Adele and LMFAO dominate the winner list for the NRJ Awards with two nods, while Bieber, Shakira and Rihanna get one each. The winners for 2012 NRJ Awards have been announced in a star-studded ceremony. The lucky musicians this year included Adele, LMFAO, Justin Bieber, Shakira and Rihanna.

Adele and RedFoo and SkyBlu duo received most of the kudos by scooping two awards each. Adele won International Revelation of the Year and International Song of the Year, while the latter captured International Group/Duo of the Year and Music Video of the Year.

Meanwhile, Bieber received NRJ Award of Honor for his success in music which he achieved at record time. Justin said that thank you to everyone here, and love you guys. Justin was seen new hairstyle turned to 50’s Retro style. Even Shakira also gave a NRJ Award of Honor.

Francophone Revelation of the Year:      Keen V

International Revelation of the Year:       Adele

Francophone Male Artist of the Year:     M Pokora

International Male Artist of the Year:       Mika

Francophone Female Artist of the Year: Shy’m

International Female Artist:                     Rihanna

Francophone Song of the Year:                         ‘A nos actes manques’ – M Pokora

International Song of the Year:               ‘Someone Like You’       – Adele

Francophone Group/Duo of the Year: Simple Plan feat.                Marie-Mai

International Group/Duo of the Year:      LMFAO

Music Video of the Year:                       ‘Party Rock Anthem’      – LMFAO

NRJ Award of Honor:                            Justin Bieber and Shakira

NRJ Award of Diamond:                        Mylene Farmer

Academy of Country Music

Kenny Chesney leads the 47th annual ACM Awards with nine nominations and followed by Jason Aldean with six nods and Lady Antebellum with five. Chesney has been nominated for the highest honor, Entertainer of the Year, along with Brad Paisley, Aldean, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift. He has nominated in many categories for his single ‘You and Tequila’, featuring Grace Potter.

The nominees of the 47th annual ACM awards have been revealed online via Facebook and Twitter during the ACM’s first-ever digital press conference. ACM also gives their fans to vote for Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year starting from March 19. However, the voting for the top prize will be continued up to the third hour before airs of April 1 ceremony at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Reba McEntire will be hosting the show along with Shelton.

47th Annual ACM Awards Full Nominees List:

Entertainer of the Year

Jason Aldean

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

Blake Shelton

Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist

Jason Aldean

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

Blake Shelton

Chris Young

Female Vocalist

Sara Evans

Miranda Lambert

Martina McBride

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo

Love and Theft

Montgomery Gentry

Steel Magnolia

Sugarland

Thompson Square

Vocal Group

The Band Perry

Eli Young Band

Lady Antebellum

Rascal Flatts

Zac Brown Band

Album of the Year

‘Chief’                                    – Eric Church

‘Four the Record’             – Miranda Lambert

‘Hemingway’s Whiskey’   – Kenny Chesney

‘My Kinda Party’             – Jason Aldean

‘Own the Night’               – Lady Antebellum

Single Record of the Year

‘Crazy Girl’                    – Eli Young Band

‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’    – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson

‘Red Solo Cup’               – Toby Keith

‘Tomorrow’                    – Chris Young

‘You and Tequila’           – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter

Song of the Year

‘Crazy Girl                     – Eli Young Band

‘Home’                          – Dierks Bentley

‘Just a Kiss’                   – Lady Antebellum

‘Threaten Me With Heaven’ – Vince Gill

‘You and Tequila’           – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter

Video of the Year

‘Homeboy’                     – Eric Church

‘Just a Kiss’                   – Lady Antebellum

‘Mean’                          – Taylor Swift

‘Red Solo Cup’               – Toby Keith

‘Tattoos on This Town’    – Jason Aldean

Vocal Event

‘Country Boy’                 – Aaron Lewis Featuring George Jones and Charlie Daniels

‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’    – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson

‘Old Alabama’                – Brad Paisley Featuring Alabama

‘Remind Me’                  – Brad Paisley Duet With Carrie Underwood

‘You and Tequila’           – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter

Best Picture 

The Artist

The Descendants

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”

Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”

Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”

Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”

Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life”

Best Actor

George Clooney, “The Descendants”

Demián Bichir, “A Better Life”

Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”

Gary Oldman, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”

Best Actress

Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs”

Viola Davis, “The Help”

Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”

Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn”

Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”

Nick Nolte, “Warrior”

Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”

Max von Sydow, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”

Best Supporting Actress

Bérénice Bejo, “The Artist”

Jessica Chastain, “The Help”

Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”

Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”

Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“The Descendants”

“Hugo”

“The Ides of March”

“Moneyball”

“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

“The Artist”

“Bridesmaids”

“Margin Call”

“Midnight in Paris”

“A Separation”

Best Art Direction

“The Artist”

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2″

“Hugo”

“War Horse”

Best Cinematography

“The Artist”

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

“Hugo”

“The Tree of Life”

“War Horse”

Best Costume Design

“Anonymous”

“The Artist”

“Hugo”

“Jane Eyre”

“W.E.”

