The importance of breathing fire

I’ve been following the whole Josh Duggar scandal since it broke months ago and I’ve pretty much made my opinions about it clear to most of my family and friends when it is brought up.  His family fucked up, his community fucked up, his church fucked up and most importantly the fucking police fucked up. There is no excuse for what he did and the fact that it was hushed up proves that his family knew he was doing wrong and didn’t care because he was their first born male child.  I can’t stand religious excuses because unless you’ve got G0d on speed dial and can get him/her/it on speaker phone and pardon you’re wrong doing then you are just talking out of your ass and need to use religion to make yourself feel better.  But that is a completely different rant.

This rant is about Ashley Madison (a website that’s very existence I abhor), Josh Duggar’s involvement and how Anna Duggar’s family has done her wrong and the importance of making sure this never happens to a young girl/woman again. For anyone unfamiliar with the website, it is a website to basically set up affairs whether they are casual or long term ones for people in committed relationships and/or marriages.  Recently the website has been hacked and its users have been posted online and among those users turns out to be none other than the child molesting Josh Duggar.  Not only is he on this website but he has been on the site for almost two years which means not only was he having affairs with other people but it was also while his wife was pregnant with two of his children.

Now lots of people are going on about how the joke is on him and how he deserves all that he is getting for acting so holier than thou but not mainly people talk about his wife.  Recently I found an article a woman wrote about her feelings on the whole scandal and how the person she feels bad for is Anna and how no one is talking about her and her situation and how it needs to be talked about. The thing is, she’s right. We as a society need to talk about the huge disservice that her family, her husband’s family and her husband has done to her and keeps doing to her.

This young woman and I call her that even though she is a year younger than me, married, and has four kids because she is young and naive, and sadly she has now gotten a rude wake up call about the harsh realities of the world.  Her family has taught her to be chaste, proper, devout, the perfect wife and mother to her future husband and she becomes just that for Josh Duggar.  She went from her families home to her husband’s home, gave him four children and now in the last 6 months has been humiliated over and over again by him. She has no education, no work experience, no real life experience, and now she is committed to staying with her husband and the father of his children because that is what she was raised to do.  On facebook her brother wrote an open letter/commentary about the situration and how he has offered his sister and her children a place to stay and help her with them but she refuses to believe. How their family cares more about their social standing in the community than about her.  She has refused her brother’s help because she was told that she must stand by her husband no matter what and be the devoted wife and mother no matter what he puts her through.

I’m not a mother, at least not yet but one day I do plan to be one.  I always tell people I want to have boys because I’ve been surrounded by boys pretty much my whole life.  Here’s the thing though, if I do have a daughter one day then I’m gonna do what this woman in her open letter recommended. I’m gonna raise my possible future daughters to believe they breathe fire.  Because no one should ever be put into the situation that Anna Duggar has found herself in and felt like they can’t leave.  No one, especially not a young girl or woman, should feel like they should stay with a man that has molested children, has repeatedly cheated on her and make a mockery out of their life. If Anna’s situation and that of all the other women both celebrities and non that have had to deal with cheating spouses have taught us, as a society, anything that is that we need to tell women that its okay to leave. That its okay not to put up with the degradation and humiliation of their circumstances and  they aren’t beholden to any man to stay with them.  That they should be able to breathe the fire of their anger and not simply be walked all over.

If I ever have a daughter I will teach her to be strong, independent, and that she has the ability to breathe fire when necessary.

2015 BAFTA Nominees

The 2015 BAFTA Awards will be held on Sunday, February 8th and hosted by Stephen Fry.  Here are the nominees:

BEST FILM
NOMINEES:

* Boyhood
* The Imitation Game
* The Theory of Everything
* Birdman
* The Grand Budapest Hotel

ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
NOMINEES:

* The Imitation Game
* The Theory of Everything
* Pride
* ’71
* Paddington
* Under the Skin

BEST ACTOR
NOMINEES:

* Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game 
* Jake Gyllenhaal for The Nightcrawler
* Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
* Michael Keaton for Birdman
* Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel 

BEST ACTRESS
NOMINEES:

* Julianne Moore for Still Alice 
* Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl 
* Reese Witherspoon for Wild
* Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything 
* Amy Adams for Big Eyes 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
NOMINEES:

* Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher 
* Ethan Hawke for Boyhood 
* J.K. Simmons for Whiplash 
* Edward Norton for Birdman
* Steve Carell for Foxcatcher 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
NOMINEES:

* Patricia Arquette for Boyhood 
* Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game
* Emma Stone for Birdman 
* Imelda Staunton for Pride 
* Rene Russo for Nightcrawler

DAVID LEAN AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
NOMINEES: 

* Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman
* Richard Linklater for Boyhood 
* Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Damien Chazelle for Whiplash
* James Marsh for The Theory of Everything

BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)
NOMINEES: 

* Richard Linklater for Boyhood 
* Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness for The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler 
* Damien Chazelle for Whiplash 
* Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo for Birdman 

BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED)
NOMINEES: 

* Jason Hall for American Sniper 
* Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl
* Graham Moore for The Imitation Game 
* Anthony McCarten for The Theory of Everything
* Paul King for Paddington 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES:

* Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman 
* Robert D. Yeoman for The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Hoyte Van Hoytema for Interstellar 
* Dick Pope for Mr. Turner 
* Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski for Ida

BEST EDITING
NOMINEES:

* Douglas Crise & Stephen Mirrione for Birdman 
* Tom Cross for Whiplash
* William Goldenberg for The Imitation Game 
* John Gilroy for Nightcrawler 
* Barney Pilling for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Jinx Godfrey for The Theory of Everything

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
NOMINEES:

* Rick Heinrichs & Shane Vieau for Big Eyes 
* Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock for The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Maria Djurkovic & Tatiana Macdonald for The Imitation Game 
* Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis for Interstellar
* Charlotte Watts & Suzie Davies for Mr. Turner 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
NOMINEES:

* Milena Canonero for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Colleen Atwood for Into the Woods
* Jacqueline Durran for Mr. Turner 
* Sammy Sheldon for The Imitation Game 
* Steven Noble for The Theory of Everything

ORIGINAL MUSIC
NOMINEES: 

* Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Johann Johannsson for The Theory of Everything 
* Antonio Sanchez for Birdman
* Hans Zimmer for Interstellar
* Mica Levi for Under the Skin 

BEST MAKE UP/HAIR
NOMINEES: 

* Frances Hannon for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou & David White for Guardians of the Galaxy
* J. Roy Helland & Peter King for Into the Woods
* Christine Blundell & Lesa Warrener for Mr. Turner 
* Jan Sewell for The Theory of Everything

BEST SOUND
NOMINEES:

* Walt Martin & John T. Reitz & Gregg Rudloff & Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman for American Sniper 
* Thomas Varga & Martin Hernandez & Aaron Glascock & Jon Taylor & Frank A. Montano for Birdman 
* Wayne Lemmer & Christopher Scarabosio & Pawel Wdowczak for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* John Midgley & Lee Walpole & Stuart Hilliker & Martin Jensen for The Imitation Game 
* Thomas Curley & Ben Wilkins & Craig Mann for Whiplash 

