International Press Academy

MOTION PICTURES

PICTURE: Birdman
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman 
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Nightcrawler- Dan Gilroy
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Imitation Game- Graham Moore 
ANIMATED FEATURE: Song of the Sea
DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
FOREIGN FILM: Tangerines
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mr. Turner- Dick Pope 
COSTUME DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Milena Canonero
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
FILM EDITING: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes- Stan Salfas, William Hoy
SCORE: Birdman- Antonio Sanchez
SONG: "We Will Not Go," Virunga
SOUND: Whiplash
VISUAL EFFECTS: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
ENSEMBLE CAST: Into the Woods

TELEVISION

DRAMA SERIES: The Knick COMEDY SERIES: Transparent
GENRE SERIES: Penny Dreadful
ACTOR (DRAMA): Clive Owen, The Knick
ACTRESS (DRAMA): Keri Russell, The Americans
ACTOR (COMEDY): Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
ACTRESS (COMEDY): Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project
ACTOR (MOVIE OR MINISERIES): Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
ACTRESS (MOVIE OR MINISERIES): Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Rory Kinnear, Penny Dreadful
MOVIE: Return to Zero
MINISERIES: Olive Kitteridge

Golden Satellites Nominations

BEST MOTION PICTURE
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Love is Strange
Mr. Turner
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro González Inárritu, Birdman  
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game 

BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything 
Miles Teller, Whiplash

BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Anne Dorval, Mommy
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher 
Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman 
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
Katherine Waterston, Inherent Vice

Satellite Awards Nominations

BEST PICTURE
12 Years a Slave
All is Lost
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Ron Howard, Rush
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All is Lost
Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels' The Butler

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Adéle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Golden Satellite Winners

PICTURE: Silver Linings Playbook
DIRECTOR: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
ACTOR: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Javier Bardem, Skyfall
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Zero Dark Thirty- Marc Boal
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Life of Pi- David Magee
FOREIGN FILM: (tie) The Intouchables; Pieta
DOCUMENTARY: Chasing Ice
ANIMATED/MIXED MEDIA FILM: Rise of the Guardians
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi- Claudio Miranda
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Lincoln- Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank & Leslie McDonald
COSTUME DESIGN: A Royal Affair- Manon Rasmussen
FILM EDITING: Silver Linings Playbook- Jay Cassidy
SCORE: Argo- Alexandre Desplat
SONG: "Suddenly," Les Miserables
VISUAL EFFECTS: Flight

Satellite Nominations

The nominees for the best of 2012 from the International Press Academy:

MOTION PICTURE

• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Moonrise Kingdom
• The Sessions
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Kim Ki-Duk, Pieta
Ben Lewin, The Sessions
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook 
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Omar Sy, The Intouchables
Denzel Washington, Flight

ACTRESS
Laura Birn, Purge
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Emilie Dequenne, Our Children
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Laura Linney, Hyde Park on Hudson
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
John Goodman, Flight
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Master
Samantha Barks, Les Miserables
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Helene Florent, Cafe de Flore
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Flight- John Gatins
The Intouchables- Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache
The Master- Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom- Roman Coppola & Wes Anderson
Pieta- Kim Ki-Duk
Zero Dark Thirty- Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Anna Karenina- Tom Stoppard
Argo- Chris Terrior 
Life of Pi- David Magee
Lincoln- Tony Kushner
The Sessions- Ben Lewin
Silver Linings Playbook- David O. Russell

FOREIGN FILM
Amour
A Royal Affair
Beyond the Hills
Caesar Must Die
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
Our Children
Pieta
War Witch

ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
Ice Age: Continental Age
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It-Ralph

DOCUMENTARY FILM
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Central Park Five
Chasing Ice
The Gatekeepers 
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Searching for Sugar Man
West of Memphis

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina- Seamus McGarvey
Beasts of the Southern Wild- Ben Richardson
Life of Pi- Claudio Miranda
Lincoln- Janusz Kaminski
The Master- Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Skyfall- Roger Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina- Jacqueline Durran
Cloud Atlas- Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Farewell, My Queen- Christian Gasc, Valerie Ranchoux
Les Miserables- Paco Delgado
A Royal Affair- Manon Rasmusson
Snow White & the Huntsman- Colleen Atwood

FILM EDITING
Cloud Atlas- Alexander Berner
Flight- Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Les Miserables- Chris Dickens
The Sessions- Lisa Bromwell
Silver Linings Playbook- Jay Cassidy
Zero Dark Thirty- Dylan Tichenor

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina- Sarah Greenwood, Niall Moroney, Thomas Brown, Nick Gottschalk, Tom Still
The Dark Knight Rises- Nathan Crowley, Kevin Kavanaugh, James Hambidge, Naaman Marshall
Les Miserables- Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
Lincoln- Rick Carter, Curt beech, David Crank, Leslie McDonald
The Master- David Crank, Jack Fisk
A Royal Affair- Niels Sejer

