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Idris Elba , Octavia Spencer Clinch Awards at 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Ladybrille Magazine — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:34:45 +0000

Congratulations to Idris Elba and Octavia Spencer who each took home an award at the just concluded 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Elba won ‘Best Actor’ in a mini-series or TV movie for his performance in ‘Luther,’ while Spencer won ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for her performance in ‘The Help.’ Congratulations to all winners!

The full winners and nominee list is below.

MOTION PICTURE

Motion Picture, Drama
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
The Artist
50/50
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week With Marilyn

PHOTOS: Golden Globe Awards: The Winners and Nominees

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

STORY: The Golden Globes Winners’ Reactions

Best Director – Motion Picture
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanvicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

STORY: Golden Globe Awards Nominations: The Nominee’s Reactions

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation (Iran)
The Flowers of War (China)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA)
The Kid With A Bike (Belgium)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball

Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Performance By An Actress in A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Jodie Foster, Carnage
Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
Kate Winslet, Carnage

STORY: ‘The Artist’ Tops Golden Globe Nominations

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Masterpiece” — W.E.
Music & Lyrics by: Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry
“Hello Hello” — Gnomeo & Juliet
Music by: Elton John
Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
“The Keeper” — Machine Gun Preacher
Music & Lyrics by: Chris Cornell
“Lay Your Head Down” — Albert Nobbs
Music by: Brian Byrne
Lyrics by: Glenn Close
“The Living Proof” — The Help
Music by: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr.
Lyrics by: Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, War Horse

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

THE RACE: Golden Globe Awards Nominations: Key Stats, Inclusions and Snubs (Analysis)

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Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Modern Family, ABC
Enlightened, HBO
Episodes, Showtime
Glee, FOX
New Girl, FOX

PHOTOS: 8 Possible Targets for Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
David Duchovny, Californication
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane, Hung

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series, Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

Best Performance By An Actor in A Supporting Role in A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Performance By An Actor In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Idris Elba, Luther
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
William Hurt, To Big to Fail
Bill Nighy, Page Eight
Dominic West, The Hour

Best Television Series – Drama
Homeland, Showtime
American Horror Story, FX
Boardwalk Empire, HBO
Boss, STARZ
Game of Thrones, HBO

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Romola Garai, The Hour
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Downton Abbey, PBS (Masterpiece)
Cinema Verite, HBO
The Hour, BBC America
Mildred Pierce, HBO
Too Big to Fail, HBO

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

-List via Hollywood Reporter

Red Carpet: Hottest of the Red Carpet at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (Pictures)

Ladybrille Magazine — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:15:02 +0000

Our hottest looks from the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards held on January 15th, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California are:

Andrea Riseborough in Vivienne Westwood and Madonna in Reem Acra

Actress Tilda Swinton in Haider Ackerman

Actress Sofia Vergara in Vera Wang

Actress Sarah Hyland in Dolce and Gabbana

Actress Salma Hayek in Gucci

Actress Paula Patton in Monique Lhuillier

Actress Rachel Wood in Gucci

Actress Kate Beckinsale in Roberto Cavalli

Actress Helen Mirren

Actress Debra Messing in Monique Lhuillier

Photocredit: Getty Images

First Image: Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace

Fashion Film: Ozwald Boateng’s Epic Feature ‘A Man’s Story’ Now Available to Pre-Order on Amazon

Ladybrille Magazine — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:06:32 +0000

In October 2010, Ladybrille told you about the world premiere of British-Ghanaian Ozwald Boateng’s fashion film ‘A Man’s Story at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival.’ Ozwald Boateng’s film is now available to pre-order on Amazon.

The movie will premiere in UK cinemas on March 9th, 2012.

Watch Trailer

Pre-Order on Amazon

Photocredit: Miles Warren

The 10 Best, No, the 100 Best Films of 2011!

Ladybrille Magazine — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:51:23 +0000

The standout flick of 2011 is The Artist, a silent love song that can nonetheless be heard by all who enjoy film. If you’ve been motivated to read this Top 100 list, you are undoubtedly among those devoted theatergoers I’m talking about.

