British Academy Award Nominations Couldn't Care Less About The British [Awards]
As we navigate the jaded doldrums of mid-awards season, let's pause a moment to give the BAFTAs some credit for spiking its 2008 awards nominations with some counterintuitive, even self-loathing surprise.Sure, Slumdog Millionairecoasted to 11 nods, sharing the lead with fellow Best Picture and Director nominee Benjamin Button, and sure, The Reader is shockingly well-represented with nominations for Picture, Actress and Director. (Kate Winslet is also nominated for Revolutionary Road.) But the trade-off is t

'Slumdog Millionaire And 'Benjamin Button' Lead The British BAFTAs With 11 Nominations Each
The BAFTAnominations are in. They're obviously the equivalent of the British Oscars, if you happen to be living under a rock. Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" and David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" lead the nominees with eleven nods each. The British love their own, expect Boyle to sweep, but as one astute commenter reminds us, "If the British love their own, where is Sally Hawkins?" Hmm, indeed. Consider her a major snub. "The Dark Knight" was also snubbed in the major categories outs

BAFTA predictions
The BAFTA nominations drop tomorrow, and while I hardly covered myself in glory with my

Golden Globes winner Sally Hawkins to Meryl Streep: Yes, Meryl, I'm happy now!
Poor Hawkins -- she's been underestimated throughout awards season. Early in the derby, most of our Buzzmeter pundits didn't include her in their five contenders for best actress at the Oscars , but she ploughed through the precursor awards, snatching up laurels from the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics. Now the Golden Globe.

Golden Globes Winner List and Heath Ledger picks up an award for best supporting actor!
The late Heath Ledger won the award for best supporting actor at the 66th annual Golden Globe Awards this past Sunday.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association celebrated Ledger posthumously for his explosive and volatile portrayal of the psychotic Joker in The Dark Knight.I'm sad to say that the award came almost a year after Ledger's death from an accidental overdose January 22 2008 in New York.The film's director, Christopher Nolan, accepted the award on behalf of Ledger, while those at the ceremony stood

Sally Hawkins Needs to Eat!
It’s not a mystery why Happy-Go-Lucky star Sally Hawkins said she felt like she might faint when she accepted her Golden Globe award

Heath Ledger Triumphs Golden Globe
Is a one step closer for the Oscar! Although Heath Ledger is no longer be with us, his acting legacy left something that is definitely memorable. The late actor was named as a Golden Globe winner, as best supporting dramatic actor for his role as the Joker in the superhero movie The Dark Knight. The award was [...]

THE GOLDEN GLOBES WINNERS AND PHOTOS
****FASHION RULES ATTHE GOLDEN GLOBES ****Eva Longoria ParkerLaurence Fishburne And Gina Torres Heidi KlumRita Wilson And Tom HanksAshton Kutcher And Demi Moore Zach Efron And Vanessa Hudgens Kate Winslet And Leonardo DiCaprio Miley CyrusJessica Lange And Drew Barrymore Maggie GyllenhaalCameron DiazBrad Pitt And Angelina JolieMickey RourkeBeyonce KnowlesChristina ApplegateDavid DuchovnyMadeleine MartinTaraji P. HensonJonathan Rhys MeyersOlivia WildeJennifer MorrisonMario LopezRicky Gervais And Jane FallonHo

66th GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS
MOTION PICTURES:Picture, Drama: "Slumdog Millionaire."Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Vicky Christina Barcelona."Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler."Actress, Drama: Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road."Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire."Actor, Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell, "In Bruges."Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky."Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight."Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, "The Reader."Foreign Language Film: "Waltz With Bashir."Animated

"Happy-Go-Lucky"s Sally Hawkins gets Oscar buzz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Sally Hawkins is relatively unknown in the United States but an acclaimed role in British director Mike Leigh's new film may find her on Hollywood's red carpets this awards season, a prospect she calls "gob-smacking." The London-born Hawkins, 32, has been gaining Oscar buzz from critics for her role as Poppy -- a jokey, infectiously optimistic schoolteacher in Leigh's touching comedy "Happy-Go-Lucky" that is released in the United States on Friday. Earlier this y

Sally Hawkins gets Oscar buzz
Actress Sally Hawkins is relatively unknown in the United States but an acclaimed role in British director Mike Leigh's new film may find her on Hollywood's red carpets this awards season, a prospect she calls "gob-smacking." The London-born Hawkins, 32, has been gaining Oscar buzz from critics for her role as Poppy -- a jokey, infectiously optimistic schoolteacher in Leigh's touching comedy "Happy-Go-Lucky" that is released in the United States on Friday. Earlier this year she won the best actress award f

"Happy-Go-Lucky"s Sally Hawkins gets Oscar buzz - Reuters
Actress Sally Hawkins is relatively unknown in the United States but an acclaimed role in British director Mike Leigh's new film may find her on Hollywood's red carpets this awards season, a prospect she calls "gob-smacking."

