From Meryl Streep to Martin Scorsese and awards season juggernaut The Artist , Hollywood’s finest came out in full force Sunday in London for the 2012 BAFTA Awards. ( Get the full list of BAFTA winners here .) Hit the jump to see who dazzled on the red carpet and celebrated backstage at the last big hurrah before the Oscars. Launch the 2012 BAFTA red carpet gallery!
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GALLERY: Meryl Streep, Martin Scorsese and More Hit the 2012 BAFTA Awards
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Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer Argue With Tavis Smiley About “The Help” [Video]
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It’s a brand new day for Viola Davis. The Oscar-nominated actress gives good face on the cover of this week’s L.A. Times Magazine–with a fierce ‘fro! In the interview Davis discusses her long climb to fame and success: “That really is our plight, especially as women of color,” she says. “You can have all the training in the world, come from a respectable background and yet never get that big opportunity that breaks you out—never.” You can read the interview in entirety HERE What say you readers–should Davis consider rocking her natural hair going forward? Or is it back to the wigs and the weaves? Sound off in the comments section below. RELATED POSTS: “The Help” Wins Big at SAG Awards [VIDEO] “The Help” Scores Four Oscar Nominations
“The Help” Star Viola Davis Goes Natural For L.A. Times Mag [PHOTOS]
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The most demoralizing awards season in recent memory continued over the weekend, with the Directors Guild and the Screen Actors Guild handing out their hardware to pretty much everyone you expected to receive it. I’ll factor all this into Oscar Index on Wednesday for a complete-race breakdown, but here are the five basic takeaways worth keeping in mind: 1. The Artist is not coming back. Michel Hazanavicius’s DGA win for Best Director, paired with last weekend’s Producers Guild win for Best Picture, all but cements The Artist ‘s standing as the thoroughbred way, way out in front of the Oscar pack. It isn’t about to slow up, either; the most that the teams behind such films as The Descendants , The Help and Hugo can hope for is that their principals cure cancer this week. And even that might not be enough goodwill to ratchet up their momentum. 2. Michel Hazanavicius/Tom Hooper/Quentin Tarantino are to 2012 what Robert Rodriguez/Kevin Smith/Quentin Tarantino were to 1994. If mellow is what wins, then Harvey Weinstein will give awards voters mellow. He’s about to go two-for-two with this (mostly) new stable of directorial talent, having previously made nominees of Tarantino and (ahem) Stephen Daldry. Next up in 2013, it’s Tarantino again with Django Unchained and Paul Thomas Anderson perhaps giving us back some edge as well with his new one. But mostly just look for Harvey to continue making whatever myths he can in the perennial quest to bolster his own. 3. Bank on Viola Davis. It’s not so much the precursors won — her SAG and Critics Choice awards for Best Actress, for example — that now have her ahead of Meryl Streep in the Oscar race. It’s her extraordinary class and grace and humility in accepting her plaudits — her belief in her work, her colleagues, and the power of what they created. Only the Artist gang has really shown any ability to match that, and thus look for both to be rewarded next month with the majority of the Academy’s top prizes — including… 4. Jean Dujardin should pull through. I don’t know what surveys or rankings some experts were reading that made Dujardin’s SAG win on Sunday an ” upset .” Movieline’s Institute for the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics has had the guy tracking in the lead for two months now , with Clooney only recently pulling even after the Golden Globes. Now Dujardin returns to the solo lead, probably for good. Big deal. 5. The Academy embarrassed itself nominating Glenn Close. I don’t have much outrage left about this year’s Oscar class, but just watching another goddamn tired Albert Nobbs clip and seeing Tilda Swinton’s gracious recognition of her own SAG nomination and thinking about Swinton and Charlize Theron and Kirsten Dunst and Elizabeth Olsen and at least three or four other actresses more worthy of Close’s Oscar nomination and what could have been had me so irretrievably embittered all over again. What a bunch of bozos we’ve built this beat around. Or maybe we’re the bozos. Either way, it’s a waste. 6. It won’t get any better next year. Who’s ready for the great John Hawkes ( The Surrogate )/Daniel Day Lewis ( Lincoln ) battle of 2013? I said, who’s ready — enh, forget it. And for the record, find the complete list of SAG motion picture award winners below. Congrats to all! 18th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RECIPIENTS THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role JEAN DUJARDIN / George – “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Hal – “BEGINNERS” (Focus Features) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture THE HELP (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Hilly Holbrook ALLISON JANNEY / Charlotte Phelan CHRIS LOWELL / Stuart Whitworth AHNA O’REILLY / Elizabeth Leefolt SISSY SPACEK / Missus Walters OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson MARY STEENBURGEN / Elaine Stein EMMA STONE / Skeeter Phelan CICELY TYSON / Constantine Jefferson MIKE VOGEL / Johnny Foote Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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6 Takeaways From the DGA and SAG Awards Weekend