ORIGINAL SCORE
Argo- Alexandre Desplat
Anna Karenina- Dario Marianelli
Beasts of the Southern Wild- Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin 
Lincoln- John Williamns
The Master- Jonny Greenwood
Skyfall- Thomas Newman

ORIGINAL SONG
"Learn Me Right," Brave
"Fire In the Blood," Lawless
"Suddenly," Les Miserables
"Love Always Comes as a Surprise," Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
"Still Alive Paul Williams," Paul Williams: Still Alive
"Skyfall," Skyfall

SOUND
Flight
Kon-Tiki
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Snow White & the Huntsman 

VISUAL EFFECTS
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
Flight
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Skyfall

Golden Satellite Awards

PICTURE: The Descendants

DIRECTOR: Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive

ACTOR: Ryan Gosling, Drive

ACTRESS: Viola Davis, The Help

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Albert Brooks, Drive

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Tree of Life- Terrence Malick

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Descendants- Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

ANIMATED FEATURE: The Adventures of Tintin

DOCUMENTARY: Senna

FOREIGN FILM: Mysteries of Lisbon

ART DIRECTION: The Artist- Gregory S. Hooper & Laurence Bennett

CINEMATOGRAPHY: War Horse- Janusz Kaminski

COSTUME DESIGN: Water for Elephants- Jacqueline West

SCORE: Soul Surfer- Marco Beltrami

SONG: "Lay Down Your Head," Albert Nobbs

SOUND: Drive

VISUAL EFFECTS: Hugo

FIRST FEATURE: Tyrannosaur- Paddy Considine

ENSEMBLE: The Help

The Satellites can't really ever be trusted, neither as Oscar prognosticator, nor as a legitimate film society based on some of the nuttier mentions, and the constant "Who are they?" factor.  How else to explain a Screenplay mention for The Tree of Life, which features little to none actual spoken dialogue, an esoteric (or nearly invisible) structure or narrative...visually daring, absolutely...as a master class of writing, probably not.

Still it's a little fun to see such oddball mentions thrown out there as well, such as the score for Soul Surfer getting a random slot, as well as the costume design for Water for Elephants, which is a film that should be getting more mentions for it's technical achievements...it's a very pretty movie for a vacant drama.  The rest, a predictable lot...

Golden Satellite Award Nominations

It might just be easier to write what wasn't nominated but here we go:

BEST PICTURE

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• Shame
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• War Horse

BEST DIRECTOR

• Tomas Alfredson, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• John Michael McDonagh, The Guard
• Steve McQueen, Shame
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
• Martin Scorcese, Hugo
• Steven Spielberg, War Horse
• Tate Taylor, The Help

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Ryan Gosling, Drive
Tom Hardy, Warrior
Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

No Jean Dujardin...shameful!!!!

BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Coleman, Tyrannosaur
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Emily Watson, Oranges & Sunshine
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Michelle Yeoh, The Lady

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Colin Farrell, Horrible Bosses
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Christoph Waltz, Carnage
Hugo Weaving, Oranges & Sunshine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life
Elle Fanning, Super 8
Lisa Feret, Mozart's Sister
Judy Greer, The Descendants
Rachel McAdams, Midnight in Paris
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Carey Mulligan, Shame
Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Kate Winslet, Carnage

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• The Artist- Michel Hazanavicius
• The Guard- John Michael McDonagh
• Mozart's Sister- Rene Feret
• Shame- Steve McQueen & Abi Morgan
• The Tree of Life- Terrence Malick
• Tyrannosaur- Paddy Considine

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Adventures of Tintin- Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish & Edgar Wright
• Albert Nobbs- Glenn Close & John Banville
• The Descendants- Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• The Help- Tate Taylor
• Moneyball- Steven Zailian & Aaron Sorkin
• War Horse- Lee Hall & Richard Curtis

BEST ANIMATED\MIXED MEDIA FILM

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• The Muppets
• Puss in Boots
• Rango
• Rio

BEST FOREIGN FILM

• 13 Assassins
• Faust
• The Kid With the Bike
• Las Acadias
• Le Havre
• Miss Bala
• Mozart's Sister
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• A Separation
• The Turin Horse

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• American: The Bill Hicks Story
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• The Interrupters
• My Perestroika
• One Lucky Elephant
• Pina
• Project Nim
• Senna
• Tabloid
• Under Fire: Journalists in Combat

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Anonymous
• The Artist
• Faust
• Hugo
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• Water for Elephants

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Artist
• Drive
• Faust
• Hugo
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Anonymous
• The Artist
• Faust
• Jane Eyre
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• Water for Elephants

