Natalie Portman

I love these two pictures of her.

I think she looks like Audrey Hepburn in this one.

I also like her quote in this one.

Black Swan

So I finally watched Black Swan.

Loved it. It was so creepy, but really good and enthralling at the same time. I couldn't take my eyes away. The dancing was amazing. The sets and costumes were to die for. And I am in love with Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman. She was so amazing in this. Now I know what everyone was talking about.

The story line was really different and I think that's what I liked the most. It's definitely not a movie that I would run out and buy after watching, but it's a must see. It makes you think a lot. It also made me miss dancing so much! And makes me want to get in shape! They are so tiny in this.

Look at this costume...gorgeous.

Seriously I'm pretty sure these are the two most beautiful people in Hollywood right now.

Oscars

The Academy Awards

The fashion show of all awards shows...

Jennifer Lawrence

I thought she looked absolutely gorgeous. The reason I didn't put her in my best dressed is because I don't think I would have worn this to the Oscars. It's just a little plain for them. I love that simpleness and sexiness though. She looks amazing. Her hair is great. She didn't over do accessories. Loved it.

Sharon Stone

I loved the dress. I love the feathers. I thought she looked really good for her and for her age. Didn't love her make up though. Little too dark.

Sandra Bullock

Not the best dress she's ever worn, but I thought it was pretty on her. It was simple and I thought the color looked great. She looked a little tired.

Reese Witherspoon

O Reese, you look like a perfect Barbie. So I love it, but I don't love it. I am however in love with her hair. Everyone compared it to the dress that Julia Roberts wore a few years ago...but I thought they were definitely different. This one did remind me of the dress Isla Fisher wears on "Confessions of a Shopaholic" when she gets confused for a waitress. Overall I thought Reese looked amazing because of her hair, makeup, and just the simpleness of the dress. It was elegant.

Michelle Williams

I love this dress. Chanel. Ahhh....sigh. However, she looks all one color kind of. I wish she had done something with her make up to stand out a little. She's just so cute though.

Melissa Leo

I'm not sure how I feel about this dress. I like the concept. But I think I wouldn't have put such a shiny gold behind the lace. She looked nice though.

Kelly Osbourne

Sometimes I just don't know why she is on all these fashion shows and stuff. Her hair is yellow. I hate it. The dress is nice, but it's so safe and it's not a good color. It's not really very fantastic. Wear something fun to the Oscars or gorgeous or amazing...especially if you're judging everyone else's choices live on tv.

Jennifer Hudson

I can't get over how great her body looks...BUT I DON'T love this. I like the color on her, and I think the dress is pretty, but why is she wearing purple shoes with an orange dress? And why did her stylist not get her a good bra? Also...don't like her hair...it's all in a tight updo up front and then this weird one pony curl down the back. Not my fav.

Celine Dion

Oh wow...she looks so pretty. I loved this dress on her. It wasn't my favorite of the night, but it's so great for her. I love her hair too.

Amy Adams

Ok, she ruined this fabulous dress with that crazy necklace and her hair. She should have gone no necklace and hair up. Would have been perfect.

Guiliana Rancic

I loved the pattern of this dress. I thought she looked great. Maybe would have done my hair a little more loose or something, but I just think she's the cutest.

Scarlett Johansson

I really liked this color and this dress, but from the front it didn't look that fantastic on her. I LOVED it from the back. I'm obsessed with lace lately. I thought her hair was cute, but it didn't really match with the dress.

Camila Alves

I'm in love with her dress. And together they both look so classic and elegant. They look amazing.

Cate Blanchett

At first I did not like this dress, but then I when she presented and was on stage I loved it. It's like art mixed into your wardrobe. It fit her style so well. I really liked it. A lot of people didn't. I didn't love the back of it, but I thought she looked so good.

Worst Dressed

Florence Welch

I HATE to say this, but I had to put her on this list. Her performance dress was so much better. Anyway, I don't know why she always does her hair like that...normally I like it, but for the Oscars I thought she would do something different. Also her dress kind of looks pioneerish. And she wore the same color dress to the grammys. At least she has her voice...Her performance was FANTASTIC!

