Who won the 2010 'Oscar' for Best Actor for the film 'Crazy Heart'?
"Crazy Heart Crazy Heart is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. The film centers around a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter (Jeff Bridges) who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Other supporting roles are played by Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, and child actor Jack Nation. Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall also sing in the film. The novel on which the film was based was inspired by country singer Hank Thompson. Bridges earned the 2009"
"oldest ever to win (winning the Best Actor in 2010 at age 60 for ""Crazy Heart""). ""Crazy Heart"" also won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. Bridges received his sixth Academy Award nomination for his role in ""True Grit"", a collaboration with the Coen brothers in which he starred alongside Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, and Hailee Steinfeld. Both the film and Bridges' performance as Rooster Cogburn, were critically praised. Bridges lost to Colin Firth, whom he had"
"with his wife, Jocelyne Cooper, and their two daughters, Ava and Stella. Cooper spent a decade working as an actor in film and television. He made the switch to directing with 2009's ""Crazy Heart"", starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film, released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, received widespread critical acclaim and a number of accolades, including the Academy Awards for Best Actor (Bridges) and Best Original Song. Among ""Crazy Heart""'s fans were director Ridley Scott and producer Michael Costigan, as well as executives at Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, Appian Way. Cooper was offered the opportunity to develop ""The Low"
"for her performance. The song ""The Weary Kind"" earned Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett the 2009 Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe. The film was released on April 20, 2010, on DVD and Blu-ray. The single-disc DVDs special features included six deleted scenes, while the Blu-ray 2-disc set contained eight deleted scenes (including one in which Bad reunites with his son), plus two alternative music cuts and a short documentary in which the stars discuss ""What Brought Them to ""Crazy Heart"""". Crazy Heart Crazy Heart is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by"
"itself, were the unmarked burial sites of slaves forced to build the adjacent Fort Negley. In 2010 Burnett won several awards for the movie ""Crazy Heart"". He and Ryan Bingham shared the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Song for ""The Weary Kind"". The song won them a Critics' Choice Award and won Burnett a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy. For the score, Burnett and Stephen Bruton won an award from Los Angeles Film Critics Association and Burnett won the Frederick Loewe award. He shared the award for Best First Feature"
"15th Critics' Choice Awards The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1 and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker"" Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart"" Sandra Bullock – ""The Blind Side"" (TIE) Meryl Streep – ""Julie & Julia"" (TIE) Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds Mo'Nique – ""Precious"" Saoirse Ronan – ""The Lovely Bones"" Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino – ""Inglourious Basterds"" Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – ""Up in the Air"" Avatar Up The Hangover"
"Cruz and Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen's ""Vicky Cristina Barcelona"" (2008). In 2010, he was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance in ""Biutiful"" directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, who specifically wrote the film with Bardem in mind. After being overlooked by the Globes and SAG, Bardem was the unexpected Oscar nominee on 25 January 2011, becoming the first all Spanish-language Best Actor nominee ever. He won his 5th Goya Award, this time for Best Actor in ""Biutiful"", dedicating the win to his wife, Penélope Cruz, and newborn son. Around this same time he was offered"
"Jeff Bridges Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series ""Sea Hunt"" (1958–60) with his father Lloyd Bridges and brother Beau Bridges. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2009 film ""Crazy Heart"" and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in six other films. Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949, in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009). His older"
"25th Independent Spirit Awards The 25th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2009, were announced on March 5, 2010. It was hosted by Eddie Izzard. Precious Crazy Heart ""'Lee Daniels – ""Precious"" ""'Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart"" ""'Gabourey Sidibe – ""Precious"" ""'Woody Harrelson – ""The Messenger"" ""'Mo'Nique – ""Precious"" ""(500) Days of Summer"" – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ""Precious"" – Geoffrey Fletcher ""A Serious Man"" – Roger Deakins ""An Education"" • France/UK Anvil! The Story of Anvil Humpday 45365 ""'Karin Chien – ""Santa Mesa"" and ""The Exploding Girl"" ""'Kyle Patrick Alvarez – ""Easier with"
