Here’s the 83rd annual Academy Awards big wins and disappointments. For starters, Christopher Nolan deserves a nomination, but the best director title continues to allude him.

The following list comprises of nominees and winners for the 83rd annual Academy Awards.

The King’s Speech wins 4 Oscars for their 12 nominations.

Kindly keep scrolling down to read who the other 83rd annual Academy Awards went to.

BEST PICTURE

Black Swan – Winner
A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin

The Fighter
A Relativity Media Production David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg

Inception
A Warner Bros. UK Services Production Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan

The Kids Are All Right
An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray

127 Hours
An Hours Production Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson

The Social Network
A Columbia Pictures Production Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin

Toy Story 3
A Pixar Production Darla K. Anderson

True Grit
A Paramount Pictures Production Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

Winter’s Bone
An Anonymous Content and Winter’s Bone Production Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin
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And the Oscar for BEST PICTURE goes to The King’s Speech ( A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem
Biutiful

Jeff Bridges
True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg
The Social Network

Colin Firth – Winner
The King’s Speech

James Franco
127 Hours

And the Oscar for ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE goes to Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

John Hawkes
Winter’s Bone

Jeremy Renner
The Town A Charlestown Production

Christian Bale – Winner
The Fighter

Mark Ruffalo
The Kids Are All Right

Geoffrey Rush
The King’s Speech

And the Oscar for Best ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE goes to Christian Bale for The Fighter

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening
The Kids Are All Right

Natalie Portman – Winner
Black Swan

Nicole Kidman
Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence
Winter’s Bone

Michelle Williams
Blue Valentine

And the Oscar for ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE goes to Natalie Portman for Black Swan

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Melissa Leo – Winner
The Fighter

Amy Adams
The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter
The King’s Speech

Hailee Steinfeld
True Grit

Jacki Weaver
Animal Kingdom

And The Oscar for Best ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE goes to Melissa Leo for The Fighter.

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3 – Winner

And the Oscar for Best ANIMATED FEATURE FILM goes to Toy Story 3, (Lee Unkrich)

ART DIRECTION

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
Alice in Wonderland – Winner

The Oscar for Best ART DIRECTION goes to Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg (Production Design), and Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Black Swan
Inception – Winner
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

The Oscar for Best CINEMATOGRAPHY goes to Inception (Wally Pfister)

COSTUME DESIGN

I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
Alice in Wonderland – Winner
True Grit

And the Oscar for Best Costume Design to Colleen Atwood for Alice in Wonderland

DIRECTING

Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky

The Fighter
David O. Russell

The King’s Speech – Winner
Tom Hooper

The Social Network
David Fincher

True Grit
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

And the Oscar for Achievement in Directing goes to Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job – Winner
Restrepo
Waste Land

And the Oscar for Best DOCUMENTARY FEATURE goes to Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs for Inside Job

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Killing in the Name
Sun Come Up
Strangers No More – Winner
The Warriors of Qiugang

And the Oscar for Best DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT goes to Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for Strangers No More

FILM EDITING

Black Swan
The Fighter
The Social Network – Winner
The King’s Speech
127 Hours

And the Oscar for Best FILM EDITING goes to Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for The Social Network

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World – Winner
Incendies
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)

And the Oscar for Best FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM goes to In a Better World (Denmark)

MAKEUP

Barney’s Version
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey – Winner
The Way Back

And the Oscar for Best MAKEUP to Rick Baker and Dave Elsey for The Wolfman

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

How to Train Your Dragon, a DreamWorks Animation Production John Powell
Inception, A Warner Bros. UK Services Production Hans Zimmer
The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Winner
The King’s Speech, A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours, An Hours Production A.R. Rahman

And the Oscar for Best MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) goes to The Social Network, A Columbia Pictures Production Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

Country Strong, “Coming Home”, Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
Tangled, “I See the Light”, Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater
127 Hours, “If I Rise”, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
And the Oscar for Best MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) goes to Toy Story 3, “We Belong Together”, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
And the Oscar for Best ANIMATED FEATURE FILM goes to The Lost Thing (Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann).
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

The Confession
The Crush
And the Oscar for Best SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) goes to Luke Matheny for God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

SOUND EDITING

And the Oscar for Best SOUND EDITING goes to Richard King for Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

SOUND MIXING

And the Oscar for Best SOUND MIXING goes to Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick for Inception
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

VISUAL EFFECTS

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
And the Oscar for Best VISUAL EFFECTS goes to Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb for Inception
Iron Man 2

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

127 Hours
And the Oscar for Best WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) goes to Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
And the Oscar for Best WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) goes to David Seidler for The King’s Speech

Please understand this is just a compilation of nominations, along with declared winners, an amateurs attempt at making an Oscar list. If we have missed a nominee in any category, please do be kind, and notify us.

