2024 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: February 4, 2024
Held at: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angelos, CA
Host: Trevor Noah
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023

Record of the Year
Flowers – Miley Cyrus (WINNER)
Worship – Jon Batiste
Not Strong Enough – Boygenius
What Was I Made For? from Barbie – Billie Eilish
On My Mama – Victoria Monét
Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo
Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
Kill Bill – SZA

Album of the Year
Midnights – Taylor Swift (WINNER)
World Music Radio – Jon Batiste
The Record – Boygenius
Endless Summer Vacation – Miley Cyrus
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey
The Age of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe
Guts – Olivia Rodrigo
SOS – SZA

Song of the Year
What Was I Made For? (From the Motion Picture Barbie”) – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) (WINNER)
A&W” – Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
Anti-Hero” – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Butterfly” – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
Dance the Night” (From Barbie the Album”) – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
Flowers” – Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
Kill Bill” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
Vampire” – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Oliva Rodrigo)

Best New Artist
Victoria Monét (WINNER)
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
The War and Treaty

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff (WINNER)
Dernst D’Mile” Emile II
Hit-Boy
Metro Boomin
Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Theron Thomas (WINNER)
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Shane McAnally
Justin Tranter

Best Pop Solo Performance
Flowers – Miley Cyrus (WINNER)
Paint the Town Red – Doja Cat
What Was I Made For? from Barbie – Billie Eilish
Vampire – Olivia Rodrigo
Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Ghost in the Machine – SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers (WINNER)
Thousand Miles – Miley Cyrus featuring Brandi Carlile
Candy Necklace – Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste
Never Felt So Alone – Labrinth featuring Billie Eilish
Karma – Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice

Best Pop Dance Recording
Padam Padam – Kylie Minogue (WINNER)
Baby Don’t Hurt Me – David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray
Miracle – Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding
One in a Million – Bebe Rexha & David Guetta
Rush – Troye Sivan

Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan – Rumble (WINNER)
Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21F
James Blake – Loading
Disclosure – Higher Than Ever BEfore
Romy & Fred again.. – Strong

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Fred again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) (WINNER)
James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling
Kx5 – Kx5
Skrillex – Quest for Fire

Best Rock Album
This Is Why – Paramore (WINNER)
But Here We Are – Foo Fighters
Starcatcher – Greta Van Fleet
72 Seasons – Metallica
In Times New Roman… – Queens of the Stone Age

Best Alternative Music Performance
This Is Why – Paramore (WINNER)
Belinda Says – Alvvays
Body Paint – Arctic Monkeys
Cool About It – boygenius
A&W – Lana Del Rey

Best Alternative Music Album
The Record – boygenius (WINNER)
The Car – Arctic Monkeys
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey
Cracker Island – Gorillaz
I Inside the Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey

Best Rock Performance
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough (WINNER)
Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Metallica – Lux Æterna

Best Metal Performance
Metallica – 72 Seasons (WINNER)
Disturbed – Bad Man
Ghost – Phantom of the Opera
Slipknot – Hive Mind
Spiritbox – Jaded

Best Rock Song
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough (WINNER)
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Olivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
Queens of the Stone Age – Emotion Sickness
The Rolling Stones – Angry

Best R&B Performance
ICU – Coco Jones (WINNER)
Summer Too Hot – Chris Brown
Back to Love – Robert Glasper featuring SiR and Alex Isley
How Does It Make You Feel – Victoria Monét
Kill Bill – SZA

Best R&B Album
Jaguar II – Victoria Monét (WINNER)
Girls Night Out – Babyface
What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe) – Coco Jones
Special Occasion – Emily King
Clear 2: Soft Life EP – Summer Walker

Best Traditional R&B Performance
PJ Morton ft. Susan Carol – Good Morning (WINNER)
Babyface ft. Coco Jones – Simple
Kenyon Dixon – Lucky
Victoria Monét ft. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét – Hollywood
SZA – Love Language

Best R&B Song
SZA – Snooze (WINNER)
Coco Jones – ICU
Halle – Angel
Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – Back to Love
Victoria Monét – On My Mama

Best Progressive R&B Album
SZA – SOS (WINNER)
6lack – Since I Have a Lover
Diddy – The Love Album: Off the Grid
Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy – Nova
Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure

Best Melodic Rap Performance
All My Life – Lil Durk featuring J. Cole (WINNER)
Sittin’ on Top of the World – Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage
Attention – Doja Cat
Spin Bout U – Drake & 21 Savage
Low – SZA

Best Rap Performance
Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers (WINNER)
Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies
Black Thought – Love Letter
Coi Leray – Players
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex

Best Rap Song
Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers (WINNER)
Doja Cat – Attention
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice ft. Aqua – Barbie World
Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex

Best Rap Album
Killer Mike – Michael (WINNER)
Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
Nas – King’s Disease III
Travis Scott – Utopia

Best Country Solo Performance
White Horse – Chris Stapleton (WINNER)
In Your Love – Tyler Childers
Buried – Brandy Clark
Fast Car – Luke Combs
The Last Thing on My Mind – Dolly Parton

Best Country Album
Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson (WINNER)
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat – Kelsea Ballerini
Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne
Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan
Rustin’ in the Rain – Tyler Childers

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything (WINNER)
Dierks Bentley ft. Billy Strings – High Note
Brothers Osborne – Nobody’s Nobody
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin – Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)
Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson – Save Me
Carly Pearce ft. Chris Stapleton – We Don’t Fight Anymore

Best Country Song
Chris Stapleton – White Horse (WINNER)
Brandy Clark – Buried
Morgan Wallen – Last Night
Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything

Best American Roots Performance
Allison Russell – Eve Was Black (WINNER)
Jon Batiste – Butterfly
Blind Boys of Alabama – Heaven Help Us All
Madison Cunningham – Inventing the Wheel
Rhiannon Giddens – You Louisiana Man

Best Americana Performance
Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity (WINNER)
Blind Boys of Alabama – Friendship
Tyler Childers – Help Me Make It Through the Night
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma
Allison Russell – The Returner

Best American Roots Song
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Cast Iron Skillet (WINNER)
The War and Treaty – Blank Page
Billy Strings ft. Willie Nelson – California Sober
Brandy Clark ft. Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
Allison Russell – The Returner

Best Americana Album
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes (WINNER)
Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions
Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One
Allison Russell – The Returner

Best Bluegrass Album
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of Gold (WINNER)
Sam Bush – Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
Michael Cleveland – Lovin’ of the Game
Mighty Poplar – Mighty Poplar
Willie Nelson – Bluegrass
Billy Strings – Me/And/Dad

Best Traditional Blues Album
Bobby Rush – All My Love for You (WINNER)
Eric Bibb – Ridin’
Mr. Sipp – The Soul Side of Sipp
Tracy Nelson – Life Don’t Miss Nobody
John Primer – Teardrops For Magic Slim Live At Rosa’s Lounge

Best Contemporary Blues Album
Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony (WINNER)
Samantha Fish And Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues
Ruthie Foster – Healing Time
Christone Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London
Bettye LaVette – LaVette!

Best Folk Album
Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport [Live] (WINNER)
Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire
The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the Moon
Nickel Creek – Celebrants
Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee
Paul Simon – Psalms
Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band – New Beginnings (WINNER, tie)
Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Live: Orpheum Theater Nola (WINNER, tie)
Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers – Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Breed Bass Band – Made in New Orleans
New Orleans Nightcrawlers – Too Much to Hold
The Rumble Feature Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. – Live at the Maple Leaf

Best Latin Pop Album
X Mí (Vol. 1) – Gaby Moreno (WINNER)
La Cuarta Hoja – Pablo Alborán
Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1 – AleMor
A Ciegas – Paula Arenas
La Neta – Pedro Capó
Don Juan – Maluma

Best Música Urbana Album
Mañana Será Bonito – Karol G (WINNER)
Saturno – Rauw Alejandro
Data – Tainy

Best African Music Performance
Water – Tyla (WINNER)
Amapiano – Asake and Olamide
City Boys – Burna Boy
Unavailable – Davido featuring Musa Keys
Rush – Ayra Starr

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson, composer (WINNER)
Barbie – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, composers
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ludwig Göransson, composer
The Fabelmans – John Williams, composer
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media
What Was I Made For? from Barbie the Album – Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) (WINNER)
Barbie World” from Barbie the Album – Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. and Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua)
Dance the Night” from Barbie the Album – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
I’m Just Ken” from Barbie the Album – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Ryan Gosling)
Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty and Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Rihanna)

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Peso Pluma – Génesis (WINNER)
Ana Bárbara – Bordado a Mano
Flor de Toloache – Motherflower
Lila Downs – La Sánchez
Lupita Infante – Amor Como en las Películas de Antes

Best Alternative Jazz Album
The Omnichord Real Book – Meshell Ndegeocello (WINNER)
Love in Exile – Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
Quality Over Opinion – Louis Cole
SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree – Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue
Live at the Piano – Cory Henry

Best Jazz Performance
Samara Joy – Tight (WINNER)
Jon Batiste – Movement 18’ (Heroes)
Lakecia Benjamin – Basquiat
Adam Blackstone ft. the Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté – Vulnerable (Live)
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – But Not For Me

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Nicole Zuraitis – How Love Begins (WINNER)
Patti Austin Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – For Ella 2
Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding – Alive at the Village Vanguard
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – Lean In
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Billy Childs – The Winds of Change (WINNER)
Kenny Barron – The Source
Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix
Adam Blackstone – Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn
Pat Metheny – Dream Box

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart – Basie Swings The Blues (WINNER)
ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla – The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – Ritmo
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Dynamic Maximum Tension
Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest – Olympians
Mingus Big Band – The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions

Best Latin Jazz Album
Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 (WINNER)
Eliane Elias – Quietude
Ivan Lins with the Tblisi Symphony Orchestra – My Heart Speaks
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band – Vox Humana
Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente – Cometa

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Laufey – Bewitched (WINNER)
Liz Callaway – To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure
Pentatonix – Holidays Around the World
Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive
Various – Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3

Best Pop Vocal Album
Taylor Swift – Midnights (WINNER)
Kelly Clarkson – Chemistry
Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
Ed Sheeran – (Subtract)

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer ft. Rakesh Chaurasia – As We Speak (WINNER)
House of Waters – On Becoming
Bob James – Jazz Hands
Julian Lage – The Layers
Ben Wendel – All One

Best Musical Theater Album
Some Like It Hot (WINNER)
Kimberly Akimbo
Parade
Shucked
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Gospel Performance/Song
Kirk Franklin – All Things (WINNER)
Stanley Brown ft. Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard & Karen Clark Sheard – God Is Good
Erica Campbell – Feel Alright (Blessed)
Zacardi Cortez – Lord Do It For Me (Live)
Melvin Crispell III – God Is

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Your Power (WINNER)
Blessing Offor – Believe
Cody Carnes – Firm Foundation (He Won’t) [Live]
Lauren Daigle – Thank God I Do
for KING & COUNTRY ft. Jordin Sparks – Love Me Like I Am
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – God Problems

Best Gospel Album
Tye Tribbett – All Things New: Live In Orlando (WINNER)
Erica Campbell – I Love You
Tasha Cobbs Leonard – Hymns (Live)
Maverick City Music – The Maverick Way
Jonathan McReynolds – My Truth

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Lecrae – Church Clothes 4 (WINNER)
Blessing Offor – My Tribe
Da’ T.R.U.T.H. – Emanuel
Lauren Daigle – Lauren Daigle
Phil Wickham – I Believe

Best Roots Gospel Album
Blind Boys of Alabama – Echoes of the South (WINNER)
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet – Tribute to the King
Becky Isaacs Bowman – Songs That Pulled Me Through the Tough Times
Brian Free & Assurance – Meet Me at the Cross
Gaither Vocal Band – Shine: The Darker The Night The Brighter The Light

Best Música Urbana Album
Karol G – Mañana Será Bonito (WINNER)
Rauw Alejandro – Saturno
Tainy – Data

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Juanes – Vida Cotidiana (WINNER, tie)
Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas Las Flores (WINNER, tie)
Cabra – Martínez
Diamante Eléctrico – Leche de Tigre
Fito Paez – EADDA9223

Best Tropical Latin Album
Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Siembra: 45(degree) Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022) (WINNER)
Luis Figueroa – Voy A Ti
Grupo Niche Y Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia – Niche Sinfónico
Omara Portuondo – Vida
Tony Succar, Mimy Succar – Mimy & Tony
Carlos Vives – Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así

Best Global Music Performance
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain ft. Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto (WINNER)
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces
Burna Boy – Alone
Davido – Feel
Silvana Estrada – Milagro Y Disastre
Falu & Gaurav Shah (ft. PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance In Millets
Ibrahim Maalouf ft. Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores

Best Global Music Album
Shakti – This Moment (WINNER)
Susana Baca- Epifanías
Bokanté – History
Burna Boy – I Told Them…
Davido – Timeless

Best Reggae Album
Julian Marley & Antacus – Colors of Royal (WINNER)
Buju Banton – Born For Greatness
Beenie Man – Simma
Collie Buddz – Cali Roots Riddim 2023
Burning Spear – No Destroyer

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Carla Patullo ft. Tonality and the Scorchio Quartet – So She Howls (WINNER)
Kirsten Agresta-Copely – Aquamarine
Omar Akram – Moments of Beauty
Ólafur Arnalds – Some Kind of Peace (Piano Reworks)
David Darling & Hans Christian – Ocean Dreaming Ocean

Best Children’s Music Album
123 Andrés – We Grow Together Preschool Songs (WINNER)
Andrew & Polly – Ahhhhh!
Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon – Ancestars
DJ Willy Wow! – Hip Hope for Kids!
Uncle Jumbo – Taste The Sky

Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle – What’s In A Name? (WINNER)
Trevor Noah – I Wish You Would
Wanda Sykes – I’m An Entertainer
Chris Rock – Selective Outrage
Sarah Silverman – Someone You Love

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
J. Ivy – The Light Inside (WINNER)
Aja Monet – When the Poems Do What They Do
Kevin Powell – Grocery Shopping With My Mother
Prentice Powell and Shawn William – For Your Consideration ’24 – The Album
Queen Sheba – A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times (WINNER)
Meryl Streep – Big Tree
William Shatner – Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
Rick Rubin – The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Senator Bernie Sanders – It’s Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy & Chuck E. Myers Sea”, composers Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (WINNER)
Call Of Duty®: Modern Warfare II Sarah Schachner, composer
God Of War Ragnarök Bear McCreary, composer
Hogwarts Legacy Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab, composers
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Jess Serro, Tripod & Austin Wintory, composers

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists – Barbie The Album (WINNER)
Daisy Jones & The Six – Aurora
Various Artists – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By
Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix, Vol. 3
Weird Al Yankovic – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Best Music Video
The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping (WINNER)
Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For
Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out
Troye Sivan – Rush

Best Music Film
Moonage Daydream (WINNER)
How I’m Feeling Now
Live From Paris, The Big Steppers Tour
I Am Everything
Dear Mama

Best Recording Package
Luke Brooks & James Theseus Buck – Stumpwork (WINNER)
Caroline Rose – The Art of Forgetting
Hsing-Hui Cheng – Cadenza 21’
Perry Shall – Eletrophonic Chronic
Iam8bit – Gravity Falls
Yu Wei – Migration

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
For The Birds: The Birdsong Project (WINNER)
The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel
Gieo
Inside: Deluxe Box Set
Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition

Best Album Notes
Various Artists – Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (album notes by Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker (WINNER)
John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy – Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live) (album notes by Ashley Kahn)
Howdy Glenn – I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn (album notes by Scott B. Bomar)
Iftin Band – Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions (album notes by Vik Sohonie)
Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971 (album notes by Jeff Place & John Troutman

Best Historical Album
Various Artists – Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (WINNER)
Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17
Various Artists – The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922
Various Artists – Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971
Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Victoria Monét – Jaguar II (WINNER)
Bokanté – History
Boygenius – The Record
Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Feist – Multitudes

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Contemporary American Composers (WINNER)
Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gustavo Castillo & Los Angeles Philharmonic – Fandango
Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, George Lernis & A Far Cry – Sanlikol: A Gentleman Of Istanbul – Symphony For Strings, Percussion, Piano, Oud, Ney & Tenor
Shara Nova & A Far Cry – The Blue Hour

Producer of the Year, Classical
Elaine Martone (WINNER)
David Frost
Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Brian Pidgeon

Best Remixed Recording
Depeche Mode – Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix) (WINNER)
Gorillas ft. Tame Impala & Booty Brown – New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix)
Lane 8 – Reviver (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
Mariah Carey – Workin’ Hard (Terry Hunter Remix)
Turnstile and Badbadnotgood ft. Blood Orange – Alien Love Call

Best Immersive Audio Album
Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys (WINNER)
Bear McCreary – God of War Ragnarok
George Strait – Blue Clear Sky
Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs
Ryan Ylyate – Act 3 (Immersive Edition)

Best Instrumental Composition
John Williams – Helena’s Theme (WINNER)
Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – Motion
Lakecia Benjamin ft. Angela Davis – Amerikkan Skin
Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music
Quartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Cutey And The Dragon

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
The String Revolution ft. Tommy Emmanuel – Folsom Prison Blues (WINNER)
Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band Featuring Paquito D’Rivera – I Remember Mingus
Just 6 – Angels We Have Heard On High
Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music
Wednesday Addams – Paint It Black

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
säje ft. Jacob Collier – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (WINNER)
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Fenestra
Maria Mendes ft. John Beasley & Metropole Orkest – Com Que Voz (Live)
Patti Austin ft. Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – April in Paris
Samara Joy – Lush Life

Best Orchestral Performance
Los Angeles Philharmonic – Adès: Dante (WINNER)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem Of Ecstasy
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Pieces
The Philadelphia Orchestra – Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Best Opera Recording
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Blanchard: Champion (WINNER)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus – Corigliano: The Lord Of Cries
The Dime Museum; Isaura String Quartet – Little: Black Lodge

Best Choral Performance
Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir – Saariaho: Reconnaissance (WINNER)
The Clarion Choir – Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
The Crossing – Carols After a Plague
Miró Quartet; Conspirare – The House Of Belonging
San Francisco Symphony Chorus – Ligeti: Lux Aeterna

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Roomful Of Teeth – Rough Magic (WINNER)
Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet – American Stories
Catalyst Quartet – Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker
Third Coast Percussion – Between Breaths
Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos – Beethoven For Three: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastorale’ And Op. 1, No. 3

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Yuja Wang; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Louisville Orchestra) – The American Project (WINNER)
Robert Black – Adams, John Luther: Darkness And Scattered Light
Andy Akiho – Akiho: Cylinders
Seth Parker Woods – Difficult Grace
Curtis Stewart – Of Love

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra) – Walking In The Dark (WINNER)
Reginald Mobley, soloist; Baptiste Trotignon, pianist – Because
Karim Sulayman, soloist; Sean Shibe, accompanist – Broken Branches
Laura Strickling, soloist; Daniel Schlosberg, pianist – 40@40
Lawrence Brownlee, soloist; Kevin J. Miller, pianist – Rising

Best Classical Compendium
Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A.B. Spellman – Passion For Bach And Coltrane (WINNER)
Anne Akiko Meyers – Fandango
Christopher Rountree, conductor – Julius Eastman, Vol. 3: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
Peter Herresthal – Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright
Chick Corea – Sardinia
Andy Akiho – Sculptures
Aaron Diehl Trio & The Knights – Zodiac Suite

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Jessie Montgomery, composer (Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful Of Teeth) – Montgomery: Rounds (WINNER)
Thomas Adès, composer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic) – Adès: Dante
Andy Akiho, composer (Andy Akiho, Ankush Kumar Bahl & Omaha Symphony) – Akiho: In That Space, At That Time
William Brittelle, composer (Roomful Of Teeth) – Brittelle: Psychedelics
Missy Mazzoli, composer (Peter Herresthal, James Gaffigan & Bergen Philharmonic) – Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright

February 4, 2026

2023 Oscars 95th Academy Awards

2023 Oscars 95th Academy Awards

Winners Announced: March 12, 2023
Held at: Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Host: Jimmy Kimmel
Eligibility Year: January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022

Oscars Trivia: The Lesser-Known Facts

Jimmy Kimmel’s third time hosting, making him one of the few multi-time hosts. His comedic style offered levity and engaged the audience.
The Dolby Theatre has been the Oscars’ home since 2002. It’s designed specifically for hosting events like the Oscars, boasting top-of-the-line acoustics and seating for over 3,400 guests.
The Oscars’ eligibility year ending on December 31 allowed many late releases and festival darlings to compete, changing the awards dynamics considerably.
Two films stole the spotlight with numerous nominations: The Power of the Dog and West Side Story.
A new twist this year: the red carpet was made from recycled materials, spotlighting Hollywood’s push for sustainability.
The night saw a more diverse set of nominees and winners, reflecting recent efforts to broaden representation in the film industry.
As part of the ceremony, a special segment showcased archived footage from past Oscars, taking viewers on a trip down memory lane.
The orchestra played versions of iconic movie themes during commercial breaks, a nod to the enduring power of film music.
Vegan options dominated the Governors Ball menu, another nod to sustainability.
Some awards were presented by previous Oscar winners, offering a blend of old and new that enriched the ceremony.

2023 Oscar Nominees

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
The Fabelmans
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, TÁR
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Best Actor
Brendan Fraser, The Whale (WINNER)
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Women Talking (WINNER)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
TÁR
Triangle of Sadness

Best Animated Feature Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Best International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front (WINNER)
Argentina, 1985
Close
Eo
The Quiet Girl

Best Documentary Feature
Navalny (WINNER)
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters

Best Film Editing
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, The Banshees of Inisherin
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, Elvis
Monika Willi, TÁR
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography
James Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front (WINNER)
Darius Khondji, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Mandy Walker, Elvis
Roger Deakins, Empire of Light
Florian Hoffmeister, TÁR

Best Costume Design
Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (WINNER)
Mary Zophres, Babylon
Catherine Martin, Elvis
Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jenny Beavan, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley, The Whale (WINNER)
Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová, All Quiet on the Western Front
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine, The Batman
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti, Elvis

Best Production Design
Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper, All Quiet on the Western Front (WINNER)
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole, Avatar: The Way of Water
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, Babylon
Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, and Bev Dunn, Elvis
Rick Carter and Karen O’Hara, The Fabelmans

Best Music (Original Song)
Naatu Naatu from RRR, music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose (WINNER)
Applause from Tell It Like a Woman, music and lyrics by Dianne Warren
Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson
This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once, music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski, lyrics by Ryan Lott

Best Music (Original Score)
Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front (WINNER)
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All at Once
John Williams, The Fabelmans

Best Sound
Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water (WINNER)
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse (WINNER)
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake, and I Think I Believe It

Best Live Action Short Film
An Irish Goodbye (WINNER)
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Documentary Short
The Elephant Whisperers (WINNER)
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate

March 12, 2023

2023 Grammy Award Winners

2023 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: February 5, 2023
Held at: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Host: Trevor Noah
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022

Key Points: Grammy Trivia

The 2023 Grammy Awards were the first to be held at the newly renamed Crypto.com Arena, formerly known as the Staples Center. This marked a significant moment in the merging of tech culture and mainstream events.
Trevor Noah returned as host, once again showcasing his talent for blending humor and earnestness to make the event both entertaining and memorable.
The eligibility year ended on September 30, 2022, making it a full year’s representation of what the music industry had to offer.
The 2023 Grammys were noted for their international flavor, featuring more artists from around the globe than ever before.
The ceremony saw a resurgence in rock and indie genres, with several up-and-coming bands receiving nominations and awards.
Social issues like climate change and social justice made their way into the performances and speeches, reflecting the broader conversations happening in society.