Best Film Editing

“The Artist”

“The Descendants”

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

“Hugo”

“Moneyball”

Best Makeup

“Albert Nobbs”

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2″

“The Iron Lady”

Best Music (Original Score)

“The Adventures of Tintin”

“The Artist”

“Hugo”

“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

“War Horse”

Best Music (Original Song)

“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets”

“Real in Rio” from “RIO”

Best Sound Editing

“Drive”

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

“Hugo”

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

“War Horse”

Best Sound Mixing

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”

“Hugo”

“Moneyball”

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon

“War Horse”

Best Visual Effects

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″

“Hugo”

“Real Steel”

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

Best Foreign Language Film

“Monsieur Lazhar” – Canada

“Bullhead” – Belgium

“A Separation” – Iran

“Footnote” – Israel

“In Darkness” – Poland

Best Animated Feature Film

“A Cat in Paris”

“Chico & Rita”

“Kung Fu Panda 2″

“Puss in Boots”

“Rango”

Best Animated Short Film

Dimanche/Sunday

“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”

“La Luna”

“A Morning Stroll”

“Wild Life”

Best Short Film

“Pentecost”

“Rajua”

“The Shore”

“Time Freak”

“Tuba Atlantic”

Best Documentary Feature

“Hell and Back Again”

“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”

“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”

“Pina”

“Undefeated”

Best Documentary Short

“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”

“God is the Bigger Elvis”

“Incident in New Baghdad”

“Saving Face”

“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”

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Continue Reading »]]> The Producers Guild of America Awards 2012 winners have been announced, with ‘The Artist’ emerging as ‘Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures’.

The Producers Guild of America Awards 2012 (PGA Awards 2012) winners has been announced on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The most critically acclaimed movie ‘The Artist’ has bagged the top honor of the awards. The silent movie produced by Weinstein Co. won the ‘Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures’. This gave Thomas Langman the producer of the movie, to go onstage to receive ‘Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year’ Award.

On receiving the award Thomas said that, he dreamt of making ‘The Artist’ along with the director Michel Hazanavicius, and they knew that, they were penning a love letter to American Cinema. The movie has also won the award for ‘Best Musical/Comedy’ at Golden Globes last week and is being touted to claim in the ‘Best Picture’ category at the upcoming Oscar Awards.

Meanwhile, ‘The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn’ has bagged the award for ‘Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures’. Besides, special honors have also been given to the likes of Leslie Moonves with ‘Milestone Award’, Steven Spielberg with David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures’, Stan Lee with ‘Vanguard Award, ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ with ‘The Stanley Kramer Award’ and Don Mischer with ‘Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television’.

Check out the complete list of Producers Guild of America Awards 2012 (PGA Awards 2012) winners:

1. Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: “The Artist” (Thomas Langmann)

2. Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn”
 (Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg)

3. Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: “The Amazing Race” (Jerry Bruckheimer, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman, Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo)

4. Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television: “The Colbert Report”

5. Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television and Comedy: “Modern Family (Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Dan O’Shannon, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker)

6. Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: “American Masters” (Susan Lacy, Julie Sacks)

7. News Programs: “60 Minutes”

8. Sports Programs: “30 for 30″

9. Children’s Programs: “Sesame Street”

10. The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: “Downton Abbey” (Julian Fellowes, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame)

11. Web Series: “30 Rock Presents Jack Donaghy, Executive Superhero”

12. Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest” (Michael Rapaport, Edward Parks, Frank Mele, Debra Koffler)

13. Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television and Drama: “Boardwalk Empire”, (Eugene Kelly, Howard Korder, Stephen Levinson, Martin Scorsese, Rudd Simmons, Tim Van Patten, Terence Winter)

The 30-year-old ‘Crazy in Love’ singer Beyonce has dominated the upcoming 43^rd NAACP Image Awards 2012 music nominations list. The ‘Baby Boy’ singer has bagged four nominations in total along with Jill Scott. She will be competing with Jill Scott, Ledisi, Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson for ‘Outstanding Female Artist’ award. She also vies with Jill, Jennifer, Mary J and Adele for ‘Outstanding Music Video’.