BEST FILM EDITING

• The Descendants
• Drive
• The Guard
• Shame
• War Horse
• Warrior

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Drive
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Soul Surfer
• Super 8
• War Horse
• Water for Elephants

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "Lay Your Head Down," Albert Nobbs
• "Hello Hello," Gnomeo & Juliet
• "Bridge of Light," Happy Feet 2
• "Life's a Happy Song," The Muppets
• "Man or Muppet," The Muppets
• "Gathering Stories," We Bought a Zoo

BEST SOUND

• Drive
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Hugo
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

BEST ENSEMBLE
The Help

Golden Satellites Winners

BEST PICTURE (Drama)
The Social Network

BEST PICTURE (Musical or Comedy)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher, The Social Network

BEST ACTOR (Drama)
Colin Firth, The King's Speech

BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
Noomi Rapace, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

BEST ACTOR (Musical or Comedy)
Michael Cera, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

BEST ACTRESS (Musical or Comedy)
Anne Hathaway, Love & Other Drugs

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The King's Speech- David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Social Network- Aaron Sorkin

The ghetto-ized!

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Toy Story 3

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Restrepo

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Inception- Wally Pfister

BEST FILM EDITING
Please Give- Robert Frazen

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inception- Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker & Dean Wolcott

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland- Colleen Atwood

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Inception- Hans Zimmer

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," Burlesque

BEST SOUND
Unstoppable

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland

Golden Satellites Nominations

The Golden Satellites, or the International Press Academy, have announced.  Rather than provide commentary, I'll just state that rather than make any choices at all, they decided to nominate everyone!  Inception leads with 11 nominations.

BEST PICTURE (Drama)

• 127 Hours
• Animal Kingdom
• Blue Valentine
• Get Low
• The Ghost Writer
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• The Social Network
• The Town
• Winter's Bone

BEST PICTURE (Musical or Comedy)

• Cyrus
• The Kids Are All Right
• Made in Dagenham
• The Other Guys
• Please Give
• Red
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

BEST DIRECTOR

• Ben Affleck, The Town
• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
• Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
• Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
• David Michod, Animal Kingdom
• Christopher Nolan, Inception
• Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer
• Debra Granik, Winter's Bone

BEST ACTOR (Drama)

• Javier Bardem, Biutiful
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception
• Michael Douglas, Solitary Man
• Robert Duvall, Get Low
• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• Colin Firth, The King's Speech
• James Franco, 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTRESS (Drama)

• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrene, Winter's Bone
• Helen Mirren, The Tempest
• Natalie Portman, Black Swan
• Noomi Rapace, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Tilda Swinton, I Am Love
• Naomi Watts, Fair Game
• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTOR (Musical or Comedy)

• Steve Carell, Dinner for Schmucks
• Michael Cera, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Romain Duris, Heartbreaker
• Andy Garcia, City Island
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Love & Other Drugs
• John Malkovich, Red
• John C. Rielly, Cyrus

BEST ACTRESS (Musical or Comedy)

I Heart Julianne

• Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
• Anne Hathaway, Love & Other Drugs
• Sally Hawkins, Made in Dagenham
• Catherine Keener, Please Give
• Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
• Mary-Louise Parker, Red
• Marisa Tomei, Cyrus

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Christian Bale, The Fighter
• Pierce Brosnan, The Ghost Writer
• Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
• Tommy Lee Jones, The Company Men
• Bill Murray, Get Low
• Sean Penn, Fair Game
• Jeremy Renner, The Town
• Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

HUH?

• Amy Adams, The Fighter
• Marion Cotillard, Inception
• Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
• Vanessa Redgrave, Letters to Juliet
• Rosamund Pike, Barney's Version
• Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy
• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
• Dianne Wiest, Rabbit Hole

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Biutiful- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Armando Bo & Nicolas Giacobone
• The Eclipse- Conor McPherson & Billy Roche
• Get Low- Chris Prvenzano & C. Gaby Mitchell
• Inception- Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right- Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholodenko
• The King's Speech- David Seilder
• Toy Story 3- Michael Arndt, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich & John Lasseter

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 127 Hours- Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• Fair Game- Jez Butterowrth & John-Henry Butterworth
• The Ghost Writer- Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
• The Gril With the Dragon Tattoo- Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus Heistergerg
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World- Michael Bacall & Edgar Writer
• The Social Network- Aaron Sorkin
• The Town- Peter Craig, Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard
• Winter's Bone- Debra Granik

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Biutiful
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• I Am Love
• Mother
• Outside the Law
• Soul Kitchen
• White Material

BEST ANIMATED\MIXED MEDIA PICTURE

• Alice in Wonderland
• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
• Toy Story 3

