"telecast garnered almost 37 million viewers in the United States. The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2009, at 5:38 p.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and the actor Forest Whitaker. ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" received the most nominations with thirteen (the ninth film to garner that many nominations); ""Slumdog Millionaire"" came in second with ten. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 22, 2009. ""Slumdog Millionaire"" was the eleventh film, and last to date, to"
"and was the only one to lose all of its nominations until ""Sunset Boulevard"" at the 23rd Academy Awards. It was also the first of four films to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture, followed by ""I Remember Mama"" (1948), ""Othello"" (1965), and ""Doubt"" (2008). Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The following twenty films received multiple nominations: The following three films received multiple awards: 9th Academy Awards The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by George Jessel; music was provided"
"ten Best Picture nominees instead of five, a practice that was discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944. On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks. ""The Hurt Locker"" won six awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Other winners were ""Avatar"" with three awards, ""Crazy Heart"", ""Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"", and ""Up"", with two awards, and ""The Cove"", ""Inglourious Basterds"", ""The"
"of various newspapers. On 22 February 2009, the film won eight out of ten Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including the Best Picture and Best Director. It is the eighth film ever to win eight Academy Awards and the eleventh Best Picture Oscar winner without a single acting nomination. At the same time, ""Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)"", India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, failed to make the short list of nominations and was frequently compared with ""Slumdog Millionaire"" in the Indian media. The film also won seven of the eleven BAFTA"
"the first one since the 1948 awards show to feature film clips from the Best Picture nominated films. This year's nominations also marked the first time that three different films were nominated for the ""Top Five"" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay. The three films were ""Bonnie and Clyde"", ""The Graduate"" and ""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"". However, the winner of Best Picture was producer Walter Mirisch and director Norman Jewison's thriller/mystery film, ""In the Heat of the Night"" (with seven nominations and five wins – Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best"
"received multiple nominations. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The following twenty films received multiple nominations: The following four films received multiple awards: 10th Academy Awards The 10th Academy Awards were originally scheduled for March 3, 1938, but due to the Los Angeles flood of 1938 were held on March 10, 1938, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was hosted by Bob Burns. Two categories were discontinued following this presentation: Best Dance Direction, which was the only nomination ever received by a Marx Brothers film (Dave Gould for the dance number ""All God's Children Got"
"2009, with its 2.8 billion US dollars in box office, is the world's highest-grossing film of all time. 72.7% of the numbers come from foreign gross and 27.3% is domestic gross .The rights are owned by ""Fox Filmed Entertainment"" and it was directed by James Cameron. It cost 237 million dollars to make the movie and it took 10 years to make. The movie won 88 awards and 3 of them were Academy Awards that included Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Visual Effects and Best Achievement in Art Direction. It is "" standing in the second, the same"
"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"
"9th Academy Awards The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by George Jessel; music was provided by the Victor Young Orchestra, which at the time featured Spike Jones on drums. This ceremony marked the first time in which the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were awarded. ""My Man Godfrey"" became the first film to receive nominations in all four acting categories, but did not win in any category. It is the only such film to not receive a nomination for Best Picture,"
"last year that write-in votes were allowed at the Oscars. ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" became the only film to win a write-in Oscar, taking Best Cinematography. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The following thirteen films received multiple nominations: The following two films received multiple awards: 8th Academy Awards The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called ""Oscars"". The category of Best Dance Direction was introduced this year. The DGA"
"14 films on the list. Only ""Toy Story"" (2nd), ""Apollo 13"" (3rd), ""Braveheart"" (23rd), ""Babe"" (29th), ""12 Monkeys"" (31st), ""Casino"" (38th) and ""Mr. Holland's Opus"" (39th) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, or Best Picture. The other box office hits that earned nominations were ""Batman Forever"" (1st), ""Pocahontas"" (4th), ""Seven"" (9th), ""Crimson Tide"" (10th), ""Waterworld"" (12th), ""The Bridges of Madison County"" (21st), ""The American President"" (27th) and ""Sabrina"" (34th). Several days before the ceremony, activist group Rainbow Coalition, led by Reverend Jesse Jackson, planned a protest regarding African Americans and other racial minorities in the film industry. The group was"