2023 Record of the Year
About Damn Time – Lizzo

Album of the Year
Harry’s House – Harry Styles

Song of the Year
Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)

Best New Artist
Samara Joy

Best Pop Solo Performance
Easy on Me – Adele

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Unholy – Sam Smith and Kim Petras

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Higher – Michael Bublé

Best Pop Vocal Album
Harry’s House – Harry Styles

Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Break My Soul – Beyoncé

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Renaissance – Beyoncé

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Empire Central – Snarky Puppy

Best Rock Performance
Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile

Best Metal Performance
Degradation Rules – Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi

Best Rock Song
Broken Horses – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)

Best Rock Album
Patient Number 9 – Ozzy Osbourne

Best Alternative Music Performance
Chaise Longue – Wet Leg

Best Alternative Music Album
Wet Leg – Wet Leg

Best R&B Performance
Hrs & Hrs – Muni Long

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Plastic Off the Sofa – Beyoncé

Best R&B Song
Cuff It – Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius“The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best Progressive R&B Album
Gemini Rights – Steve Lacy

Best R&B Album
Black Radio III – Robert Glasper

Best Rap Performance
The Heart Part 5 – Kendrick Lamar

Best Melodic Rap Performance
Wait for U – Future featuring Drake and Tems

Best Rap Song
The Heart Part 5 – Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rap Album
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar

Best Country Solo Performance
Live Forever – Willie Nelson

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Never Wanted to Be That Girl – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde

Best Country Song
’Til You Can’t – Matt Rogers and Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson)

Best Country Album
A Beautiful Time – Willie Nelson

Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
Mystic Mirror – White Sun

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Endangered Species – Wayne Shorter and Leo Genovese, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Linger Awhile – Samara Joy

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
New Standards Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton and Matthew Stevens

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album
Fandango at the Wall in New York – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective

Best Gospel Performance/Song
Kingdom – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore & Jacob Poole, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Fear Is Not My Future – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake and Hannah Shackelford, songwriters

Best Gospel Album
Kingdom Book One Deluxe – Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Breathe – Maverick City Music

Best Roots Gospel Album
The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University Marching Band

Best Latin Pop Album
Pasieros – Rubén Blades and Boca Livre

Best Música Urbana Album
Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Motomami – Rosalía

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México — El Musical – Natalia Lafourcade

Best Tropical Latin Album
Pa’lla Voy – Marc Anthony

Best American Roots Performance
Stompin’ Ground – Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Best Americana Performance
Made Up Mind – Bonnie Raitt

Best American Roots Song
Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt, songwriter (Bonnie Raitt)

Best Americana Album
In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile

Best Bluegrass Album
Crooked Tree – Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway

Best Traditional Blues Album
Get On Board – Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder

Best Contemporary Blues Album
Brother Johnny – Edgar Winter

Best Folk Album
Revealer – Madison Cunningham

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – Ranky Tanky

Best Reggae Album
The Kalling – Kabaka Pyramid

Best Global Music Performance
Bayethe – Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode

Best Global Music Album
Sakura – Masa Takumi

Best Children’s Music Album
The Movement – Alphabet Rockers

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Finding Me – Viola Davis

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Poet Who Sat by the Door – J. Ivy

Best Comedy Album
The Closer – Dave Chappelle

Best Musical Theater Album
Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) – Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller and Phillipa Soo, principal vocalists; Rob Berman and Sean Patrick Flahaven, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist) (2022 Broadway Cast)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Encanto – Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Encanto – Germaine Franco, composer

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok – Stephanie Economou, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media
We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto – Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Carolina Gaitán — La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto Cast)

Best Instrumental Composition
Refuge – Geoffrey Keezer, composer (Geoffrey Keezer)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Scrapple From the Apple – John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley and the SWR Big Band featuring Martin Aeur)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Songbird (Orchestral Version) – Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie)

Best Recording Package
Beginningless Beginning – Chun-Tien Hsia and Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 – Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson and Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead)

Best Album Notes
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)

Best Historical Album
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) – Cheryl Pawelski and Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Tobias Jesso Jr.

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Harry’s House – Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark Spike” Stent and Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff

Best Remixed Recording
About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) – Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)

Best Immersive Audio Album
Divine Tides – Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej and Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique — The Making of the Orchestra – Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post and Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater and Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance
Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman – Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)

Best Opera Recording
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore and Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance
Born – Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers and James Reese; The Crossing)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Evergreen – Attacca Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Letters for the Future – Time for Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene – Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist

Best Classical Compendium
An Adoption Story – Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Puts: Contact – Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three and the Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Music Video
All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift; Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer

Best Music Film
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story – Various Artists; Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, video directors; Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart and Ryan Suffern, video producers

February 5, 2023

2022 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: April 3, 2022
Held at: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Host: Trevor Noah
Eligibility Year: September 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021

Grammy Trivia

Trevor Noah returned to host the ceremony, his charisma and comedic timing adding sparkle to the event.
The eligibility period was aligned to be September 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. This year’s calendar had a unique quirk as the event was pushed to April due to COVID-19 concerns.
Olivia Rodrigo had a breakthrough year, taking home several awards and establishing herself as a pop sensation. She snagged the award for Best New Artist.
For the first time ever, the Grammy Awards were held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, signaling a departure from the usual venue of the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Hip-hop and rap categories saw increased representation and acknowledgment, reflecting shifts in popular musical taste.
Jon Batiste, known for his role as the musical director on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” surprised many by taking home several awards, including Album of the Year for We Are.
The ceremony gave special tributes to artists who had passed away in the eligibility year, adding an emotional depth to the occasion.

Record of the Year:
Leave the Door Open – Silk Sonic — Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II & Bruno Mars, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

Album of the Year:
We Are – Jon Batiste

Song of the Year:
Leave the Door Open – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile Ii and Bruno Mars, Songwriters (Silk Sonic)

Best New Artist:
Olivia Rodrigo

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Drivers License – Olivia Rodrigo

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Kiss Me More – Doja Cat featuring SZA

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Love for Sale – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Sour – Olivia Rodrigo

Best Dance Recording:
Alive – Rüfüs Du Sol, Jason Evigan & Rüfüs Du Sol, producers; Cassian Stewart-Kasimba, mixer

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Subconsciously – Black Coffee

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Tree Falls – Taylor Eigsti

Best Rock Performance:
Making a Fire – Foo Fighters

Best Metal Performance:
The Alien – Dream Theater

Best Rock Song:
Waiting on a War – Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear, Songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Best Rock Album:
Medicine at Midnight – Foo Fighters

Best Alternative Music Album:
Daddy’s Home – St. Vincent

Best R&B Performance (tie):
Leave the Door Open – Silk Sonic
Pick Up Your Feelings – Jazmine Sullivan

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Fight for You – H.E.R.

Best R&B Song:
Leave the Door Open – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II and Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)

Best Progressive R&B Album:
Table for Two – Lucky Daye

Best R&B Album:
Heaux Tales – Jazmine Sullivan

Best Rap Performance:
Family Ties – Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar

Best Melodic Rap Performance:
Hurricane – Kanye West ft. The Weeknd & Lil Baby

Best Rap Song:
Jail – Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Brian Hugh Warner, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Jay-Z)

Best Rap Album:
Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator

Best Country Solo Performance:
You Should Probably Leave – Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Younger Me – Brothers Osborne

Best Country Song:
Cold – Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon and Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)

Best Country Album:
Starting Over – Chris Stapleton

Best New Age Album:
Divine Tides – Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Humpty Dumpty (Set 2) – Chick Corea, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Songwrights Apothecary Lab – Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Skyline – Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
For Jimmy, Wes AND Oliver – Christian McBride Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Mirror Mirror – Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Never Lost – CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Believe For It – CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans, and Mitch Wong, songwriters

Best Gospel Album:
Believe for It – CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Old Church Basement – Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music

Best Roots Gospel Album:
My Savior – Carrie Underwood

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album:
Mendó – Alex Cuba

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album:
Origen – Juanes

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
A Mis 80’s – Vicente Fernández

Best Tropical Latin Album:
Salswing! – Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

Best American Roots Performance:
Cry – Jon Batiste

Best American Roots Song:
Cry – Jon Batiste and Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

Best Americana Album:
Native Sons – Los Lobos

Best Bluegrass Album:
My Bluegrass Heart – Béla Fleck

Best Traditional Blues Album:
I Be Trying – Cedric Burnside

Best Contemporary Blues Album:
662 – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Best Folk Album:
They’re Calling Me Home – Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Kau Ka Pe’a – Kalani Pe’a

Best Reggae Album:
Beauty in the Silence – Soja

Best Global Music Album:
Mother Nature – Angelique Kidjo

Best Global Music Performance:
Mohabbat – Arooj Aftab

Best Children’s Music Album:
A Colorful World – Falu

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation From John Lewis – Don Cheadle

Best Comedy Album:
Sincerely Louis C.K. – Louis C.K.

Best Musical Theater Album:
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical – Emily Bear, producer; Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, composers/lyricists (Barlow & Bear)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
The United States vs. Billie Holiday – Andra Day

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (tie):
The Queen’s Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer “Bridgerton,” Kris Bowers, composer
Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
All Eyes On Me [From Inside] – Bo Burnham, songwriter (Bo Burnham)

Best Instrumental Composition:
Eberhard – Lyle Mays, composer (Lyle Mays)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella:
Meta Knight’s Revenge (From ‘Kirby Superstar’) – Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:
To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version) – Vince Mendoza, Arranger (Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Julia Bullock)

Best Immersive Audio Album:
Alicia – George Massenburg and Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Ann Mincieli, immersive producer (Alicia Keys)

Best Immersive Audio Album (63rd GRAMMYS):
Soundtrack of the American Soldier – Leslie Ann Jones, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, immersive producer (Jim R. Keene and the United States Army Field Band)

Best Recording Package:
Pakelang – Li Jheng Han and Yu, Wei, Art Directors (2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group and the Chairman Crossover Big Band)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition – Darren Evans, Dhani Harrison and Olivia Harrison, art directors (George Harrison)

Best Album Notes:
The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 – Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)

Best Historical Album:
Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) – Patrick Milligan and Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Love for Sale – Dae Bennett, Josh Coleman, and Billy Cumella, engineers; Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone, mastering engineers (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Jack Antonoff

Best Remixed Recording:
Passenger – (Mike Shinoda Remix); Mike Shinoda, remixer (Deftones); track from: “White Pony” (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Chanticleer Sings Christmas – Leslie Ann Jones, engineer (Chanticleer)

Producer of the Year, Classical:
Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance:
Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording:
Glass: Akhnaten – Karen Kamensek, conductor; J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James and Dísella Lárusdóttir; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz and Luke McEndarfer, chorus masters (Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Simon O’Neill, Morris Robinson and Tamara Wilson; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus and Pacific Chorale)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears – Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Alone Together – Jennifer Koh

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Mythologies – Sangeeta Kaur and Hila Plitmann (Virginie D’Avezac De Castera, Lili Haydn, Wouter Kellerman, Nadeem Majdalany, Eru Matsumoto and Emilio D. Miler)

Best Classical Compendium:
Women Warriors – The Voices of Change – Amy Andersson, conductor; Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson and Lolita Ritmanis, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Shaw: Narrow Sea – Caroline Shaw, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, and Sō Percussion)

Best Music Video:
Freedom – (Jon Batiste); Alan Ferguson, video director; Alex P. Willson, video producer

Best Music Film:
Summer of Soul – (Various Artists); Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, video director; David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent and Joseph Patel, video producers

April 3, 2022

2022 Oscars 94th Academy Awards

Winners Announced: March 27, 2022
Held at: Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Hosts: Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes
Eligibility Year: March 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021

Spotlight: Oscar Trivia

Having three female hosts—Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, and Wanda Sykes—added a unique flair to the show and emphasized the Academy’s push for more gender diversity.
This year saw a shift in eligibility deadlines due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on film releases.
The award for Best Picture had more independent movies nominated, highlighting a changing landscape in Hollywood.
Streaming platforms continued to gain traction, with several nominees and winners originating from services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
The Oscars ceremony returned to the Dolby Theatre after a one-year hiatus at Union Station, a move reflecting a return to some semblance of pre-pandemic normalcy.
CODA made waves by being the first film with a predominantly Deaf cast to win Best Picture, showing increased representation in Hollywood.
Will Smith won his first Oscar for Best Actor for his role in King Richard, and the moment was tinged with controversy due to an altercation that took place during the ceremony.