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Behind the Burly Q
• Client 9: The Rise & Fall of Eliot Spitzer
• Countdown to Zero
• A Film Unfinished
• Inside Job
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• Restrepo
• Sequestro
• The Tillman Story
• Waiting for 'Superman'

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Alice in Wonderland- Robert Stromberg & Stefan Dechant
• Black Swan- David Stein & Therese Deprez
• Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky- Phillippe Cord'Home, Kathy Lebrun & Marie-Helene Sulmoni
• I Am Love- Francesca Di Mottola
• Inception- Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker & Dean Wolcott
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World- Nigel Churcher & Marcus Rowland
• Shutter Island- Dante Ferretti, Max Biscoe, Robert Guerra & Christina Wilson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• 127 Hours- Enrique Chediak & Anthony Dod Mantle
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1- Eduardo Sera
• I Am Love- Yorick Guadagnino
• Inception- Wally Pfister
• Salt- Robert Elswit
• Secretariat- Dean Semler
• Shutter Island- Robert Richardson
• Unstoppable- Ben Seresin

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Alice in Wonderland- Colleen Atwood
• Black Swan- Amy Westcott
• The King's Speech- Jenny Beavan
• Eat Pray Love- Michael Dennison
• Robin Hood- Janty Yates

BEST FILM EDITING

• Inception- Lee Smith
• Please Give- Robert Frazen
• Shutter Island- Thelma Schoonmaker
• The Social Network- Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
• The Town- Dylan Tichenor
• Unstoppable- Robert Duffy & Chris Lebenzon

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• 127 Hours- A.R. Rahman
• Black Swan- Clint Mansell
• The Eclipse- Fionnula Ni Chiosain
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 1- Alexandre Desplat
• Inception- Hans Zimmer
• Salt- James Newton Howard
• The Social Network- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Unstoppable- Harry Gregson- Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "If I Rise," 127 Hours
• "Alice," Alice in Wonderland
• "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," Burlesque
• "Country Strong," Country Strong
• "What Part of Forever," The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• "Eclispe (All Yours)," The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

BEST SOUND

• 127 Hours
• Inception
• Iron Man 2
• Nowhere Boy
• Secretariat
• Shutter Island
• Unstoppable

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• 127 Hours
• Alice in Wonderland
• Inception
• Iron Man 2
• Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
• Unstoppable

All the gonzo nominees and all inclusive nominating spree on the part of the Golden Satellites takes away from some of the very solid, and interesting choices they did make, including I Am Love for cinematography, Please Give for film editing and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World for screenplay.  Satellites, you are exhausting!

Golden Satellites Winners

BEST PICTURE (Drama)
The Hurt Locker

BEST PICTURE (Musical or Comedy)
Nine

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTOR (Drama)
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
Shohreh Aghdashloo, The Stoning of Soraya M.

BEST ACTOR (Musical or Comedy)
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

BEST ACTRESS (Musical or Comedy)
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique, Precious

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(500) Days of Summer- Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Precious- Geoffrey Fletcher

BEST PICTURE (Mixed Media)
Fantastic Mr. Fox

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Maid

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Every Little Step

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Up in the Air- Rolfe Kent

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart; Ryan Bingham

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nine- Dion Beebe

BEST FILM EDITING
The Hurt Locker

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
A Single Man

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

BEST SOUND
2012

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
2012

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

Golden Satellites Award Winners

BEST PICTURE (Drama)
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST PICTURE (Musical or Comedy)
Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR (Drama)
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor

BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
Angelina Jolie, Changeling

BEST ACTOR (Musical or Comedy)
Ricky Gervais, Ghost Town

BEST ACTRESS (Musical or Comedy)
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Visitor- Thomas McCarthy

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Frost/Nixon- Peter Morgan

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Gomorrah

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man on Wire
and
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Slumdog Millionaire- A.R. Rahman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Another Way to Die"- Quantum of Solace

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Australia- Mandy Walker

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Australia- Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy & Beverly Dunn

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Duchess- Michael O'Connor

BEST FILM EDITING
Iron Man- Dan Lebental

BEST SOUND
The Dark Knight

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Australia

Golden Satellites Awards

BEST PICTURE (Drama)
No Country For Old Men

BEST PICTURE (Comedy)
Juno

BEST DIRECTOR
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men

BEST ACTOR (Drama)
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

BEST ACTOR (Comedy)
Ryan Gosling, Lars & the Real Girl

BEST ACTRESS (Comedy)
Ellen Page, Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (tie)
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Casey Affleck, The Assassinaton of Jesse James

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno- Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement- Christopher Hampton

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Lust, Caution

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Kite Runner- Alberto Iglesias

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Grace is Gone- "Grace is Gone"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly- Janusz Kaminski

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

BEST FILM EDITING
American Gangster

BEST SOUND
The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
300