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEES: 

* Joe Letteri & Dan Lemmon & Erik Winquist & Daniel Barrett for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 
* Stephane Ceretti & Paul Corbould & Jonathan Fawkner & Nicolas Aithadi for Guardians of the Galaxy
* Joe Letteri & Eric Saindon & David R Clayton & R. Christopher White for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 
* Paul J Franklin & Scott R. Fisher & Andrew Lockley for Interstellar 
* Richard Stammers & Anders Langlands & Tim Crosbie & Cameron Waldbauer for X-Men: Days of Future Past 

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
NOMINEES: 

* Ida
* Leviathan 
* Trash 
* The Lunchbox 
* Two Days, One Night 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES: 

* The Boxtrolls 
* Big Hero 6 
* The Lego Movie 

BEST DOCUMENTARY
NOMINEES: 

* Citizenfour 
* Twenty Feet from Stardom
* Virunga
* Finding Vivian Maier
* 20,000 Days on Earth 

EE RISING STAR AWARD
NOMINEES: 

* Margot Robbie
* Gugu Mbatha-Raw
* Miles Teller
* Jack O’Connell
* Shailene Woodley

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
NOMINEES:

* Elaine Constantine for Northern Soul
* Yann Demange & Gregory Burke for ’71
* Hong Khaou for Lilting
* Paul Katis & Andrew de Lotbiniere for Kajaki
* Stephen Beresford & David Livingstone for Pride 

BEST SHORT ANIMATION
NOMINEES: 

* Chris Hees & Daisy Jacobs for The Bigger Picture 
* Ainslie Henderson & Will Anderson & Cameron Fraser for Monkey Love Experiments 
* Marcus Armitage for My Dad 

BEST SHORT FILM
NOMINEES: 

* Brian J. Falconer & Michael Lennox & Ronan Blaney for Booglaloo and Graham 
* Michael Berliner & Rachel Tunnard for Emotional Fusebox 
* Campbell Beaton & Dawn King & Tiernan Hanby & Oscar Sharp for The Karman Line
* Islay Bell-Webb & Michelangelo Fano & Nick Rowland for Slap 
* Aleem Khan & Matthieu de Braconier & Stephanie Paeplow for Three Brothers 

2015 Independent Spirit Nominees

The 2015 Independent Spirit Awards will be held on Saturday, February 21st.  Here are the nominees:

BEST FEATURE
NOMINEES:

* Birdman
* Boyhood
* Love is Strange
* Selma
* Whiplash

BEST FIRST FEATURE
NOMINEES:

* Justin Simien & Effie Brown & Ann Le & Julia Lebedev & Angel Lopez & Lena Waithe for Dear White People
* Ana Lily Amirpour & Justin Begnaud & Sina Sayyah for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 
* Dan Gilroy & Jennifer Fox & Tony Gilroy & Jake Gyllenhaal & David Lancaster & Michel Litvak for Nightcrawler 
* Gillian Robespierre & Elisabeth Holm for Obvious Child
* Anja Marquardt & Mollye Asher & Kiara Jones for She’s Lost Control

BEST DIRECTOR
NOMINEES:

* Damien Chazelle for Whiplash 
* Ava DuVernay for Selma
* Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman
* Richard Linklater for Boyhood 
* David Zellner for Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter 

BEST FEMALE LEAD
NOMINEES:

* Marion Cotillard for The Immigrant
* Rinko Kikuchi for Kumiko the Treasure Hunter
* Julianne Moore for Still Alice
* Jenny Slate for Obvious Child 
* Tilda Swinton for Only Lovers Left Alive 

BEST MALE LEAD
NOMINEES:

* Andre Benjamin for Jimi: All Is by My Side
* Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler 
* Michael Keaton for Birdman
* John Lithgow for Love Is Strange 
* David Oyelowo for Selma

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
NOMINEES: 

* Patricia Arquette for Boyhood 
* Jessica Chastain for A Most Violent Year 
* Carmen Ejogo for Selma 
* Emma Stone for Birdman
* Andrea Suarez Paz for Stand Clear of the Closing Doors 

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
NOMINEES:

* Riz Ahmed for Nightcrawler 
* Ethan Hawke for Boyhood 
* Alfred Molina for Love Is Strange
* Edward Norton for Birdman 
* J.K. Simmons for Whiplash 

BEST SCREENPLAY
NOMINEES:

* Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski for Big Eyes 
* Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias for Love is Strange 
* J.C. Chandor for A Most Violent Year
* Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler
* Jim Jarmusch for Only Lovers Left Alive

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
NOMINEES: 

* Desiree Akhavan for Appropriate Behavior 
* Justin Simien for Dear White People
* Sara Colangelo for Little Accidents 
* Anja Marquardt for She’s Lost Control
* Justin Lader for The One I Love 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES:

* Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman 
* Lyle Vincent for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 
* Sean Porter for It Felt Like Love
* Bradford Young for Selma
* Darius Khondji for The Immigrant 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
NOMINEES: 

* Pawel Pawlikowski for Ida 
* Andrey Zvyagintsev for Leviathan
* Xavier Dolan for Mommy 
* Lav Diaz for Norte, the End of History
* Ruben Ostlund for Force Majeure
* Jonathan Glazer for Under the Skin 

BEST DOCUMENTARY
NOMINEES: 

* Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard & Dan Bowen & James Wilson for 20,000 Days on Earth 
* Laura Poitras & Mathilde Bonnefoy & Dirk Wilutzky for Citizenfour
* Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for Stray Dog 
* Juliano Ribeiro Salgado & Wim Wenders & David Rosier for The Salt of the Earth
* Orlando von Einsiedel & Joanna Natasegara for Virunga 

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
NOMINEES:

* Jeremy Saulnier & Richard Peete & Vincent Savino & Anish Savjani for Blue Ruin 
* Eliza Hittman & Shrihari Sathe & Laura Wagner for It Felt Like Love 
* Aaron Katz & Martha Stephens & Christina Jennings & Mynette Louie & Sara Murphy for Land Ho!
* Dave Boyle & Joel Clark & Michael Lerman & Ko Mori for Man from Reno 
* Chris Mason Johnson & Chris Martin for Test 

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
NOMINEES: 

* Amanda Wilder for Approaching the Elephant 
* Darius Clark Monroe for Evolution of a Criminal
* Dan Krauss for The Kill Team
* Sara Dosa for The Last Season

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
NOMINEES: 

* Ana Lily Amirpour for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
* Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia for H. 
* Chris Eska for The Retrieval

PRODUCERS AWARD
NOMINEES: 

* Chad Burris
* Elisabeth Holm
* Chris Ohlson

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
WINNER:

* Paul Thomas Anderson & Cassandra Kulukundis & Josh Brolin & Martin Donovan & Jena Malone & Joanna Newsom & Joaquin Phoenix & Eric Roberts & Maya Rudolph & Martin Short & Serena Scott Thomas & Benicio Del Toro & Katherine Waterston & Michael Kenneth Williams & Owen Wilson & Reese Witherspoon for Inherent Vice 