2022 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture
CODA (WINNER)
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side StoryBest Director
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (WINNER)
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryúsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg, West Side StoryBest Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (WINNER)
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, SpencerBest Actor in a Leading Role
Will Smith, King Richard (WINNER)
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick… Boom!
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of MacbethBest Actress in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (WINNER)
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King RichardBest Actor in a Supporting Role
Troy Kotsur, CODA (WINNER)
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the DogBest Original Screenplay
Belfast (WINNER)
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the WorldBest Adapted Screenplay
CODA (WINNER)
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the DogBest Cinematography
Dune (WINNER)
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side StoryBest Film Editing
Dune (WINNER)
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick… Boom!Best Animated Feature Film
Encanto (WINNER)
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machine
Raya and the Last DragonBest Animated Short Film
The Windshield Wiper (WINNER)
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin RobinBest Live-Action Short Film
The Long Goodbye (WINNER)
Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
The Dress
On My Mind
Please HoldBest International Feature Film
Drive My Car (WINNER)
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the WorldBest Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul (WINNER)
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Riding with FireBest Documentary Short Subject
The Queen of Basketball (WINNER)
Audible
Lead Me Home
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were BulliesBest Original Score
Dune (WINNER)
Don’t Look Up
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the DogBest Original Song
No Time to Die (WINNER)
King Richard
Encanto
Belfast
Four Good DaysBest Sound
Dune (WINNER)
Belfast
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side StoryBest Costume Design
Cruella (WINNER)
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side StoryBest Makeup and Hairstyling
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (WINNER)
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
House of GucciBest Production Design
Dune (WINNER)
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side StoryBest Visual Effects
Dune (WINNER)
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way HomeHonorary Academy Awards
Samuel L. Jackson – “Sam Jackson is a cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across decades and generations and audiences worldwide”
Elaine May – “For Elaine May’s bold, uncompromising approach to filmmaking, as a writer, director and actress”
Liv Ullmann – “Liv Ullmann’s bravery and emotional transparency has gifted audiences with deeply affecting screen portrayals”Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Danny Glover – “Glover’s decades-long advocacy for justice and human rights reflects his dedication to recognizing our shared humanity on and off the screen”

March 27, 2022

2021 Oscars 93rd Academy Awards

Winners Announced: April 25, 2021
Held at: Union Station and the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Preshow Hosts: Ariana DeBoseLil Rel Howery
Eligibility Year: 2020- February 28, 2021

2021 Oscar Nominees And Winners

Best Picture
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (WINNER)
The Father – Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi and David Parfitt
Judas and the Black Messiah – Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King and Shaka King
Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski
Minari – Christina Oh
Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox and Josey McNamara
Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Stuart M. Besser and Marc Platt

Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (WINNER)
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony (WINNER)
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
Chadwick Boseman (posthumous) – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as Levee Green
Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz
Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi

Best Actress
Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern (WINNER)
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as Ma Rainey
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra “Cassie” Thomas

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton (WINNER)
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami… as Sam Cooke
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah as William “Bill” O’Neal

Best Supporting Actress
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja (WINNER)
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie “Mamaw” Vance
Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne
Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies

Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell (WINNER)
Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Berson, King, Keith Lucas and Kenny Lucas
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Abraham Marder and Darius Marder; Story by Derek Cianfrance and D. Marder
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller (WINNER)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Nina Pedrad and Swimer; Based on the character by Baron Cohen
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder
One Night in Miami… – Kemp Powers, based on his play
The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga

Best Animated Feature Film
Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray (WINNER)
Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
Over the Moon – Peilin Chou, Glen Keane, and Gennie Rin
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Will Becher, Paul Kewley, and Richard Phelan
Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, Ross Stewart and Paul Young

Best International Feature Film
Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg (WINNER)
Better Days (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – directed by Derek Tsang
Collective (Romania) in Romanian – directed by Alexander Nanau
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) in Arabic – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – directed by Jasmila Žbanic

Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, Craig Foster and James Reed (WINNER)
Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham
The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette – Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino (WINNER)
A Concerto Is a Conversation – Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot
Do Not Split – Charlotte Cook and Anders Hammer
Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman
A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan

Best Live Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe (WINNER)
Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
The Present – Ossama Bawardi and Farah Nabulsi
White Eye – Shira Hochman and Tomer Shushan

Best Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You – Michael Govier and Will McCormack (WINNER)
Burrow – Michael Capbarat and Madeline Sharafian
Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
Opera – Erick Oh
Yes-People – Arnar Gunnarsson and Gísli Darri Halldórsson

Best Original Score
Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (WINNER)
Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Minari – Emile Mosseri
News of the World – James Newton Howard

Best Original Song
“Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by D’Mile and H.E.R.; lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas (WINNER)
“Hear My Voice” from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyric by Celeste and Pemberton “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
– Music and lyric by Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus and Savan Kotecha
“Io sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; lyric by Laura Pausini and Warren
“Speak Now” from One Night in Miami… – Music and lyric by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.

Best Sound
Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Philip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc (WINNER)
Greyhound – Beau Borders, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw and David Wyman
Mank – Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod, Nathan Nance and David Parker
News of the World – William Miller, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith and Oliver Tarney
Soul – Coya Elliot, Ren Klyce and David Parker

Best Production Design
Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale (WINNER)
The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Cinematography
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt (WINNER)
Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson (WINNER)
Emma. – Laura Allen, Marese Langan and Claudia Stolze
Hillbilly Elegy – Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash and Matthew W. Mungle
Mank – Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri and Gigi Williams
Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier and Francesco Pegoretti

Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth (WINNER)
Emma. – Alexandra Byrne
Mank – Trish Summerville
Mulan – Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (WINNER)
The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Best Visual Effects
Tenet – Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee and Andrew Lockley (WINNER)
Love and Monsters – Genevieve Camailleri, Brian Cox, Matt Everitt and Matt Sloan
The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
Mulan – Sean Andrew Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands and Seth Maury
The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Tyler Perry – for his active engagement with philanthropy and charitable endeavors in recent years, including efforts to address homelessness and economic difficulties faced by members of the African-American community.
Motion Picture & Television Fund – being honored for the emotional and financial relief services it offers to members of the entertainment industry.

April 25, 2021

2021 Grammy Award Winners

The stage for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards was set on March 14, 2021. This year, the festivities were located in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center, a departure from the traditional Staples Center venue due to COVID-19 constraints.
Trevor Noah, known for his sharp wit and insightful commentary, took on the role of the evening’s host. His humor lightened the mood and kept audiences engaged.
Songs and albums released from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020, made the cut for this year’s nominations, framing the musical achievements during a most unusual year.
Beyoncé became the most awarded female artist in Grammy history, bringing her total number of Grammy wins to 28.
All nominees in the Best Rock Performance category were women for the first time, and the award went to Fiona Apple for Shameika.
Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Folklore, making this her third win in this prestigious category.
In an ironic twist, despite the ceremony celebrating the best in music, one of the most talked-about performances was not a song at all but rather the spoken word. Amanda Gorman, the young poet who gained fame at the Presidential Inauguration, announced the winners for the evening’s global music categories.
Pandemic Adaptations: The ceremony featured both live and pre-recorded performances, a nod to social distancing requirements.
Harry Styles’ Feather Boa: The singer wore multiple feather boas during his performance of Watermelon Sugar, sparking numerous memes and social media conversations.

Billie Eilish’s Humility: Despite winning Record of the Year for Everything I Wanted, Billie Eilish insisted that Megan Thee Stallion deserved the award during her acceptance speech.

Record of the Year:
Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish

Album of the Year:
Folklore – Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:
I Can’t Breathe – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)

Best New Artist:
Megan Thee Stallion

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Rain On Me – Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
American Standard – James Taylor

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa

Best Dance Recording:
10% – Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Bubba – Kaytranada

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Live at the Royal Albert Hall – Snarky Puppy

Best Rock Performance:
Shameika, Fiona Apple

Best Metal Performance:
Bum-Rush, Body Count

Best Rock Song:
Stay High, Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)

Best Rock Album:
The New Abnormal – The Strokes

Best Alternative Music Album:
Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple

Best R&B Performance:
Black Parade – Beyoncé

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Anything For You – Ledisi

Best R&B Song:
Better Than I Imagine – Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)

Best Progressive R&B Album:
It Is What It Is – Thundercat

Best R&B Album:
Beggir Love – John Legend

Best Rap Performance:
Savage – Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé

Best Melodic Rap Performance:
Lockdown – Anderson .Paak

Best Rap Song:
Savage – Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)

Best Rap Album:
King’s Disease – Nas

Best Country Solo Performance:
When My Amy Prays – Vince Gill

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber

Best Country Song:
Crowded Table – Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)

Best Country Album:
Wildcard – Miranda Lambert

Best New Age Album:
More Guitar Stories – Jim “Kimo” West

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
“All Blues,” Chick Corea, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Secrets Are The Best Stories – Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Trilogy 2 – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Data Lords – Maria Schneider Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Four Questions – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
“Movin’ On,” Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
“There Was Jesus,” Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Case Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters

Best Gospel Album:
Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Jesus Is King – Kanye West

Best Roots Gospel Album:
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) – Fisk Jubilee Singers

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album:
YHLQMDLG – Bad Bunny

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album:
La Conquista Del Espacio – Fito Paez

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1 – Natalia Lafourcade

Best Tropical Latin Album:
40 – Grupo Niche

Best American Roots Performance:
“I Remember Everything,” John Prine

Best American Roots Song:
“I Remember Everything,” Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)

Best Americana Album:
World on the Ground – Sarah Jarosz

Best Bluegrass Album:
Home – Billy Strings

Best Traditional Blues Album:
Rawer Than Raw – Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? – Fantastic Negrito

Best Folk Album:
All the Good Times – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Atmosphere – New Orleans Nightcrawlers

Best Reggae Album:
Got to Be Tough – Toots & the Maytals

Best Global Music Album:
Twice as Tall – Burna Boy

Best Children’s Music Album:
All the Ladies – Joanie Leeds

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth – Rachel Maddow

Best Comedy Album:
Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish

Best Musical Theater Album:
Jagged Little Pill – Original Cast

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Jojo Rabbit – Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
No Time to Die – (From No Time to Die), Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best Instrumental Composition:
Sputnik – Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella:
Donna Lee – John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:
He Won’t Hold You – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)

Best Recording Package:
Vols. 11 & 12 – Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Ode to Joy – Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)

Best Album Notes:
Dead Man’s Pop – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)

Best Historical Album:
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers – Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Hyperspace – Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua & Mike Larson, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Andrew Watt

Best Remixed Recording:
Roses (Imanbek Remix) – Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar,’ David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Best Orchestral Performance:
Ives: Complete Symphonies – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording:
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess – David Robertson, conductor; Angle Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestral The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance:
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua – JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Contemporary Voices – Pacifica Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra – Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Smyth: The Prison – Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium:
Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke – Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Rouse: Symphony No. 5 – Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Best Music Video:
Brown Skin Girl – Beyoncé

Best Music Film:
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice – Linda Ronstadt

March 14, 2021

2020 Oscars 92nd Academy Awards

Winners announced on February 9, 2020
The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
No host for this year’s ceremony
Films from 2019 were eligible for awards
Noteworthy Moments: Parasite broke barriers as the first non-English language film to win Best Picture;
Eímear Noone made history as the first female conductor at an Oscars ceremony;
Brad Pitt snagged his first Oscar for acting for his role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Trivia:
1. Eminem delivered a surprise performance of Lose Yourself
2. Janelle Monáe’s opening musical number paid tribute to various films
3. Gift bags for nominees had a value of $225,000
4. Billie Eilish performed Yesterday by The Beatles during the “In Memoriam” segment
5. Taika Waititi’s photo of hiding his Oscar under a seat went viral

2020 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
Parasite – Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho (WINNER)
Ford v Ferrari – Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and James Mangold
The Irishman – Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Jojo Rabbit – Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi, and Chelsea Winstanley
Joker – Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Little Women – Amy Pascal
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach and David Heyman
1917 – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, and Callum McDougal
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, and Quentin Tarantino

Best Director:
Bong Joon-ho – Parasite (WINNER)
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Todd Phillips – Joker
Sam Mendes – 1917
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Actor:
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker (WINNER)
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Best Actress:
Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland (WINNER)
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine “Jo” March
Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly

Best Supporting Actor:
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth (WINNER)
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino

Best Supporting Actress:
Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw (WINNER)
Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell as Barbara “Bobi” Jewell
Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler
Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March
Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil

Best Original Screenplay:
Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (WINNER)
Knives Out – Rian Johnson
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
1917 – Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi based on the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens (WINNER)
The Irishman – Steven Zaillian based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
Joker – Todd Phillips and Scott Silver based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson
Little Women – Greta Gerwig based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
The Two Popes – Anthony McCarten based on his play The Pope

Best Animated Feature Film:
Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, and Mark Nielsen (WINNER)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold, and Brad Lewis
I Lost My Body – Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
Klaus – Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh, and Marisa Román
Missing Link – Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner, and Travis Knight

Best International Feature Film:
Parasite (South Korea) in Korean – directed by Bong Joon-ho (WINNER)
Corpus Christi (Poland) in Polish – directed by Jan Komasa
Honeyland (North Macedonia) in Turkish and Macedonian – directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
Les Misérables (France) in French – directed by Ladj Ly
Pain and Glory (Spain) in Spanish – directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Best Documentary Feature:
American Factory – Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert (WINNER)
The Cave – Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod, and Sigrid Dyekjær
The Edge of Democracy – Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris, and Tiago Pavan
For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Honeyland – Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, and Atanas Georgiev

Best Documentary Short Subject:
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) – Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva (WINNER)
In the Absence – Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
Life Overtakes Me – John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
St. Louis Superman – Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
Walk Run Cha-Cha – Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt

Best Live Action Short Film:
The Neighbors’ Window – Marshall Curry (WINNER)
Brotherhood – Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Nefta Football Club – Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
Saria – Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
A Sister – Delphine Girard

Best Animated Short Film:
Hair Love – Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver (WINNER)
Dcera (Daughter) – Daria Kashcheeva
Kitbull – Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
Memorable – Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
Sister – Siqi Song

Best Original Score:
Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (WINNER)
Little Women – Alexandre Desplat
Marriage Story – Randy Newman
1917 – Thomas Newman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams

Best Original Song:
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (WINNER)
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from Toy Story 4 – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
“I’m Standing with You” from Breakthrough – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
“Into the Unknown” from Frozen II – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Stand Up” from Harriet – Music and Lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo

Best Sound Editing:
Ford v Ferrari – Donald Sylvester (WINNER)
Joker – Alan Robert Murray
1917 – Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Wylie Stateman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Matthew Wood and David Acord

Best Sound Mixing:
1917 – Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (WINNER)
Ad Astra – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
Ford v Ferrari – Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Steven A. Morrow
Joker – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler, and Mark Ulano

Best Production Design:
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh (WINNER)
The Irishman – Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves
Jojo Rabbit – Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
1917 – Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Parasite – Production Design: Lee Ha-jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won-woo

Best Cinematography:
1917 – Roger Deakins (WINNER)
The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto
Joker – Lawrence Sher
The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Bombshell – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker (WINNER)
Joker – Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
Judy – Jeremy Woodhead
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten, and David White
1917 – Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis, and Rebecca Cole

Best Costume Design:
Little Women – Jacqueline Durran (WINNER)
The Irishman – Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo
Joker – Mark Bridges
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips

Best Film Editing:
Ford v Ferrari – Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker (WINNER)
The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker
Jojo Rabbit – Tom Eagles
Joker – Jeff Groth
Parasite – Yang Jin-mo

Best Visual Effects:
1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy (WINNER)
Avengers: Endgame – Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick
The Irishman – Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, and Nelson Sepulveda
The Lion King – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy

Academy Honorary Awards:
David Lynch
Wes Studi
Lina Wertmüller

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
Geena Davis

February 9, 2020

2020 Grammy Award Winners

Winners announced on January 26, 2020
The ceremony held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
Hosted by Alicia Keys
Eligibility for songs and albums from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019
Noteworthy Moments: Billie Eilish made a clean sweep, winning Album of the Year for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Bad Guy, and Best New Artist; Lizzo nabbed three awards, including Best Pop Solo Performance for Truth Hurts and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Cuz I Love You; Tyler, The Creator clinched Best Rap Album for Igor, sparking conversations about genre classifications
Trivia:
1. Billie Eilish became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year, at just 18
2. Alicia Keys hosted for the second consecutive year, bringing a calming presence amidst a heavy atmosphere
3. The ceremony took a somber tone as it coincided with the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, whose presence was deeply missed at the Staples Center
4. Lil Nas X’s eclectic performance of Old Town Road featured a medley of artists, including BTS and Billy Ray Cyrus, showcasing the song’s cross-genre appeal
5. Demi Lovato gave a tear-jerking performance of Anyone, a song she had recorded just four days before her 2018 overdose

Record of the Year:
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish

Album of the Year:
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish

Song of the Year:
Bad Guy – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist:
Billie Eilish

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Truth Hurts – Lizzo

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Old Town Road – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Look Now – Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Best Pop Vocal Album:
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish

Best Dance Recording:
Got to Keep On – The Chemical Brothers

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Mettavolution – Rodrigo y Gabriela

Best Rock Performance:
This Land – Gary Clark Jr.

Best Metal Performance:
7empest – Tool

Best Rock Song:
This Land – Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

Best Rock Album:
Social Cues – Cage the Elephant

Best Alternative Music Album:
Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend

Best R&B Performance:
Come Home – Anderson Paak featuring André 3000

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Jerome – Lizzo

Best R&B Song:
Say So – PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton featuring JoJo)

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) – Lizzo

Best R&B Album:
Ventura – Anderson Paak

Best Rap Performance:
Racks in the Middle – Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy

Best Rap/Sung Performance:
Higher – DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend

Best Rap Song:
A Lot – Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage featuring J. Cole)

Best Rap Album:
Igor – Tyler, the Creator

Best Country Solo Performance:
Ride Me Back Home – Willie Nelson

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Speechless – Dan + Shay

Best Country Song:
Bring My Flowers Now – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)

Best Country Album:
While I’m Livin’ – Tanya Tucker

Best New Age Album:
Wings – Peter Kater

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Sozinho – Randy Brecker, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
12 Little Spells – Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Finding Gabriel – Brad Mehldau

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Omni-American Book Club – Brian Lynch Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Antidote – Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Love Theory – Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
God Only Knows – Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters (for KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton)

Best Gospel Album:
Long Live Love – Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Burn the Ships – for KING & COUNTRY

Best Roots Gospel Album:
Testimony – Gloria Gaynor

Best Latin Pop Album:
El Disco – Alejandro Sanz

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
El Mal Querer – Rosalía

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
De Ayer Para siempre – Mariachi los Camperos

Best Tropical Latin Album: (tie)
Opus – Marc Anthony
A Journey Through Cuban Music – Aymée Nuviola (TIE)

Best American Roots Performance:
Saint Honesty – Sara Bareilles

Best American Roots Song:
Call My Name – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m with Her)

Best Americana Album:
Oklahoma – Keb’ Mo’

Best Bluegrass Album:
Tall Fiddler – Michael Cleveland

Best Traditional Blues Album:
Tall, Dark, and Handsome – Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men

Best Contemporary Blues Album:
This Land – Gary Clark Jr.

Best Folk Album
Patty Griffin – Patty Griffin

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Good Time – Ranky Tanky

Best Reggae Album:
Rapture – Koffee

Best World Music Album:
Celia – Angélique Kidjo

Best Children’s Album:
Ageless: Songs for the Child Archetype – Jon Samson

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Becoming – Michelle Obama

Best Comedy Album:
Sticks & Stones – Dave Chappelle

Best Musical Theater Album:
Hadestown – Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
A Star Is Born – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Paul “DJWS” Blair, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Nick Monson, Lukas Nelson Mark Nilan Jr. & Benjamin Rice, compilation producers; Julianne Jordan & Julia Michels, music supervisors

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version) (from A Star Is Born), Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)

Best Instrumental Composition:
Star Wars: “Galaxy’s Edge (Symphonic Suite)” – John Williams, composer (John Williams)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
Moon River – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

Best Arrangement, Instruments, and Vocals:
All Night Long, Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest)

Best Recording Package:
Chris Cornell, Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Woodstock: Back to the Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive, Masaki Koike, art director (Various artists)

Best Album Notes:
Stax ’68: A Memphis Story, Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various artists)

Best Historical Album:
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Finneas, When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Billie Eilish)

Best Remixed Recording:
I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix), Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna)

Best Immersive Audio Album:
Lux, Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Riley: Sun Rings, Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)

Producer of the Year, Classical:
Blanton Alspaugh – Artifacts – The Music of Michael McGlynn (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Fantaisie sur La Tempête de Shakespeare (Andrew Davis & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Duruflé: Complete Choral Works (Robert Simpson & Houston Chamber Choir)
Glass: Symphony No. 5 (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Youth Chorus, Downtown Voices & Novus NY)
Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Peter Jermihov & PaTRAM Institute Singers)
Smith, K.: Canticle (Craig Hella Johnson & Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble)
Visions Take Flight (Mei-Ann Chen & ROCO)

Best Orchestral Performance:
Norman: Sustain, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording
Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus)

Best Choral Performance:
Duruflé: Complete Choral Works, Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Shaw: Orange – Attacca Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite, Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Macelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Songplay, Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)

Best Classical Compendium:
The Poetry of Places, Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Higdon: Harp Concerto, Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)

Best Music Video:
Old Town Road (Official Movie) – Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus

Best Music Film:
Homecoming – Beyoncé

January 26, 2020

2019 Oscars 91st Academy Awards

Winners announced on February 24, 2019
The ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
No host for this year’s ceremony
Pre-show hosts were Ashley Graham, Maria Menounos, Billy Porter, Ryan Seacrest, Elaine Welteroth
Films from 2018 were eligible for awards
Noteworthy Moments: Green Book won Best Picture amid controversy; Olivia Colman won Best Actress for The Favourite, beating Glenn Close; Rami Malek won Best Actor for Bohemian Rhapsody
Trivia:
1. The Oscars had no host for the first time in 30 years
2. Black Panther was the first superhero movie nominated for Best Picture
3. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s performance of Shallow became a viral sensation
4. Spike Lee’s first competitive Oscar win for BlacKkKlansman Best Adapted Screenplay
5. A record seven Black men and women won in various categories

2019 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
Green Book – Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga (WINNER)
Black Panther – Kevin Feige
BlacKkKlansman – Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee
Bohemian Rhapsody – Graham King
The Favourite – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma – Gabriela Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
A Star Is Born – Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor
Vice – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick

Best Director:
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma (WINNER)
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski – Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Adam McKay – Vice

Best Actor:
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury (WINNER)
Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born as Jackson “Jack” Maine
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate as Vincent van Gogh
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book as Tony Vallelonga

Best Actress:
Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne (WINNER)
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma as Cleodegaria “Cleo” Gutiérrez
Glenn Close – The Wife as Joan Castleman
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born as Ally Maine
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel

Best Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley (WINNER)
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman as Philip “Flip” Zimmerman
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born as Bobby Maine
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
Sam Rockwell – Vice as George W. Bush

Best Supporting Actress:
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers (WINNER)
Amy Adams – Vice as Lynne Cheney
Marina de Tavira – Roma as Sofía
Emma Stone – The Favourite as Abigail Masham
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite as Sarah Churchill

Best Original Screenplay:
Green Book – Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly (WINNER)
The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Vice – Adam McKay

Best Adapted Screenplay:
BlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee based on the book by Ron Stallworth (WINNER)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ;All Gold Canyon is based on a story by Jack London; The Gal Who Got Rattled is inspired by a story by Stewart Edward White.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty based on the memoir by Lee Israel
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins based on the book by James Baldwin
A Star Is Born – Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and 1976 screenplay by Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne and Frank Pierson; based on a story by Robert Carson and William A. Wellman

Best Animated Feature Film:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (WINNER)
Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle
Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
Mirai – Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito
Ralph Breaks the Internet – Rich Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spencer

Best Foreign Language Film:
Roma (Mexico) in Spanish and Mixtec – Directed by Alfonso Cuarón (WINNER)
Capernaum (Lebanon) in Arabic – Directed by Nadine Labaki
Cold War (Poland) in Polish and French – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Never Look Away (Germany) in German – Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Shoplifters (Japan) in Japanese – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Best Documentary – Feature:
Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (WINNER)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim
Minding the Gap – Bing Liu and Diane Quon
Of Fathers and Sons – Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert
RBG – Betsy West and Julie Cohen

Best Documentary – Short Subject:
Period. End of Sentence. – Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton (WINNER)
Black Sheep – Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn
End Game – Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Lifeboat – Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser
A Night at the Garden – Marshall Curry

Best Live Action Short Film:
Skin – Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman (WINNER)
Detainment – Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon
Fauve – Jérémy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Marguerite – Marianne Farley and Marie-Hélène Panisset
Mother – Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy Alvarado

Best Animated Short Film:
Bao – Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb (WINNER)
Animal Behaviour – Alison Snowden and David Fine
Late Afternoon – Louise Bagnall and Nuria González Blanco
One Small Step – Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
Weekends – Trevor Jimenez

Best Original Score:
Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (WINNER)
BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman

Best Original Song:
“Shallow” from A Star Is Born – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (WINNER)
“All the Stars” from Black Panther – Music by Mark “Sounwave” Spears, Kendrick Lamar and Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith; Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar, Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith and SZA
“I’ll Fight” from RBG – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns – Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Music and Lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

Best Sound Editing:
Bohemian Rhapsody – John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone (WINNER)
Black Panther – Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
First Man – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
A Quiet Place – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
Roma – Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay

Best Sound Mixing:
Bohemian Rhapsody – Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali (WINNER)
Black Panther – Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter J. Devlin
First Man – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis
Roma – Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García
A Star Is Born – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow

Best Production Design:
Black Panther – Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart (WINNER)
The Favourite – Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
First Man – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
Mary Poppins Returns – Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Roma – Production Design: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Bárbara Enríquez

Best Cinematography:
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón (WINNER)
Cold War – Lukasz Zal
The Favourite – Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away – Caleb Deschanel
A Star Is Born – Matthew Libatique

Best Makeup: and Hairstyling:
Vice – Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney (WINNER)
Border – Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer
Mary Queen of Scots – Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks

Best Costume Design:
Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter (WINNER)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Mary Zophres
The Favourite – Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell
Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne

Best Film Editing:
Bohemian Rhapsody – John Ottman (WINNER)
BlacKkKlansman – Barry Alexander Brown
The Favourite – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Green Book – Patrick J. Don Vito
Vice – Hank Corwin

Best Visual Effects:
First Man – Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm (WINNER)
Avengers: Infinity War – Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick
Christopher Robin – Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould
Ready Player One – Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk
Solo: A Star Wars Story – Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy

Academy Honorary Awards:
Cicely Tyson – American actress
Lalo Schifrin – Argentine-American composer
Marvin Levy – American publicist

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award:
Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall

February 24, 2019

2019 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: February 10, 2019
Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Host: Alicia Keys
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018

2019 Grammy Trivia

This year marked the first time in Grammy history that women won all major categories, breaking the notorious Grammy glass ceiling.
Childish Gambino’s This Is America made history by becoming the first rap song to win Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Alicia Keys, a 15-time Grammy winner herself, hosted the show and notably performed a medley playing two pianos at once.
Dua Lipa took home the award for Best New Artist and used her acceptance speech to take a jab at Recording Academy President Neil Portnow’s controversial 2018 “step up” comment aimed at female artists.
Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves was a dark horse in the awards race, winning Album of the Year and showing that country music still has a significant presence at the Grammys.
Cardi B became the first solo female artist to win Best Rap Album, a category usually dominated by male artists.
Lady Gaga won multiple awards for her A Star Is Born soundtrack work, including Best Song Written for Visual Media with Shallow.
Drake’s win for Best Rap Song with God’s Plan came with a somewhat controversial speech where the rapper critiqued the importance of award shows.

