Golden Satellites Nominations

BEST PICTURE (Drama)
An Education, Bright Star, The Hurt Locker, The Messenger, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, The Stoning of Soraya M.

BEST PICTURE (Musical or Comedy)
The Informant!, It's Complicated, Julie & Julia, Nine, A Serious Man, Up in the Air

TOP TEN OF 2009
500 Days of Summer (not best picture nominated),
A Serious Man, An Education, Bright Star, The Hurt Locker,
Inglourious Basterds (not best picture nominated),
Nine, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, The Stoning of Soraya M., Up in the Air

All of this reveals the great cluster-fuck that is the Golden Satellites, a minor and mostly irrelevant awards organization. Lots of films (plenty worthy) are acknowledged, yet undying love, and their true favorites are hard to find. Let's throw some love to everyone is their mantra, with the exception of Clint Eastwood's Invictus and Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, which presumably they haven't yet seen. Even though I love non-probable Oscar bait mentions for films like The Messenger, The Informant! and The Stoning of Soraya M.-- let's stop the Oscar prognosticating group think that plagues this season-- make more bold choices.

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp, Distict 9
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Rob Marshall, Nine
Lone Scherfig, An Education

Three women honored...wow! Love the mention for Blomkamp (District 9 was awesome), but again not good enough for best picture anything...

BEST ACTOR (Drama)
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Hugh Dancy, Adam
Johnny Depp, Public Enemies
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Michael Sheen, The Damned United

BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
Shohreh Aghdashloo, The Stoning of Soraya M.
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Penelope Cruz, Broken Embraces
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Catalina Saavedra, The Maid

I thought The Young Victoria sucked...just what I heard!

BEST ACTOR (Musical or Comedy)
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Bradley Cooper, The Hangover
Matt Damon, The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Michael Stulberg, A Serious Man

It trips me out that Joseph Gordon Levitt missed the mark for 500 Days of Summer, while the film placed in their top ten, and his female counterpart made it in-- very schziod Golden Satellites, I like the movie, just not the best part in it-- and over Bradley Cooper, really? It wasn't really an acting showcase there, let's be honest.

BEST ACTRESS (Musical or Comedy)
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cottillard, Nine
Zooey Deschanel, 500 Days of Summer
Katherine Heigl, The Ugly Truth
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jim Broadbent, The Damned United
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
James McAvoy, The Last Station
Alfred Molina, An Education
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, Sunshine Cleaning
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mozhan Marno, The Stoning of Soraya M.
Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Emily Blunt is a two-time nominee this year, did she really have that great of a year-- just thinking about it-- Penelope Cruz doubled up too, but this category is all about Mo'Nique!

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
500 Days of Summer- Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Bright Star- Jane Campion
The Hurt Locker- Marc Boal
A Serious Man- Ethan & Joel Coen
Up- Bob Peterson & Pete Doctor

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
An Education- Nick Hornby
District 9- Neill Blomkamp & Terri Thatchell
Julie & Julia- Nora Ephron
Precious: Based on Novel "Push" by Sapphire- Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air- Jason Reitman

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Broken Embraces
I Killed My Mother
The Maid
Red Cliff
The White Ribbon
Winter in Wartime

BEST PICTURE (Animated or Mixed Media)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince
The Princess & the Frog
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Beaches of Agnes The Cove Every Little Step It Might Get Loud The September Issue Valentino: The Last Emperor

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Amelia- Gabriel Yared
The Informant!- Marvin Hamlisch
Public Enemies- Elliot Goldenthal
Up- Michael Giacchino
Up in the Air- Rolfe Kent
Where the Wild Things Are- Carter Burwell & Karen O

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Almost There," The Princess & the Frog
"Cinema Italiano," Nine
"Down in New Orleans," The Princess & the Frog
"I Can See in Color," Precious: Based on Novel "Push" by Sapphire
"We Are the Children of the World," The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
"The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Inglourious Basterds- Ralph Richardson
It Might Get Loud- Guillermo Navaro & Erich Roland
Nine- Dion Beebe
Public Enemies- Dante Spinotti
Red Cliff- Lu Yue & Zhang Li
A Serious Man- Roger Deakins

BEST FILM EDITING
2012 District 9 The Hurt Locker It Might Get Loud Nine Red Cliff

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
2012 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parassus Public Enemies Red Cliff The Road A Single Man

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cheri The Imaginarium of Doctor Parassus Nine Red Cliff The Young Victoria
BEST SOUND
2012
It Might Get Loud
Nine
Red Cliff
Terminator: Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
2012
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Red Cliff
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

TESLA AWARD FOR VISIONARY ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM TECHNOLOGY
Roger Deakins

AUTEUR AWARD
Roger Corman

OUTSTANDING NEW TALENT
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

BEST ENSEMBLE
Nine