BEST EDITING
NOMINEES: 

* Sandra Adair for Boyhood 
* Tom Cross for Whiplash 
* John Gilroy for Nightcrawler
* Ron Patane for A Most Violent Year 
* Adam Wingard for The Guest 

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
WINNER: 

* Bennett Miller & Steve Carell & Channing Tatum & Mark Ruffalo & E. Max Frye & Dan Futterman & Anthony Bregman & Megan Ellison & Jon Kilik for Foxcatcher

2015 Writers Guild Nominees

The 2015 Writers Guild Awards will be held on Saturday, February 14th.  Here are the nominees

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
NOMINEES:

* Richard Linklater for Boyhood 
* E. Max Frye & Dan Futterman for Foxcatcher 
* Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler 
* Damian Chazelle for Whiplash

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
NOMINEES: 

* Jason Hall, Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, James Defelice for American Sniper 
* Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl 
* James Gunn, Nicole Perlman, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning for Guardians of the Galaxy
* Graham Moore & Andrew Hodges for The Imitation Game 
* Nick Hornby & Cheryl Strayed for Wild 

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
NOMINEES:

* John Maloof & Charlie Siskel for Finding Vivian Maier
* Brian Knappenberger for The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
* Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester for Last Days in Vietnam 
* Gabe Polsky for Red Army 

DRAMATIC SERIES
NOMINEES:

* Game of Thrones
* The Good Wife
* House of Cards
* Mad Men
* True Detective

COMEDY SERIES
NOMINEES: 

* Louie
* Orange is the New Black
* Silicon Valley
* Transparent
* Veep

NEW SERIES
NOMINEES:

* The Affair
* The Knick
* Silicon Valley
* Transparent
* True Detective

COMEDY/VARIETY SERIES
NOMINEES:

* The Colbert Report
* The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
* Jimmy Kimmel Live!
* Saturday Night Live
* Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
* Inside Amy Schumer
* Real Time with Bill Maher

EPISODIC DRAMA
NOMINEES:

* Jonathan Igla & Matthew Weiner for Mad Men: A Day’s Work (#7.2)
* Howard Korder for Boardwalk Empire: Devil You Know (#5.6)
* Howard Korder & Riccardo DiLoreto & Christine Chambers for Boardwalk Empire (#5.7)
* Kate Powers for Rectify: Donald the Normal (#2.4)
* Robert King & Michelle King for The Good Wife: The Last Call (#5.16)
* George R. R. Martin for Game of Thrones: The Lion and the Rose (#4.2)

EPISODIC COMEDY
NOMINEES: 

* Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwarts for Modern Family: The Cold (#6.3)
* Rob Rosell for New Girl: Landline (#4.5)
* Louis C.K for Louie: So Did the Fat Lady (#4.3)
* Nick Jones for Orange is the New Black: Low Self Esteem City (#2.5)
* Abraham Higginbotham & Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman for Modern Family: Three Dinners (# 5.13)
* Ethan Kuperberg for Transparent: The Wilderness (#1.6)

LONG FORM – ADAPTATION
NOMINEES: 

* Nicholas Meyer for Houdini 
* Paul Scheuring & Joshua Goldin & Rachel Abramowitz for Klondike
* Larry Kramer for The Normal Heart 
* Jane Anderson for Olive Kitteridge 
*  Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta for The Leftovers

LONG FORM – ORIGINAL
NOMINEES: 

* Melissa Carter for Deliverance Creek 
* Sean Hanish for Return to Zero 

TV – ANIMATION
NOMINEES:

* Gregory Thompson for Bob’s Burgers: Bob and Deliver (#4.7)
* Brian Kelley for The Simpsons: Brick Like Me (#25.20)
* Matt Selman for The Simpsons: Covercraft (#26.8)
* David H. Steinberg for The Simpsons: Pay Pal (#25.21)
* J. Stewart Burns for The Simpsons: Steal This Episode (#25.9)
* Nora Smith for Bob’s Burgers: Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl (#5.1)

2015 Golden Globes

Today is the 2015 Golden Globes and I am sitting in my room with snacks, water, and wine to give my opinions and results of the award show.  Let’s start with the arrivals.

ARRIVALS

I have to say that George Clooney and his wife, Amal look gorgeous together.

There is an issue with the microphones that I’m not loving.

Love Emily Blunt’s dress and she looks amazing.  Especially since I heard she had been sick.

Oh Eddie Redmayne looks amazing….not loving his wife’s dress

I like Amy Adam’s dress but she needs some color on her lips.

Edward Norton looks so hot.  I still have a giant crush on him.

Emma Stone looks very stunning with her dress and hair and makeup.  Does her dress have pockets?!

Helen Mirren looks gorgeous in red.

Oh My God….I love Matt Bomer…that man can pull off a suit.

Can I wear Tina’s dress? I love it!

Eddie Redmayne and his wife are so cute together and you can see how much he loves her.   Still not loving the color of her dress.

I really want to know who told some of these people that they hair/makeup/dress looked good….some of them do not look good at all.

Benedict Cumberbatch is at the Golden Globes?!  I know a lot of people don’t like him but I do.  I think he is a very talented actor and a nice person.

Kerry Washington looks amazing!! I love her dress!! Damn!

Anna Kendrick looks so pretty and I love her dress…kind of wish her hair wasn’t pulled back.

Ryan Guzman is hot!!

That is a hella lot of champagne….no wonder people are drunk by the end.

I would kill to be able to wear Viola Davis’s dress. That is a beautiful red dress.

Julianna Margulies is also wearing an amazing red dress

Red seems to be a very popular color for the red carpet this year.

I can see someone drinking out of a champagne bottle in the background…I’m a little jealous

That moment when you realize the guy who is nominated for a golden globe for her portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. was also Danny Hunter in MI-5

THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

I’m tempted to a costume change count because both Tina and Amy have changed their dresses and again I want Tina’s dress.

I love Tina and Amy…they are amazing and hilarious and I love them.  They have some awesome jokes and they totally went there in regards to Bill Cosby and the rape allegations.

I do love Jennifer Aniston’s dress and I wish I could wear it.

Can Benedict please stop dying his hair dark.  And slicking it back…can’t you just leave your hair all loose and free and light brown?

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: and the winner is J.K. Simmons for Whiplash

So I knew nothing about this movie till I looked it up last night at my cousin’s house.  It sounds sort of interesting and sort of terrifying to watch.

Jamie Dornan is so hott…sorry I can’t help it. I’ve found him attractive since he was the sheriff on Once Upon a Time.  Not sure how I feel about Dakota Johnson’s dress.

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, Motion Picture for TV: and the winner is Joanne Froggatt for Downton Abbey 

I love her dress!! She did an amazing job as Anna Bates during Season 4 especially with her storyline for Anna’s rape.

oh Jeremy Renner….oh man….If there was one man that I could be friends or want to date or anything like that its him.  I have been a fan of his I saw him in S. W. A. T.  when I was 15.

