Oscar 2011 - Winners List - " The King's Speech" wins the WAR...

Complete List of Nominees and Winners of Oscar 2011 :

BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
WINNER: The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone 




BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
WINNER: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
WINNER: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

 

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
WINNER: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter

BEST SONG
“Coming Home,” Country Strong, Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light,” Tangled, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
“If I Rise,” 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo Armstrong
WINNER: “We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman

BEST EDITING
127 Hours, Jon Harris
Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter, Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar
WINNER: The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST VISUAL 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 Trojanski and Joe Farrell
WINNER: Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
WINNER: Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynley

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
The Confession, Tanel Toom
The Crush, Michael Creagh
WINNER: God of Love, Luke Matheny
Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Killing in the Name (Nominees TBD)
Poster Girl (Nominees (TBD)
WINNER: Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lenno

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech, Jenny Beaven
The Tempest, Sandy Powell
True Grit, Mary Zophres

BEST MAKEUP
Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Eduoard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
WINNER: The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey 

BEST SOUND EDITING

WINNER: 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. Stoeckinger

BEST SOUND MIXING
WINNER: 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. Kurland

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Inception, Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
WINNER: The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
 
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
WINNER: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)

BEST 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
WINNER: The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
WINNER: 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 Rosellini

BEST ANIMATED FILM
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
WINNER: Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Day & Night, Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe
WINNER: The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
WINNER: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
WINNER: Inception, Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins 

BEST ART DIRECTION

WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara

Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
The King’s Speech, Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit, Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Latest News : "The King's Speech" win Five Oscars

The King's Speech' sweeps 5 Oscars at the 83 rd Academy Awards including Original Screenplay, Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Sound Editing. 

 More updates about OSCARS are on the way...

Shahrukh Khan @ DON 2

Android phone at Rs 8,499

Android is a software for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. 
 Android Architecture:

Features:

• Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components
• Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile devices
• Integrated browser based on the open source Webkitengine
• Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the OpenGL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional)
• SQLite for structured data storage
• Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF)
• GSM Telephony (hardware dependent)
• Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent)
• Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer (hardware dependent)
• Rich development environment including a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and performance profiling, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE

 Telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei said its subsidiary Huawei Devices has launched Android-based smartphone, IDEOS, at a price of Rs 8,499 in the country.

The smartphone offers multiple ways to access the Internet and comes pre-loaded with a range of social networking, email and useful services like Google Talk, Google Maps,YouTube and GMail, the company said in a statement.

Fire Fashion Show ..Really too Hot

The world’s largest family (that too from INDIA) – This man has 39 wives, 94 Children

A MAN in Mizoram has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren -- all living together under one roof in a picturesque village about 100 km from Baktawng in the north of the state.

 The head of the family and leader of the "Chana" sect -- which allows polygamy -- is 66-year-old Ziona Chana who lives with his family in a 100-room, four-storyed house named ''Chhuan That Run'' or the House of the New Generation.

 Though all of Ziona''s family members live in different rooms in the building, they all share the kitchen where they cook for the entire family.

Finally, After boasting of the oldest father in the world, India has bagged another familial world record after it was revealed that a 67-year old man in Mizoram has the largest family in the world with 39 wives, 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.

Allu Arjun's Wedding Invitation

New satellites to be able to predict earthquakes from 2015

A team of British and Russian scientists have launched a project that could predict when and where earthquakes will occur, and thus save thousands of lives.

The TwinSat project involves the launch of two satellites - one is about the size of a TV set and the other smaller than a shoebox - which will orbit the earth a few hundred kilometres apart, The Independent reported.

Data from the satellites will be collated with data from the ground as the scientists try to understand what natural warnings are given prior to earthquakes.

Peter Sammonds, professor of Geophysics at UCL and another member of the project team, said that because the satellites were so small, the technology was relatively cheap.

If the project progresses goes well, its possible to send up several more of them to increase coverage.

The first satellite launch is planned for 2015.

2011 World Cup : All the best to INDIA

Once aGAIN : Prabhas and Rajamouli

Top director S S Rajamouli has finally announced his proposed film with Prabhas. On Friday morning (February 18, 2011), hero Prabhas, Rajamouli, veteran director K Raghavendra Rao met the media at Cinemax in Hyderabad and announced the project. The film is to be produced on RK Films banner belongs to K Raghavendra Rao and it going to on sets from September.

Picture of the Month: Chiru @ Childhood

Week Expression Map

Magadheera as Maaveeran

Valentine's Day Special Cake

On this Feb-14th..this post is the 14th one...