"2009 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 44th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2010, honored the best in film for 2009. 1. The Hurt Locker<br> 2. ""Summer Hours"" (""L'Heure d'été"")<br> 3. ""Inglourious Basterds"" 1. Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker""<br> 2. Olivier Assayas – ""Summer Hours"" (""L'Heure d'été"")<br> 3. Wes Anderson – ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" 1. Jeremy Renner – ""The Hurt Locker""<br> 2. Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart""<br> 3. Nicolas Cage – """" 1. Yolande Moreau – ""Séraphine""<br> 2. Meryl Streep – ""Julie & Julia"" and ""Fantastic Mr. Fox""<br> 3. Abbie Cornish – ""Bright"
"via Lost Highway Records. It was once again produced by Marc Ford. Bingham performed two songs for the soundtrack of the movie ""Crazy Heart"", including ""I Don't Know,"" and the theme song, ""The Weary Kind."" The song was co-written by Bingham and producer, T Bone Burnett. Bingham also played a small role in the film as Tony. On January 17, 2010, Bingham was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for ""The Weary Kind"". The song also won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Song, the 2010 Grammy award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television"
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"Professor of English and Director of Performing & Fine Arts Commission. He teaches fiction writing and literature and was the director of the program from 1987 to 2005. In 2010, he received the Rhode Island College Alumni Faculty Award. Thomas Cobb (author) Thomas Cobb is an American novelist and author of the 1987 novel ""Crazy Heart"" which was adapted into the 2010 Academy Award winning 2009 film ""Crazy Heart"". Raised in Tucson, Arizona, Cobb acquired an MFA from the University of Arizona. He earned a PhD from the University of Houston, where he studied fiction writing with Donald Barthelme. Barthelme"
"2010 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 45th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 2011, honored the best in film for 2010. 1. The Social Network<br> 2. ""Carlos""<br> 3. ""Winter's Bone"" 1. David Fincher – ""The Social Network""<br> 2. Olivier Assayas – ""Carlos""<br> 3. Roman Polanski – ""The Ghost Writer"" 1. Jesse Eisenberg – ""The Social Network""<br> 2. Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech""<br> 2. Édgar Ramírez – ""Carlos"" 1. Giovanna Mezzogiorno – ""Vincere""<br> 2. Annette Bening – ""The Kids Are All Right""<br> 3. Lesley Manville – ""Another Year"" 1. Geoffrey Rush – ""The King's"
"16th Critics' Choice Awards The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2010 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1. The nominees were announced on December 13, 2010. The Social Network David Fincher – ""The Social Network"" Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" Natalie Portman – ""Black Swan"" Christian Bale – ""The Fighter"" Melissa Leo – ""The Fighter"" Hailee Steinfeld – ""True Grit"" The Fighter ""The King's Speech"" – David Seidler ""The Social Network"" – Aaron Sorkin ""Inception"" – Guy Hendrix Dyas ""Inception"" – Wally Pfister ""Alice in"
"2009 New York Film Critics Circle Awards The 75th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, were announced on 14 December 2009 and presented on 11 January 2010. 1. George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" and ""Fantastic Mr. Fox""<br> 2. Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart""<br> 3. Jeremy Renner – ""The Hurt Locker"" 1. Meryl Streep – ""Julie & Julia""<br> 2. Tilda Swinton – ""Julia""<br> 3. Carey Mulligan – ""An Education"" 1. ""Fantastic Mr. Fox""<br> 2. ""Up""<br> 3. ""Coraline"" 1. Christian Berger – ""The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band)""<br> 2. Mauro Fiore – ""Avatar""<br>"
"Maguire said, ""I had no expectation about getting a nomination, but I was watching nonetheless. My wife and my son got really excited. I was sort of surprised – I was like, 'Oh, wow.' And I couldn't hear the latter part of my name."" Maguire lost to Jeff Bridges for his role in ""Crazy Heart"". Maguire and DiCaprio once again performed together, in Baz Luhrmann's remake of ""The Great Gatsby"" (2013); DiCaprio played the title role, while Maguire played the story's narrator, Nick Carraway. In 2012 Maguire was co-producer of ""Good People"". That same year he also established his own"
"as the director increasingly loses his way in all the bitterness and invented horror stories and leaves us dangling over how to get out of such an irredeemable world (where modern man is perceived as forgotten in death)."" The film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The film won the Oscar, the Golden Globe, the WGA, and the BAFTA for Best Screenplay for Chayefsky's script. Despite having rejected the Oscar the previous year for his work in ""Patton"", Scott was nominated for Best Actor, but the award went instead to Gene Hackman for"