2019 Grammy Winners

Album of the year:
Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves

Record of the Year:
This Is America – Childish Gambino

Song of the Year:
This Is America – Childish Gambino and Ludwig Goransson

Best rap/sung performance:
This Is America – Childish Gambino

Best music video:
This Is America – Childish Gambino

Best rap album:
Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B

Best rap song:
God’s Plan – Drake

Best new artist:
Dua Lipa

Best country album:
Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves

Best pop duo/group performance:
Shallow – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

Best pop vocal album:
Sweetener – Ariana Grande

Best pop solo performance:
Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?) – Lady Gaga

Best R&B album:
H.E.R. – H.E.R.

Best R&B song:
Boo’d Up – Ella Mai, DJ Mustard, Larrance Dopson and Joelle James

Best R&B performance:
Best Part – H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar

Producer of the year, non-classical:
Pharrell Williams

Best rap performance: (tie)
King’s Dead – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake
Bubblin by Anderson.Paak

Best urban contemporary album:
Everything Is Love – The Carters

Best traditional pop vocal album:
Willie Nelson’s My Way

Best rock song:
Masseduction – St. Vincent

Best rock album:
From the Fires – Greta Van Fleet

Best rock performance:
When Bad Does Good – Chris Cornell

Best dance recording:
Electricity – Silk City and Dua Lipa featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson

Best country song:
Space Cowboy – Kacey Musgraves (Luke Laird, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves)

Best reggae album:
44/876 – Sting & Shaggy

Best country solo performance:
Butterflies – Kacey Musgraves

Best duo/group country performance:
Tequila – Dan + Shay

Best jazz vocal album:
The Window – Cecile McLorin Salvant

Best alternative music album:
Colors – Beck

Best comedy album:
Equanimity & the Bird Revelation – Dave Chappelle

Best Latin pop album:
Sincera – Claudia Brant

Best spoken word album:
Faith – A Journey for All – Jimmy Carter

Best folk album:
All Ashore – Punch Brothers

Best contemporary Christian music album:
Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle

Best musical theater album:
Visit – The Band

Best American roots song:
The Joke – Brandi Carlile

Best American Roots performance:
The Joke- Brandi Carlile

Best Americana album:
By the Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile

Best gospel album:
Hiding Place – Tori Kelly

Best contemporary Christian music performance/song:
You Say -0 Lauren Daigle

Best world music album:
Freedom- Soweto Gospel Choir

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media:
The Greatest Showman

Best score soundtrack for visual media:
Black Panther

Best song written for visual media:
Shallow from A Star Is Born

Best traditional blues album:
The Blues Is Alive and Well – Buddy Guy

Best music film:
Quincy – Quincy Jones

Best boxed or special limited edition package:
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

February 10, 2019

2018 Oscars 90th Academy Awards

Winners announced on March 4, 2018
Ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Jimmy Kimmel hosted for the second consecutive year
Films from 2017 were eligible
Noteworthy Moments: The Shape of Water led with four wins, including Best Picture and Best Director; Frances McDormand championed “inclusion riders” in her acceptance speech; Get Out made Jordan Peele the first Black writer to win Best Original Screenplay
Trivia:
1. The Shape of Water had 13 nominations and won four
2. Jordan Peele’s triple nominations for Get Out set a record for a debut film
3. Costume designer Mark Bridges won a jet ski for the shortest speech, at 36 seconds
4. The “In Memoriam” included a still-living Jan Chapman by mistake
5. Jimmy Kimmel and other stars surprised a nearby movie audience with snacks

2018 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale (WINNER)
Call Me by Your Name – Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Émilie Georges and Marco Morabito
Darkest Hour – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski
Dunkirk – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
Get Out – Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele
Lady Bird – Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill
Phantom Thread – JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi
The Post – Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh

Best Director:
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water (WINNER)
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread

Best Actor:
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out as Chris Washington
Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq. as Roman J. Israel

Best Actress:
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Mildred Hayes (WINNER)
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water as Elisa Esposito
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson
Meryl Streep – The Post as Katharine Graham

Best Supporting Actor:
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Officer Jason Dixon (WINNER)
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks
Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Chief Bill Willoughby
Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water as Giles
Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World as J. Paul Getty

Best Supporting Actress:
Allison Janney – I, Tonya as LaVona Golden (WINNER)
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound as Florence Jackson
Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread as Cyril Woodcock
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird as Marion McPherson
Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water as Zelda Delilah Fuller

Best Original Screenplay:
Get Out – Jordan Peele (WINNER)
The Big Sick – Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Call Me by Your Name – James Ivory based on the novel by André Aciman (WINNER)
The Disaster Artist – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber based on the book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
Logan – Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold based on characters created by Len Wein and John Romita Sr.
Molly’s Game – Aaron Sorkin based on the book by Molly Bloom
Mudbound – Virgil Williams and Dee Rees based on the novel by Hillary Jordan

Best Animated Feature Film:
Coco – Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson (WINNER)
The Boss Baby – Tom McGrath and Ramsey Ann Naito
The Breadwinner – Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
Ferdinand – Carlos Saldanha and Lori Forte
Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart

Best Foreign Language Film:
A Fantastic Woman (Chile) in Spanish – Directed by Sebastián Lelio (WINNER)
The Insult (Lebanon) in Arabic – Directed by Ziad Doueiri
Loveless (Russia) in Russian – Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
On Body and Soul (Hungary) in Hungarian – Directed by Ildikó Enyedi
The Square (Sweden) in Swedish – Directed by Ruben Östlund

Best Documentary – Feature:
Icarus – Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan (WINNER)
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail – Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
Faces Places – Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
Last Men in Aleppo – Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
Strong Island – Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

Best Documentary – Short Subject:
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 – Frank Stiefel (WINNER)
Edith+Eddie – Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
Heroin(e) – Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
Knife Skills – Thomas Lennon
Traffic Stop – Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

Best Live Action Short Film:
The Silent Child – Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton (WINNER)
DeKalb Elementary – Reed Van Dyk
The Eleven O’Clock – Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
My Nephew Emmett – Kevin Wilson Jr.
Watu Wote/All of Us – Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

Best Animated Short Film:
Dear Basketball – Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant (WINNER)
Garden Party – Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
Lou – Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
Negative Space – Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
Revolting Rhymes – Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

Best Original Score:
The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat (WINNER)
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell

Best Original Song:
“Remember Me” from Coco – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (WINNER)
“Mighty River” from Mudbound – Music and Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
“Mystery of Love” from Call Me by Your Name – Music and Lyrics by Sufjan Stevens
“Stand Up for Something” from Marshall – Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Common and Diane Warren
“This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman – Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Best Sound Editing:
Dunkirk – Richard King and Alex Gibson (WINNER)
Baby Driver – Julian Slater
Blade Runner 2049 – Mark Mangini and Theo Green
The Shape of Water – Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce

Best Sound Mixing:
Dunkirk – Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo (WINNER)
Baby Driver – Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis
Blade Runner 2049 – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
The Shape of Water – Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson

Best Production Design:
The Shape of Water – Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (WINNER)
Beauty and the Beast – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Blade Runner 2049 – Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
Darkest Hour – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Dunkirk – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

Best Cinematography:
Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins (WINNER)
Darkest Hour – Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk – Hoyte van Hoytema
Mudbound – Rachel Morrison
The Shape of Water – Dan Laustsen

Best Makeup: and Hairstyling:
Darkest Hour – Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick (WINNER)
Victoria & Abdul – Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
Wonder – Arjen Tuiten

Best Costume Design:
Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges (WINNER)
Beauty and the Beast – Jacqueline Durran
Darkest Hour – Jacqueline Durran
The Shape of Water – Luis Sequeira
Victoria & Abdul – Consolata Boyle

Best Film Editing:
Dunkirk – Lee Smith (WINNER)
Baby Driver – Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
I, Tonya – Tatiana S. Riegel
The Shape of Water – Sidney Wolinsky
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Jon Gregory

Best Visual Effects:
Blade Runner 2049 – John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover (WINNER)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
Kong: Skull Island – Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
War for the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist

Academy Honorary Awards:
Agnès Varda
Charles Burnett
Donald Sutherland
Owen Roizman

Special Achievement Academy Award:
Alejandro González Iñárrit ‘Carne y Arena’

March 4, 2018

2018 Grammy Award Winners

Winners announced on January 28, 2018, a significant date as the Grammys returned to New York City for the first time since 2003
The ceremony unfolded at the iconic Madison Square Garden, a departure from the usual Los Angeles venues
The charming James Corden of “The Late Late Show” took up hosting duties, bringing his unique comedic flair to the stage
Music that graced our ears from October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2017, fell into the eligibility window for these awards
Noteworthy Moments: Bruno Mars left an indelible mark by snagging the trifecta—Album, Record, and Song of the Year; Kendrick Lamar’s electric opening performance blended politics and art; Kesha’s emotional rendition of “Praying” became a rallying cry for the #MeToo movement
Trivia:
1. Bruno Mars’ historic sweep placed him in the company of only ten other artists who’ve won Album, Record, and Song of the Year in a single ceremony
2. In a surprising twist, Alessia Cara outperformed the much-favored SZA to clinch Best New Artist
3. A pre-recorded “Carpool Karaoke” segment featuring Shaggy and Sting gave the audience a moment of levity
4. Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows and chuckles with her unexpected appearance, reading an excerpt from Michael Wolff’s controversial book Fire and Fury
5. The glaring underrepresentation of female winners led to a social media uproar, encapsulated by the trending hashtag #GrammysSoMale

2018 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Record of the Year:
24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Song of the Year:
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

Best Country Album:
From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton

Best Comedy Album:
The Age of Spin/Deep in the Heart of Texas – Dave Chapelle

Best Rap Album:
Damn – Kendrick Lamar

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

Best New Artist:
Alessia Cara

Best Rap/Sung Performance:
Loyalty – Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Greg Kurstin

Best Pop Vocal Album:
÷ (Divide) – Ed Sheeran

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 (Various Artists) Dae Bennet, Producer

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Feel It Still – Portugal the Man

Best Country Song:
Broken Halos – Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Better Man – Little Big Town

Best Country Solo Performance:
Either Way – Chris Stapleton

Best Rap Song:
Humble. – Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Performance:
Humble. – Kendrick Lamar

Best R&B Album:
24K Magic – Bruno Mars

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Starboy – The Weeknd

Best R&B Song:
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Redbone – Childish Gambino

Best R&B Performance:
That’s What I Like -Bruno Mars

Best Alternative Music Album:
Sleep Well Beast – The National

Best Rock Album:
A Deeper Understanding – The War on Drugs

Best Rock Song:
Run – Foo Fighters

Best Metal Performance:
Sultan’s Curse – Mastodon

Best Rock Performance:
You Want it Darker – Leonard Cohen

Best Children’s Album:
Feel What U Feel – Lisa Loeb

Best World Music Album:
Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Best Reggae Album:
Stony Hill – Damian Marley

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Kalenda – Lost Bayou Ramblers

Best Folk Album:
Mental Illness – Aimee Mann

Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Tajmo – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’

Best Traditional Blues Album:
Blue & Lonesome – Rolling Stones

Best Bluegrass Album (tie):
Laws Of Gravity – The Infamous Stringdusters
All The Rage In Concert Volume One – Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

Best Americana Album:
The Nashville Sound, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Best American Roots Song:
If We Were Vampires – Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit)

Best Regional Mexican Music Album:
Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas – Aida Cuevas

Best American Roots Performance:
Killer Diller Blues – Alabama Shakes

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Never Have to Be Alone – CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
What A Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship

Best Roots Gospel Album:
Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope – Reba McEntire

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Chain Breaker – Zach Williams

Best Gospel Album:
Let Them Fall In Love – CeCe Winans

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Jazz Tango – Pablo Ziegler Trio