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What, ya didn’t know rapper/personality Ed Lover was a closet cinephile-slash-Oscar pundit? To borrow from the man himself: “C’mon, son!” In a searing video rant over at NextMovie, he reacts to this year’s batch of Oscar nominees and glaring snubs (what, no Drive , Harry Potter , or “Dame Julie Dench?”) and pretty much takes the words out of my mouth. “They had the Academy Award nominations the other day at like 7 o’clock in the damn morning… C’mon, son!” Among the salient points from Lover: – The three nominees of color this year (Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, and Demián Bechir) played minorities in servitude of some sort or another. – “Janet McWho?” – What about Ryan Gosling in Drive ? – “So, Academy: You’ve got 9 mothaf***in’ nominees, and you can’t find room for Harry Potter ?!” Props to NextMovie for this bit of Oscar race brilliance. Ed Lover drops his “C’mon Son” knowledge here . Meanwhile, check out S.T. VanAirsdale’s ongoing Oscar musings in Movieline’s Oscar Index . [ NextMovie ]
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‘C’mon Son!’ — Rapper Ed Lover Blasts Oscar Nominations, Drive and Harry Potter Snubs
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Directors of ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ and ‘A Separation’ also revel in their Academy Awards recognition. By Kara Warner Viola Davis in “The Help” Photo: DreamWorks As Academy Awards nomination day rolls on, so do the excited and deliriously happy reactions from the nominees . You can almost see and feel two-time nominee Viola Davis smiling via her statement. “It’s an honor to be nominated a second time. It is a personal accomplishment and triumph for women and women of color,” Davis said of her Best Actress nomination for “The Help.” “I’m so glad the film has been recognized. It was a labor of love from the moment it was conceived, and it is rewarding to see the impact it is having.” Davis was previously nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in 2008’s “Doubt.” What were the biggest shocks and snubs from this year’s Oscar nominations? Triple-nominee Alexander Payne, who’s up for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on “The Descendants,” took the time to shine the spotlight on his collaborators on the film, particularly his editor and fellow nominee, Kevin Tent. “There’s no denying that Oscar nominations for one’s film are exciting, if only for the joy they give to everyone who worked so hard on the film,” Payne said in a statement. “I’m particularly happy for the recognition of my longtime editor Kevin Tent. He really deserves it.” “I’m deeply honored that the Academy recognized ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ as well as Max von Sydow,” director Stephen Daldry said of the film’s Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor nominations. “The entire team behind our film felt the enormous responsibility in taking on this project, and it is deeply humbling to have the Academy recognize it in this way.” Steven Spielberg also chimed in about nominations for a film he directed (“War Horse”) and one he produced (“The Help”). “I am thrilled with our multiple nominations for ‘The Help’ and ‘War Horse.’ It is the first time that I have experienced two Best Picture nominations in the same year,” Spielberg said in a statement. “One is a high honor. Two is humbling but very exciting. It is a tribute to all those who joined with Stacey Snider and our DreamWorks Studios team to develop and make these two films with stories that we passionately felt we had to make.” Multi-talented writer/director/producer Asghar Farhadi was also very happy to have scored his second Best Foreign Language Film nomination, along with a Best Original Screenplay nod, for the critically acclaimed film “A Separation.” “This is cheerful news for me and for the family of cinema in Iran, specially the nomination for the Best Original Screenplay,” Farhadi said in a statement. “It seems that although people speak different languages around the world … there is one common universal language which everyone understands: The Language of Cinema.” Fun fact about the film’s Best Original Screenplay nomination: It is the first screenplay written in Farsi to receive a writing nod. See the complete list of Oscar Nominations . Related Videos Oscars 2012: And The Nominees Are… Related Photos 2012 Oscar Nominees
