While the saying always goes that the Golden Globes set the tone for the Oscars, this years nominations prove that while true the Academy still has a mind of it’s own.

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The Grammy Awards just ended and Beyonce comes out on top winning six out of ten awards making her the current record holder of most Grammys won in a single night. by a female artist.

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The main show hasn’t even started yet and already two of tonight’s biggest nominees know that they will walk away winners. Lady Gaga is so far a winner in the Best Dance Category for Poker Face and Best Dance Album for The Fame. While this isn’t Taylor’s first Grammy show it is her first win in Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her song White Horse. Swift has a chance of winning an additional six,Gaga an additional four but that all depends on how they match up to tonight’s biggest nominee Beyonce with ten nominations. The 52md Annual Grammy Awards air live on CBS tonight at 8 pm et.

 

Pre-Show Winners

Best Dance Recording
“Poker Face” – Lady Gaga
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, mixers
Track from: “The Fame”
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]

Best Electronic/Dance Album
“The Fame”
Lady Gaga
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
“White Horse” – Taylor Swift
Track from: “Fearless”
[Big Machine Records]

Best Male Country Vocal Performance“Sweet Thing” – Keith Urban
Track from: “Defying Gravity”
[Capitol Records Nashville]

Best New Age Album
“Prayer For Compassion”
David Darling
[Wind Over The Earth]

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
“Always Looking Up”
Michael J. Fox
[Hyperion Audio]

Best Jazz Vocal Album
“Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman”
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
“75″
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
[Heads Up International]

Best Improvised Jazz Solo“Dancin’ 4 Chicken”
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Watts (Jeff “Tain” Watts)
[Dark Key Music]

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album“Book One”
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
[World Village]

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group“Five Peace Band – Live”
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
[Concord Records]

Best Latin Jazz Album
“Juntos Para Siempre”
Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
[Sony Music/Calle 54]

Best Gospel Performance
“Wait On The Lord”
Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Track from: We All Are One (Live In Detroit)
[Verity]

Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album
“Live Revelations”
Third Day
[Essential Records]

Best Gospel Song
“God In Me”
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra “KiKi” Sheard)
Track from: “The Sound”
[Columbia Records; Publishers: EMI April Music, Wet Ink Red Music, That's Plum Song, It's Tea Tyme.]

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
“The Power Of One”
Israel Houghton
[Integrity Music]

Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album“Jason Crabb”
Jason Crabb
[Spring Hill Music Group]

Best Traditional Gospel Album
“Oh Happy Day”
(Various Artists)
Bill Hearn, Ken Levitan, Ken Pennell, Jack Rovner & Cedric Thompson, producers
[EMI Gospel/Vector Recordings]

Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album
“Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo”
Calle 13
[Sony Music Norte]

Best Latin Pop Album
“Sin Frenos”
La Quinta Estación
[Sony Music Latin]

Best Tejano Album
“Borders Y Bailes”
Los Texmaniacs
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

Best Banda Album
“Tu Esclavo Y Amo”
Lupillo Rivera
[Disa]

Best Native American Music Album
“Spirit Wind North”
Bill Miller
[Cool Springs Music Group]

Best Traditional World Music Album
“Douga Mansa”
Mamadou Diabate
[World Village]

Best Contemporary World Music Album
“Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions”
Béla Fleck
[Rounder]

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album
“Lay Your Burden Down”
Buckwheat Zydeco
[Alligator]

Best Reggae Album“Mind Control – Acoustic”
Stephen Marley
[Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong/Universal Republic]

Best Hawaiian Music Album
“Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2″
(Various Artists)
Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
[Daniel Ho Creations]

Best Norteno Album
“Tu Noche Con…Los Tigres Del Norte”
Los Tigres Del Norte
[Fonovisa]

Best Regional Mexican Album
“Necesito De Ti”
Vicente Fernández
[Sony Music Norte]

Best Tropical Latin Album
“Ciclos”
Luis Enrique
[Top Stop Music]

Best Musical Album For Children
“Family Time”
Ziggy Marley
[Tuff Gong Worldwide]

Best Spoken Word Album For Children
“Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs”
Buck Howdy
[Prairie Dog Entertainment]

Best Musical Show Album
“West Side Story”
David Caddick & David Lai, producers (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast with Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione & Others)
[Masterworks Broadway]