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Bringin’It – Christian McBride

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Rebirth – Billy Childs

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Dreams And Dagger – Cecile Salvant

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Miles Beyond – John McLaughlin, soloist

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Higdon: Viola Concerto – Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Mansurian: Requiem – Tigran Mansurian, composer (Alexander Liebreich, Florian Helgath, RIAS Kammerchor & Münchener Kammerorchester)

Best Classical Compendium:
Higdon: Viola Concerto – Jennifer Higdon, composer (Roberto Díaz, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
‘Crazy Girl Crazy – Music By Gershwin, Berg & Berio,’ Barbara Hannigan (Orchestra Ludwig)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Transcendental – Daniil Trifonov

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Death & The Maiden – Pat Kop & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Best Choral Performance:
Bryars: The Fifth Century”- Donald Nally, conductor

Best Opera Recording:
Berg: Wozzeck

Best Orchestral Performance:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber – Manfred Honeck, conductor with Pittsburgh Symphony

Producer Of The Year, Classical:
David Frost

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 5; BARBER: ADAGIO – Mark Donahue, engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Best New Age Album:
Dancing on Water – Peter Kater

Best Song Written For Visual Media:
How Far I’ll Go – Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli’i Cravalho) Track from Moana

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
La La Land -Justin Hurwitz, composer

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
La La Land

Best Musical Theater Album:
Dear Evan Hansen

Best Spoken Word Album:
Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist

Best Tropical Latin Album:
Ruben Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta – Salsa Big Band

Best Regional Mexican Music Album:
Arriero Somos Versiones Acusticas – Alex Campos

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
Residente – Residente

Best Latin Pop Album:
El Dorado – Shakira

Best Surround Sound Album:
Early Americans

Best Remixed Recording:
You Move (Latroit Remix) – Dennis White, remixer Depeche Mode

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
24K Magic – Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer – Bruno Mars

Best Historical Album:
The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955

Best Album Notes:
Live At The Whisky A Go-Go: The Complete Recordings, Lynell George, album notes writer (Otis Redding)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition, Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists)

Best Recording Package (tie):
El Orisha De La Rosa – Claudio Roncoli & Cactus Taller, art director Magin Diaz
Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition) Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty)

Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals:
PUTIN – Randy Newman

Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella:
Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can – John Williams, arranger

Best Instrumental Composition:
Three Revolutions – composers Arturo O’Farrill and Chucho Valdes

Best Music Film:
The Defiant Ones

Best Music Video:
Humble. – Kendrick Lamar, The Little Homies & Dave Meyers, video directors; Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K., Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, video producers

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Prototype – Chuck Loeb

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk

Best Dance Recording:
Tonite – LCD Soundsystem

January 28, 2018

2017 Oscars 89th Academy Awards

Winners were revealed on February 26, 2017
The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, served as the venue, continuing its longstanding relationship with the Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel played the role of host for the event
The films that came out in 2016 were under the eligibility umbrella for this ceremony
Noteworthy Moments: Moonlight won Best Picture in a surprise twist after La La Land was initially announced as the winner; Emma Stone received Best Actress for her role in La La Land; Casey Affleck won Best Actor for Manchester by the Sea
Trivia:
1. The “envelope mishap” was one of the most talked-about Oscar moments ever. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced La La Land as Best Picture, only for the error to be corrected minutes later
2. Moonlight‘s win marked it as the first LGBTQ+ film to win Best Picture
3. Viola Davis, who won Best Supporting Actress for Fences, became the first black actor to win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony for acting
4. Mel Gibson returned to the Oscars with Hacksaw Ridge, receiving nominations after a long absence from the Academy Awards due to past controversies
5. A tour bus of unsuspecting tourists was led into the ceremony as part of a skit, offering a moment of levity and surprise for both the audience and the tourists

2017 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture
Moonlight – Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (WINNER)
Arrival – Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde
Fences – Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black
Hacksaw Ridge – Bill Mechanic and David Permut
Hell or High Water – Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn
Hidden Figures – Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi
La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt
Lion – Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder
Manchester by the Sea – Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh

Best Director
Damien Chazelle – La La Land (WINNER)
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

Best Actor
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler (WINNER)
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond Doss
Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian “Seb” Wilder
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash
Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson

Best Actress
Emma Stone – La La Land as Amelia “Mia” Dolan (WINNER)
Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michèle Leblanc
Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins as Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan (WINNER)
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler
Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals as Detective Bobby Andes

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson (WINNER)
Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula
Nicole Kidman – Lion as Sue Brierley
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler

Best Original Screenplay
Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan (WINNER)
20th Century Women – Mike Mills
Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
La La Land – Damien Chazelle
The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou

Best Adapted Screenplay
Moonlight – Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney; based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney (WINNER)
Arrival – Eric Heisserer; based on the short story “Story of Your Life” written by Ted Chiang
Fences – August Wilson (posthumous nomination); based on his play
Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi; based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly
Lion – Luke Davies; based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley

Best Animated Feature Film
Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer (WINNER)
Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
Moana – John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
My Life as a Zucchini – Claude Barras and Max Karli
The Red Turtle – Michaël Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki

Best Foreign Language Film
The Salesman (Iran) in Persian – Directed by Asghar Farhadi (WINNER)
Land of Mine (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Martin Zandvliet
A Man Called Ove (Sweden) in Swedish – Directed by Hannes Holm
Tanna (Australia) in Nauvhal – Directed by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean
Toni Erdmann (Germany) in German – Directed by Maren Ade

Best Documentary – Feature
O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow (WINNER)
13th – Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish
Fire at Sea – Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman

Best Documentary – Short Subject
The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara (WINNER)
4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki
Extremis – Dan Krauss
Joe’s Violin – Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis

Best Live Action Short Film
Sing – Kristóf Deák and Anna Udvardy (WINNER)
Ennemis intérieurs – Sélim Azzazi
La femme et le TGV – Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
Silent Nights – Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
Timecode – Juanjo Giménez

Best Animated Short Film
Piper – Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer (WINNER)
Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev
Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Robert Valley and Cara Speller
Pearl – Patrick Osborne

Best Original Score
La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (WINNER)
Jackie – Mica Levi
Lion – Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
Moonlight – Nicholas Britell
Passengers – Thomas Newman

Best Original Song
“City of Stars” from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (WINNER)
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
“Can’t Stop the Feeling!” from Trolls – Music and Lyrics by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
“The Empty Chair” from Jim: The James Foley Story – Music and Lyrics by J. Ralph and Sting
“How Far I’ll Go” from Moana – Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Sound Editing
Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare (WINNER)
Deepwater Horizon – Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
Hacksaw Ridge – Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
La La Land – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
Sully – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Best Sound Mixing
Hacksaw Ridge – Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace (WINNER)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – Greg P. Russell,[N 1][32] Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth
Arrival – Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steven A. Morrow
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Best Production Design
La La Land – Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (WINNER)
Arrival – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Hail, Caesar! – Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Passengers – Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

Best Cinematography
La La Land – Linus Sandgren (WINNER)
Arrival – Bradford Young
Lion – Greig Fraser
Moonlight – James Laxton
Silence – Rodrigo Prieto

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Suicide Squad – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson (WINNER)
A Man Called Ove – Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
Star Trek Beyond – Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

Best Costume Design
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood (WINNER)
Allied – Joanna Johnston
Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle
Jackie – Madeline Fontaine
La La Land – Mary Zophres

Best Film Editing
Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert (WINNER)
Arrival – Joe Walker
Hell or High Water – Jake Roberts
La La Land – Tom Cross
Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Best Visual Effects
The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (WINNER)
Deepwater Horizon – Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
Kubo and the Two Strings – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould
Governors Awards

The academy held its 8th annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2016, during which the following awards were presented:
Academy Honorary Awards
Main article: Academy Honorary Award
Jackie Chan — Hong Kong martial artist, actor, director, producer, and singer
Anne V. Coates — British film editor
Lynn Stalmaster — American casting director
Frederick Wiseman — American filmmaker, documentarian, and theatrical director

February 22, 2017

2017 Grammy Award Winners

The Grammy winners were announced on February 12, 2017
The event took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
Host James Corden of “Carpool Karaoke” fame led the evening’s proceedings
Music released between October 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016, was eligible for consideration
Noteworthy Moments: Adele won Album, Record, and Song of the Year; David Bowie received five posthumous awards; Chance the Rapper became the first artist to win a Grammy for a streaming-only album
Trivia:
1. Adele paused and restarted her George Michael tribute, stating she wanted to get the performance “right” to honor him properly
2. Beyoncé performed while visibly pregnant with twins, focusing her stage show on the concept of motherhood
3. Twenty-One Pilots accepted their Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award in their underwear, following through on an old pact they had made
4. A Tribe Called Quest’s performance featured a political protest that included references to “Agent Orange,” alluding to then-President Donald Trump
5. Chance the Rapper’s Best New Artist victory marked him as the first black hip-hop artist to win the category since Lauryn Hill in 1999

Album of the Year:
25 – Adele

Record of the Year:
Hello – Adele

Song of the Year:
Hello – Adele

Best Rap Album:
Coloring Book – Chance The Rapper

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade – Beyonce

Best Country Solo Performance:
My Church – Maren Morris

Best Rock Song:
Blackstar – David Bowie

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Stressed Out – Twenty-One Pilots

Best New Artist:
Chance the Rapper

Pop Solo Performance:
Hello – Adele

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin – Willie Nelson

Pop Vocal Album:
25 – Adele

Dance Recording:
Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya

Dance/Electronic Album:
Skin – Flume

Rock Performance:
Blackstar – David Bowie

Metal Performance:
Dystopia – Megadeth

Rock Album:
Tell Me I’m Pretty – Cage the Elephant

Alternative Music Album:
Blackstar – David Bowie

R&B Performance:
Cranes in the Sky – Solange

Traditional R&B Performance:
Angel, Lalah Hathaway

R&B Song:
Lake By the Ocean – Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

R&B Album:
Lalah Hathaway Live – Lalah Hathaway

Rap Performance:
No Problem – Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz

Rap/Sung Performance:
Hotline Bling – Drake

Rap Song:
Hotline Bling – Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)

Best Latin Pop Album:
Un Besito Mas – Jesse & Joy

Best Country Album:
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson

Best Country Song:
Humble and Kind – Tim McGraw

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Jolene (feat. Dolly Parton) – Pentatonix

Best Roots Gospel Album:
Hymns – Joey+Rory

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom – Ted Nash Big Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Country for Old Men – John Scofield

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry -John Scofield

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Culcha Vulcha – Snarky Puppy

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Steve Reich – Third Coast Percussion

Best Dance Recording:
Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Daya) – The Chainsmokers

Best New Age Album:
White Sun II – White Sun

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
God Provides – Tamela Mann

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Thy Will – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family

Best Gospel Album:
Losing My Religion – Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Love Remains – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family

Best World Music Album:
Sing Me Home – Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble

Best Children’s Album:
Infinity Plus One – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

Best Spoken Word Album:
Carol Burnett, In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem and Fun in the Sandbox

Best Musical Theater Album:
The Color Purple

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Miles Ahead

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake

Best Instrumental Composition:
Spoken at Midnight – Ted Nash

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
You and I – Jacob Collier

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:
Flintstones – Jacob Collier

Best Recording Package:
Blackstar – David Bowie

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Edith Piaf 1915-2015 – Edith Piaf

Best Album Notes:
Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along – Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle

Best Historical Album:
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition) – Bob Dylan

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Blackstar – David Bowie

Best Remixed Recording:
Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) – Bob Moses

Best Surround Sound Album:
Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement – Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles – Mark Donahue and Fred Vogler

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Best Orchestral Performance:
Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 – Boston Symphony Orchestra

Best Music Video:
Formation Beyoncé

Best Music Film:
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years – The Beatles

MusiCares Person of the Year:
Tom Petty

February 12, 2017

2016 Oscars 88th Academy Awards

Winners were announced on February 28, 2016
The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, a venue that has been associated with the Oscars for many years
Chris Rock hosted, making it his second time; his previous hosting gig was in 2005
Films released in 2015 were eligible for nominations and awards
Noteworthy Moments: Spotlight won Best Picture against strong contenders like The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road; Leonardo DiCaprio finally received an Oscar for Best Actor after many nominations over the years; the #OscarsSoWhite controversy was a prominent topic throughout the ceremony due to the absence of diverse nominees
Trivia:
1. Mad Max: Fury Road won the most awards of the evening, securing six Oscars primarily in technical categories such as Costume Design and Film Editing
2. Brie Larson received Best Actress for Room, a film that explored the life of a kidnapped woman and her son living in captivity
3. The ceremony featured a Girl Scout cookie sale led by host Chris Rock to raise funds for his daughters’ troop, garnering both laughter and participation from the audience
4. Lady Gaga performed “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground, a documentary about campus rape; the performance was introduced by Vice President Joe Biden and included sexual assault survivors on stage
5. Inside Out continued Pixar’s successful streak by winning Best Animated Feature, further solidifying the studio’s reputation for quality animation