Best Mini-Series or TV Movie: and the winner is Fargo 

Oh man I can’t help but think he looks super hot.  I’m so ridiculous

Best Actor in a Mini Series, Motion Picture for TV: Billy Bob Thornton for Fargo

I want to know what color lipstick Naomi Watts is wearing and because I love it and I want it.

I can’t stop laughing over Amy and Tina’s jokes.

Look at Meryl standing up first to clap

Colin Firth is still as good looking now as he did in 1995 as Mr. Darcy.

Kerry Washington’s dress is amazing and gorgeous

Best Actress in a TV series in a comedy or musical: and the winner is Gina Rodriguez for Jane the Virgin!!!  I was hoping she would win.  I love Jane the Virgin because it is an amazing and funny show that everyone should watch.

Best Series Comedy or Musical: and the winner is Transparent. I’m sad that Jane the Virgin didn’t win but props to Transparent for winning.

Some of these acceptance speeches are making me cry and I can’t stop.

I love Melissa McCarthy’s lipstick too!

Best Original Score in a Motion Picture: and the winner is Johann Johannsson for The Theory of Everything 

Dude Prince is at the Golden Globes…how cool is that?

Best Original Song in a Motion Picture: and the winner is “Glory” from Selma by John Legend and Common

Katie Holmes hair looks weird

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture for TV: and the winner is Matt Bomer for The Normal Heart.  YAY!!! Oh and another person is making me cry with his acceptance speech.

I love how when the actors start getting drunk and are presenting and/or accepting awards…some of them I would love to go drinking with

can I ask how Julianna Moore is nominated for a movie that isn’t out yet?

Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: and the winner is Amy Adams for Big Eyes 

I have to say this was a hard one for me to pick who I wanted to win because I pretty much liked all the nominees and would have loved to see any of them win.

Salma Hayek looks amazing and I love her dress.

Best Animated Film: and the winner is How to Train Your Dragon 2 

What is Keira Knightley wearing?

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: and the winner is  Patricia Arquette for Boyhood 

Best Screenplay in a Motion Picture: and the winner is Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, , Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo for Birdman

I feel like I saw someone wear Jane Fonda’s dress at my high school prom

Best Actor in A Comedy or Musical TV Series: and the winner is Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent 

Alright now I’ve got to watch Transparent….good thing its on Amazon so I can watch it.

I love Lupita Nyong’o’s dress

Best Foreign Language Film: and the winner is Leviathan (Russia)

I love love love Kate Beckinsale’s dress

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Motion Picture: and the winner is Maggie Gyllenhaal for the Honorable Woman

On look another costume change!! I love the tux Tina 😉

Adam Levine sure looks good in a tux

Best TV Series Drama: and the winner is The Affair which completely underwhelms me. Didn’t really want to watch, have no desire to see it now and I’m just over shows about infidelity and cheating

Catherine Zeta Jones looks amazing in red but she needs to not have hair tucked behind her ears.  I also really want her dress.

I really want to see Pride that looks like an amazing movie.

Best Actor in a TV Series Drama: and the winner is Kevin Spacey in House of Cards 

I have to admit that I love watching Julianna Margulies and Don Cheadle fighting over who is a closer friend of George Clooney and I love how his wife is laughing with him.

I know I’m not a huge lover of George Clooney because I don’t think he’s the best thing since sliced bread but I do admire his talent and the humanitarian work for what he’s done.  So bravo to him and congratulations to him on being awarded to the Cecil B Demille award. And he made me bloody cry over his speech and especially in regards to his finding love and his love for his wife.

Best Director in a Motion Picture: and the winner is Richard Linklater for Boyhood 

Aww Chris Pratt and Anna Faris are so cute together…I love them. Also really love her dress.

Best Actress in TV Show Drama: and the winner is Ruth Wilson for The Affair .   I have to ask what the fuck was she thinking in wearing that dress?  I hate the unfinished look it has and she can’t walk in it either. Ugh. So disappointed.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: and the winner is Michael Keaton for Birdman.  I haven’t seen this movie yet but it looks like I need too.

I’ve got a pile of tissues from all these speeches making me cry and emotional.

Oh I love Robert Downey Jr.  He is an amazing actor and and an amazing person.

Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: and the winner is The Grand Budapest Hotel. YAY!!!! I wish really hoping this movie would win something because this movie is amazing and awesome and everything needs to see it!  Like seriously….go see it! NOW!

Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: and the winner is Julianne Moore for Still Alice.  This is a movie that I don’t know if I will ever be able to see because its about a woman fighting early onset Alzheimer’s and my grandmother had Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons and its hard for me to watch movies about it because watching her in has last few years broke my heart.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama: and the winner is Eddie Redmayne for the Theory of Everything.  This was another category that I didn’t know who I wanted to win but it was pretty much a tie between Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch because I think everyone should see the movies that they have done about such important people. I can’t tell you what I first saw him in but I have been a fan of his for years and I think he is a phenomenal actor.

Have they been passing around that red lipstick that I like so much?  I feel like I’ve seen 4 or 5 different people wearing it

Best Motion Picture Drama: and the winner is Boyhood. 

I have to say I think Boyhood completely took everyone by surprise. I think people were expecting movies like Selma or The Theory of Everything or The Imitation Game to win and no one really thought Boyhood would be the sneak winner.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the 72nd Golden Globes.

2015 Screen Actors Guild Nominees

The 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards will be on Sunday, January 25th.  Here are the nominees:

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
NOMINEES:

* Birdman
* Boyhood
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* The Imitation Game
* The Theory of Everything

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES: 

* Steve Carell for Foxcatcher
* Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game 
* Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler 
* Michael Keaton for Birdman
* Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES: 

* Jennifer Aniston for Cake 
* Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything 
* Julianne Moore for Still Alice
* Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl 
* Reese Witherspoon for Wild 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES: 

* Robert Duvall for The Judge 
* Ethan Hawke for Boyhood 
* Edward Norton for Birdman
* Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher 
* J.K. Simmons for Whiplash

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES:

* Patricia Arquette for Boyhood 
* Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game 
* Emma Stone for Birdman 
* Meryl Streep for Into the Woods
* Naomi Watts for St. Vincent

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
NOMINEES:

* The Big Bang Theory
* Brooklyn Nine-Nine
* Modern Family
* Orange is the New Black
* Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
NOMINEES: 

* Downton Abbey
* Game of Thrones
* Homeland
* House of Cards
* Boardwalk Empire

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
NOMINEES: 

* Louis C.K. for Louie 
* Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory 
* Ty Burrell for Modern Family
* William H. Macy for Shameless
* Eric Stonestreet for Modern Family

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
NOMINEES:

* Edie Falco for Nurse Jackie
* Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation 
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep
* Julie Bowen for Modern Family 
* Uzo Aduba for Orange is the New Black

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
NOMINEES:

* Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire 
* Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones
* Woody Harrelson for True Detective
* Matthew McConaughey for True Detective
* Kevin Spacey for House of Cards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
NOMINEES:

* Claire Danes for Homeland
* Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder
* Julianna Marguiles for The Good Wife
* Tatiana Maslany for Orphan Black 
* Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey 
* Robin Wright for House of Cards 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
NOMINEES: 

* Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock: His Last Vow (#3.3)
* Adrien Brody for Houdini 
* Richard Jenkins for Olive Kitteridge 
* Mark Ruffalo for The Normal Heart
* Billy Bob Thornton for Fargo 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
NOMINEES: 

* Ellen Burstyn for Flowers in the Attic
* Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Honourable Woman
* Frances McDormand for Olive Kitteridge 
* Julia Roberts for The Normal Heart 
* Cicely Tyson for The Trip to Bountiful 

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
NOMINEES: 

* 24: Live Another Day
* Boardwalk Empire
* Game of Thrones
* Homeland
* Sons of Anarchy
* The Walking Dead

2015 Producers Guild Award Nominees

The Producers Guild Awards will be held on Saturday, January 24th.  Here are the nominees:

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
NOMINEES:

* Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar, Robert Lorenz, and Peter Morgan for American Sniper 
* Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole for Birdman
* Richard Linklater and Cathlee Sutherland for Boyhood 
* Megan Ellison, John Kilik, and Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher 
* Cean Chaffin for Gone Girl
* Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven M. Rales for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, and Teddy Schwarzman for The Imitation Game
* Jennifer Fox and Tony Gilroy for Nightcrawler
* Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten for The Theory of Everything 
* Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, and David Lancaster for Whiplash

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
NOMINEES: 

* Roy Conli for Big Hero 6
* Brad Booker and Guillermo del Toro for The Book of Life 
* David Bleiman Ichioka and Travis Knight for The Boxtrolls 
* Bonnie Arnold for How to Train Your Dragon 2
* Dan Lin for The Lego Movie

DOCUMENTARY FILM
NOMINEES:

* Life Itself
* Merchants of Doubt
* The Green Prince
* Particle Fever
* Virunga

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF LONG-FORM TELEVISION
NOMINEES:

* Bradley Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Joe Incaprera, Alexis Martin Woodall, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, and James Wong for American Horror Story 
* Adam Bernstein, John Cameron, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Michael Frislev, Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Chad Oakes, and Kim Todd for Fargo 
* Jason Blum, Dante Di Loreto, Scott Ferguson, Dede Gardner, Alexis Martin Woodall, Ryan Murphy, Brad Pitt, Mark Ruffalo for The Normal Heart
* The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
* Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue for Sherlock

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF EPISODIC TELEVISION, COMEDY
NOMINEES:

* The Big Bang Theory
* Louie
* Modern Family
* Orange is the New Black
* Veep

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF EPISODIC TELEVISION, DRAMA
NOMINEES:

* Breaking Bad
* Game of Thrones
* Downton Abbey
* House of Cards
* True Detective

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF NON-FICTION TELEVISION
NOMINEES: 

* 30 for 30
* American Masters
* Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
* Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey
* Shark Tank

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF COMPETITION TELEVISION
NOMINEES:

* The Amazing Race
* Dancing with the Stars
* Project Runway
* Top Chef
* The Voice

OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT & TALK TELEVISION
NOMINEES:

* The Colbert Robert
* Jimmy Kimmel Live
* Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
* Real Time with Bill Maher
* The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

2015 Critics Choice Award Nominees

Here are the nominees for the 2015 Critics Choice Awards.  The awards will air on Thursday, January 15th.

BEST PICTURE
NOMINEES: 

* Birdman
* Boyhood
* Gone Girl
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* The Imitation Game
* Nightcrawler
* Selma
* The Theory of Everything
* Unbroken
* Whiplash

BEST ACTOR
NOMINEES: 

* Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game
* Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler
* Michael Keaton for Birdman
* David Oyelowo for Selma 
* Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS
NOMINEES:

* Jennifer Aniston for Cake
* Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night 
* Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything 
* Julianne Moore for Still Alice 
* Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl 
* Reese Witherspoon for Wild 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
NOMINEES: 

* Josh Brolin for Inherent Vice 
* Robert Duvall for The Judge 
* Ethan Hawke for Boyhood 
* Edward Norton for Birdman
* Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher
* J. K. Simmons for Whiplash 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
NOMINEES: 

* Patricia Arquette for Boyhood 
* Jessica Chastain for A Most Violent Year 
* Keira Knightly for The Imitation Game 
* Emma Stone for Birdman 
* Meryl Streep for Into the Woods
* Tilda Swinton for Snowpiercer 

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
NOMINEES: 

* Birdman
* Boyhood
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* The Imitation Game
* Into the Woods
* Selma 

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
NOMINEES: 

* Ellar Coltrane for Boyhood 
* Ansel Elgort for The Fault in Our Stars 
* Mackenzie Foy for Interstellar 
* Jaeden Lieberher for St. Vincent 
* Tony Revolori for The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Quvenzhane Wallis for Annie
* Noah Wiseman for The Babadook

BEST DIRECTOR
NOMINEES:

* Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Ava DuVernay for Selma 
* David Fincher for Gone Girl 
* Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman 
* Angelina Jolie for Unbroken
* Richard Linklater for Boyhood 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
NOMINEES: 

* Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo for Birdman 
* Richard Linklater for Boyhood 
* Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness for The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler 
* Damian Chazelle for Whiplash 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
NOMINEES: 

* Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl 
* Graham Moore for The Imitation Game
* Paul Thomas Anderson for The Theory of Everything 
* Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese and William Nicholson for Unbroken
* Nick Hornby for Wild

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
NOMINEES:

* Big Hero 6
* The Book of Life
* The Boxtrolls
* How to Train Your Dragon 2
* The Lego Movie

BEST ACTION MOVIE
NOMINEES:

* American Sniper
* Captain America: The Winter Soldier
* Edge of Tomorrow
* Fury
* Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
NOMINEES: 

* Bradley Cooper for American Sniper 
* Tom Cruise for Edge of Tomorrow
* Chris Evans for Captain America: The Winter Soldier 
* Brad Pitt for Fury 
* Chris Pratt for Guardians of the Galaxy 

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
NOMINEES: 

* Emily Blunt for Edge of Tomorrow 
* Scarlett Johansson for Lucy 
* Jennifer Lawrence for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
* Zoe Saldana for Guardians of the Galaxy 
* Shailene Woodley for Divergent 

BEST COMEDY MOVIE
NOMINEES: 

* Birdman
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* St. Vincent
* Top Five
* 22 Jump Street

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
NOMINEES:

* Jon Favreau for Chef
* Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Michael Keaton for Birdman
* Bill Murray for St. Vincent 
* Chris Rock for Top Five 
* Channing Tatum for 22 Jump Street 

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
NOMINEES: 

* Rose Byrne for Neighbors 
* Rosario Dawson for Top Five
* Melissa McCarthy for St. Vincent 
* Jenny Slate for Obvious Child 
* Kristen Wiig for The Skeleton Twins 

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
NOMINEES: 