Best Instrumental Composition
“Married Life” (From “Up”)
Michael Giacchino, composer (Michael Giacchino)
Track from: Up – Soundtrack
[Walt Disney Records]

Best Instrumental Arrangement
“West Side Story Medley”
Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)
Track from: Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute To Oscar Peterson
[Resonance Records]

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
“Quiet Nights”
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Track from: Quiet Nights
[Verve]

Best Recording Package
“Everything That Happens Will Happen Today”
Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)
[Todomundo/Opal]

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
“Neil Young Archives Vol. I” (1963-1972)
Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)
[Reprise]

Best Album Notes
“The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions” (1935-1946)
Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
[Mosaic Records]

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
“Jai Ho” (From “Slumdog Millionaire”)
Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
Track from: “Slumdog Millionaire” – Music From The Motion Picture
[N.E.E.T./Interscope Records; Publisher: KM Musiq.]

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
“Up”
Michael Giacchino, composer
[Walt Disney Records]

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
“Slumdog Millionaire”
(Various Artists)
A.R. Rahman, producer
[N.E.E.T./Interscope Records]

Best Historical Album“The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967)”
Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walter)
[Hip-O Select/Geffen Records]

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
“Ellipse”
Imogen Heap, engineer (Imogen Heap)
[RCA/Megaphonic Records]

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
“When Love Takes Over (Electro Extended Remix)”
David Guetta, remixer (David Guetta Featuring Kelly Rowland)
[Astralwerks]

Best Surround Sound Album
“Transmigration”
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses)
[Telarc]

Source: Variety

Last week was the Golden Globes, next it’s all about the Grammys but yesterday it was all about the actors as the 2010 SAG Awards were handed out. Give and take a few categories and winners (Tina Fey should have one at the Globes too) their wasn’t too many surprises. It looks won’t be too hard to guess Oscar nominees this year.

SAG Winners

MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”

FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”

MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
“Inglourious Basterds”
Daniel Bruehl
August Diehl
Julie Dreyfus
Michael Fassbender
Sylvester Groth
Jacky Ido
Diane Kruger
Melanie Laurent
Denis Menochet
Mike Myers
Brad Pitt
Eli Roth
Til Schweiger
Rod Taylor
Christoph Waltz
Martin Wuttke

STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
“Star Trek”

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance”

FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”

MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”

FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”

MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”

FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”

ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
“Mad Men”
Alexa Alemanni
Bryan Batt
Jared S. Gilmore
Michael Gladis
Jon Hamm
Jared Harris
Christina Hendricks
January Jones
Vincent Kartheiser
Robert Morse
Elisabeth Moss
Kiernan Shipka
John Slattery
Rich Sommer
Christopher Stanley
Aaron Staton

ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
“Glee”
Diana Agron
Chris Colfer
Patrick Gallagher
Jessalyn Gilsig
Jane Lynch
Jayma Mays
Kevin McHale
Lea Michele
Cory Monteith
Heather Morris
Matthew Morrison
Amber Riley
Naya Rivera
Mark Salling
Harry Shum Jr.
Josh Sussman
Dijon Talton
Iqbal Theba
Jenna Ushkowitz

STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
“24″

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Betty White

My only critique is that Ricky Gervais did not do that well of a job hosting. I don’t know if it was the fact that it’s been awhile since there was a host or that he just wasn’t  funny but something was off. Blame it on the alcohol? Where’s Mariah Carey? Click for full winners list.

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TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Outstanding Comedy Series

• “30 Rock” (NBC)

• “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)

• “Glee” (FOX)

• “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

• “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Daryl “Chill” Mitchell , “Brothers” (FOX)

• Donald Faison , “Scrubs” (NBC)

• Dul� Hill , “Psych” (USA Network)

• LaVan Davis , “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

• Tyler James Williams , “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• America Ferrera , “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

• Cassi Davis , “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

• CCH Pounder , “Brothers” (FOX)

• Sherri Shepherd , “Sherri” (Lifetime)

• Tichina Arnold , “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Lamman Rucker , “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” (TBS)

• Lance Gross , “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

• Larenz Tate , “Rescue Me” (FX)

• Malcolm-Jamal Warner , “Sherri” (Lifetime)