Helena Bonham Carter

I know she never wears normal dresses, so she actually looks decent compared to a lot of her other "outfits". BUT I can't not put her on this list. She is just to weird for me...with the sunglasses etc...at least I didn't post the pic with those on...

Penelope Cruz

Granted she just had a baby, so that's not what it is...WHY would you choose this dress? You're so gorgeous. It's just not good. It looks cheap and her boobs look bad...I don't know...with so many options out there, get something to mask the baby weight. And pick a better pattern.

Nicole Kidman

This is my biggest disappointment. She is usually fabulous. This makes me want to puke. It looks like cheap prom meets japanese wedding or something. Her shoes were bad too! Ugh.

Marisa Tomei

This is terrible too. It looks like a cheap prom dress. It doesn't really even fit her either. I don't like the cut of the top and her hair looks unfinished. I think she's beautiful so this made me sad.

Best Dressed

I can't pick which one I liked the most...

Mandy Moore

Ah I loved this dress. I wish her hair was a little bit softer, but overall she looks so good. I love how the glitter went down until the dress started to fan out. The color was great on her. Just thought she looked so good. LOVED her performance dress too.

Hilary Swank

Feather and Glitter! My dream! I would love to wear this! So amazing. That's all.

Halle Berry

She looks flawless. This dress is so amazing. She has worn some kind of lame dresses lately and this one just shot them out of the water. I love the tulle at the bottom.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Ammmaaazzzzing. Loved it. Some of the stylists said it looked like "liquid metal"...it does. It looks like water or something. Her straight hair was perfect with the simple, straight dress. Not very many people could have worn this dress.

Natalie Portman

O Natalie, you always look so fantastic. She is the cutest pregnant person ever. This dress is perfect on her.

Mila Kunis

And once again Mila looks amazing too. My favorite part of this dress was the little pieces of lace here and there...especially on her chest. The details are so pretty. It fit her perfectly.

OSCAR 2011

Some OSCAR notes:

The show was consistently interesting, never boring, but never really exciting either. A few lines from Bob Hope remind us how lame other comedians have been since. But then, that was one of Bob Hope's best moments they showed.

The opening film sketch was fun. The opening Hot Body Humping sketch on Jimmy Kimmel's After-the-Oscars show delivered, to bookend the night.

James Franco added little to the night, but Anne Hathaway was good, though not especially funny. More than usual, the hosts introduced the presenters and not much else. They are not comedians.

The show got past the more boring awards quickly, and bunched the songs and Best Picture segments, which avoided some of the more draggy elements of many shows. Still, the show ran a little over the 11:30 supposed ending time. The kids from PS 122 were good. It's always a thrill for kids to get special opportunities like that. Sometime in the next 50 years we'll read about some celebrity who was inspired by their visit to the Oscars tonight to sing in the chorus.

Big winner, of course was THE KING'S SPEECH: Here's how it fared...

The King’s Speech
==>Best Picture
==>Best Director - Tom Hooper
==>Best Actor - Colin Firth
xBest Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush
xBest Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter
xBest Cinematography - Danny Cohen
==>Best Original Screenplay - David Seidler
xBest Art Direction
xBest Costume Design
xBest Original Score
xBest Film Editing
xBest Sound Mixing

Black Swan won Best Actress for Natalie Portman. Jimmy Kimmel remarked that Black Swan was the only black nominated this year.

Both Black Swan and The King's Speech were at HIFF (The Hamptons International Film Festival) in 2010, along with James Franco and 127 Hours.

Two of the best lines were

"How to Train Your Dragon".."that's disgusting!"

and

Tom Hooper's "LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER!" - She discovered The King's Speech for him.

I thought both Natalie Portman's talk and Aaron Sorkin's talk were amazing: for how much they said, and how many people they remembered, and how fast they spoke, and what they said, too, in the pressure of the moment.

Natalie Portman, by the way, is not only an actress, she directed a short film that I liked a lot:

http://qporit.blogspot.com/2008/10/hiff-eve-gsa-shorts.html

I enjoyed Kirk Douglas' spirit as a presenter. Scarlett and Justin made a good team; they were the best presenting couple.

Did Christian Bale forget his wife's name when he was thanking???