* The Babadook
* Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
* Interstellar
* Snowpiercer
* Under the Skin 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
NOMINEES: 

* Force Majeure
* Ida
* Leviathan
* Two Days, One Night
* Wild Tales

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
NOMINEES: 

* Citizenfour
* Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
* Jodorowsky’s Dune
* Last Days in Vietnam
* Life Itself
* The Overnighters

BEST SONG
NOMINEES:

* Big Eyes: Lana Del Rey ( ‘Big Eyes’)
* The Lego Movie: Jo Li, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer (‘Everything is Awesome’)
* Selma: Common, John Legend (‘Glory’)
* Begin Again: Keira Knightley (‘Lost Stars’)
* The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1: Lorde (‘Yellow Flicker Beat’)

BEST SCORE
NOMINEES: 

* Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game
* Johann Johannsson for The Theory of Everything
* Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross for Gone Girl
* Birdman
* Hans Zimmer for Interstellar 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES: 

* Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman 
* Robert D. Yeoman for The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Hoyte Van Hoytema for Interstellar 
* Dick Pope for Mr. Turner 
* Roger Deakins for Unbroken

BEST ART DIRECTION
NOMINEES: 

* Kevin Thompson & George De Titta Jr. for Birdman
* Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* David Crank & Amy Wells for Inherent Vice
* Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis for Interstellar
* Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock for Into the Woods
* Ondrej Nekvasil & Beatrice Brentnerova for Snowpiercer

BEST EDITING
NOMINEES: 

* Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione for Birdman

* Sandra Adair for Boyhood 
* Kirk Baxter for Gone Girl 
* Lee Smith for Interstellar 
* Tom Cross for Whiplash 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
NOMINEES:

* Milena Canonero for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Mark Bridges for Inherent Vice 
* Colleen Atwood for Into the Woods
* Anna B. Sheppard for Maleficent 
* Jacqueline Durran for Mr. Turner

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP

NOMINEES:

* Foxcatcher
* Guardians of the Galaxy

* The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
* Into the Woods
* Maleficent

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEES:

* Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
* Edge of Tomorrow
* Guardians of the Galaxy

* The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
* Interstellar

The 72nd Golden Globe Award Nominees

I’m so behind on posting the nominees this year but I blame illness and a bad break up.  So here are the nominees for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards which will air on Sunday, January 11th.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
NOMINEES:

* Boyhood
* Selma
* The Imitation Game
* Foxcatcher
* The Theory of Everything

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
NOMINEES:

* Birdman
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* St. Vincent
* Into the Woods
* Pride

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
NOMINEES:

* Steve Carell for Foxcatcher
* Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game
* Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler
* Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
* David Oyelowo for Selma 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
NOMINEES:

* Jennifer Aniston for Cake
* Julianna Moore for Still Alice 
* Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl
* Reese Witherspoon for Wild
* Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
NOMINEES: 

* Michael Keaton for Birdman 
* Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel 
* Christoph Waltz for Big Eyes 
* Bill Murray for St. Vincent 
* Joaquin Phoenix for Inherent Vice 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
NOMINEES: 

* Amy Adams for Big Eyes 
* Emily Blunt for Into the Woods 
* Julianna Moore for Maps to the Stars 
* Helen Mirren for The Hundred-Foot Journey 
* Quvenzhane Wallis for Annie

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
NOMINEES:

* Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher
* Ethan Hawke for Boyhood 
* J.K. Simmons for Whiplash 
* Robert Duvall for The Judge 
* Edward Norton for Birdman 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
NOMINEES:

* Patricia Arquette for Boyhood 
* Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game 
* Emma Stone for Birdman
* Meryl Streep for Into the Woods 
* Jessica Chastain for A Most Violent Year

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
NOMINEES:

* Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu for Birdman 
* Richard Linklater for Boyhood 
* Ava DuVernay for Selma
* David Fincher for Gone Girl 
* Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel 

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
NOMINEES: 

* Boyhood
* Birdman
* Gone Girl
* The Imitation Game
* The Grand Budapest Hotel 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
NOMINEES:

* Big Eyes: Lana Del Ray (Big Eyes)
* Selma: John Legend, Common (Glory)
* Noah: Patty Smith, Lenny Kaye (Mercy Is)
* Annie: Sia (Opportunity)
* The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1: Lorde (Yellow Flicker Beat)

BEST ORIGIAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
NOMINEES: 

* Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game 
* Johann Johannsson for The Theory of Everything 
* Trent Reznor for Gone Girl
*  Birdman
* Hans Zimmer for Interstellar 

BEST ANIMATED FILM
NOMINEES: 

* The Book of LIfe
* The Boxtrolls
* Big Hero 6
* How to Train Your Dragon 2
* The Lego Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
NOMINEES:

* Ida
* Leviathan
* Force Majure
* Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
* Tangerines

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
NOMINEES: 

* Downton Abbey
* The Good Wife
* House of Cards
* Game of Thrones
* The Affair

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
NOMINEES:

* Girls
* Orange is the New Black
* Transparent
* Silicon Valley
* Jane the Virgin

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
NOMINEES:

* Olive Kitteridge
* True Detective
* Fargo
* The Missing
* The Normal Heart 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
NOMINEES: 

* Kevin Spacey for House of Cards
* Liev Schreiber for Ray Donovan 
* James Spader for The Blacklist
* Dominic West for The Affair 
* Clive Owen for The Knick

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
NOMINEE:

* Robin Wright for House of Cards 
* Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife
* Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder 
* Claire Danes for Homeland 
* Ruth Wilson for The Affair 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
NOMINEES: 

* Don Cheadle for House of Lies 
* Ricky Gervais for Derek 
* Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent 
* William H. Macy for Shameless 
* Louis C. K. for Louie 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
NOMINEES:

* Lena Dunham for Girls 
* Edie Falco for Nurse Jackie 
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep 
* Taylor Schilling for Orange is the New Black
* Gina Rodriguez for Jane the Virgin

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
NOMINEES: 

* Martin Freeman for Fargo 
* Billy Bob Thornton for Fargo
* Matthew McConaughey for True Detective
* Woody Harrelson for True Detective 
* Mark Ruffalo for The Normal Heart 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
NOMINEES: 

* Jessica Lange for American Horror Story 
* Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Honorable Woman
* Frances McDormand for Olive Kitteridge 
* Frances O’Connor for The Missing
* Allison Tolman for Fargo 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
NOMINEES: 

* Jon Voight for Ray Donovan 
* Alan Cumming for The Good Wife
* Bill Murray for Olive Kitteridge 
* Colin Hanks for Fargo
* Matt Bomer for The Normal Heart 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
NOMINEES:

* Allison Janney for Mom
* Uzo Aduba for Orange is the New Black
* Kathy Bates for American Horror Story
* Michelle Monaghan for True Detective
* Joanne Froggatt for Downton Abbey

Movies I want to see in 2015 pt1

Here are a list of movies I want to see in 2015…now I may not see all of them but they look interesting enough that I’m going to try rather hard to see them.