"co-produced the film, described as ""a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind"". Before being released in theaters, critics such as Peter Travers and Lou Lumenick wondered if Nolan's faith in moviegoers' intelligence would cost him at the box office. Starring a large ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film was released on 16July 2010, and was a critical and commercial success. Richard Roeper of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" awarded the film a perfect score of ""A+"" and called it ""one of the best movies of the [21st] century"". Mark Kermode named it the best film of"
"Train Home"" (""Guītú Lièchē"") 2010 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 45th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 2011, honored the best in film for 2010. 1. The Social Network<br> 2. ""Carlos""<br> 3. ""Winter's Bone"" 1. David Fincher – ""The Social Network""<br> 2. Olivier Assayas – ""Carlos""<br> 3. Roman Polanski – ""The Ghost Writer"" 1. Jesse Eisenberg – ""The Social Network""<br> 2. Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech""<br> 2. Édgar Ramírez – ""Carlos"" 1. Giovanna Mezzogiorno – ""Vincere""<br> 2. Annette Bening – ""The Kids Are All Right""<br> 3. Lesley Manville – ""Another Year"" 1. Geoffrey"
"Blind Side"", ""Logorama"", ""Music by Prudence"", ""The New Tenants"", ""The Secret in Their Eyes"", ""Star Trek"", and ""The Young Victoria"" with one. The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced on February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway. ""Avatar"" and ""The Hurt Locker"" led the nominations with nine each. The winners were"
"Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2000: Russell Crowe – ""Gladiator"" as Maximus Decimus Meridius † 2001: Russell Crowe – ""A Beautiful Mind"" as John Nash ‡ 2002: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Gangs of New York"" as William ""Bill the Butcher"" Cutting ‡ (TIE) / Jack Nicholson – ""About Schmidt"" as Warren Schmidt ‡ (TIE) 2003: Sean Penn – ""Mystic River"" as Jimmy Markum †"
"nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Crichton was also nominated for Best Director, Cleese won a BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Curtis received nominations for Leading Actress at the Golden Globes and BAFTA awards. Michael Palin won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Role and Maria Aitken received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress During the initial run of the film, a Danish audiologist named Ole Bentzen died during a screening when his heart rate rose to an estimated 250–500 beats per minute from laughing at a scene too hard, leading to a fatal heart attack. The"
"The Cove ""Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)"" • Spain Grey Gardens Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg – ""Avatar"" Mauro Fiore – ""Avatar"" Sandy Powell – ""The Young Victoria"" James Cameron, John Refoua, and Stephen E. Rivkin – ""Avatar"" District 9 Michael Giacchino – ""Up"" ""The Weary Kind"" by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett, ""Crazy Heart"" Avatar Avatar Kevin Bacon 15th Critics' Choice Awards The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1 and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. The Hurt Locker"
"27 October 2010, at the Sydney Theatre, in Dawes Point, New South Wales, by actors Jacki Weaver, Cate Blanchett, Gyton Grantley and Alex Dimitriades. ""Animal Kingdom"" received the most nominations, with eighteen, becoming the most nominated film in the awards history. ""Animal Kingdom"" received the most awards, with ten, including Best Film, and Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay for David Michôd. Other feature film winners were ""Bright Star"" with three, ""Tomorrow, When the War Began"", with two awards, and ""Beneath Hill 60"" with one. Some of the award categories in film, television, documentary and short film genres, for sound,"
"Ryan Bingham George Ryan Bingham (born March 31, 1981) is an Americana singer-songwriter currently based in Los Angeles, California. After receiving critical acclaim for his first two studio releases on Lost Highway Records, 2007's ""Mescalito"" and 2009's ""Roadhouse Sun"", Bingham went on to collaborate with Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett on the soundtrack for the 2009 acclaimed film ""Crazy Heart"", including notably co-writing and performing the film's award-winning theme song, ""The Weary Kind"". The title track earned Bingham an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Critics' Choice Award for ""Best Song"" in 2010, as well as a Grammy Award for"
"film's director, David Fincher, both he and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin knew Eisenberg was the one for the role as soon as they watched his audition tape, despite Eisenberg's own anxieties about his audition. On November 22, 2010, Eisenberg was honored, along with Whoopi Goldberg, Joycelyn Engle, and Harvey Krueger, at the Children at Heart Celebrity Dinner Gala and Fantasy Auction, to benefit the children of the Chernobyl disaster. Steven Spielberg is Chair of the event each year. On January 29, 2011, Eisenberg hosted ""Saturday Night Live"" on NBC, with musical guest Nicki Minaj. During his opening monologue, Zuckerberg himself appeared."
