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US Weekend Boxoffice top 10 (Feb. 10-12, 2012)

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Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum romance vehicle The Vow led the pre-Valentines Day weekend, as Safe House opens strong in second place. Two other debuts, Warner Brothers’ “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” and and George Lucas’ 3-D version of “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” also strong.

The Vow
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 1. The Vow (2012)
2. Safe House
3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
4. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
5. Chronicle
6. The Woman in Black
7. The Grey
8. Big Miracle
9. The Descendants
10.Underworld Awakening
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US Weekend Boxoffice top 10 (Jan. 29-27, 2012)

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 1. The Grey
2. Underworld Awakening
3. One For the Money
4. Red Tails
5. Man on a Ledge
6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
7. The Descendants
8. Contraband
9. Beauty and the Beast (3D)
10.Haywire
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Oscar 2012 – Nominees

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Hugo and The Artist leads Oscar Nominations 2012

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Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo		 Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Best Actor Best Actress
Demián Bichir – “A Better Life”
George Clooney – “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Gary Oldman – “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”		 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 Best Supporting Actress
Kenneth Branagh – “My Week with Marilyn”

Jonah Hill – “Moneyball”

Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
Max von Sydow – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

 Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer – “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Cinematography Film Editing
“The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
“Hugo” Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” Janusz Kaminski		 “The Artist” – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” – Kevin Tent
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“Hugo” – Thelma Schoonmaker
“Moneyball” – Christopher Tellefsen
Art Direction Costume Design
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2“
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”		 “Anonymous” Lisy Christl
“The Artist” Mark Bridges
“Hugo” Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
“W.E.” Arianne Phillips
Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Hugo” – John Logan
“The Ides of March” – George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
“Moneyball” – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Stan Chervin
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan		 “The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
“Bridesmaids” – Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
“Margin Call” – J.C. Chandor
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
“A Separation” – Asghar Farhadi
Documentary (Feature) Documentary (Short Subject)
“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
“Pina”
“Undefeated”		 “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”
Sound Editing Sound Mixing
“Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
“War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom		 “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
“Moneyball” Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
“War Horse” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Music (Original Score) Music (Original Song)
“The Adventures of Tintin” – John Williams
“The Artist” – Ludovic Bource
“Hugo” – Howard Shore
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – Alberto Iglesias
“War Horse” – John Williams		 “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated) Short Film (Live Action)
“Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
“La Luna” Enrico Casarosa
“A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
“Wild Life” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby		 “Pentecost” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
“Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
“The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
“Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
“Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø
Animated Feature Film Foreign Language Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango		 “Bullhead” Belgium
“Footnote” Israel
“In Darkness” Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
“A Separation” Iran
Makeup Visual Effects
“Albert Nobbs” – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Iron Lady” – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland		 “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
“Hugo”
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
“Real Steel”
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Jan. 28, 2012

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Rihanna’s “We Found Love,” featuring Calvin Harris, remains atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a milestone 10th total week at the summit.

The song, which already represents Rihanna’s longest stay at No. 1 on the Hot 100, becomes one of just 11 boasting a solo female lead billing to have ruled for at least 10 weeks in the tally’s 53-year history. “Love” is the first such leader since Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” logged 10 weeks on top in 2006-07. Full Story >>

Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Jan. 28, 2012

1. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”
2. Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
3. Flo Rida, “Good Feeling”
4. Bruno Mars, “It Will Rain”
5. LMFAO, “Sexy And I Know It”
6. Katy Perry, “The One That Got Away”
7. Jay Z & Kanye West, “N***as In Paris”
8. Tyga, “Rack City”
9. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa f/ Bruno Mars, “Young, Wild & Free”
10. David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”

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DGA Nominations

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WOODY ALLEN for Midnight in Paris
(Sony Pictures Classics)

DAVID FINCHER for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
(Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS for The Artist
(The Weinstein Company)

ALEXANDER PAYNE for The Descendants
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)

MARTIN SCORSESE for Hugo
(Paramount Pictures)

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Winners of the 69th Golden Globe Awards

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Best Picture at the 69th Annual Golden Globes

Best Motion Picture (Drama) – The Descendants
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) – The Artist
Best Actor (Drama) – George Clooney for The Descendants
Best Actress (Drama) – Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) – Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) – Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Best Supporting Actress – Octavia Spencer for The Help
Best Director – Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Best Screenplay – Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris”
Best Original Song – Masterpiece from W.E.
Best Original Score – Ludovic Bource for “The Artist”
Best Animated Film – The Adventures of Tintin
Best Foreign Language Film – A Separation (Iran)

TV:

Best TV Series Drama – Homeland
Best Actor (Drama) – Kelsey Grammar for Boss
Best Actress (Drama) – Claire Danes for Homeland
Best TV Series Musical or Comedy – Modern Family
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) – Matt LeBlanc for Episodes
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) – Laura Dern for Enlightened

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture for TV – Downton Abbey
Best Actor (Mini-Series or Motion Picture for TV )- Idris Elba for Luther
Best Actress (Mini-Series or Motion Picture for TV) – Kate Winslet for Mildred Pierce
Best Supporting Actor  – Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones
Best Supporting Actress  – Jessica Lange for American Horror Story

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