• Tracy Morgan , “30 Rock” (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Ana Ortiz , “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

• Keshia Knight Pulliam , “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

• Tisha Campbell-Martin , “Rita Rocks” (Lifetime)

• Vanessa Williams , “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

• Wendy Raquel Robinson , “The Game” (CW)

Outstanding Drama Series

• “Cold Case” (CBS)

• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

• “HawthoRNe” (TNT)

• “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)

• “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Anthony Anderson , “Law & Order” (NBC)

• Hill Harper , “CSI: NY” (CBS)

• LL Cool J , “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)

• Laurence Fishburne , “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS)

• Taye Diggs , “Private Practice” (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Chandra Wilson , “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

• Jada Pinkett Smith , “HawthoRNe” (TNT)

• Jill Scott , “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO)

• Regina King , “Southland” (NBC)

• Sandra Oh , “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Corey Reynolds , “The Closer” (TNT)

• Delroy Lindo , “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)

• James Pickens, Jr. , “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

• Mekhi Phifer , “Lie To Me” (FOX)

• Rocky Carroll , “NCIS” (CBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Anika Noni Rose , “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO)

• Audra McDonald , “Private Practice” (ABC)

• Gabrielle Union , “Flash Forward” (ABC)

• Jurnee Smollett , “Friday Night Lights” (NBC)

• S. Epatha Merkerson , “Law & Order” (NBC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• “America” (Lifetime)

• “Brick City” (Sundance)

• “Georgia O’Keefe” (Lifetime)

• “Gifted Hands” (TNT)

• “Relative Stranger” (Hallmark)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Cuba Gooding Jr. , “Gifted Hands” (TNT)

• Eriq La Salle , “Relative Stranger” (Hallmark)

• Gus Hoffman , “Gifted Hands” (TNT)

• Jaishon Fisher , “Gifted Hands” (TNT)

• Philip Johnson , “America” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Aunjanue Ellis , “Gifted Hands” (TNT)

• Cicely Tyson , “Relative Stranger” (Hallmark)

• Kimberly Elise , “Gifted Hands” (TNT)

• Rosie O’Donnell , “America” (Lifetime)

• Ruby Dee , “America” (Lifetime)

 

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Bryton James , “The Young and The Restless” (CBS)

• Cassius Willis , “The Young and The Restless” (CBS)

• Cornelius Smith, Jr. , “All My Children” (ABC)

• Terrell Tilford , “One Life To Live” (ABC)

• Texas Battle , “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Daphne Duplaix , “One Life to Live” (ABC)

• Debbi Morgan , “All My Children” (ABC)

• Eva Marcelle , “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

• Tatyana Ali , “The Young and The Restless” (CBS)

• Tonya Lee Williams , “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Outstanding News/ Information , (Series or Special)

• “Anderson Cooper 360: President Obama’s African Journey” (CNN)

• “CNN Presents: Reclaiming the Dream 2″ (CNN)

• “The Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States” (BET)

• “Judge Mathis” (Syndicated)

• “Leading Women: India.Arie, Dr. Maya Angelou” (Centric)

Outstanding Talk Series

• “Lopez Tonight” (TBS)

• “The Mo’Nique Show” (BET)

• “The Tyra Banks Show” (CW)

• “The View” (ABC)

• “The Wanda Sykes Show” (FOX)

 

Outstanding Reality Series

• “American Idol 8″ (FOX)

• “America’s Next Top Model” (CW)

• “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC)

• “Extreme Makeover” (ABC)

• “Real Housewives of Atlanta” (Bravo)

Outstanding Variety , (Series or Special)

• “BET Awards 2009″ (BET)

• “Bill Cosby: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor” (PBS)

• “Michael Jackson Memorial Service” (ABC, BET, CNN, MTV, NBC)

• “Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me” (HBO)

• “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial” (HBO)

Outstanding Children’s Program

• “The Backyardigans , The Action Elves Save Christmas” (Nickelodeon)

• “Dora The Explorer: Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure” (Nickelodeon)

• “Go, Diego, Go: Diego Reunites Hippopotamus and Oxpecker” (Nickelodeon)

• “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)

• “Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie” (Disney Channel)

 

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s Program , (Series or Special)