January:

* Taken 3 –  01/09 – This is suppose to be the conclusion of the Taken movies and I have to admit #2 was no where near as good as the first and I have to admit I’m curious to find out if this one is going to be as good as the first.  The premise of the movie is that Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is being framed for the murder of his ex wife and must go underground to not only find her killer but to clear his name as well while being chased by the LAPD and other government agencies.
You can view the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuU0M2xBasc

* Beloved Sisters  – 01/09 – This is a foreign film that I can’t help but find interesting.  The film is about two sisters, Charlotte and Caroline, one of which has made an unhappy marriage and the other trying to make sure that doesn’t happen to her.  They are introduced to poet and writer Friedrich Schiller and the two fall in love with him and it becomes a love story triangle of epic proportions.  I don’t speak a word of German and I will probably end up having to wait till its out on dvd/blu ray to actually be able to pause it when needed but it sounds completely fascinating especially since its about 2 sisters sharing a lover.
You can view the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak3bE4-sxMY

* Blackhat – 01/16 – This movie actually does very little for me except for the fact that Chris Hemsworth is in it.   The movie is about a blackhat hacker that is freed from prison to help the US and Chinese government against a cyber terrorist. Cyber terrorism seems to be the new thing at the moment and so everyone and everything is trying to do their own take on it.  I’m probably going to see this with very low expectations.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VGIHBgj45g

*  Paddington  – 01/16 – I grew up reading about Paddington bear and I have always loved the story of the little bear found at Paddington station and taken home by a kind family.  The little girl in me gave a jump of joy and squealed with joy when I heard they were making a Paddington movie and every time I see a preview for it.  There is a high chance of me taking nephews #1, #2, and #3 to see it if only to share the joy and wonder of the little teddy bear known as Paddington Bear.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bZFr2IA0Bo

* Spare Parts –  01/16 – Growing up I saw the movie Stand and Deliver in 7th grade, 8th grade, 10 th grade, and 11th grade.  Partly because the movie took place at Garfield high school which was a high school not too far from my own and partly because it was about a teacher that saw the potential in his students and helped to give them chance for success when no one else believed in them.  When I saw the trailer for this movie I couldn’t help but see it as this generations Stand and Deliver.  It is about a group of students that form a robotics team with only $800, used car parts and a teacher that believes in them and they go up against other tech schools in the national at robotics competition.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXOLwIIHuCs

* The Boy Next Door – 01/23 – I don’t like Jennifer Lopez and its hard for me to watch movies with her in them.  Granted I can watch movies with her more than other singers because at least you forget who she is suppose to be.  I didn’t even know about this movie until this morning but I have to admit it looks like an interesting and scary as shit horror/thriller movie. Jennifer Lopez plays a divorced woman that ends up having an affair with the boy that moves in next door to her and her son. When she tries to end the affair, he becomes a rather obsessed and creepy stalker.  Now I doubt its going to be very good but I’m willing to give it a try but I’m going to be really pissed if the best parts of the movie has been the trailer.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrE97rY7ZKo

February

* Jupiter Ascending – 02/06 – I remember when I first heard about this movie it was suppose to be coming out last year but I guess they pushed it back.  Its being done by the Wachowski siblings and from what I can understand its about a human girl (Mila Kunis) that isn’t as human as she thought she was.  She has become an unknown heir to a dynasty of some kind.  A man, Caine Wise (Channing Tatum), comes to help her in gaining her destiny.  I won’t lie the only reason I want to see this movie is because of Sean Bean and Eddie Redmayne and I don’t really know what to expect from it.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ZzMkDLjWI

* Seventh Son – 02/06 – This is another movie that I remember hearing about it ages ago and then nothing.  I’m glad to see its finally getting a release date because I’m really curious about it.  Its based off of a fantasy novel, ‘The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch’,  about a man, Tom Ward (Ben Barnes), the seventh son of a seventh son that goes to work for the Spooks (Jeff Bridges).  Which is all I know about the series honestly but I can’t wait to see it because it still looks interesting.  I blame the fact that I grew up reading fantasy novels.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXiNkOjM7oM

* Kingsman: The Secret Service – 02/13 – I won’t lie, this movie looks a bit ridiculous but its all the more reason that I want to see it.  Colin Firth plays a man that is a spy that recruits a young man (Taron Egerton) to become part of the Kingsman Secret Service.  Samuel L. Jackson is apparently the villain in the film and I have to say that I like the idea of the guy who doesn’t fit the mold becoming this bad ass secret service agent.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl8F-8tR8to

* Fifty Shades of Grey – 02/13 – I’m not ashamed to admit that I read the books because I wanted to know what the big deal about it was.  The books are terrible, its badly transformed fanfiction into a novel about a lifestyle that the author knows nothing about and doesn’t paint into the best light.  Now I don’t participate in the lifestyle but I do have friends that do and are rather put out by the representation that it shows.  Someone once told me its the hottest smut they have read, I told them they need to widen their reading scope because its nowhere near the hottest thing I’ve ever read.  Now after all that I will admit that I will probably see this movie because I’m curious to see how much like the book it is. Also Jamie Dornan playing Christian Grey and I have loved him since he was the Sheriff on Once Upon a Time.
You can view the trailer here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fns7oJeQmZ8

* The Last Five Years – 02/13 – Until last month I knew nothing about this movie or the play that it is based upon.  In fact I had heard music from this show on the Broadway station on SiriusXFM without knowing anything about it.  Now from what I can gather the play takes place over the span of the five year relationship going both backwards and forwards with it telling the story of Jamie, an aspiring author, and Cathy, a struggling actress. The play shows Cathy’s side from the end of the marriage at the start of the play and going to the beginning by the end and Jamie’s side beginning at the start of their relationship. The only time the two of them meet is in the middle when it shows their wedding. Now I don’t know if that is how the movie is going to be or not but I think its really interesting. Plus I get to see Anna Kendrick sing again.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dT0mrKzObw

* Maps to the Stars – 02/27 – This is another movie that I’ve just found out about and I have to say that this looks like a seriously crazy movie.  This is a David Cronenberg film about a young woman, Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), arriving in Hollywood and gets a job working for an aging actress Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore) who is about to play her own mother in a film.  As the movie progresses we also meet Dr. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack), his child actor Benjie Weiss (Evan Bird), Cristina Weiss (Olivia Williams), Jerome (Robert Pattinson) and it becomes a mind fuck from what I can from the trailer.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsFnwgUlrxs

March

* The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 03/06 – I love the first film. It was funny and interesting and different and I sat on sofa at my brother’s house with my parents watching it and just enjoying a good movie with incredible actors, most of which were over the age of 60.  To find out there is a 2nd movie makes me smile and I’m kind of giddy to see what happens next to this cast of characters.  I can’t really say too much about it because its a sequel and honestly I think everyone needs to watch the first one.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O96og_f-Omk