"Happy-Go-Lucky"s Sally Hawkins gets Oscar buzz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Sally Hawkins is relatively unknown in the United States but an acclaimed role in British director Mike Leigh's new film may find her on Hollywood's red carpets this awards season, a prospect she calls "gob-smacking." The London-born Hawkins, 32, has been gaining Oscar buzz from critics for her role as Poppy -- a jokey, infectiously optimistic schoolteacher in Leigh's touching comedy "Happy-Go-Lucky" that is released in the United States on Friday. Earlier this y

Sally Hawkins Surrounded In Oscar Buzz
The Oscar buzz around Sally Hawkins is steadily growing for her role in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky.The actress stars as Poppy, a life-loving irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher who is optimistic and accepting.The film, which is about to get it's release in America, has done well so far on the festival circuit creating at buzz at last month's Toronto, where all the Oscar talk began. Comment on this Article Winning over the critics the actress did win the Silver bear for Best Actress for the r

Golden Globe Winners
Good morning B&U’rs. It’s been a hectic, cold one around Brooklyn, but I’m here now with your obligatory list of Golden Globe winners… BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie - Changeling Meryl Streep - Doubt Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long Kate Winslet - Revolutionar

Sally Hawkins Surrounded In Oscar Buzz
The Oscar buzz around Sally Hawkins is steadily growing for her role in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky.The actress stars as Poppy, a life-loving irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher who is optimistic and accepting.The film, which is about to get it's release in America, has done well so far on the festival circuit creating at buzz at last month's Toronto, where all the Oscar talk began. Comment on this Article Winning over the critics the actress did win the Silver bear for Best Actress for the r

The 2009 Golden Globe Winners
Film: Best Motion Picture-Drama: Slumdog Millionaire Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama: Kate Winslet- Revolutionary Road Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama: Mickey Rourke- The Wrestler Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins-Happy Go Lucky Best Performance by an Actor [...]

Golden Globe Award Winners
Andy Hunsaker, Fancast Movies Kate Winslet has pulled off an amazing feat - after receiving no Golden Globes or Academy Awards throughout her amazing career, she pulls off two wins in one night, winning Best Actress for Revolutionary Road and Best Supporting Actress for The Reader. Slumdog Millionaire took the Best Drama prize, as well as Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score, and The Wrestler earned awards for Bruce Springsteen and Mickey Rourke, not to mention Heath Ledger's posthumou

Golden Globes: Feeling the love
As I curled on the couch in the wee small hours of the morning, watching last night’s Golden Globes telecast with only a hot toddy and a handful of chatty IC commenters for company, it occurred to me that I was hearing any awful lot of one word as the evening unfolded. And that word [...]

66th Annual Golden Globes Winners
No commentary, no witty remarks, just the complete list of winners at Sunday's 66th annual Golden Globes. MOTION PICTURES:

2009 Golden Globes Awards Winners
Complete list of Winners:MOTION PICTURES:

Oscar Predictions: Ours and Yours
The Golden Globes have been handed out, and the last of Oscar ballots are to be postmarked by today. So, that’s it, the nominations for the 81st Academy Awards are being figured out as we speak, and campaigning is over until the official contenders are announced on January 22. Hopefully a few Academy members took notice of our unlikely last-minute suggestions , but it’s more probable that we’ll be looking at an unsurprising crop of films represented in the major eight categories. As you&#

The 2009 Golden Globes: My Take
I've polled you on your opinions on this year's Golden Globe winners, now I'm rounding up some of my thoughts on the whole shebang. . . Christopher Nolan's speech accepting the award for Heath Ledger was moving and sweet without being too much. He talked about "a hole ripped in the future of cinema" when Ledger died, but that for anyone who worked with him or even saw his performances, "he will be eternally missed but never forgotten."Watching Sally Hawkins stumble her way through her acceptance speech was

US critics wild for ‘Happy’
Wow. I was expecting a warm Stateside reception for Mike Leigh’s “Happy-Go-Lucky,” but even so, this is exceptional. For those who place stock in such things, the film’s Metacritic score is sitting at 82, but more importantly, some top critics have fallen hard for this one. If the film’s awards hopes seemed to be slipping oh-so-slightly following a respectable but slightly muted festival showing last month, these reviews should give it a second wind. Sally Hawkins, in particul

Mike Leigh could lead Hawkins to Oscar
Director Mike Leigh has a knack for putting relatively unknown British actresses into Academy Awards contention, as he did with “Secrets & Lies” and “Vera Drake.”His latest find is Sally Hawkins, who co-starred in “Vera Drake” and Leigh’s “All or Nothing” and now delivers an enchanting lead performance in “Happy-Go-Lucky,” the director’s charmer about a woman whose unshakable faith in the world is put to the test.The role earned Hawkins the best-actress honor at February’s Berl