Observation that led me to think Suraj aka Nagesh is faking it, and why a reality show is scripted.

• The eyebrow piercing is visible in the interview.
• The contestant doesn’t speak Hindi, the way a Maharashtran would speak, especially if you’re from a small village, where the local dialect is prevalent, and Hindi is almost an alien language.
• The contestant is using a smart phone.
• Contestant started going to a gym while being a street cleaner, and at a time he earned 80 rupees a day.
• Contestant has a gelled hairstyle, and is particularly healthy for an impoverished lifestyle as stated by him.
• Jack of all trades…farmer, rickshaw driver, sweeper, dishwasher…drunk father, sick mother, pregnant sister in law, brother being beaten by father, mother being beaten by father, ill health as a child….sleeping at the station…..sleeping at marine drive….etc etc. Have you ever met anyone who has been so unlucky?
• Judges never once questioned anything, so the interview can span out in a manner wherein their audience sympathizes with the contestant, and obviously follows up on his progress in the show.
• Check the expression of all 3 judges through the interview. They have that already stunned and shocked into silence look from the beginning.
• Questions posed to him are all pointed towards making us learn more about his sad life.
• Raghu, Rajiv, and Ranvijay are I’m sure well acquainted with Maharashtra, and as such would be aware of the fact that cycle rickshaws mostly operate in WB, Bihar and UP. Raghu saying cycle rickshaw is just a cue for the contestant, so his dialog delivery doesn’t suffer. The very next sentence has the contestant talk about his work at a cycle stand. It’s a technique used in interviews too. The reporter says something, and the person on the other side takes cue and continues.
• Not a word is said when he’s about the reveal his mother’s death though he’s taking so much time because it makes way for buildup, and will have the audience wait, like I wonder what happened.
• Considering that the selectors always boast about how they want real people and can see through the situation, they are uncannily relaxed here.
• He says he never had friends and was just hanging around his mom all life, and the judges don’t think that’s not normal behavior.
• He says his dad is responsible for his mother’s death, so why don’t they question him about taking his dad to prison.
• His dad beats his brother in front of his pregnant sister in law, and this guy just abuses his father, and the judges are okay with it.
• He then tries to commit suicide, and then too, the judges are okay with it. How come they never say to him, dude you’re such a loser, you just sat through, and then went to die.
• He has a BSC degree and no job, and the judges say nothing? People who are undergraduates working in call centers are called losers by the judges. So, why the silence here?
• If you had a BSC degree, why would you clean the pavement, wash dishes, and the floor? At the very least, you’d be a lab assistant, but the judges have no problem that he doesn’t work despite a degree.
• Just before the 4th minute, Raghu abruptly talks about Hyderabad, and Mumbai, so that the contestant doesn’t falter, and forget what he’s to mention.
• He’s asked for the phone code so that we become aware of his simplicity. They’re feeling so bad he broke his phone. We’re being made aware of how he has no one, so he doesn’t need a phone.
• If another contestant said I’ll make lots of money one way or the other, the judges would invariably say you’re building air castles.
• Not once do you find the contestant or judges talking at the same time. It’s more like I talk, you talk. No interruption, only cues.
• The questions asked to him at the end result in answers that are an attempt to make him sound level headed, simple, honest, and inspired.
• The judges obviously know why they want to select him. It appears he’s unique, and the simple village lad will be astounded by events during the show around him, and that will be interesting to watch. That’s the way they’re trying to project him but we already uncovered his truth with the MTV Roadies 8 fake truth of Suraj aka Nagesh blog.

Suraj from MTV Roadies 8 boasts of the 9th student profile that’s featured on the institute website. If you look closely, Nagesh from MTV Roadies 8 has his eyebrow pierced and is quite a happening dude from Jalna, and quite hep for being broke.

Okay, now I got a number of these forwards, and I’m wondering why I shouldn’t be buying petrol. It appears we’re making a concerted effort to defy petrol prices. Sounds great but why such an elaborate scheme for something so distant when there’s so many things we could do in regards to other pressing needs to make a difference.

