Os Óscares de esta madrugada

Para 2008, os Óscares ficam marcados por vários matizes:

- o novo modelo de espectáculo, que abandona a simples procissão de apresentadores e vencedores para regressar a um espectáculo que cativa audiências;

- particularmente bem conseguidos os novos modelos de apresentação dos Óscares de actuação, com cinco vencedores prévios a apresentar cada um dos nomeados -- as presenças de Eva Marie Saint para a Melhor Actriz Secundária e Sophia Loren a apresentar Meryl Streep (quem de resto poderia apresentar Meryl Streep, na sua 15ª nomeação e reforço de record? A primeira vencedora por interpretação num idioma que não o inglês seria provavelmente uma das poucas credíveis) foram inspiradas e inspiradoras, bem como os discursos de Shirley MacLaine (sobre Anne Hathaway), Robert de Niro (sobre Sean Penn) e Cuba Gooding, Jr. (sobre Robert Downey, Jr.);

- o regresso do musical, homenagem liderada por um Hugh Jackman em grande forma que utilizou (bem) a sua vasta experiência da Broadway (acompanhado por Beyonce Knowles e outros num medley de prévios vencedores dos Óscares coreografado por Baz Luhrmann);

- a vitória de "Slumdog Millionaire", que com 8 estatuetas assume um palmarés digno de nota, incluindo Melhor Filme, Melhor Realizador e Melhor Argumento Adaptado deverá ter feito sorrir todos os espectadores;

- a surpreendente vitória de Sean Penn, em "Milk", bem como o seu discurso marcadamente político (uma dimensão algo ausente este ano);

- a esperada - e muito gratificante - vitória de Kate Winslet, por "The Reader";

- a vitória póstuma de Heath Ledger em "The Dark Knight" (a segunda vitória póstuma, depois de Peter Finch em "Network" em 1976);

- as poucas surpresas;

- o peso relativo de não-americanos nestas vitórias -- na interpretação, e já como no ano anterior, o domínio de estrangeiros - Penélope Cruz, Heath Ledger e Kate Winslet (com Sean Penn como único americano) - bem como nas demais categorias (indianos, japoneses e ingleses passaram assiduamente pelo palco do Kodak Theatre).

Nomeações para os Óscares

Em resposta a Miss Tolstoi, foram anunciadas as nomeações para os Óscares.

Como são muitas categorias, vou colocar a lista em comentário e limitar-me em post a algumas observações e a listar as principais categorias. Em termos agregados, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" lidera com 13 nomeações, seguido de "Slumdog Millionaire" (com 10), "The Dark Knight" (8) e "Milk" (também 8). Temos um match perfeito entre nomeações para Melhor Filme e para Melhor Realizador (face aos prémios já anunciados, algo inesperado para Gus van Sant, com "Milk"). Entre outras curiosidades, Heath Ledger recebe a esperada nomeação póstuma com "The Dark Knight", Kate Winslet é nomeada apenas por "The Reader" (havia conquistado o Globo de Ouro também com "Revolutionary Road") e surgem apenas três canções candidatas ao Óscar.

Best Picture:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director:
- Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Stephen Daldry for The Reader
- David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
- Gus Van Sant for Milk

Best Actor in a Leading Role:
- Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
- Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn in Milk
- Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

Best Actress in a Leading Role:
- Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie in Changeling
- Melissa Leo in Frozen River
- Meryl Streep in Doubt
- Kate Winslet in The Reader

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Josh Brolin in Milk
- Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
- Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
- Amy Adams in Doubt
- Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis in Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler

Best Adapted Screenplay:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Screenplay:
- Frozen River
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- In Bruges
- Milk
- WALL-E

Os vencedores serão anunciados a 22 de Fevereiro.

Vencedores dos Globos de Ouro

Já são conhecidos os vencedores dos Globos de Ouro: destaques para Kate Winslet que ganha dois prémios, para "Slumdog Millionaire", de Danny Boyle, que arrebata 4 incluindo Melhor Drama e Melhor Realizador, e "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", de Woody Allen, Melhor Comédia ou Musical. Melhor Comédia de Televisão foi para "30 Rock" e Melhor Drama para "Mad Men". Heath Ledger venceu postumamente com "Dark Knight". Mickey Rourke ("Nove Semanas e Meia") ressuscita para vencer em "The Wrestler".

