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Mingle Media TV and host, Kristyn Burtt, were invited to come out and cover Animated Feature Symposium celebrating the work of the 2011 Animated Feature Film Oscar nominees. At the symposium, the nominees discussed their films’ development and creative processes while screening clips illustrating their techniques.
Patton Oswalt hosted the event at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills with Academy Governor Bill Kroyer, animated filmmakers Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba, "Chico and Rita", Jennifer Yuh Nelson, "Kung Fu Panda 2", Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli "A Cat in Paris".
This Year’s Animated Feature Film Nominees are:
• “A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
• “Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
• “Kung Fu Panda 2″ Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• “Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
• “Rango” Gore Verbinski
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements in 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
This year Mingle Media TV’s Red Carpet Report team will be covering the Motion Picture Sound Editors 2012 Golden Reel Awards. This year, the 2012 MPSE Filmmaker Award will be given to film/TV producer Gale Anne Hurd, while the 2012 MPSE Career Achievement Recipient is renowned sound designer and editor George Watters II.
We’re excited to announce the that nominees in the categories Feature Films, Television and Others are as follows:
FEATURE FILMS CATEGORY
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, AND ADR IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM
The Adventures of Tintin
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Rio
The Smurfs
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR AND MUSIC IN A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Cave of the Forgotten Dreams
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Lemmy
Pearl Jam Twenty
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FEATURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1920. The World’s Most Important Battle
Circumstance
Tropa de Elite 2 (Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within)
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Sarah’s Key
The Skin I Live In
BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A FEATURE FILM
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hop
Hugo
Priest
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life
BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A MUSICAL FEATURE FILM
Footloose
The Muppets
Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Pina
BEST SOUND EDITING: DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FEATURE FILM
Abduction
The Help
Moneyball
Quarantine II: Terminal
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
War Horse
The Way
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN A FEATURE FILM
Drive
Fast Five
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
TELEVISION CATEGORY
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, AND ADR ANIMATION IN TELEVISION
Fanboy and Chum Chum “A Very Brrr-y Icemas #217”
Futurama “Law & Oracle”
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil “Truth or Daredevil”
Kung Fu Panda: The Legends of Awesomeness “Sight for Sore Eyes – #108”
Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
The Penguins of Madagascar “The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole”
Phineas and Ferb “Across the 2nd Dimension”
BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM DOCUMENTARY
Gettysburg
Harlistas: An American Journey
Koran By Heart
BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION
The 12 Dates of Christmas
Alphas “Pilot”
Avalon High
Magic Beyond Words – The JK Rowling Story
Terra Nova “Occupation/Resistance – #12 & #13”
BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM DIALOGUE AND ADR IN TELEVISION
Big Love “Where Men and Mountains Meet”
Cinema Verite
Homeland “Marine One”
Terra Nova “Occupation/Resistance – #12 & #13”
The Walking Dead “What Lies Ahead”
BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN TELEVISION
Cinema Verite
Homeland “Marine One”
Red Faction: Origins
Terra Nova “Occupation/Resistance – #12 & #13”
The Walking Dead “What Lies Ahead”
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM DOCUMENTARY
Above The Ashes “Above the Ashes”
Man Made “Bugatti Super Car”
Tim Tebow: Everything In Between
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION
Camelot “110 – Reckoning”
CSI: Miami “Crowned”
Damages “Failure is Lonely”
Fringe “The Day We Died”
Justified “Brother’s Keeper”
Raising Hope “Prodigy”
Revenge “Pilot”
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM MUSICAL IN TELEVISION
Glee “The First Time”
Grey’s Anatomy “The Song Beneath the Song”
The Playboy Club “Pilot”
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM DIALOGUE AND ADR IN TELEVISION
The Big C “A Little Death”
Game of Thrones “Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things”
Hell on Wheels “Bread and Circuses – #105”
Leverage “The Van Gogh Job”
Person of Interest “#107 – Witness”
Smallville “Dominion”
Sons of Anarchy “To Be, Part 2”
The Walking Dead “Save the Last One”
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN TELEVISION
TO BE POSTED ON THE MPSE WEBSITE
OTHERS CATEGORY
BEST SOUND EDITING: COMPUTER EPISODIC ENTERTAINMENT
Aim High
Dagedar
Polly Pocket
Warehouse 13 “Of Monsters & Men”
When You Find Me
BEST SOUND EDITING: COMPUTER INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Diablo III Cinematics – Black SoulStone “Doom” and Intro “End of Days”
Gears of War 3
Need for Speed “The Run”
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure Cinematics
BEST SOUND EDITING: DIRECT TO VIDEO – ANIMATION
Dragon: Gift of the Night Fury
Kung Fu Panda 2: Secrets of the Masters
Megamind: The Button of Doom
Quest for Zhu
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
BEST SOUND EDITING: DIRECT TO VIDEO – LIVE ACTION
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure
Love
Street Kings 2: Motor City
BEST SOUND EDITING: SPECIAL VENUE
Rocky Mountain Express
Tornado Alley
Wildest Weather in the Solar System
VERNA FIELDS AWARD IN SOUND EDITING FOR STUDENT FILMMAKERS
Alma
Inferno
The Maiden and the Princess
The Pride of Wade Ellison
The Secret Numbers
About MPSE
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It’s interesting to see all the commentary by my Facebook friends on who’s going to this movie, or could you believe how horrible that movie was and then to be at events like this, where a group like the BFCA make talking about how good a movie is – an official event.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, also known as the Critics’ Choice Awards, are bestowed by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement at the annual Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony in January. The awards are currently broadcast live on the VH1 television network.