• Caitlin Sanchez , “Dora the Explorer” (Nickelodeon)

• Keke Palmer , “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)

• LaShawn Jeffries , “The Backyardigans” (Nickelodeon)

• Nick Cannon , “TeenNick HALO Awards” (TeenNick)

• Selena Gomez , “Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney Channel)

RECORDING CATEGORIES

Outstanding New Artist

• Jeremih (Def Jam)

• Keri Hilson (Mosley Music Group/Zone 4 Inc/Interscope Records)

• K’Jon (Universal Republic Records)

• Kristinia DeBarge (Def Jam)

• Melanie Fiona (SRC/Universal/Motown)

Outstanding Male Artist

• Anthony Hamilton (SoSo Def/Jive Records)

• Charlie Wilson (Jive Label Group)

• Jay-Z (Atlantic Records)

• Maxwell (Columbia Records)

• Ne-Yo (Def Jam)

Outstanding Female Artist

• Alicia Keys (Columbia Records)

• India.Arie (Universal Republic Records)

• Mary J. Blige (Matriarch/Geffen)

• Rihanna (Def Jam)

• Whitney Houston (Artista Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

• 3 Mo’ Divas (MariMo’ Music Inc.)

• The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records)

• Day26 (Bad Boy Records)

• Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys (Atlantic Records)

• Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West (Atlantic Records)

 

Outstanding Jazz Album

• “Detroit” , Gerald Wilson Orchestra (Mack Avenue Records)

• “He and She” , Wynton Marsalis (Blue Note Records)

• “Kind of Brown” , Christian McBride & Inside Straight (Mack Avenue Records)

• “Poetically Justified” , Marcus Johnson (Three Keys Music)

• “The Real Thing” , Vanessa Williams (Concord Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album , (Traditional or Contemporary)

• “A City Called Heaven” , Shirley Caesar (Light Records)

• “How I Got Over” , Vickie Winans (Destiny Joy)

• “Love Unstoppable” , Fred Hammond (Verity Records)

• “Still” , BeBe & CeCe Winans (B & C Records)

• “We Are All One: Live In Detroit” , Donnie McClurkin (Verity Records)

Outstanding World Music Album

• “11:11″ , Rodrigo y Gabriela (ATO Records/Red)

• “Black President” , Sila and the Afrofunk Experience (Visila Records)

• “Morabeza” , Maria de Barros (Sheer Legacy [Sheer Group South African Label])

• “ReCreation” , Zap Mama (Heads Up International/Concord Music Group)

• “Seya” , Oumou Sangare (Nonesuch/World Circuit)

Outstanding Music Video

• “Blame It” , Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain (J Records/MBK Entertainment)

• “Boom Boom Pow” , The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records)

• “I Look To You” , Whitney Houston (Arista)

• “Pretty Wings” , Maxwell (Columbia Records)

• “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” , Alicia Keys (J Records/MBK Entertainment

Outstanding Song

• “Bad Habits” , Maxwell (Columbia Records)

• “Blame It” , Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain (J Records/MBK Entertainment)

• “Empire State of Mind” , Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys (Atlantic Records)

• “God In Me” , Mary Mary (Columbia Records)

• “Pretty Wings” , Maxwell (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Album

• “The Blueprint 3″ , Jay-Z (Atlantic Records)

• “BLACKsummers’night” , Maxwell (Columbia Records)

• “The Element of Freedom” , Alicia Keys (J Records/MBK Entertainment)

• “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” , Mariah Carey (Def Jam)

• “Stronger With Each Tear” , Mary J. Blige (Matriarch/Geffen)

 

LITERATURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Literary Work , Fiction

• “Basketball Jones” , E. Lynn Harris (deceased) (Doubleday)

• “Before I Forget” , Leonard Pitts, Jr. (Agate Bolden)

• “Life is Short But Wide” , J. California Cooper (Doubleday)

• “The Book of Night Women” , Marlon James Riverhead Books)

• “The Long Fall” , Walter Mosley (Riverhead Books)

Outstanding Literary Work , Non-Fiction

• “Brain Surgeon”: A Doctor’s Inspiring Encounters With Mortality and Miracles , Arnold Mann with Keith Black, MD (Grand Central Publishing)

• “Family Affair: What It Means to be African American Today” , Gil L. Robertson, IV (Agate Bolden)

• “Freedom in My Heart: Voices From the United States National Slavery Museum” , Cynthia Jacobs Carter (National Geographic Books)

• “In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past” , Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Crown)

• “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis” , Al Gore (Rodale Inc.)

