Sunday, March 20, 2011

MY First Annual Television Programming Award Nominees

Lately you might have noticed my blog is short of reviews, Well I'm switching from a Film Review oriented blog and more onto an Award Blog for all sorts of Multimedia including Movies, TV Shows, Video Games, and Music!

To Kick things off, here are the 2010-2011 Annual Television Show Waddie Nominees

1st Annual Television Waddie Nominees

Best Television Drama
Chuck
Community
How I Met Your Mother
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Modern Family
The Office

Best Television Musical or Comedy
Breaking Bad
Burn Notice
Dexter
House
Mad Men
Supernatural

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeffrey Donovan, Burn Notice
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Zachary Levi, Chuck
Joel McHale, Community
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Josh Radnor, How I Met Your Mother

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Drama
Nina Dobrev, The Vampire Diaries
Regina King, SouthLAnd
Julianne Margulies, The Good Wife
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Anna Paquin, True Blood
Anna Torv, Fringe

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Musical or Comedy
Courtney Cox, Cougar Town
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Lauren Graham, Parenthood
Amy Poheler, Parks and Recreation
Yvonne Strhovski, Chuck
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role of a Television Drama
Jon Bernthal, The Walking Dead
Bruce Campbell, Burn Notice
Benjamin McKenzie, SouthLAnd
Ron Perlman, Sons of Anarchy
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Michael Pitt, Boardwalk Empire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role of a Television Musical or Comedy
Chris Colfer, Glee
Donald Glover, Community
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Danny Pudi, Community
Jason Segel, How I Met Your Mother
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role of a Television Drama
Sarah Wayne Callies, The Walking Dead
Lisa Edelstein, House
January Jones, Mad Men
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role of a Television Musical or Comedy
Alison Brie, Community
Alyson Hannigan, How I Met Your Mother
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Jane Lynch, Glee
Lea Michele, Glee
Christa Miller, Cougar Town

Best Voice Acting in an Animated Series
H. Jon Benjamin, Archer
Mike Henry, The Cleveland Show
Tom Kenny, Spongebob Squarepants
Seth Macfarlane, Family Guy
Jeremy Shada, Adventure Time
Jessica Walter, Archer

Best Animated Television Series
Adventure Time
Archer
Family Guy
The Simpsons
South Park

Best Reality Television Series
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Jersey Shore
Keeping Up With the Kardashians
So You Think You Can Dance?
Top Chef



















Tuesday, March 8, 2011

MARCH MADNESS: Hulu's Best in Show Predictions

http://www.hulu.com/bestinshow/0/2

Here is where you can see the March Madness-esque competition between current Television Shows. I am going to make my predictions now, one round in.

I predict semi-finalists Modern Family and Dexter will square off in the end with Dexter being ultimately the leader.


WEEK 2
Community vs. The Simpsons
Winner: Community

Vampire Diaries vs. The Office
Winner: The Office

Supernatural vs. Chuck
Winner: Chuck

Modern Family vs. Always Sunny in Philidelphiaa
Winner: Modern Family

House vs. Breaking Bad
Winner: House

Mad Men vs. Burn Notice
Winner: Mad Men

Glee vs. Dexter
Winner: Dexter

Parenthood vs. How I Met Your Mother
Winner: How I Met Your Mother



WEEK 3

Community vs. The Office
Winner: Community

Chuck vs. Modern Family
Winner: Modern Family

House vs. Mad Men
Winner: House

Dexter vs. How I Met Your Mother
Winner: Dexter


WEEK 4

Community vs. Modern Family
Winner: Modern Family

House vs. Dexter
Winner: Dexter

FINALS
Modern Family vs. Dexter
Winner: Dexter

Sunday, February 27, 2011

MY FINAL Oscar Predictions (2011)

PICTURe
WILL WIN: The Social Network (Changed during Oscars 10:49PM)
COULD WIN: The King's Speech
POTENTIAL UPSET: (Between the Two)

ACTOR
WILL WIN: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
COULD WIN: N/A
POTENTIAL UPSET: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