This year’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony will take place on January 12, 2012 at the Hollywood Palladium. Mingle Media TV is hoping to be there on the Red Carpet reporting – so stay tuned!!
This year’s nominee list: (notice we’re just going to make comments on the first category… you tell us your thoughts).
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
“The Artist” (Fantastic!)
“Bridesmaids” (Not so much!)
“The Descendants” (Clooney!)
“The Help” (Joyful!)
“The Ides of March” (Hot!)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
“50/50” – Will Reiser
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
“Win Win” – Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
“Young Adult” – Diablo Cody
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” – Eric Roth
“The Help” – Tate Taylor
“Hugo” – John Logan
“Moneyball” – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Artist” – Guillaume Schiffman
“Drive” – Newton Thomas Sigel
“Hugo” – Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” – Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” – Janusz Kaminski
BEST ART DIRECTION
“The Artist” – Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art Director: Gregory S. Hooper
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” – Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
“Hugo” – Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“The Tree of Life” – Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank
“War Horse” – Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales
BEST EDITING
“The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
“Drive” – Matthew Newman
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“Hugo” – Thelma Schoonmaker
“War Horse” – Michael Kahn
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“The Artist” – Mark Bridges
“The Help” – Sharen Davis
“Hugo” – Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” – Michael O’Connor
“My Week With Marilyn” – Jill Taylor
BEST MAKEUP
“Albert Nobbs”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2”
“The Iron Lady”
“J. Edgar”
“My Week With Marilyn”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Super 8”
“The Tree of Life”
BEST SOUND “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Super 8”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“The Adventures of Tintin”
“Arthur Christmas”
“Kung Fu Panda 2”
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”
BEST ACTION MOVIE
“Drive”
“Fast Five”
“Hanna”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Super 8”
BEST COMEDY
“Bridesmaids”
“Crazy, Stupid, Love”
“Horrible Bosses”
“Midnight in Paris”
“The Muppets”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“In Darkness”
“Le Havre”
“A Separation”
“The Skin I Live In”
“Where Do We Go Now”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Buck”
“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
“George Harrison: Living in the Material World”
“Page One: Inside the New York Times”
“Project Nim”
“Undefeated”
BEST SONG
“Hello Hello” – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – “Gnomeo & Juliet”
“Life’s a Happy Song” – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – “The Muppets”
“The Living Proof” – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. – “The Help”
“Man or Muppet” – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – “The Muppets”
“Pictures in My Head” – performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman – “The Muppets”
BEST SCORE
“The Artist” – Ludovic Bource
“Drive” – Cliff Martinez
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
We’re pretty excited to announce that eighteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®. Many of these features we’ve met cast or attended their premieres or just love them.
Without further delay here are the 18 submitted features:
“The Adventures of Tintin”
“Alois Nebel”
“Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”
“Arthur Christmas”
“Cars 2”
“A Cat in Paris”
“Chico & Rita”
“Gnomeo & Juliet”
“Happy Feet Two”
“Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil”
“Kung Fu Panda 2”
“Mars Needs Moms”
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”
“Rio”
“The Smurfs”
“Winnie the Pooh”
“Wrinkles”
Some of these films have not been released in Los Angeles which is part of the requirement to be considered. At least eight eligible animated features have to be theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.
Save the Date
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
This year Mingle Media TV’s Red Carpet Report team will be covering the 
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