Outstanding Literary Work , Debut Author

• “3rd Generation Country” , BeNeca Ward (Xlibris Corporation)

• “A Question of Freedom” , R. Dwayne Betts (Avery Books)

• “Black Water Rising” , Attica Locke (Harper)

• “Kiss the Sky: A Novel” , Farai Chideya (Atria Books)

• “Lime Tree Can’t Bear Orange” , Amanda Smyth (Three Rivers Press)

Outstanding Literary Work , Biography/Auto-Biography

• “Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud” , Dr. Cornel West (SmileyBooks)

• “Michelle Obama” , Deborah Willis (W. W. Norton)

• “POPS: A Life of Louis” , Terry Teachout (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

• “Shooting Stars” , LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger (The Penguin Press)

• “Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne” , James Gavin (Atria Books)

Outstanding Literary Work , Instructional

• “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man” , Steve Harvey (Amistad)

• “The Conversation: How Black Men & Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships” , Hill Harper (Gotham Books)

• “Down to Business” , Clara Villarosa with Alicia Villarosa (Avery Books)

• “Start Where You Are” , Chris Gardner (Amistad)

• “Your Money or Your Life” , Alvin Hall (Atria Books)

Outstanding Literary Work , Poetry

• “Bicycles” , Nikki Giovanni (William Morrow)

• “Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry” , Camille Dungy (The University of Georgia Press)

• “Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem” , Mitchell L. H. Douglas (Red Hen Press)

• “Mixology: National Poetry Series” , Adrian Matejka (Penguin Group [USA])

• “Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall” , Melba Joyce Boyd (Wayne State University Press)

 

Outstanding Literary Work , Children

• “Child of the Civil Rights Movement” , Paula Young Shelton (Random House Children’s Books)

• “Negro Speaks of Rivers” , Langston Hughes (Author), E.B. Lewis (Illustrator) (Disney-Jump at the Sun/Disney Book Group)

• “Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change” , Michelle Cook (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)

• “Peeny Butter Fudge” , Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison (Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)

• “Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble” , Whoopi Goldberg (Disney-Jump at the Sun/Disney Book Group)

Outstanding Literary Work , Youth/Teens

• “Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice” , Phillip Hoose (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group/Farrar Straus and Giroux)

• “Just Another Hero” , Sharon Draper (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)

• “Mare’s War” , Tanita S. Davis (Random House Children’s Books)

• “Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady” , David Bergen Brophy (Collins-An Imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books)

• “Rock and the River” , Kekla Magoon (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

Outstanding Motion Picture

• “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• “Invictus” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• “Michael Jackson’s: This Is It” (Columbia Pictures)

• “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

• “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Denzel Washington , “The Taking of Pelham 123″ (Columbia Pictures)

• Idris Elba , “Obsessed” (Screen Gems)

• Jamie Foxx , “Law Abiding Citizen” (Overture Films)

• Morgan Freeman , “Invictus” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• Quinton Aaron , “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Anika Noni Rose , “The Princess and the Frog” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

• Gabourey Sidibe , “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

• Sandra Bullock , “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• Sophie Okonedo , “Skin” (Jour De Fete Films)

• Taraji P. Henson , “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Adam Rodriguez , “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” (Lionsgate)

• Anthony Mackie , “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

• Chiwetel Ejiofor , “2012″ (Columbia Pictures)

• Danny Glover , “2012″ (Columbia Pictures)

• Lenny Kravitz , “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Alfre Woodard , “American Violet” (Universal Pictures)

• Mariah Carey , “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

• Mo’Nique , “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

• Paula Patton , “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

• Zoe Saldana , “Avatar” (Paramount Pictures)

The nominees listed in the following categories were voted upon by Subcommittees.