Eis a lista completa:

Cinema

Best film (drama): Slumdog Millionaire
Also nominated: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, Revolutionary Road

Best film (musical or comedy): Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Also nominated: Burn After Reading, Happy-Go-Lucky, In Bruges, Mamma Mia

Best director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Also nominated: Stephen Daldry (The Reader), David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road)

Best actor (drama): Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Also nominated: Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Best actress (drama): Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
Also nominated: Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long), Meryl Streep (Doubt)

Best actor (musical or comedy): Colin Farrell (In Bruges)
Also nominated: Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), James Franco (Pineapple Express), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges), Dustin Hoffman (Last Chance Harvey)

Best actress (musical or comedy): Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Also nominated: Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Frances McDormand (Burn After Reading), Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia), Emma Thompson (Last Chance Harvey)

Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Also nominated: Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder), Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder), Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)

Best supporting actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Also nominated: Amy Adams (Doubt), Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Viola Davis (Doubt), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)

Best foreign language film: Waltz with Bashir
Also nominated: The Baader Meinhof Complex, Gomorrah, I've Loved You So Long

Best animated feature film: Wall-E
Also nominated: Bolt, Kung Fu Panda

Best screenplay: Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Also nominated: David Hare (The Reader), Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon), Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)

Best original song: The Wrestler (The Wrestler)
Also nominated: Down to Earth (Wall-E), Gran Torino (Gran Torino), I Thought I Lost You (Bolt), Once In A Lifetime (Cadillac Records)

Best original score: AR Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
Also nominated: Alexandre Desplat (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Clint Eastwood (Changeling), James Newton Howard (Defiance), Hans Zimmer (Frost/Nixon)

Televisão

Best series (drama): Mad Men
Also nominated: Dexter, House, In Treatment, True Blood

Best series (musical or comedy): 30 Rock
Also nominated: Californication, Entourage, The Office, Weeds

Best mini-series or film made for TV: John Adams
Also nominated: Cranford, Bernard & Doris, A Raisin in the Sun, Recount

Best actor (drama): Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment)
Also nominated: Michael C Hall (Dexter), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Hugh Laurie (House), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors)

Best actor (musical or comedy): Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Also nominated: Steve Carell (The Office), Kevin Connolly (Entourage), David Duchovny (Californication), Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

Best actor (mini-series or film made for TV): Paul Giamatti (John Adams)
Also nominated: Ralph Fiennes (Bernard and Doris), Kevin Spacey (Recount), Kiefer Sutherland (24: Redemption), Tom Wilkinson (Recount)

Best supporting actor (mini-series or film made for TV): Tom Wilkinson (John Adams)
Also nominated: Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met your Mother), Denis Leary (Recount), Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Blair Underwood (In Treatment)

Best actress (drama): Anna Paquin (True Blood)
Also nominated: Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), January Jones (Mad Men), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Best actress (musical or comedy): Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Also nominated: Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Debra Messing (The Starter Wife), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)

Best actress (mini-series or film made for TV): Laura Linney (John Adams)
Also nominated: Judi Dench (Cranford), Catherine Keener (An American Crime), Shirley MacLaine (Coco Chanel), Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris)

Best supporting actress (mini-series or film made for TV): Laura Dern (Recount)
Also nominated: Eileen Atkins (Cranford), Melissa George (In Treatment), Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters), Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)

Globos de Ouro 2009

Foram anunciadas ontem as nomeações para os Globos de Ouro 2009; os eleitos serão anunciados dia 11 de Janeiro.

Curiosamente, na vertente de cinema fala-se mais de quem ficou de fora do que dos nomeados. Ficaram de fora Cate Blanchett por "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Milk" e o seu realizador Gus van Sant, "Australia" em qualquer categoria de relevo. Por outro lado, estão nomeados Heath Ledger por "The Dark Knight". Meryl Streep bateu o record de 22 nomeações de Jack Lemmon - "Mamma Mia!" e "Doubt" conseguiram-lhe a 22ª e a 23ª nomeações para os Globos de Ouro. Como curiosidade, Clint Eastwood está nomeado para melhor banda sonora e melhor canção...

As nomeações em televisão destacaram muitos dos suspeitos do costume, incluindo "Dexter", "Brothers and Sisters", "House", "24", "Californication", "Weeds", a par de coisas novas: "In Treatment" (HBO), "Mad Men", "True Blood" (HBO). Entre os ignorados, "Grey's Anatomy", "Heroes" e "Lost".