The ‘Beautiful Liar’ hit maker will also be racing for ‘Outstanding Song’ and ‘Outstanding Album’. She fights against Jill, Cee-Lo Green, Kirk Franklin and Adele in the former category, while in the latter category she faces Chris Brown, Lupe Fiasco, Jennifer Hudson and Jill Scott. As for ‘Male Artist’ Bruno Mars has been set against Anthony Hamilton, Chris Brown, Common and Cee-Lo Green.

Meanwhile, the category of ‘Outstanding New Artist’ features the stars like Diggy Simmons, Wynter Gordon, Committed and Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. Drake the Canadian rapper has been nominated for the category of ‘Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration’, where he did a duet with Mary J. Blige named ‘Mr. Wrong’. They face Boyz II Men, Sounds of Blackness, The Roots and Cee-Lo Ft. Melanie Fiona. The 43^rd NAACP Image Awards 2012 will be telecast on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 8PM on NBC.

Check out the complete list of 43^rd NAACP Image Awards 2012 Music Nominations:

Outstanding New Artist:

1. Committed

2. Diggy Simmons

3. Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.

4. Mindless Behavior

5. Wynter Gordon
Outstanding Male Artist:
1. Anthony Hamilton

2. Bruno Mars

3. Cee-Lo Green

4. Chris Brown

5. Common

Outstanding Female Artist:
1. Beyonce Knowles

2. Jennifer Hudson

3. Jill Scott

4. Ledisi

5. Mary J. Blige
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration:
1. Boyz II Men

2. Cee-Lo Green ft. Melanie Fiona

3. Mary J. Blige ft. Drake

4. Sounds of Blackness

5. The Roots
Outstanding Music Video:
1. 25/8 – Mary J. Blige

2. Hear My Call – Jill Scott

3. I Was Here – Beyonce Knowles

4. Someone Like You – Adele

5. Where You At – Jennifer Hudson
Outstanding Song:
1. Best Thing I Never Had – Beyonce Knowles

2. Fool for You – Cee-Lo Green ft. Melanie Fiona

3. I Smile – Kirk Franklin

4. So In Love – Jill Scott ft. Anthony Hamilton

5. Someone Like You – Adele
Outstanding Album:
1. 4 – Beyonce Knowles

2. F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown

3. I Remember Me – Jennifer Hudson

4. Lasers – Lupe Fiasco

5. The Light of the Sun – Jill Scott

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards

Rihanna and Coldplay will be performing first time together. Rihanna has been nominated for Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘Loud,’ as well as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for ‘What’s My Name?’ and ‘All of the Lights’ this year. Coldplay has also been nominated in three categories of ‘Best Pop Duo (or) Group Performance for Paradise’, Best Rock Song for Every Teardop Is a Waterfall and Best Rock Performance. Meanwhile, Paul McCartney is up for Best Historical Album for Band on the Run and would be honored for his contributions to music and philanthropy.

On Wednesday, Rihanna tweeted that her friends @ColdPlay and she will be sharing the stage for a performance at this years Annual Grammy Awards! #BONKERS. RiRi and Coldplay join Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, and Foo Fighters, who were announced as Grammy performers last week.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards is scheduled on February 12 in Los Angeles, while LL Cool J will be the host of 2012 Grammys.

The 32^nd London Critics Awards 2012 winners have been announced on Thursday evening, January 19, 2012. Among the winners ‘The Artist’ and ‘A Separation’ emerged as the biggest winners. The London Critics Circle Awards are voted by more than 120 critics, broadcasters and writers from the United Kingdom. Both the movies bagged three awards each at the prestigious British awards.

The French silent drama movie ‘The Artist’ won the awards in the categories of ‘Film of the Year’, ‘Director of the Year’ for Michel Hazanavicius and ‘Actor of the Year’ for Jean Dujardin. As for Iranian drama movie ‘A Separation’, it won the awards for ‘Foreign Language Film of the Year’, ‘Screenwriter of the Year’ for Asghar Farhadi and ‘Supporting Actress of the Year’ for Sareh Bayat. Meanwhile, the ‘Actress of the Year’ ended up as a tie between two stars Anna Paquin and Meryl Streep.

Anna Paquin and Meryl Streep won the ‘Actress of the Year’ award for the movies ‘Margaret’ and ‘The Iron Lady’ respectively. Olivia Colman won the ‘British Actress of the Year’ award, while Kenneth Branagh clinched ‘Best Supporting Actor of the Year’ award for his character in ‘My Week with Marilyn’ and Michael Fassbender emerged as the ‘British Actor of the Year’ award for his role in two movies ‘Shame’ and ‘A Dangerous Method’. London Critics Center Awards 2012 has picked the top 10 movies of 2012 including ‘The Tree of Life’, ‘Drive’, ‘The Descendants’ with ‘The Artist’ topping the list.