Inception was the big winner in the technical categories, with Sound Editing and Mixing, Cinematography & Visual Effects. Alice in Wonderland won for Art Design and Costumes. And The Social Network won for Editing. You'd expect a Best Directed picture to win in some technical categories, but Speech was shut out.

I do not really understand why Barney's Version was even nominated for Costumes, by the way.

The Inside Job was the winning documentary. It describes the way that financial institutions, as well as some academic consultants, were complicit in the financial meltdown. The director was astonished that three years after no one has been sent to jail for fraud.

In a Better World was the Foreign Film winner. It is not easy to see the foreign film winners. They seem to pass unnoticed in the theaters, and even in film festivals. The shorts are kind of invisible also, but more and more they will be able to be searched out online I think.

There was one clip from Winter's Bone which reminded me how terrific that cinematography really was. To appreciate it, watch the DVD, then watch the How-it-was-made feature on the DVD. You'll see the difference between how the place really looks, and how it looks in the film.

Finally, sadly, was the remembrance of those that have passed during this year. Sadly, I had met and known a number of the people mentioned. Some of those I knew were very nice, and nice to me. May they and their families rest in peace. I will remember them fondly and sadly.


Here is a list of nominees and winners:

2011
OSCAR NOMINATIONS

THE KING'S SPEECHBEST PICTURE

Natalie PortmanBEST ACTRESS
BLACK SWAN

NOMINATION LEADERS AND FRONT RUNNERS

The King’s Speech
==>Best Picture
==>Best Director - Tom Hooper
==>Best Actor - Colin Firth
xBest Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush
xBest Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter
xBest Cinematography - Danny Cohen
==>Best Original Screenplay - David Seidler
xBest Art Direction
xBest Costume Design
xBest Original Score
xBest Film Editing
xBest Sound Mixing

True Grit
xBest Film
xBest Director - Joel and Ethan Coen
xBest Actor - Jeff Bridges
xBest Supporting Actress - Hailee Steinfeld
xBest Adapted Screenplay - Joel and Ethan Coen
xBest Cinematography - Roger Deakins
xBest Art Direction
xBest Costume Design
xBest Sound Editing
xBest Sound Mixing


The Social Network
xBest Film
xBest Director - David Fincher
xBest Actor - Jesse Eisenberg
==>Best Adapted Screenplay - Aaron Sorkin
xBest Cinematography - Jeff Cronenweth
==>Best Original Score
==>Best Film Editing
xBest Sound Mixing

THE NOMINATIONS

Best Picture
The Social Network
==>The King’s Speech
Black Swan
True Grit
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
Winter’s Bone

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
==>Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network

Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
==>Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

Best Actress
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
==>Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor
==>Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
==>Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon
Illusionist
==>Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Film
Mexico - Biutiful
Greece - Dogtooth
==>Denmark - In a Better World
Canada - Incendies
Algeria - Outside the law

Best Original Screenplay
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
==>The King's Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours
==> Aaron Sorkin The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique - Black Swan
==> Wally Pfister - Inception
Danny Cohen - The King's Speech
Jeff Cronenweth - The Social Network
Roger Deakins - True Grit

Best Art Direction
==> Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

Best Costume Design
==>Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

Best Original Song
Coming Home - Country Strong
I See the Light - Tangled
If I Rise - 127 Hours
==>We Belong Together - Toy Story 3

Best Original Score
How to Train Your Dragon -John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours - A.R. Rahman
==>The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Best Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
==>Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best Film Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
==>The Social Network

Best Makeup
Barney's Version
The Way Back
==>The Wolfman

Best Sound Editing
==>Inception
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

Best Sound Mixing
==>Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
==>Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
==>Strangers No More
Sun Comes Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Visual Short Film (Animated)
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Lets Pollute
==>The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

Best Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession
The Crush
==>God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Natalie Portman

Chick Crush Day 12

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman is one of my favorite actresses. She has won multiple awards for acting and has been in tons of amazing movies. I think she is talented and gorgeous. Not to mention funny! She's also pregnant! Yay! She went to Harvard, and said she didn't care if it ruined her acting career because, "I don't care, I'd rather be a smart movie star." Haha. Looks and brains...I'd take her life.