"nominated for Best Picture and the first time since the 6th Academy Awards where none of the nominees were nominated for Best Screenplay. Best Supporting Actress winner Jennifer Hudson was the fifteenth Oscar acting winner to win for a debut film performance. ""I Need to Wake Up"" from ""An Inconvenient Truth"" became the first song from a documentary film to win Best Original Song. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The following 19 films received multiple nominations: The following five films received multiple awards: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical"
"following 18 films received multiple nominations: The following 15 series received multiple nominations: The following 2 films received multiple wins: The following 2 series received multiple wins: 66th Golden Globe Awards The 66th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, was broadcast on January 11, 2009, from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States on the NBC TV network. The broadcast was watched by approximately 14.6 million viewers with a rating of 4.9/12. The ceremony returned after the previous year's ceremony was canceled due to the Writers Guild of America strike. The"
"earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on February 10, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Maggie Gyllenhaal. ""The Departed"" won four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese. Other winners included ""Pan's Labyrinth"" with three, ""An Inconvenient Truth"", ""Dreamgirls"" and ""Little Miss Sunshine"" with two, and ""Babel"", ""The Blood of Yingzhou District"", ""The Danish Poet"", ""Happy Feet"", ""The Last King of Scotland"", ""Letters from Iwo Jima"", ""The Lives of Others"", ""Marie Antoinette"", """", ""The Queen"" and ""West Bank Story"" with one. The telecast garnered nearly"
"won four awards, including Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel and Worst Screenplay. ""Misconduct"" and ""Zoolander 2"" won one award each, while Mel Gibson was awarded The Razzie Redeemer Award for directing ""Hacksaw Ridge"". """" and ""Zoolander 2"" led the nominations with eight. ""Dirty Grandpa"", ""Gods of Egypt"", """", and """" were all nominated for five, making ""Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party"" the most nominated documentary film in the awards' history. For the first time, each category now has six nominations due to 2016 having a horde of critically panned films. The following thirteen films received"
"to win Best Actor. With her 13th nomination, Meryl Streep became the most nominated actor in Oscar history. Meanwhile, Best Actor nominee Jack Nicholson earned his 12th nomination, extending his record as the most nominated male performer. Julianne Moore was the ninth performer to earn two acting nominations in the same year. ""Lose Yourself"" from ""8 Mile"" became the first rap song to win the Best Original Song award. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The following 13 films received multiple nominations: The following four films received multiple awards: The following individuals"
"nominations each. ""Force Awakens"" won the most awards with eight, including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Writing, and John Williams' eighth win for Best Music, with ""Crimson Peak"" being the only other film to score multiple wins with three. On television, ""The Walking Dead"" won three awards, including the inaugural Best Horror Television Series and Chandler Riggs becoming the first person to win Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series twice. ""Hannibal"" and ""Outlander"" were the other series to earn multiple wins. Neal Scanlan was the only person to win two awards, earning both Best Make-up and"
"8th Academy Awards The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called ""Oscars"". The category of Best Dance Direction was introduced this year. The DGA successfully lobbied for its elimination three years later. ""Mutiny on the Bounty"" became the last film to date to win Best Picture and nothing else (following ""The Broadway Melody"" and ""Grand Hotel""), and the only film to receive three nominations for Best Actor. This was the second and"
"that have received few or no nominations or awards. Only three animated films have been nominated - ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1991), ""Up"" (2009) and ""Toy Story 3"" (2010), the latter two having been nominated after the Academy expanded the number of nominees—but none have won. No science fiction film or superhero film has won (none of the latter has been nominated); only two fantasy films have won — """" (2003) and ""The Shape of Water"" (2017). ""The Silence of the Lambs"" (1991) is the only horror film to win Best Picture, and only five other have been nominated for"
"between the late summer film ""Catwoman"" and ""Fahrenheit 9/11"", each of which won four Razzies, even though the latter was not nominated for Worst Picture. ""Catwoman"" received the greatest number of nominations (seven), followed by ""Alexander"" with six nominations. The Ivar Theatre was rented using proceeds from an auction of Ben Affleck's broken trophy from the previous year, which Affleck smashed during an appearance on ""Larry King Live"". Halle Berry collected her award in person. She was the first to do so since 2001, when Tom Green arrived to receive his five Razzies for ""Freddy Got Fingered"". Berry was quoted"
"in any category. Both films were eclipsed by ""The Silence of the Lambs"" which won four of its five nominations. Winners Jonathan Demme, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Ted Tally, and Christina Ricci were not present to accept the award. Each sent an acceptance speech that was published in ""Fangoria"". Other attendees at the convention included Dario Argento, Clive Barker, special effects artist Gabe Bartalos, Michelle Bauer, Robert Clarke, Ken Foree, Monique Gabrielle, Mick Garris, Lance Henriksen, Anthony Hickox, Adrienne King, John Landis, Barbara Steele, and Brinke Stevens. Sneaks peeks included previews for the films ""Army of Darkness"" and ""Alien 3""."