Check out the complete list of London Critics Center Awards 2012 winners:

1. Film of the Year: The Artist

2. The Attenborough Award – British Film of the Year: We Need to Talk About Kevin

3. Foreign Language Film of the Year: A Separation

4. Documentary of the Year: Senna

5. Director of the Year: Michel Hazanavicius: The Artist

6. Screenwriter of the Year: Asghar Farhadi: A Separation

7. The Virgin Atlantic Award: Breakthrough British Filmmaker: Andrew Haigh – Weekend

8. Actor of the Year: Jean Dujardin: The Artist

9. Actress of the Year: (Tied) Anna Paquin – Margaret and Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

10. Supporting Actor of the Year: Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn

11. Supporting Actress of the Year: Sareh Bayat – A Separation

12. British Actor of the Year: Michael Fassbender: A Dangerous Method, Shame

13. The Moet and Chandon Award – British Actress of the Year: Olivia Colman – The Iron Lady, Tyrannosaur

14. Young British Performer of the Year: Craig Roberts – Submarine

15. The Sky 3D Award for Technical Achievement: Maria Djurkovic, production design – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

16. The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film: Nicolas Roeg

BAFTA Awards 2012 nominations

’The Artist’ a drama movie has topped the BAFTA Awards 2012 nominations list that have been announced by ‘Harry Potter’ star Daniel Radcliffe, Holliday Grainger and Tim Corie the BAFTA Chairman. ‘The Artist’ has won the 12 nominations overall including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. However, the winners will be announced at a ceremony on February 12, 2012 at the Royal Opera House in London with Stephen Fry as the host of the award show.

’The Artist’ is closely trailed by ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ that has bagged 11 nominations, which would compete with ‘The Artist’, ‘The Descendants’ and ‘Drive’ in ‘Best Film’ categories of BAFTA Awards 2012. Besides, it also won the nominations for Best Director, Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. The other movie which managed to bag the multiple nods includes ‘Hugo’ with nine nominations, ‘My Week with Marilyn’ with six, ‘The Help’ and ‘War Horse’ winning five nods each.

Surprisingly, documentary film ‘Senna’ and ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ managed to grab the multiple nominations, as they received three nods each including ‘Outstanding British Film’ category. ‘Bridesmaids’ got two nods with Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay. The BAFTA Awards 2012 show will be telecast live on BBC One. Check out the complete list of BAFTA Awards 2012 nominations list.

Best Film:

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• The Help
• Tinker
• Tailor
• Soldier
• Spy

Outstanding British Film:

• My Week With Marilyn
• Senna
• Shame
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• We Need to Talk About Kevin

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer:

• Attack the Block – Joe Cornish (director/writer)
• Black Pond – Will Sharpe (director/writer), Tom Kingsley (director), Sarah Brocklehurst (producer)
• Coriolanus – - Richard Ayoade (director/writer)
• Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine (director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer)

Foreign Language Film:

• Incendies
• Pina
• Potiche
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In

Director:

• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
• Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn
• Hugo – Martin Scorsese
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” – Tomas Alfredson
• We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay

Leading Actor:

• Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”
• Gary Oldman – “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
• George Clooney – “The Descendants”
• Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
• Michael Fassbender – “Shame”

Leading Actress:

• Berenice Bejo – “The Artist”
• Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
• Michelle Williams – “My Week With Marilyn”
• Tilda Swinton – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
• Viola Davis – “The Help”

Supporting Actor:

• Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
• Jim Broadbent – “The Iron Lady”
• Jonah Hill – “Moneyball”
• Kenneth Branagh – “My Week With Marilyn”
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Ides of March”

Supporting Actress:

• Carey Mulligan – “Drive”
• Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
• Judi Dench – “My Week With Marilyn”
• Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
• Octavia Spencer – “The Help”

Documentary:

• George Harrison: Living In The Material World
• Project Nim
• Senna

Animated Film:

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
• Arthur Christmas
• Rango

Original Screenplay:

• “The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
• “Bridesmaids” – Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
• “The Guard” – John Michael McDonagh
• “The Iron Lady” – Abi Morgan
• “Midnight In Paris” – Woody Allen

Adapted Screenplay:

• “The Descendants” – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
• “The Help” – Tate Taylor
• “The Ides of March” – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
• “Moneyball” – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
• “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

Original Music:

• The Artist
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• War Horse

Cinematography:

• The Artist
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• War Horse

Editing:

• The Artist
• Drive
• Hugo
• Senna
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Production Design:

• “The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
• Hugo
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• War Horse

Costume Design:

• The Artist
• Hugo
• Jane Eyre
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Make-Up & Hair:

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
• Hugo
• The Iron Lady
• My Week With Marilyn

Sound:

• “The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
• Hugo
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• War Horse

Special Visual Effects:

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
• Hugo
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• War Horse

Short Animation:

• Abuelas
• Bobby Yeah
• A Morning Stroll

Short Film:

• Chalk
• Mwansa the Great
• Only Sound Remains
• Pitch Black Heist
• Two and Two

The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award:

• Adam Deacon
• Chris Hemsworth
• Chris O’Dowd
• Eddie Redmayne
• Tom Hiddleston

ACE Eddie Awards 2012 nominations

The 62^nd Annual American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards 2012 have announced the movie nominations for ACE Eddie Awards 2012. The awards include the categories of ‘Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)’, ‘Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) and ‘Best Edited Animated Feature Film. The winners will be announced during a ceremony at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, February 18, 2012, which will be hosted by Patton Oswalt.

‘Hugo’ of Martin Scorsese has been nominated for the Best Edited Feature Film Dramatic. It will compete with the likes of ‘The Descendants’, ’Moneyball’, ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ and ‘War Horse’. ‘The Artist’, ‘Young Adult’, ‘Bridesmaids’, ‘Midnight in Paris’ and ‘My Week with Marilyn’ will compete in the category of Best Edited Feature Film Comedy/Musical’. As for animated movies, ‘Rango’ booked the slot for the award.

The Johnny Depp starring animated movie ‘Rango’ will compete with the likes of Eric Dapkewicz’ ‘Puss in Boots’ and Michael Kahn’s ‘The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn’. Apart from the movies, the nominations for TV have also been announced, which include ‘Modern Family’, ‘Saturday Night Live’, ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire’.

Check out the complete list of ACE Eddie Awards 2012 Movie Nominations:

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

“The Descendants” – Kevin Tent, A.C.E.

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)” – Angus Wall, A.C.E. and Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.

“Hugo” – Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.

“Moneyball” – Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E.

“War Horse” – Michael Kahn, A.C.E.
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical):
“The Artist” – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius

“Bridesmaids” – William Kerr and Michael L. Sale

“Midnight in Paris” – Alisa Lepselter

“My Week with Marilyn” – Adam Recht

“Young Adult” – Dana E. Glauberman, A.C.E.
Best Edited Animated Feature Film:
“The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” – Michael Kahn, A.C.E.

“Puss in Boots” – Eric Dapkewicz

“Rango” – Craig Wood, A.C.E.

The Golden Globe 2012 awards were held at Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills on Sunday, January 15, 2012. The show was hosted by Ricky Gervais. George Clooney starter comedy-drama film ‘The Descendants’ bagged the ‘Best Drama’ award, while the critically acclaimed ‘The Artist’, which is being considered as the Oscar contender won the ‘Best Musical/Comedy’ award. George Clooney and Meryl Streep won the ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’ awards for ‘The Descendants’ and ‘Iron Lady’ respectively.

The ‘Best Drama’ award was handed over to Clooney and Alexander Payne the producer by Harrison Ford, while Jane Fonda gave away the ‘Best Musical/Comedy’ award to ‘The Artist’ producer, who shared a story about his father’s big break during his acceptance speech. Natalie Portman gave away the ‘Best Actor’ award to Clooney, while Meryl Streep received the ‘Best Actress’ award from Colin Firth.

Martin Scorsese bagged the ‘Best Director’ award for his directorial stint in ‘Hugo’. He beat the contenders like Woody Allen of ‘Midnight in Paris’, Alexander Payne of ‘The Descendants’, ‘The Ides of March’ George Clooney and ‘The Artist’ Michel Hazanavicius. Meanwhile, Michelle Williams received the ‘Best Actress’ in Comedy/Musical award, while Jean Dujardin bagged the ‘Best Actor’ award for ‘The Artist’ in Comedy/Musical.

Check out the complete list of Golden Globe 2012 winners full list:

1. Best Drama: “The Descendants”

2. Best Comedy/Musical: “The Artist”

3. Best Actress in a Drama: Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”

4. Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy: Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”

5. Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

6. Best Actor in a Drama: George Clooney, “The Descendants”

7. Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical: Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”

8. Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”

9. Best Director: Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”

10. Best Animated Film: “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn”

11. Best Foreign Language Film: “A Separation”

12. Best Screenplay: Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”

13. Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource, “The Artist”

14. Best Original Song: “Masterpiece”, “W.E.”

15. Cecil B. DeMille Award: Morgan Freeman