"James Franco James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, filmmaker, and college instructor. For his role in ""127 Hours"" (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in live-action films, such as Sam Raimi's ""Spider-Man"" trilogy (2002–2007); ""Milk"" (2008); ""Pineapple Express"" (2008); ""Eat, Pray, Love"" (2010); ""Rise of the Planet of the Apes"" (2011); ""Spring Breakers"" (2012); ""Oz the Great and Powerful"" (2013); ""This Is the End"" (2013); and ""The"" ""Disaster"" ""Artist"" (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He is known"
"3. Roger Deakins – ""A Serious Man"" 1. Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker""<br> 2. Wes Anderson – ""Fantastic Mr. Fox""<br> 3. Quentin Tarantino – ""Inglourious Basterds"" 1. ""The Hurt Locker""<br> 2. ""Up in the Air""<br> 3. ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" 1. ""Summer Hours (L'heure d'été)"" • France<br> 2. ""Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)"" • Spain<br> 3. ""Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)"" • Sweden 1. ""Of Time and the City""<br> 2. ""Anvil! The Story of Anvil""<br> 3. ""Tyson"" 1. Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche, – ""In the Loop""<br> 2. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – ""Up"
"With Gifford's support, Lynch adapted the novel into a film called ""Wild at Heart"", a crime and road movie starring Nicolas Cage as Sailor and Laura Dern as Lula. Describing his plot as a ""strange blend"" of ""a road picture, a love story, a psychological drama and a violent comedy"", Lynch altered much from the original novel, changing the ending and incorporating numerous references to the classic film ""The Wizard of Oz"". Despite receiving a muted response from American critics and viewers, it won the Palme d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Following on from the success of ""Wild"
"film in Academy Award history with 8 nominations with two wins for Best Sound Editing and Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker. The 2010s has generally continued the box-office success of superhero films seen in the previous decade. In 2010, Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of ""Kick-Ass"" was released, followed by ""Iron Man 2"" a month later. 2011 releases included ""The Green Hornet"" (2011), ""Green Lantern"" (2011), and """" (2011). Following references to the ""Avengers Initiative"" in the ""Iron Man"" films and ""The Incredible Hulk"", Marvel released ""Thor"" on May 6, 2011, followed by """" on July 22,"
"in the Air""<br> 3. Quentin Tarantino – ""Inglourious Basterds"" 1. Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds""<br> 2. Christian McKay – ""Me and Orson Welles""<br> 3. Peter Capaldi – ""In the Loop"" 1. Mo'Nique – ""Precious""<br> 2. Vera Farmiga – ""Up in the Air""<br> 3. Anna Kendrick – ""Up in the Air"" 2009 New York Film Critics Circle Awards The 75th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, were announced on 14 December 2009 and presented on 11 January 2010. 1. George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" and ""Fantastic Mr. Fox""<br> 2. Jeff Bridges –"
"appeared on 39 critics' top ten movie lists for the year 2010. Anthony Quinn of ""The Independent"" and Elizabeth Weitzman of the ""Daily News"" both listed it as the best film of the year, while four other critics picked it as the second best movie of the year. Annette Bening won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Nominations were also given to Julianne Moore for Best Actress and Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for Best Screenplay. Moore"