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Nominees for the 43rd Annual NAACP Image Awards were announced earlier this afternoon. As expected, The Help leads with nominations for Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer as well as white actresses Emma Stone and Bryce Dallas Howard. The movie is also up for Best Motion Picture and Best Director (Tate Taylor). Indie darling Pariah was also acknowledged with Best Actress noms for Adepero Oduye, Best Supporting Actress for Kim Wayans and Best Supporting Actor for Charles Parnell. Some questionable nominations include Tower Heist for Best Motion Picture as well as a Best Actor nod for Eddie Murphy, and Angelina for Best Director for her wartime drama In The Land of Blood and Honey. The awards ceremony will air February 17th 8 P.M. EST on NBC. Hit the flip for the noms and let us know who you think should win at the 2012 NAACP Image Awards…
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Congratulations: Check Out The Nominations For The 43rd Annual NAACP Image Awards
As yet another incredible season begins to gradually wind down, we’re roughly 48 hours away from one of the year’s most closely watched, hotly competitive high-stakes all-star showdowns to date. But enough about the New York Giants’ journey on Sunday to battle their NFC-rival Green Bay Packers. We’ve got the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards to predict! While Jen Yamato and I invite you to join us Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT for Movieline’s Golden Globe livetweet extravaganza, now’s the time to apply everything you’ve divined through the Oscar Index , our 2012 Golden Globe subplots , your bum knee and/or any other reliable awards barometers you might have at your disposal. We’re focusing on the movie categories only at this time (*: carefully calibrated predictions from Movieline’s Institute For the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics); weigh in with yours in the comments. And we’ll see you back here on Sunday! BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA The Descendants The Help* Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL 50/50 The Artist Bridesmaids* My Week With Marilyn Midnight in Paris BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help * Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA George Clooney, The Descendants * Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Michael Fassbender, Shame Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March Brad Pitt, Moneyball BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jodie Foster, Carnage Charlize Theron, Young Adult Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids * Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn Kate Winslet, Carnage BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jean Dujardin, The Artist Brendan Gleeson, The Guard Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love * Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50 Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Arthur Christmas Cars 2 Puss In Boots Rango * BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Separation (Iran) The Flowers Of War (China) The Kid With The Bike (Belgium) In The Land Of Blood and Honey (USA)* The Skin I Live In (Spain) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer, The Help * Shailene Woodley, The Descendants BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Albert Brooks, Drive Jonah Hill, Moneyball Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method Christopher Plummer, Beginners * BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris * George Clooney, The Ides of March Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, The Descendants Martin Scorsese, Hugo BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE The Artist The Descendants The Ides of March Midnight in Paris* Moneyball BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE Ludovic Bource – The Artist * Abel Korzeniowski – W.E. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Howard Shore – Hugo John Williams – War Horse BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE “Hello Hello” – Gnomeo & Juliet – Elton John “Lay Your Head Down” – Albert Nobbs – Sinead O’Connor “The Living Proof” – The Help – Mary J. Blige “The Keeper” – Machine Gun Preacher – Gerard Butler “Masterpiece” – W.E. – Madonna*
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Lightning Round: Let’s Predict the 2012 Golden Globe Award Winners! (Plus Livetweet Details)
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Viola Davis is the Critics Choice! “The Help” actress scored a win for “Best Actress” last night during the awards ceremony, which was held at the Hollywood Palladium. “I am absolutely so humbled,” said Davis. “I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to dream big and make a mark somehow, and that’s something absolutely that [her character] Aibileen was not afforded. I considered it my honor to pay homage to these women at this time period who were not allowed to dream.” [SOURCE] “The Help” Star Octavia Spencer Talks Dropping Pounds [VIDEO] Idris Elba & Viola Davis Grab Golden Globe Nominations
Viola Davis Wins “Best Actress” At Critics Choice Awards For “The Help”
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