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• “American Violet” (Samuel Goldwyn Company)

• “Amreeka” (National Geographic Entertainment)

• “Endgame” (Montery Entertainment)

• “Medicine for Melancholy” (IFC Films)

• “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture

• “The Maid” (Elephant Eye Films)

• “Rudo y Cursi” (Sony Pictures Classics)

• “Sin Nombre” (Focus Features)

• “Skin” (Jour De Fete Films)

• “The Stoning of Soraya M.” (Mpower Pictures)

DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY

Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)

• “Capitalism: A Love Story” (Overture Films)

• “Crips and Bloods: Made in America” (Gravitas Ventures)

• “Crude” (First Run Features)

• “Good Hair” (Roadside Attractions)

• “More than a Game” (Lionsgate)

WRITING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Alyson Fouse , “Brothers” , Meet Mike Trainor (FOX)

• Hallsted Sullivan with Warren Lieberstein , “The Office” , Caf� Disco (NBC)

• Kenny Smith , “The Game” , The Wedding (CW)

• Marc Willmore , “The Simpsons” , The Good, The Sad, & The Drugly (FOX)

• Saladin Patterson & James Roday , “Psych” , High Top Fade Out (USA Network)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Alexander Woo , “True Blood” , Beyond Here Lies Nothin (HBO)

• Kathleen McGhee-Anderson , “Lincoln Heights” , Home Again (ABC Family)

• Sara Hess , “House” , The Greater Good (FOX)

• Shonda Rhimes , “Grey’s Anatomy” , What a Difference A Day Makes (ABC)

• Zoanne Clack , “Grey’s Anatomy” , Stand By Me (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)

• Anthony Peckham , “Invictus” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• Geoffrey Fletcher , “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

• John Lee Hancock , “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker , “Notorious” (Fox Searchlight)

• Tyler Perry , “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” (Lionsgate)

 

DIRECTING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Ali LeRoi , “Everybody Hates Chris” , Everybody Hates The G.E.D. (CW)

• Justin Lin , “Community” , Introduction to Statistics (NBC)

• Ken Whittingham , “30 Rock” , The Funcooker (NBC)

• Michael Shultz , “Drop Dead Diva” , Second Chances (Lifetime)

• Reggie Hudlin , “The Office” , Koi Pond (NBC)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• Chandra Wilson , “Grey’s Anatomy” , Give Peace a Chance (ABC)

• Edward James Olmos , “Battlestar Galactica” , Islanded in a Stream of Stars (Syfy)

• Ernest Dickerson , “Dexter” , Road Kill (Showtime)

• Kevin Sullivan , “Lincoln Heights” , Aftershock (ABC Family)

• Paris Barclay , “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” , Coup de Grace (CBS)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)

• F. Gary Gray , “Law Abiding Citizen” (Overture Films)

• George Tillman, Jr. , “Notorious” (Fox Searchlight)

• Lee Daniels , “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

• Scott Sanders , “Black Dynamite” (Apparition)

• Spike Lee , “Passing Strange: The Movie” (IFC Films/Sundance Selects)

Variety

With the People’s Choice Awards airing tonight, award season 2010 is official a go.

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The New York Film Critics Online is composed of 33 top film critics out of New York City.

Winners:

Picture: “Avatar”

Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”

Actress: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”

Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”

Breakthrough Performer: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Debut Director: Marc Webb, “(500) Days of Summer”

Ensemble Cast: “In the Loop”

Screenplay: “Inglourious Basterds,” Quentin Tarantino

Documentary: “The Cove”

Foreign Language: “The White Ribbon”

Animated: “Up”

Cinematography: “Inglourious Basterds,” Robert Richardson

Film Music or Score: “Crazy Heart,” Steve Bruton & T. Bone Burnett; music supervisor: Jeffrey Pollack

Top 11 Films of 2009:

• “Adventureland”
• “Avatar”
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “The Hurt Locker”
• “Inglourious Basterds”
• “The Messenger”
• “Precious”
• “A Serious Man”
• “Two Lovers”
• “Up”
• “Up in the Air”

Sources: Variety NYFCO

The 67th Golden Globe Award will be the first year that all timezones will see the event aired live on NBC January 17, 2010.  (8 pm est/ 5 pm pst)

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It’s that time of year again where Hollywood prepares to head to Salt Lake City for the Sundance Film Festival. This years festival features the likes of Ryan Gosling, Kerry Washington, Orlando Bloom to name a few.

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