I wish I had the enthusiasm to go and monitor the closest petrol station but honestly I don’t. It’s a stone’s throw away from German Bakery, and I’m too depressed to go anywhere there. How come I’ve never seen a mail that says today we won’t step out of the house because I don’t think the government’s doing enough for my safety?

And what kind of a joke is this ‘buy no petrol’ drama? Do you even realize how many cars are selling in India each month, and then there are bikes. Do people really think they’re going to get cheaper petrol in India so that they can happily drive around? If anyone is listening, please increase the price of fuel by at least 5 times. Each liter should cost at least 300 bucks. It’s a great way to make people stop buying cars because they qualify for an auto loan. Everyone just wants to add to vehicular traffic chaos, and own a car. It’s just so not happening, and people don’t even have parking space.

For enthusiastic souls who really do go on this don’t buy petrol stint today, please tell me what you achieve at the end of the day. I say go buy gallons and gallons, and let prices sky rocket, and may you be so broke that you can’t fuel your car 

HELP Lalit Kamti from Bihar to save his brother from honor killing-1

To anyone who can stop this honor killing please act now. (2nd Feb, 2011)

My cook’s(Lalit Kamti) younger brother Rupak Kamti(16 years), and his friend, Kaushal Dhobi(18-or 19 years old) study at Samastipur zilla College, and go for tuitions at Darbhanga in Bihar, IN. They are from a village Vishnupur Diha in Samastipur zilla, Bihar, IN.

Two girls (sisters, not twins, one older and one younger (16 and 17 years) from the village, young teenagers decided to get to Darbhnaga which is like a big city for them. The girls are called Preeti and Chanda Rai. Since they’re all from the same village, once the girls reached Darbhanga, they called the two boys and within a span of a few hours the village started a hue and cry about how the girls have run away. Now, the girls were scared, so they refused to come back to the village. The boys come back in the weekend anyways since they have no tuition.

The village immediately sort of zeroed in on them when they visited this weekend cause Chanda used to hang around near Kaushal at times. The villagers kept harassing them so they ran back to Darbhnaga. Now the problem is, the village has ascertained that the boys have run away with the girls, and there’s a honor killing order on them from the sarpanch. They’re looking for the teenagers to kill them.

In fear, they even married. Both are obviously underage weddings and can’t be legalized but that’s what they did in fear and to deal with immediate consequences.

If anyone can save them please call/email, I’ll give you my cook’s number, and he has his brothers number. All 4 kids are hiding in Darbhanga.

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With new products being launched almost every fortnight, the market of convergence devices is hotting up like never before. The latest entrant in this market is the Samsung GALAXY Tab, which appears to be the most feature-rich mobile device in its category. With its 7″ display, it is certainly more of a Tablet PC, but convergence fans need not feel disappointed because the device has full phone functionality. In case you are wondering how awkward it would actually look to use a brick-sized device as a cell phone, then you need to go through the specifications, which clearly state that calling can only be done via the speakerphone or the hands-free calling kit supplied with the device. It’s easy to see that users will have to compromise a bit on the calling part, especially if they are to replace their cell phones with the Samsung GALAXY Tab.

Running on Android 2.2 (Froyo), the GALAXY Tab comes with either 16GB or 32GB Internal memory and can be extended to another 32GB via an external MicroSD card. Users can experiment with a variety of applications that are available through both the Samsung Apps and the Android Market. With its large display screen, it is perfect for reading eBooks, newspapers, magazines etc. Web browsing, watching movies and videos, navigation, social networking, and gaming will also be a great experience with the large sized display screen. The device has Full HD (1080p) Video Player & Recorder (720×480)@30fps. Supported audio file formats include MP3, AAC, OGG, AMR-NB/WB, FLAC, WAV, AC3, MIDI, RTTTL/RTX, OTA, i-melody, and SP-MIDI.

With its 4,000 mAh battery, the GALAXY Tab can play 7 hours of video, which is certainly a major plus in comparison to the battery life of other similar devices. The 3.0 MP AF camera with LED flash is decent enough for day-to-day needs, although today’s smartphones have far better in-built cameras, with some offering as much as 12 mega pixels.

The price of Samsung GALAXY Tab is still not clear because it is still to reach major markets such as the United Stated. If reasonably priced, we anticipate considerable demand for the device as and when it becomes readily available in the market.