The Artist not only runs silent, but also runs deep into the very soul of moviemaking, as it eloquently endeavors to entertain while simultaneously chronicling the evolution of the art form from its earliest beginnings to today’s blockbusters. As such, this black & white throwback is a tour de force which earns well-deserved recognition for its unique contribution to cinema. Consequently, it would be unfair to pigeonhole such a genre-blending masterpiece, or to compare it to any of the other offerings of 2011.

The Artist aside, rather than limit my annual list just to the 10 Best offerings, I’ve expanded it, as usual, to 100, including documentaries, independents and foreign films, along with the obligatory Hollywood blockbusters. The idea is to encourage you to discover some of those lesser-known sleepers which might not have registered a blip on your radar, previously.

10 Best Big Budget Films of 2011

1. Bridesmaids
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. The Help
4. Super 8
5. The Lincoln Lawyer
6. Moneyball
7. Anonymous
8. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
9. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
10. War Horse

Big Budgets Honorable Mention

11. Crazy, Stupid, Love
12. Real Steel
13. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
14. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

15. Fast Five

16. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

17. Thor

18. Scream 4

19. The Ides of March

20. X-Men: First Class

21. Captain America

22. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules

23. I Don’t Know How She Does It

24. Jumping the Broom

25. Bad Teacher

Best Foreign Films

1. Sarah’s Key (France)

2. Leap Year (Mexico)

3. Life, Above All (South Africa)

4. The Woman on the 6th Floor (France)

5. Point Blank (France)

6. Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)

7. True Legend (China)

8. Elles (France)

9. Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (Egypt)

10. The First Grader (Kenya)

Foreign Films Honorable Mention

11.Senna (Brazil)

12.Viva Riva! (Congo)

13.King of Devil’s Island (Norway)

14.Hell and Back Again (Afghanistan)

15.Shaolin (Hong Kong)

16.Certified Copy (Italy)

17.The First Rasta (Jamaica)

18.TrollHunter (Norway)

19.Ip Man 2 (Hong Kong)

20.The Sleeping Beauty (France)

21.The Carrier (Zambia)

22.Le Havre (France)

23.I Saw the Devil (Korea)

24.Amigo (Philippines)

25.Special Treatment (France)

10 Best Independent Films
1. Drive
2. Melancholia
3. Art History
4. Gabi on the Roof in July
5. Shame
6. Midnight in Paris
7. The Debt
8. Courageous
9. I Will Follow
10.Trust

Independent Films Honorable Mention

11. My Reincarnation
12. Martha Marcy May Marlene
13. The Descendants
14. Silver Bullets
15. Meek’s Cutoff
16. Hello, Lonesome
17. London River
18. Albert Norris
19. The Grace Card
20. Tyrannosaur
21. Pariah
22. The Iron Lady
23. Spork
24. Fire in Babylon
25. Bellflower

10 Best Documentaries
1.Charlotte Rampling: The Look
2.Eames: The Architect and the Painter
3.Chasing Madoff
4.Dear Daddy
5.Carbon Nation
6. Hey Boo: Harper Lee and “To Kill a Mockingbird”
7. The Blackpower Mixtape 1967-1975
8. Crime after Crime
9. Orgasm, Inc.
10.Tabloid

Documentaries Honorable Mention
11. Thunder Soul
12. Forks over Knives
13. Beware of Christians
14. Rejoice & Shout
15. Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
16. Fear of a Black Republican
17. Into the Abyss
18. Rebirth
19. Muhammad Ali 1973-1974
20. Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
21. The Interrupters
22. Under the Boardwalk
23. The Story of Lovers Rock
24. America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments
25. Undefeated

-Kam Williams

African Cinema: Watch ‘Scorned’ by Shirley Frimpong-Manso Starring Chris Attoh and Lydia Forson

Ladybrille Magazine — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:04:14 +0000

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Two years of an abusive marriage to Orlando Thompson (Chris Attoh), the son of a Reverend, leaves his wife Dea (Lydia Forson) badly scarred. She finally fights back. When she does, it is deadly and life threatening. Orlando is left to fight for his life while Dea has an opportunity for a financially secure future. How does this story play out? Why did the two even get married in the first place? Watch and enjoy.