Eis a lista de nomeados (em inglês):

Cinema

BEST FEATURE - DRAMA - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Frost/Nixon”, “The Reader”, “Revolutionary Road”, “Slumdog Millionaire”
BEST FEATURE - COMEDY - “Burn After Reading”, “Happy-Go-Lucky”, “In Bruges”, “Mamma Mia!”, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
ACTOR - DRAMA - Leonardo DiCaprio - “Revolutionary Road”; Frank Langella - “Frost/Nixon”, Sean Penn - “Milk”, Brad Pitt - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Mickey Rourke - “The Wrestler”
ACTRESS - DRAMA - Anne Hathaway - “Rachel Getting Married”, Angelina Jolie - “Changeling”, Meryl Streep - “Doubt”, Kristin Scott Thomas - “I’ve Loved You So Long”, Kate Winslet - “Revolutionary Road”
ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL - Javier Bardem - “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, Colin Farrell - “In Bruges”, James Franco - “Pineapple Express”, Brendan Gleeson - “In Bruges”, Dustin Hoffman - “Last Chance Harvey”
ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL - Rebecca Hall - “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, Sally Hawkins - “Happy-Go-Lucky”, Frances McDormand - “Burn After Reading”, Meryl Streep - “Mamma Mia!”, Emma Thompson - “Last Chance Harvey”
SUPPORTING ACTOR - Tom Cruise - “Tropic Thunder”, Robert Downey Jr. - “Tropic Thunder”, Ralph Fiennes - “The Duchess”, Philip Seymour Hoffman - “Doubt”, Heath Ledger - “The Dark Knight”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Amy Adams - “Doubt”, Penelope Cruz - “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, Viola Davis - “Doubt”, Marisa Tomei - “The Wrestler”, Kate Winslet - “The Reader”
BEST DIRECTOR - Danny Boyle - “Slumdog Millionaire”, Stephen Daldry - “The Reader”, David Fincher - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Ron Howard - “Frost/Nixon”, Sam Mendes - “Revolutionary Road”
SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE - Simon Beaufoy - “Slumdog Millionaire”, David Hare - “The Reader”, Peter Morgan - “Frost/Nixon”, Eric Roth - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, John Patrick Shanley - “Doubt”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - “The Baader Meinhof Complex” (Germany), “Everlasting Moments” (Sweden), “Gomorrah” (Italy), “I’ve Loved You So Long” (France), “Waltz with Bashir” (Israel)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - “Bolt”, “Kung Fu Panda”, “Wall-E”
ORIGINAL SCORE - Alexandre Desplat– “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Clint Eastwood — “Changeling”, James Newton Howard — “Defiance”, A.R. Rahman — “Slumdog Millionaire”, Hans Zimmer — “Frost/Nixon”
ORIGINAL SONG - “Down to Earth” — “Wall-E” (Music by Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; Lyrics by Peter Gabriel), “Gran Torino” — “Gran Torino (Music by Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens;Lyrics by Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens), “I Thought I Lost You — “Bolt” (Music & Lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele), “Once in a Lifetime” — “Cadillac Records” (Music & Lyrics by Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street), “The Wrestler” — “The Wrestler” (Music & Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen)

Televisão

TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL - “30 Rock”, “Californication”, “Entourage”, “The Office”, “Weeds”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL - Christina Applegate - “Samantha Who?”, America Ferrera - “Ugly Betty”, Tina Fey - “30 Rock”, Debra Messing - “The Starter Wife”, Mary-Louise Parker - “Weeds”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL - Alec Baldwin - “30 Rock”, Steve Carell - “The Office”, Kevin Connelly - “Entourage”, David Duchovny - “Californication”, Tony Shalhoub - “Monk”
TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA - “Dexter” (Showtime), “House” (Fox), “In Treatment” (HBO), “Mad Men” (AMC), “True Blood” (HBO)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA - Sally Field — “Brothers and Sisters”, Mariska Hargitay — “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”, January Jones — “Mad Men”, Anna Paquin — “True Blood”, Kyra Sedgwick — “The Closer
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA - Gabriel Byrne — “In Treatment”, Michael Hall — “Dexter”, Jon Hamm — “Mad Men”, Hugh Laurie — “House”, Jonathan Rhys Meyers — “The Tudors”
MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION - “A Raisin in the Sun”, “Bernard and Doris”, “Cranford”, “John Adams”, “Recount”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION - Judi Dench — “Cranford”, Catherine Keener — “An American Crime”, Laura Linney — “John Adams”, Shirley Maclaine — “Coco Chanel”, Susan Sarandon — “Bernard and Doris”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION - Ralph Fiennes — “Bernard and Doris”, Paul Giamatti — “John Adams”, Kevin Spacey — “Recount”, Kiefer Sutherland — “24: Redemption”, Tom Wilkinson –”Recount”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION - Eileen Atkins — “Cranford”, Laura Dern — “Recount”, Melissa George — “In Treatment”, Rachel Griffiths — “Brothers and Sisters”, Dianne Wiest — “In Treatment”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION - Neil Patrick Harris — “How I Met Your Mother”, Denis Leary — “Recount”, Jeremy Piven — “Entourage”, Blair Underwood — “In Treatment”, Tom Wilkinson — “John Adams”