Saturday, February 27, 2010

Awards News: César Awards, NAACP Image Awards and CDG Awards


Un prophète
(A Prophet) was the big winner on Saturday, February 27 at the 35th annual César Awards in Paris. It won nine of its thirteen nominations including Best Film, Best Director and two awards for its breakout star Tahar Rahim - Best Actor and Breakthrough Actor. Un prophète is France's nominee for the Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award, and receives its Toronto release on March 5, 2010. Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino was a surprise winner in the Foreign Film category, beating out Avatar, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Panique au village (A Town Called Panic), Palme d'Or winner Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon), and Canada's J’ai tué ma mere (I Killed My Mother).

On Friday night, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hosted their Image Awards. Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire was the night's big winner, taking six trophies including Best Motion Picture and Best Independent Motion Picture. There was a moment of embarrassment when director Lee Daniels said, "No one in Hollywood told me they wanted to see a movie about a 350lb black girl who had HIV" before quickly correcting himself. "She's not 350lbs, Gabby," referring to the film's star Gabourey Sidibe. He awkwardly explained that was the description from the book.

On Thursday, the Costume Designers Guild (CDG) gave out their awards to film and television wardrobe artists. They recognize three categories in the area of film: contemporary, period and fantasy. These were won by Doug Hall (Crazy Heart), Sandy Powell (The Young Victoria), Monique Prudhomme (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) respectively. Sandy Powell also received a Career Achievement Award, having won Oscars for Shakespeare in Love and The Aviator.

Here are complete lists of winners for the César, NAACP Image, and CDG Awards.

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Winners of the 35th Annual César Awards

Best Film
A Prophet (Un prophète)

Best Director
Jacques Audiard, A Prophet (Un prophète)

Best Actor
Tahar Rahim, A Prophet (Un prophète)

Best Actress
Isabelle Adjani, Skirt Day (La journée de la jupe)

Best Supporting Actor
Niels Arestrup, A Prophet (Un prophète)

Best Supporting Actress
Emmanuelle Devos, In the Beginning (A l’origine)

Breakthrough Actor
Tahar Rahim, A Prophet (Un prophète)

Breakthrough Actress
Melanie Thierry, One for the Road (Le dernier pour la route)

Best First Film
The French Kissers (Le beaux gosses), Riad Sattouf, Anne Dominique Toussaint

Best Original Screenplay
A Prophet (Un prophète), written by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit

Best Adapted Screenplay
Mademoiselle Chambon, written by Stephane Brize & Florence Vignon,

Best Foreign Film
Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood

Best Documentary
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno, directed by Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea

Best Original Score
Armand Amar, The Concert (Le Concert)

Best Cinematography
Stephane Fontaine, A Prophet (Un prophète)

Best Editing
Juliette Welfling, A Prophet (Un prophète)

Best Art Direction
Michel Barthelemy, A Prophet (Un prophète)

Best Costume Design
Catherine Leterrier, Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel)

Best Sound
The Concert (Le Concert)

Best Short Film
C’est gratuit pour les filles, directed by Claire Burger & Marie Amachoukeli

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Complete list of the 2010 NAACP Image Award winners:

Outstanding Motion Picture
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Morgan Freeman, Invictus

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Adam Rodriguez, Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
The Stoning of Soraya M.

Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
Good Hair

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
S. Epatha Merkerson -- "Law & Order" (NBC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
"Gifted Hands" (TNT)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Cuba Gooding Jr. -- "Gifted Hands" (TNT)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series
Kimberly Elise -- "Gifted Hands" (TNT)

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series or Dramatic Special
Cornelius Smith Jr. -- "All My Children" (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Debbi Morgan -- "All My Children" (ABC)

Outstanding News/Information -- (Series or Special)
"The Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States" (BET)

Outstanding Talk Series
"The Mo'Nique Show" (BET)

Outstanding Reality Series
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC)

Outstanding Variety -- (Series or Special)
"The Michael Jackson Memorial: Celebrating the Life of Michael Jackson" (ABC, BET, CNN, MTV, NBC,…)

Outstanding Children's Program
"Dora the Explorer" (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program -- (Series or Special)
Keke Palmer – "True Jackson, VP" (Nickelodeon)

Outstanding New Artist
Keri Hilson (Mosley Music Group/Zone 4, Inc./Interscope Records)

Outstanding Male Artist
Maxwell (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist
Mary J. Blige (Matriarch/Geffen)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album
"He and She" -- Wynton Marsalis (Blue Note Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album -- (Traditional or Contemporary)
"Still" -- BeBe & CeCe Winans (B & C Records)

Outstanding World Music Album
"Black President" -- Sila and the Afrofunk Experience (Visila Records)

Outstanding Music Video
"I Look To You" -- Whitney Houston (Arista Records)

Outstanding Song
"God In Me" -- Mary Mary (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Album
"Stronger With Each Tear" -- Mary J. Blige (Matriarch/Geffen)

Outstanding Literary Work -- Fiction
"The Long Fall" -- Walter Mosley (Riverhead Books)

Outstanding Literary Work -- Non-Fiction
"In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past" -- Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Crown)

Outstanding Literary Work -- Debut Author
"A Question of Freedom" -- R. Dwayne Betts (Avery Books)

Outstanding Literary Work -- Biography/Autobiography
"Michelle Obama" -- Deborah Willis (W. W. Norton)

Outstanding Literary Work -- Instructional
"Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man" -- Steve Harvey (Amistad)

Outstanding Literary Work -- Poetry
"Bicycles" -- Nikki Giovanni (William Morrow)

Outstanding Literary Work -- Children
"Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change" -- Michelle Cook (Author)(Bloomsbury Children's Books)

Outstanding Literary Work -- Youth/Teens
"Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady" -- David Bergen Brophy (Collins -- An Imprint of HarperCollins Children's Publishing)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Halsted Sullivan and Warren Lieberstein -- "The Office" -- Café Disco (NBC)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Shonda Rhimes -- "Grey's Anatomy" -- What a Difference A Day Makes (ABC)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Ken Whittingham -- "30 Rock" -- The Funcooker (NBC)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Chandra Wilson -- "Grey's Anatomy" -- Give Peace a Chance (ABC)

Outstanding Comedy Series
"Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Daryl "Chill" Mitchell -- "Brothers" (FOX)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Cassi Davis -- "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Lance Gross -- "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Keshia Knight Pulliam -- "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Outstanding Drama Series
"Lincoln Heights" (ABC Family)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Hill Harper -- "CSI: NY" (CBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Jada Pinkett Smith -- "HawthoRNe" (TNT)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Delroy Lindo -- "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC)

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Complete list of the 2010 Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Award winners:

Contemporary Film
Doug Hall, Crazy Heart

Period Film
Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria

Fantasy Film
Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Made for Television Movie or Mini Series
Catherine Marie Thomas, Grey Gardens

Contemporary Television Series
Lou Eyrich, "Glee"

Period/Fantasy Television Series
Janie Bryant, "Mad Men"

Commercials
Casey Storm, Milk: "Milkquarious"

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