Archive for the '80th Annual Academy Awards' Category

Daniel Day-Lewis Knighted by Dame Helen Mirren with 2008 Oscar Golden Men

Daniel Day-Lewis Hot Career Report: Daniel accepts Oscar Golden Men from Dame Helen Mirren
Daniel Day-Lewis was ‘knighted’ by Dame Helen Mirren as he was named Best Actor at this year’s Oscars, for his performance in reflective drama There Will Be Blood.
The 50-year-old star knelt before Mirren, who was named last year’s Best Actress for her [...]

Daniel Day-Lewis Almost has a Heartbreak with 2008 Oscar Awards

Daniel Day-Lewis focus: Daniel Day-Lewis Almost has a Heartbreak with 2008 Oscar Awards
Daniel Day-Lewis made an unusual point in his Oscar acceptance speech. As a recruit to the select band of eight to have won two Oscars for best actor, his remarks on cinema should be worth hearing.
Watch the Oscars speech: Daniel Day-Lewis
His speech paid [...]

Only if 2008 Oscars becomes more predictable or Decisive

80th Academy Awards Continued: 2008 Oscars becomes more predictable or Decisive?
Iflove News Agency: No Country for Old Men won, as expected. Daniel Day-Lewis triumphed, as anticipated. The Coen Brothers won for directing, as predicted.
There have always been favorites and underdogs at the Academy Awards, but Oscar prognostication has become robust business and an increasingly calibrated [...]

2008 Oscars 80th annual awards draw low TV ratings and enrage Hollywood Night

2008 Oscars Continued: 80th Academy Awards annual draw low TV ratings and enrage Hollywood Night
Iflove News Agency Video: Films about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to U.S. television viewers as this year’s Oscars show hit record low ratings.
The 80th anniversary edition of the Academy [...]

2008 Oscar Winners List - Best Foreign Language Film

2008 Oscar Winners List - Foreign Language Film
And the Oscar Goes to:
The Counterfeiters
Austria
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Thank you very much. There have been some great Austrian filmmakers working here, thinking of Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Otto Preminger, most of them had to leave my country because of the Nazis, so it sort of makes sense [...]

2008 Oscars Winners - Actress in a supporting role

2008 Oscars Winners - Actress in a supporting role
And the Oscar goes to:
Tilda Swinton
Michael Clayton
NOMINATED ROLE
As Karen Crowder, Tilda Swinton plays a ruthless corporate attorney acting on behalf of a company engaged in a multimillion dollar lawsuit.
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Oh, no. Happy birthday, man. I have an American agent who is the spitting image of this. Really [...]

2008 Oscars Winners - Actor in a supporting role

2008 Oscars Winner - Actor in a supporting role
And the Oscar Goes to:
Javier Bardem
No Country for Old Men
NOMINATED ROLE
As Anton Chigurh, Javier Bardem portrays a sociopathic killer on the trail of a young man who has stolen a bag of drug money.
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Wow. Alright, this is very amazing. It’s a great honor for me to [...]

Best Directing Winner - 2008 Oscars - Achievement in Film Directing

2008 Oscars Best Directing Winner - Achievement in Film Directing. And the Oscar goes to:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Coen Brothers
No Country for Old Men
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Ethan Coen:
I don’t have a lot to add to what I said earlier. Thank you.
Joel Coen:
Ethan and I have been making stories with movie cameras since we were kids. In the late [...]

Best Picture Winner - 2008 Oscars - Achievement for the Best Film

2008 Oscars Best Picture Winner - Achievement for the Best Film
No Country for Old Men
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Scott Rudin:
This is an unbelievable honor and a complete surprise. So many people have a part of this, chief among them Cormac McCarthy, who wrote a wonderful book that it was an honor to [...]

Best Actress Winners - 2008 Oscars - Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

2008 Oscars Best Actress Winners - Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. The Best Actress Goes to:
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose
NOMINATED ROLE
Marion Cotillard plays Edith Piaf, the legendary French singer who rose to international fame from her beginnings on the streets of Paris.
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Oh — thank you so much. Olivier, what you did [...]