"MacFarlane, host of the ceremony, and actress Emma Stone. ""Lincoln"" received the most nominations with twelve total, and ""Life of Pi"" came in second with eleven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 24, 2013. ""Argo"" was the fourth film to win Best Picture without a directing nomination, following 1927's ""Wings"", 1932's ""Grand Hotel"", and 1989's ""Driving Miss Daisy"". As co-producer of ""Argo"", George Clooney became the third individual to win Oscars for both acting and producing. By virtue of his nomination for Best Original Song in ""Ted"", host Seth MacFarlane became the first person since James"
"box office during the nominations. At the time of the announcement on February 2, ""Avatar"" was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $596 million in domestic box office receipts. Other top-ten domestic box office hits nominated were ""Up"" with $293 million, and ""The Blind Side"" with $237.9 million. Among the remaining seven nominees, ""Inglourious Basterds"" was the next highest-grossing film with $120.5 million followed by ""District 9"" ($115.6 million), ""Up in the Air"" ($73 million), ""Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"" ($45 million), ""The Hurt Locker"" ($12 million), ""An Education"" ($9.4 million) and finally ""A"
"his first Best Cinematography nomination for ""Zelig"". Joe I. Tompkins becomes the first African-American to be nominated in Best Costume Design. James L. Brooks won three Academy Awards this year, winning as producer, director and writer of Best Picture winner ""Terms of Endearment"". Of its other eight nominations (the movie led all nominees with 11), two were for Best Actress; Shirley MacLaine won over Debra Winger in that category. The movie won five Oscars, the fifth being Jack Nicholson's second career Oscar (he won for Best Supporting Actor). This ceremony ended with Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli leading the"
"""Atonement"" – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer ""'2008: ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" – Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo ""'2009: ""Avatar"" – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair 2010: ""Inception"" – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat 2011: ""Hugo"" – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo 2012: ""Les Misérables"" – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson 2013: ""The Great Gatsby"" – Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn 2014: ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"" – Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock 2015: """" – Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson 2016: ""Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"" – Stuart"
"a row for the next three years, and gained a total of 13 nominations. For the first time, supporting actors and actresses took home full-size statuettes, instead of smaller-sized awards mounted on a plaque. ""For Whom the Bell Tolls"" was the third film to receive nominations in all four acting categories. This was the last year until 2009 to have 10 nominations for Best Picture; ""The Ox-Bow Incident"" is, , the last film to be nominated solely in that category. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 16th"
"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"
"2009 and won eightthe most for any 2008 filmincluding Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It won seven BAFTA Awards including Best Film, five Critics' Choice Awards and four Golden Globes. However it was also the subject of controversy, especially in India, due to its portrayal of Indian society, the use of the word ""slumdog"" in the title and perceived exploitation of some of the younger actors. 18-year-old Jamal Malik, an Indian Muslim from the Dharavi slum, is a contestant on the Indian version of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and is one question away from the"
"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>"
"29th Golden Raspberry Awards The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, ceremony was held by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2008. The ceremony was held at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 21, 2009. Nominations were announced on January 21, 2009. ""The Love Guru"" was the most nominated film of 2008, with seven. Award results were based on votes from approximately 650 journalists, cinema fans and film professionals from 20 countries. Awards were presented by John Wilson, the ceremony's founder. ""The Love Guru"" received the"
"at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California held on February 12, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Scarlett Johansson. ""The Aviator"" won the most awards of the night with five. ""Million Dollar Baby"" won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included ""The Incredibles"", and ""Ray"" with two awards, and ""Born into Brothels"", ""Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"", ""Finding Neverland"", ""Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"", """", ""The Motorcycle Diaries"", ""Ryan"", ""The Sea Inside"", ""Sideways"", ""Spider-Man 2"" and ""Wasp"" each with one. The telecast garnered over 42 million viewers in the"
"Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. ""Shrek"" was also nominated for 6 BAFTA Awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film. Eddie Murphy became the first actor to ever receive a BAFTA nomination for a voice-over performance. The film was also nominated for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Film Music, and won the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. ""Shrek"" was nominated for a dozen Annie Awards from ASIFA-Hollywood, and won eight Annies including Best Animated Feature and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production. In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its ""Ten"
"was nominated for eight awards: one People's Choice Awards (2008), two Teen Choice Awards (2008), three Golden Trailer Awards (2008), one Artios Award (2008) and one ""EDA Special Mention Award."" Based on the success of these two initial efforts, Fletcher has gone on to direct the popular 2009 romantic comedy film, ""The Proposal"", starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. This film was nominated for twenty-seven awards; out of the twenty-seven nominations, the film won seven. Following the success of ""The Proposal"", Fletcher directed ""The Guilt Trip"" (2012) starring Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand. She followed this by directing ""Hot Pursuit"""