Happy Valentine's Day ...;)

LOVE, if it workouts ...WELL...  otherwise its a HELL... -Chandoo7

V' Day Special : 180 (Ee Vayasu Ika Radu)

On the occasion of Valentine's Day, first look of Siddharth's current movie, 180 (Ee Vayasu Ika Radu).

Director Jayendra said he would love the audiences to figure out what the number 180 means rather than telling.

Magadheera as Dheeran

Allu Arjun Presents ....Magadheera as Dheeran in Malayalam.

Nag's Dhamurukam.....Started...

Nagarjuna’s next movie Dhamarukam is a socio-fantasy and it involves lot of graphic work (approximately 50 minutes on the screen). Anushka plays female lead. Dhamarukam will be released for Sankranthi 2012.

brahmanandam @ ultimate getups

Brahmi kalam:

Baba Brahmi:

New Zealand : 'Win a wife' competition

MELBOURNE: A New Zealand based radio company has come under fire after it launched a new Radio contest to 'win a bride'. 

The competition in which the winner will fly to  Ukraine and be given the chance to pick a bride from an agency has been severely criticised across the nation. 

The winner of the contest, launched by MediaWork's station 'The Rock FM', which is broadcast nationwide. The promotion began on Monday and ends on February 28, with five finalists to be subjected to character assessment from friends and family, and psychometric testing and suitability for marriage testing by a psychologist appointed by MediaWorks. 

The prize does not include travel for the Ukraine woman to come to New Zealand. 

“At the end of the day, it's up to both people if they decide to get married and return to New Zealand. We're not actually marrying anyone or bringing women back to New Zealand," the programme director said.

Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905)

Google pays tribute to French sci-fi writer Jules Verne with rather an elegant home page animation for FEB-08th on his 183rd birthday.

To salute the author so famed for "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," the illustration features golden portholes

As a master storyteller of air, sea and land, Verne is of course one of the "fathers of science fiction"; some of his other noted literary voyages include "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Voyage to the Center of the Earth."

 Verne wrote about space,air and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated individual author in the world, Some of his books have been made into films.

C @ C : Chiru @ Congress

, Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi today announced its merger with Congress

"We have decided to merge PRP with the Congress. The decision has been taken without any condition. There are no conditions at all," Chiranjeevi told reporters outside Gandhi's residence.

Emerging after a 15-minute meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Chiranjeevi said the decision was taken keeping in mind the 'best interests' of the people of Andhra Pradesh as both Congress and PRP fight for social justice.

Guess IT......(you will get a smile as a Gift)

Pawan Kalyan's Teenmaar - celebration of Love

This time Pawan ji is coming with "Teenmaar" and its going to be Celebration of Love..
Hope we too celebrate the Love with Teenmaar.-Chandoo7

Aamir is The Villain @ DHOOM 3

After months of speculation, Aamir Khan has been confirmed to play one of the key roles in Dhoom 3. It is learnt that Aamir will be playing the villain in the film. It has Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra in the same roles from the original one.

Shooting for the film will commence by the end of this year and it is likely to hit theatres in December 2012. Aamir Khan and producer Yash Chopra last worked together for the film Fanaa five years ago.




Aamir said, "It is indeed a pleasure to be working with Yashji and Adi again. Dhoom is a great franchise, most entertaining and full of fun. Everytime I hear the theme tune of Dhoom it brings a swing to my step. Victor's script really won me over and I look forward to working with him." 
 

Surya @ MAATRAN

MAATRAN : Some Times THE END
                                           is just THE BEGINNING....

Once again Surya going to Rock with Maatran (Tamil film)...
All the Best to Maatran Cast and Crew..-Chandoo7

Tri-Valley University : US promises 'good judgement' in handling students

After a strong protest lodged by India over the radio-tagging of Indian students US immigration authorities have promised "good judgement and common sense" while handling the case.

The assurance was given by John Morton, Director of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the Indian Ambassador, Meera Shankar.

Hundreds of Indians were enrolled at Tri Valley University in California, which has been shut down on the grounds that it was running a massive immigration racket. Some of the students have been made to wear radio tags or ankle bracelets.

Shankar, during her interaction with the US officials, has also said that students should be allowed to transfer to other universities.

India also wants students to be sent home "without prejudice" instead of being deported so that they can reapply for admission to other colleges.

During the conversation, the US officials, including the ICE Director, are believed to have acknowledged that there are a lot of innocent victims, but did not rule out that there might be some students who were involved in this scam.

 "Demand for Justice and Hope TRUTH will Win.."