Director: Ghana’s Shirley Frimpong-Manso
Title: Scorned (2009)
Runtime: 1 hr. 56 min.
Online Distributor: ReelAfrican
Genre: Drama
Mild Occasions of Strong Language

Happy Birthday to Denzel Washington, John Legend and Uche Jombo!

Ladybrille Magazine — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:09:20 +0000

Film icon Denzel Washington (Hollywood), rising film director Uche Jombo (Nollywood) and musician John Legend (USA) all add an extra year today. Washington is now fifty seven years old while Legend clocks 33. In another news, Legend also proposed to his long time model girlfriend Chrissy Teigen. How old is Jombo? They say “a lady never tells her age.” Happy Birthday to these fine talents!!

African Cinema: Watch ‘Moments of Madness’ Starring Patience Ozokwor and Chika Ike (Nollywood)

Ladybrille Magazine — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:35:53 +0000

Film Synopsis: Pressured by both friends and family to get married, Wilson, a Journalist, finally finds love. But, there is one tiny itsy bitsy problem. His love interest, played by Actress Chika Ike, is “mad” i.e. a schizophrenic. Unknown to him, she is also the only daughter of Mrs. Franca (Patience Ozokwor) a late minister’s wife and a very wealthy business woman. What happens to these two love birds? Who is actually “madder?” the Schizophrenic or the one who falls in love with her and wants to marry her? It is a film that will keep you in suspense. It also, sadly, captures the sad reality of the inadequate and ill treatment (medical and society at large) of those with mental health issues in certain parts of Africa.

Online Distributors: Iroko Partners

Photocredit: Chika Ike Facebook page

Actor Majid Michel Rolls Out 2012 Calendar – 20% of Proceeds To Benefit Selected Charities!

Ladybrille Magazine — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:53:42 +0000

Nollywood/Gollywood Actor Majid Michel rolls out a twelve page 2012 calendar with a clear objective to step up on his philanthropic efforts.“Majid wants to take his philanthropy to the next level, this is a small effort to start a greater good that’s ahead,” said Reggie Erawoc, spokesperson for Majid. “20% of sales will be donated to selected charities and their names will be published on his website. The criterion are simple, we are looking out for organizations that are active and are affecting change in our rural communities. These areas are the provision of clean and safe water, sanitation, hygiene and also NGO’s empowering our children and youth through education.”

Majid’s 2012 Calendar is available for purchase at http://www.majidmichelonline.com/store/

Watch Majid Michel in action below:

Pictures: Nollywood’s Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Attend Africa International Film Festival 2011

Ladybrille Magazine — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:42:14 +0000

Lagos based Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), “a platform for the world to zoom in on the talent and beauty of Africa through film,” wrapped up its second annual film festival on December 5th, 2011. The festival which included screenings of some of the latest Nollywood films, was held November 30th, 2011 to December 5th, 2011; and attracted Nollywood’s A-List film personalities. Check out a few pictures below:

Chioma Ude- Founder

Actress Rita Dominic

Actress Genevieve Nnaji

Filmmaker Kunle Afolayan

Actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

First photo American Actress Lynn Whitfield with Nigerian Actress Genevieve Nnaji

African Cinema: Watch Kenyan Filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu Discuss her Short Film Pumzi

Ladybrille Magazine — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:30:31 +0000

Ladybrille Magazine introduced you to Wanuri Kahiu and her short film ‘Pumzi’ back in March of this year. BalanceAfrica recently caught up with Kahiu to discuss her u[coming projects as well as her short film Pumzi. Watch to get into her mind and also watch the short trailer of Pumzi:

“Kenya’s Wanuri Kahiu made one of the first African science fiction filmd Pumzi (a short) and here she talks about her next film, a science fiction feature called Who Fears Death based on a novel by Nigerian-American Nnedi Okorofor. She also talks about her ambition to make a film about Dedan Kimathi seen through the eyes of his forest wife.”