ADG lifetime achievement honoree Patricia Norris, who was his production designer on such projects as “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks.”
“You’re always directing,” Norris told Lynch after he tried to adjust the trophy in front of her as she was about to start her speech.
Vfx artists Bill Taylor and Syd Dutton received ADG’s Cinematic Imagery Award. The duo co-founded Illusion Arts, which recently ended a 26-year run that encompassed nearly 200 films
Three pioneering production designers — Alexander Golitizen, Albert Heschong and Eugene Lourie — were inducted posthumously into ADG’s Hall of Fame. Their combined opus includes such classic works as “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Playhouse 90″ and “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
By PETER CARANICAS
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The SAG Awards, like most of the ceremonies in this awards season, didn’t deliver too many surprises. The few unexpected moments that did arise mostly involved an 89-year-old woman and Natalie Portman’s use of a semi-profane word.
MOTION PICTURE
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: The King’s Speech
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Boardwalk Empire
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Modern Family
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83rd ANNUAL OSCAR NOMINATIONS
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” 
Best Direction
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”
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” 

Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for “Toy Story 3″
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”
Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”
Animated Feature
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3″
Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
“Inception”: Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
Cinematography
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
“Inception”: Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen
“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins
Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love”: Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres
Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”
Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
Film Editing
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“In a Better World”: Denmark
“Incendies”: Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria
Makeup
“Barney’s Version”: Adrien Morot
“The Way Back”: Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”: A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”: Bastien Dubois
Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“God of Love”: Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe”: Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Sound Editing
“Inception”: Richard King
“Toy Story 3″: Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Mixing
“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King’s Speech”: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Visual Effects
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2″: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
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