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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Winners of 83rd Academy Awards 2011

Below are the nominees for Oscar Awards:

**Note: Red Colour indicates Winner of 83rd Oscar Award

Actor in a Leading Role Nominees

Movie Actor in Lead Role Oscar Winner
Biutiful Javier Bardem
True Grit Jeff Bridges
The Social Network Jesse Eisenberg
The King's Speech Colin Firth Colin Firth
127 Hours James Franco






Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees

Movie Actor in Supporting Role Oscar Winner
Winter's Bone John Hawkes
The Fighter Christian Bale Christian Bale
The Town Jeremy Renner
The Kids Are All Right Mark Ruffalo
The King's Speech Geoffrey Rush



Actress in a Leading Role Nominees

Movie Actress in Lead Role Oscar Winner
The Kids Are All Right Annette Bening
Rabbit Hole Nicole Kidman
Winter's Bone Jennifer Lawrence
Black Swan Natalie Portman Natalie Portman
Blue Valentine Michelle Williams



Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees

Movie Actress in Supporting Role Oscar Winner
The Fighter Amy Adams
The Fighter Melissa Leo Melissa Leo
True Grit Hailee Steinfeld
The King's Speech Helena Bonham Carter
Animal Kingdom Jacki Weaver



Best Cinematography Nominees

Movie Best Cinematographer Oscar Winner
Black Swan Matthew Libatique
Inception Wally Pfister Wally Pfister
The Social Network Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit Roger Deakins
The King's Speech Danny Cohen



Best Costume Designer Nominees

Movie Best Costume Designer Oscar Winner
Alice in Wonderland Colleen Atwood Colleen Atwood
The King's Speech Jenny Beavan
The Tempest Sandy Powell
I Am Love Antonella Cannarozzi
True Grit Mary Zophres



Best Director Nominees

Movie Best Costume Designer Oscar Winner
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
The King's Speech Tom Hooper Tom Hooper
The Social Network David Fincher
True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
The Fighter David O. Russell



Best Music Background Score

Movie Best Music Background Score Nominees Oscar Winner
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 Ross Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross



Best Music (Original Song)

Movie Best Music Original Song Nominees Oscar Winner
Country Strong Coming Home by Tom Douglas
127 Hours If I Rise by A.R. Rahman
Toy Story 3 We Belong Together by Randy Newman We Belong Together by Randy Newman
Tangled I See the Light by Alan Menken

  • Best Documentary Feature for “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  • Best Documentary (Short Subject)Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  • Best Film EditingThe Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
  • Best Short Film (Animated)The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
  • Best Short Film (Live Action)God of Love” Luke Matheny
  • Best Sound EditingInception” Richard King
  • Best Sound MixingInception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
  • Best Foreign Language FilmIn a Better World” Denmark
  • Best MakeupThe Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
  • Best PictureThe King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
  • Best Visual EffectsInception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
  • Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
  • Best Writing (Original Screenplay)The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
  • Best Animated Feature FilmToy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
  • Best Art DirectionAlice in Wonderland” Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
For More Info about 83rd Academy Awards Check Out:
Source: http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html

Friday, February 4, 2011

Stashed Black Money - List revealed

According to the sources, a list of Indians who stashed black money in foreign banks has been finaly released.

Tehelka and News Channel Headline Today, the two investigators had revealed names of 15 Indians who who have stashed their black money in the LGT bank of Liechtenstein, a well-known tax haven nation.

According to the channel, the list exposes the Kochi IPL co-owners, the Mehta brothers.

Here is the list of Indians revealed by News Channel Headline Today:

1. Manoj Dhupelia
2. Rupal Dhupelia
3. Mohan Dhupelia
4. Hasmukh Gandhi
5. Chintan Gandhi
6. Dilip Mehta
7. Arun Mehta
8. Arun Kochar
9. Gunwanti Mehta
10. Rajnikant Mehta
11. Prabodh Mehta
12. Ashok Jaipuria
13. Raj Foundation
14. Urvashi Foundation
15. Ambrunova Trust

For More Info Read: Times of India