* Cinderella – 03/13 – Disney is releasing a live action version of Cinderella and I can’t help but be curious and intrigued.  They have Kenneth Branagh directing and I have to say I love his movies because not only is he an actor but he is a stage actor as well as a film actor so he knows how to stage a scene to make it really pop. Not to mention there is an amazing cast which included Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Lily James, Hayley Atwell, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgard, and Derek Jacobi. I’m curious if the movie is going to be more of the Disney version or the Grimm fairy tale version.  Not to mention the Disney and fairy tale fan is curious to see that if this one does well does that mean they will do more life action films?
You can view the trailer here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McQ_cCBaiac

* In the Heart of the Sea – 03/13 – Ron Howard has a new movie coming out and I have to admit the Lit/English major fan in me is sort of giddy because its about Herman Melville and the event in 1820 that inspired him to write Moby Dick.  Now the only Melville book I’ve read so far is Moby Dick and the year before I graduated college the English senior seminar was on Herman Melville so I think its pretty cool that they are doing a movie about the what inspired the author. It makes me wish I was closer to the college I had gone to and see if any of the professors in the English department will be encouraging their students to see it.  This movie also has an all star cast from what I can tell with Chris Hemsworth, Ben Whishaw, Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Riley, Brendan Gleeson, and Benjamin Walker.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IdfGWfbNYI

* A Little Chaos – 03/27 – So fun fact that I learned about this movie…its being directed by Alan Rickman!!! Alan Rickman is not only directing the movie but he is in it as well as the King of France, Louis XIV.  The film is about a female landscape/gardener, Sabine de Barra (Kate Winslet), working with famous architect Andre le Norte (Matthias Schoenaerts) to construct the gardens at Versailles. The movie also starts Helen McCrory as Madam le Norte, Stanley Tucci as Duke Philipe d’Orleans and Jennifer Ehle as Madame de Montespan.  French history isn’t my forte but I have to admit the trailer for this movie looks amazing and I can’t wait to see it.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENSjt4naxlE

* Serena – 03/27 – This is a movie that was finished but didn’t get a distributor till recently. It reunites Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper on the big screen telling the story of Serena and George Pemberton.  The film is based off a book by the same name that takes place in Depression era North Carolina and the timber empire that they plan to create together but things take a turn when Serena finds out that she can’t bear any children and that George has already fathered an illegitimate child in the timber camp.  But nothing ever goes as plan and things start changing especially with the Depression, Serena finding out she can’t have children and the trouble with the timber yard.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjyPpM9AdXo

April

* Furious 7 – 04/03 – The 7th film in the Fast and Furious  series and the last with Paul Walker in it.  This is the film where he died while it was being filmed and with the help of computers and his two younger brothers it was able to be finished.  It is picking up where Fast and Furious 6 finished.  Because of what they did in England Brian, Dom and the rest are able to return to the United States like they wanted but Owen Shaw’s big brother Ian (Jason Statham) wants revenge for the death of his brother. Ian is out to get the crew and starts off with Han (and if you didn’t know that then you obviously haven’t been watching the Fast and the Furious movies) and the crew decides to go after him before he goes after them.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skpu5HaVkOc

* The Woman in Gold – 04/03 – The movie tells the story of the painting of the ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I’ and how the painting was taken by the Nazis from her family and then became the property of the Austrian government. Adele Bloch-Bauer’s niece, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), is a holocaust survivor and hires Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds) as her lawyer to go up against the Austrian government to try and get the portrait back.  This is based on the true story of a woman and her fight to gain back the property that was stolen from her family by the Nazis.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJeX6iIlO0

* Child 44 – 04/17- This a film that takes place in Stalin era Soviet Union where a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders.  From what I’ve been able to find its based off a book by the same name but it also reminds me of a made for tv movie I had to watch for a class in college called Citizen X with Donald Sutherland. Both seem to be about the serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.  Sadly there isn’t a trailer out for this movie but I’m curious to see it because I really liked seeing Citizen X. The film stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent Cassel, and Jason Clarke

* The Age of Adaline – 04/24 – The movie is about a young woman, Adaline (Blake Lively), that was born in 1908 but after a freak accident in the 1930s has stopped aging.  She tends to live a very solitary life because of this but one day she meets a man that might make her give up her solitary life and encourages her to start living again.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UzSekc0LoQ

May

* Avengers: Age of Ultron – 05/01 – In what is suppose to be the end of Marvel’s Phase 2 its now the fallout of S.H.I.E.L.D collapsing and the Avengers being pretty much the only force dealing with problems.  Tony Stark decides to try and reactivate a dormant peacekeeping program known as Ultron, a self-aware, self teaching, artificial intelligence. Only it backfires because Ultron has decided that humans are the problem and they need to be eliminated. Its up to the Avengers with the help of twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff and Vision.  I’m excited to see Joss Whedon taking over the Marvel universe again but I’m also nervous because as a fan of Whedon I know no one is save.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmeOjFno6Do

* Far from the Madding Crowd – 05/01 – Based off the book by Thomas Hardy it tells the tale of Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) and the three very different suitors that she attracts over her life in Victorian England.  Now I’m not a big Thomas Hardy fan but after seeing this trailer I have to admit that not only does it look extremely interesting, I’m about ready to go by the book and read it before seeing the movie.  The movie also stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge and Juno Temple.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9MclJzXe9g

* Pitch Perfect 2  – 05/15 – The Barden Bellas are back and this time the girls have entered an acapella competition that no American team has won before.  I can’t wait to be honest because I loved the first movie and I’m excited to see what shenanigans these girls get into now.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBwOYQd21TY

* Mad Max: Fury Road – 05/15 – I some how have never seen any of the ‘Mad Max’ movies that starred Mel Gibson which is really weird honestly.  In fact I know absolutely nothing about ‘Mad Max’ and yet I’m intrigued by this new reboot of the series enough to go see the movie.  Plus Tom Hardy is in it and I love Tom Hardy.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNWi-ZWL3c

* San Andreas – 05/29 – I have no idea why I want to watch a movie about a giant fucking earthquake hitting California but I do.  Never mind the fact that as a Californian I’ve been hearing about ‘the big one’ that could happen at any moment…which is also freaky by the way….but I guess because the idea of the movie reminds me of Volcano which is a movie that I actually really liked no matter how bad it is. The premise of the movie is that the ‘Big One’ has hit California and now a rescue chopper pilot is searching for his estranged daughter.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9e0PGSDeU

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* Testament of Youth – ?? – I was down the rabbit hole that is youtube when I found this trailer and I don’t think I’ve wanted to see a movie so bad in ages.  It is about the true life account of Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) during World War 1.  She has gotten accepted into Oxford University only to put off her studies because War has broken out. Her brother Edward (Taron Egerton) enlists in the army as does two of his friends Victor (Colin Morgan) and the man that Vera is having a relationship with, Roland (Kit Harington). While her brother and friends are off fighting the war, she becomes a nurse because its the only way for her to be close to her loved ones.  Its a different perspective of World War 1 that isn’t often shown because itsnt from the trenches that we are being shown but the hospital and how the War to end all Wars has affected a nation and a generation of youths. The film also stars Hayley Atwell, Dominic West, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson and Jonathan Bailey.
You can view the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tP7k4wqVJo