ACTRESS
WILL WIN: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
COULD WIN: Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right
POTENTIAL UPSET: N/A

SUPPORTING ACTOR
WILL WIN: Christian Bale, The Fighter
COULD WIN: Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
POTENTIAL UPSET: N/A

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WILL WIN: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
COULD WIN: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
POTENTIAL UPSET: Helena Boham Carter, The King’s Speech

DIRECTOR
WILL WIN: David Fincher, The Social Network
COULD WIN: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
POTENTIAL UPSET: N/A

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WILL WIN: The King’s Speech
COULD WIN: N/A
POTENTIAL UPSET: Inception

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WILL WIN: The Social Network
COULD WIN: N/A
POTENTIAL UPSET: True Grit

EDITING
WILL WIN: The Social Network
COULD WIN: The King’s Speech
POTENTIAL UPSET: The Fighter


CINEMATOGRAPHY
WILL WIN: True Grit
COULD WIN: Inception
POTENTIAL UPSET: The King’s Speech

ART DIRECTION
WILL WIN: The King’s Speech
COULD WIN: Alice in Wonderland
POTENTIAL UPSET: Inception

SOUND MIXING
WILL WIN: Inception
COULD WIN: The King’s Speech
POTENTIAL UPSET: The Social Network

SOUND EDITING
WILL WIN: Inception
COULD WIN: N/A
POTENTIAL UPSET: Toy Story 3

COSTUME DESIGN
WILL WIN: The King’s Speech
COULD WIN: Alice in Wonderland
POTENTIAL UPSET: True Grit

ORIGINAL SCORE
WILL WIN: Reznor/Ross, The Social Network
COULD WIN: Desplat, The King’s Speech
POTENTIAL UPSET: Zimmer, Inception

FOREIGN FILM
WILL WIN: Incedies
COULD WIN: In a Better World
POTENTIAL UPSET: Biutiful

DOCUMENTARY
WILL WIN: Inside Job
COULD WIN: Exit Through the Gift Shop
POTENTIAL UPSET: The Waste Land

ANIMATED
WILL WIN: Toy Story 3
COULD WIN: N/A
POTENTIAL UPSET: N/A


VISUAL EFFECTS
WILL WIN: Inception
COULD WIN: N/A
POTENTIAL UPSET: N/A

MAKEUP
WILL WIN: The Wolfman
COULD WIN: N/A
POTENTIAL UPSET: Barney’s Version

SONG
WILL WIN: We Belong Together, Toy Story 3
COULD WIN: If I Rise, 127 Hours
POTENTIAL UPSET: I See The Light, Tangled

LIVE ACTION SHORT
WILL WIN: Wish 143
COULD WIN: Na Wewe
POTENTIAL UPSET: N/A

ANIMATED SHORT
WILL WIN: Day and Night
COULD WIN: Madagascar, cernet de voyage
POTENTIAL UPSET: The Gruffalo

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
WILL WIN: Poster Girl
COULD WIN: Strangers No More
POTENTIAL UPSET: Killing in the Name

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

My Predictions: How I scored Predicting the Oscars.

BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
The Town (X)
Toy Story 3
True Grit


9/10    90%
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception (X)
David O. Russell, The Fighter


4/5  80%
BEST ACTOR
Robert Duvall, Get Low (X)
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine (X)


3/5 60%
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine


5/5  100%
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network (X)
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech


4/5  80%
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Boham Carter, The King's Speech
Mila Kunis, Black Swan (X)
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit


4/5 80%
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone


5/5  100%
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Swan (X)
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech


4/5  80%
ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3


3/3   100%
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer  (X)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
The Tillman Story (X)
Waiting for Superman (X)


2/5  40%
ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan (X)
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit


4/5  80%
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit


5/5  100%
FILM EDITING
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception (X)
The King's Speech
The Social Network


4/5  80%
COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque (X)
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit


4/5  80%
MAKEUP
Alice in Wonderland (X)
The Way Back
The Wolfman


2/3  66.66666%
ORIGINAL SCORE
127 Hours (AR Rahman)
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Inception (Hans Zimmer)
The King's Speech (Alexandre Desplat)
The Social Network (Trent Reznor/ Atticus Ross)


5/5  100%
ORIGINAL SONG
127 Hours "If I Rise"
Burlesque "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" (X)
Tangled "I See the Light"
Toy Story 3 "We Belong Together"
Waiting for Superman "Shine" (X)


3/4  75%
SOUND EDITING
Black Swan (X)
How to Train Your Dragon (X)
Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy


3/5  
SOUND MIXING
Black Swan (X)
Inception
The Social Network
Tron: Legacy (X)
True Grit


3/5  60%
VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Inception
Tron: Legacy (X)


2/5  40%
FOREIGN FILM
Biutiful
In a Better World
Incendies
Life, Above All (X)
Outside the Law


4/5  80%




100/110
91%


YAY!

Monday, January 24, 2011

MY FINAL Oscar Predictions

Here is the big moment. Oscar Nominees will be announced early Tuesday Morning. Time for my final solid predictions.

BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter

BEST ACTOR
Robert Duvall, Get Low
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Boham Carter, The King's Speech
Mila Kunis, Black Swan
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech

ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
The Tillman Story
Waiting for Superman

ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

FILM EDITING
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network

COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

MAKEUP
Alice in Wonderland
The Way Back
The Wolfman

ORIGINAL SCORE
127 Hours (AR Rahman)
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Inception (Hans Zimmer)
The King's Speech (Alexandre Desplat)
The Social Network (Trent Reznor/ Atticus Ross)

ORIGINAL SONG
127 Hours "If I Rise"
Burlesque "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"
Tangled "I See the Light"
Toy Story 3 "We Belong Together"
Waiting for Superman "Shine"

SOUND EDITING
Black Swan
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy

SOUND MIXING
Black Swan
Inception
The Social Network
Tron: Legacy
True Grit

VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Inception
Tron: Legacy

FOREIGN FILM
Biutiful
In a Better World
Incendies
Life, Above All
Outside the Law

Sunday, January 16, 2011

FINAL Golden Globe Predictions

Golden Globes are in a few hours, SO LETS DO THIS!

BEST PICTURE DRAMA
Winner: The Social Network
Alternate: The King's Speech

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Winner: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Alternate: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Winner: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Alternate: James Franco, 127 Hours

BEST PICTURE COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Winner: The Kids are All Right
Alternate: Alice in Wonderland (Unfortunately)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Winner: Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right
Alternate: Angelina Jolie, The Tourist (Unfortunately)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Winner: Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland (Unfortunately)
Alternate: Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Alternate: Helena Boham Carter, The King's Speech

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Alternate: Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Toy Story 3
Alternate: How to Train Your Dragon

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Biutiful
Alternate: I Am Love

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: David Fincher, The Social Network
Alternate: Christopher Nolan, Inception

BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: The Social Network
Alternate: The Kids are All Right

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Winner: Hans Zimmer, Inception
Alternate: Trent Reznor/ Atticus Ross, The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Winner: "I See the Light", Tangled
Alternate: "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me", Burlesque

BEST TELEVISION DRAMA
Winner: Boardwalk Empire
Alternate: Mad Men

BEST ACTRESS IN TELEVISON DRAMA
Winner: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Alternate: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Winner: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Alternate: John Hamm, Mad Men

BEST TELEVISION SERIES MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Winner: Glee
Alternate: Modern Family

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Winner: Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Alternate: Lea Michele, Glee

BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Winner: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Alternate: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

BEST MINISERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TV
Winner: The Pacific
Alternate: Carlos

BEST ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES, or TV MOVIE
Winner: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Alternate: Judi Dench, Return To Cranford

BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Winner: Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Alterante: Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES/ MOVIE/ OR MINISERIES
Winner: Jane Lynch, Glee
Alternate: Hope Davis, The Special Relationship

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV SERIES/MOVIE/OR MINISERIES
Winner: Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Alternate: David Strathairn, Temple Grandin