The Hurt Locker took home awards for best film, director, sound, editing, and cinematography at Sunday’s BAFTA awards. Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth took home the lead acting prizes. Avatar won in only two categories, special visual effects and production design.

Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Outstanding British Film: Fish Tank
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Leading Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man
Leading Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up In the Air
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Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted nine out of the ten best picture nominees for the Academy Awards. While we predicted Invictus, it was another sports film, The Blind Side, that took home the nomination.

BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

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Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, Christoph Waltz, and Mo’Nique added to their awards season trophy cases with acting wins at the recent SAG awards.

The race for Oscar best picture continues without a clear front-runner. The Hurt Locker took home the prize at the PGA awards, although going into the awards it appeared that Avatar had more momentum.

SAG Winners

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Ensemble: Inglourious Basterds…
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The Hurt Locker cemented its status as a front runner by winning best pictures at the Broadcast Awards (BFCAs). Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted eight out of the ten winners.

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia, and Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Original Screenplay: Inglorious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air

Best Original Score: Up

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Oscar Frenzy correctly predicted four out of the five nominations for the Director’s Guild of America. While we predicted that Lone Scherfig would be nominated for An Education, Lee Daniels was nominated instead for Precious.

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
James Cameron, Avatar
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

The Hurt Locker, Precious and Up in the Air are all continuing to look like Oscar contenders after picking up nominations for best motion picture at the Golden Globes.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Up In The Air

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy

The LA Film Critics went in a different direction than the National Board by awarding The Hurt Locker, an early awards favorite, both best picture and best director. Precious picked up its first award with Mo’Nique’s win for best supporting actress.

Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”

Best Actress: Yolande Moreau, “Séraphine”

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”

The National Board of Review celebrated Up in the Air with awards for best picture, best actor, and best supporting actress earlier today. In a surprise, Precious, a early awards favorite, did not garner any major awards.

Best Picture: Up in the Air

Top Ten:
An Education
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Star Trek
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Actor: George Clooney, Up in the Air; Morgan Freeman, Invictus

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education

Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger…
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11:53: Slumdog fulfills its destiny by capturing the biggest prize of them all, best picture. The film goes home with eight trophies tonight. What an improbable journey for a small movie. It is also the first Best Picture win for small studio Fox Searchlight. Congratulations!

It was a very entertaining show overall. Hugh Jackman certainly surpassed expectations. There also were not a lot of big surprises. All in all a fun night. Thanks tuning in.

And, if you’re curious, Oscar Frenzy finished 19 out of 24.

11:43: Sean Penn wins for Milk. That’s somewhat unexpected. Sean Penn did completely immerse himself into the…
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