Live Blog: 2011 Academy Award Winners Nick Butler, February 27, 2011February 27, 2011 Tonight is the 83rd Annual Academy Awards and we’ll be covering it live for your convenience. We’ll start the live blog at 8:15PM Est. and update it every time a winner is announced or anything noteworthy occurs. We’ve compiled a list of nominees below, which will be updated following the conclusion of the show. 83rd Annual Academy AwardsThe winners are bold and the symbol in front of them – √Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” √ – Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” James Franco in “127 Hours”Actor in a Supporting Role √ – Christian Bale in “The Fighter” John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” Jeremy Renner in “The Town” Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” √ – Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams in “The Fighter” Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” √ – Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”Animated Feature Film “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet √ – “Toy Story 3” Lee UnkrichArt Direction √ – “Alice in Wonderland” – Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” – Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan “Inception” – Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat “The King’s Speech” – Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr “True Grit” – Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy HaighCinematography “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique √ – “Inception” Wally Pfister “The King’s Speech” Danny Cohen “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth “True Grit” Roger DeakinsCostume Design √ – “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi “The King’s Speech” Jenny Beavan “The Tempest” Sandy Powell “True Grit” Mary ZophresDirecting “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky “The Fighter” David O. Russell √ – “The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper “The Social Network” David Fincher “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan CoenDocumentary (Feature) “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic √ – “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus AynsleyDocumentary (Short Subject) “Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block √ – “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas LennonFilm Editing “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum “The Fighter” Pamela Martin “The King’s Speech” Tariq Anwar “127 Hours” Jon Harris √ – “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk BaxterForeign Language Film “Biutiful” Mexico “Dogtooth” Greece √ – “In a Better World” Denmark “Incendies” Canada “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” AlgeriaMakeup “Barney’s Version” Adrien Morot “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng √ – “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave ElseyMusic (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 RossMusic (Original Song) “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong √ – “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy NewmanBest Picture “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers √ – “The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers “Winter’s Bone” Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, ProducersShort Film (Animated) “Day & Night” Teddy Newton “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang “Let’s Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe √ – “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien DuboisShort Film (Live Action) “The Confession” Tanel Toom “The Crush” Michael Creagh √ – “God of Love” Luke Matheny “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha WaiteSound Editing √ – “Inception” Richard King “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey “Unstoppable” Mark P. StoeckingerSound Mixing √ – “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick “The King’s Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. KurlandVisual Effects “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell √ – “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel SudickWriting (Adapted Screenplay) “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy √ – “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “Winter’s Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne RoselliniWriting (Original Screenplay) “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg √ – “The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler Events News 127 HoursAcademy AwardsBlack SwanInceptionThe FighterThe Social NetworkToy Story 3True Grit
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