2016 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
Spotlight – Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust (WINNER)
The Big Short – Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger
Brooklyn – Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey
Mad Max: Fury Road – Doug Mitchell and George Miller
The Martian – Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam
The Revenant – Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon
Room – Ed Guiney

Best Director:
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant (WINNER)
Adam McKay – The Big Short
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

Best Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass (WINNER)
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo as Dalton Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian as Mark Watney
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe

Best Actress:
Brie Larson – Room as Joy “Ma” Newsome (WINNER)
Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy as Joy Mangano
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years as Kate Mercer
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey

Best Supporting Actor:
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel (WINNER)
Christian Bale – The Big Short as Michael Burry
Tom Hardy – The Revenant as John Fitzgerald
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight as Michael Rezendes
Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa

Best Supporting Actress:
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener (WINNER)
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue
Rooney Mara – Carol as Therese Belivet
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight as Sacha Pfeiffer
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman

Best Original Screenplay:
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (WINNER)
Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen
Straight Outta Compton – Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph based on the book by Michael Lewis (WINNER)
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby based on the novel by Colm Tóibín
Carol – Phyllis Nagy based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
The Martian – Drew Goddard based on the novel by Andy Weir
Room – Emma Donoghue based on her novel

Best Animated Feature Film:
Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera (WINNER)
Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Boy and the World – Alê Abreu
Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
When Marnie Was There – Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura

Best Foreign Language Film:
Son of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian – Directed by László Nemes (WINNER)
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia) in Spanish – Directed by Ciro Guerra
Mustang (France) in Turkish – Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Theeb (Jordan) in Arabic – Directed by Naji Abu Nowar
A War (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Tobias Lindholm

Best Documentary – Feature:
Amy – Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees (WINNER)
Cartel Land – Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
The Look of Silence – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
What Happened, Miss Simone? – Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom – Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor

Best Documentary – Short Subject:
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (WINNER)
Body Team 12 – David Darg and Bryn Mooser
Chau, Beyond the Lines – Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah – Adam Benzine
Last Day of Freedom – Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

Best Live Action Short Film:
Stutterer – Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage (WINNER)
Ave Maria – Eric Dupont and Basil Khalil
Day One – Henry Hughes
Everything Will Be Okay – Patrick Vollrath
Shok – Jamie Donoughue

Best Animated Short Film:
Bear Story – Pato Escala and Gabriel Osorio (WINNER)
Prologue – Imogen Sutton and Richard Williams
Sanjay’s Super Team – Nicole Grindle and Sanjay Patel
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos – Konstantin Bronzit
World of Tomorrow – Don Hertzfeldt

Best Original Score:
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone (WINNER)
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
Carol – Carter Burwell
Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams

Best Original Song:
“Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre – Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith (WINNER)
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey – Music and Lyrics by Ahmad Balshe, Stephan Moccio, Jason “Daheala” Quenneville and Abel Tesfaye
“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction – Music by J. Ralph; Lyrics by Anohni
“Simple Song #3” from Youth – Music and Lyrics by David Lang
“Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga and Diane Warren

Best Sound Editing:
Mad Max: Fury Road – Mark A. Mangini and David White (WINNER)
The Martian – Oliver Tarney
The Revenant – Martin Hernández and Lon Bender
Sicario – Alan Robert Murray
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Matthew Wood and David Acord

Best Sound Mixing:
Mad Max: Fury Road – Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo (WINNER)
Bridge of Spies – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
The Martian – Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
The Revenant – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Best Production Design:
Mad Max: Fury Road – Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson (WINNER)
Bridge of Spies – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
The Danish Girl – Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
The Martian – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
The Revenant – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy

Best Cinematography:
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki (WINNER)
Carol – Edward Lachman
The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
Sicario – Roger Deakins

Best Makeup: and Hairstyling:
Mad Max: Fury Road – Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin (WINNER)
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared – Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
The Revenant – Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini

Best Costume Design:
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan (WINNER)
Carol – Sandy Powell
Cinderella – Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
The Revenant – Jacqueline West

Best Film Editing:
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel (WINNER)
The Big Short – Hank Corwin
The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight – Tom McArdle
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey

Best Visual Effects:
Ex Machina – Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst (WINNER)
Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams and Tom Wood
The Martian – Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Richard Stammers and Steven Warner
The Revenant – Rich McBride, Matt Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach and Neal Scanlan

Academy Honorary Awards:
Spike Lee
Gena Rowlands

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
Debbie Reynolds

February 28, 2016

2016 Grammy Award Winners

Winners were unveiled on February 16, 2016
The Staples Center in Los Angeles served as the host venue, a frequent location for the Grammys
LL Cool J was the master of ceremonies, marking his fifth consecutive year as host
Music released between October 1, 2014, and September 30, 2015, was up for consideration
Noteworthy Moments: Taylor Swift’s 1989 won Album of the Year; Kendrick Lamar took home five awards, including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly; Meghan Trainor was named Best New Artist
Trivia:
1. Kendrick Lamar’s performance was highly political, focusing on issues like racial inequality, which resonated with many viewers
2. Taylor Swift became the first woman to win Album of the Year twice for her own albums, previously winning for Fearless
3. Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and his cast performed the opening number via satellite from New York, and also won Best Musical Theater Album
4. Lady Gaga performed a David Bowie tribute, covering a medley of his songs to honor the late artist
5. A tribute to late Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was performed by The Hollywood Vampires, featuring Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, and Joe Perry

Record of the Year:
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars

Album of the Year:
1989 – Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

Best New Artist:
Meghan Trainor

Best Musical Theater Album:
Hamilton

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Thinking Out Loud -Ed Sheeran

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
The Songs of Jerome Kern – Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap

Best Rap Album:
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Song:
Alright – Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Performance:
Alright – Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
These Walls – Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat

Best Alternative Music Album:
Sound & Color -Alabama Shakes

Best Rock Performance:
Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes

Best Rock Album:
Drones – Muse

Best Rock Song:
Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes

Best R&B Album:
Black Messiah – D’Angelo and the Vanguard

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd

Best R&B Performance:
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) – The Weeknd

Best R&B Song:
Really Love – D’Angelo and The Vanguard

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Little Ghetto Boy – Lalah Hathaway

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü – Skrillex and Diplo

Best Dance Recording:
Where Are Ü Now – Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber

Best Music Video:
Bad Blood – Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar

Best Country Album:
Traveler – Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Girl Crush – Little Big Town

Best Country Song:
Girl Crush – Little Big Town

Best Music Film:
Amy – Amy Winehouse

Best Rap/Song Collaboration:
Glory – Common & John Legend

Best Pop Vocal Album:
1989 – Taylor Swift

Best Country Solo Performance:
Traveler – Chris Stapleton

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
This Is Not a Test – Tobymac

Best Roots Gospel Album:
Still Rockin’ My Soul – The Fairfield Four

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
Dale – Pitbull

Best Latin Pop Album:
A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) – Ricky Martin

Best Comedy Album:
Live at Madison Square Garden – Louis C.K.

Best Spoken Word Album:
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety – Jimmy Carter

Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Birdman

Best Gospel Album:
Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe) – Israel & Newbreed

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
Wanna Be Happy? – Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Holy Spirit – Francesca Battistelli

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances – Stephen Paulus

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall – Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes- Augustin Hadelich

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Filament – Eighth Blackbird

Best Choral Performance:
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil- Charles Bruffy

Best Opera Recording:
Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade – Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus

Producer of the Year, Classical:
Judith Sherman

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Go Go Juice – Jon Cleary

Best Folk Album:
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn – Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Best Blues Album:
Born to Play Guitar – Buddy Guy

Best Bluegrass Album:
The Muscle Shoals Recordings – The Steeldrivers

Best Americana Album:
Something More Than Free – Jason Isbell

Best American Roots Song:
24 Frames – Jason Isbell

Best American Roots Performance:
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean – Mavis Staples

Best Tropical Latin Album:
Son De Panamá – Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Realidades – Deluxe Edition – Los Tigres Del Norte

Best Children’s Album:
Home – Tim Kubart

Best World Album:
Sings – Angélique Kidjo

Best Reggae Album:
Strictly Roots – Morgan Heritage

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Made in Brazil – Eliane Elias

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Thompson Fields – Maria Schneider

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Past Present – John Scofield

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
For One To Love – Cécile McLorin Salvant

Best Surround Sound Album:
Amused To Death – James Guthrie and Joel Plante

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix) – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes

Best Historical Album:
The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 – Various artists

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) – Various Artists

Best Album Notes:
Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced – Joni Mitchell

Best Recording Package:
Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys – Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves (Asleep at the Wheel)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:
Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) – Maria Schneider

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:
Olusola; “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy – Avi Kaplin, Kirstin Taylor, Kevin K.O.

Best Instrumental Composition:
The Afro Latin Jazz Suite – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

MusiCares Person of the Year:
Lionel Richie

February 16, 2016

2015 Oscars 87th Academy Awards

The big reveal happened on February 22, 2015
Once again, the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, took center stage as the venue
Neil Patrick Harris served as host, marking his first time as the Oscars master of ceremonies
Films released in 2014 were eligible for this round of accolades
Noteworthy Moments: Birdman won Best Picture and Best Director for Alejandro González Iñárritu; Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything; Julianne Moore received Best Actress for Still Alice
Trivia:
1. Birdman was one of the rare films to win Best Picture without having been nominated for any of its actors
2. Patricia Arquette’s acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress in Boyhood became a viral moment as she advocated for wage equality
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel tied with Birdman for the most awards of the night, each taking home four Oscars
4. John Legend and Common’s performance of “Glory” from Selma received a standing ovation and won the Oscar for Best Original Song
5. Host Neil Patrick Harris paid homage to Birdman and Whiplash with a semi-nude drumming skit, one of the ceremony’s more comedic moments

2015 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole (WINNER)
American Sniper – Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, and Peter Morgan
Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven M. Rales and Jeremy Dawson
The Imitation Game – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, and Teddy Schwarzman
Selma – Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner
The Theory of Everything – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten
Whiplash – Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, and David Lancaster

Best Director:
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (WINNER)
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game

Best Actor:
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking (WINNER)
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John Eleuthère du Pont
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Riggan Thomson

Best Actress:
Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Alice Howland (WINNER)
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Wilde Hawking
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne
Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed

Best Supporting Actor:
J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher (WINNER)
Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.
Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Mike Shiner
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz

Best Supporting Actress:
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans (WINNER)
Laura Dern – Wild as Bobbi Grey
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke
Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Sam Thomson
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch

Best Original Screenplay:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo (WINNER)
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (WINNER)
American Sniper – Jason Hall based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon
The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten based on the book Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle based on his short film

Best Animated Feature Film:
Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli (WINNER)
The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable, and Travis Knight
How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore and Paul Young
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura

Best Foreign Language Film:
Ida (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski (WINNER)
Leviathan (Russia) in Russian – Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines (Estonia) in Estonian and Russian – Directed by Zaza Urushadze
Timbuktu (Mauritania) in French – Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales (Argentina) in Spanish – Directed by Damián Szifron

Best Documentary – Feature:
Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky (WINNER)
Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Best Documentary – Short Subject:
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry (WINNER)
Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse – Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper – Gabriel Serra Arguello
White Earth – J. Christian Jensen

Best Live Action Short Film:
The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas (WINNER)
Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger

Best Animated Short Film:
Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed (WINNER)
The Beggir Picture – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
A Single Life – Joris Oprins

Best Original Score:
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (WINNER)
The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson

Best Original Song:
“Glory” from Selma – Music and Lyrics by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn (WINNER)
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie – Music and Lyrics by Shawn Patterson
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Music and Lyrics by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again – Music and Lyrics by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Best Sound Editing:
American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman (WINNER)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
Interstellar – Richard King
Unbroken – Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro

Best Sound Mixing:
Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley (WINNER)
American Sniper – John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin (posthumous nomination)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Thomas Varga
Interstellar – Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, and Mark Weingarten
Unbroken – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and David Lee

Best Production Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock (WINNER)
The Imitation Game – Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
Into the Woods – Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Mr. Turner – Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts

Best Cinematography:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Emmanuel Lubezki (WINNER)
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
Ida – Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
Unbroken – Roger Deakins

Best Makeup: and Hairstyling:
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (WINNER)
Foxcatcher – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White

Best Costume Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero (WINNER)
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard
Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran

Best Film Editing:
Whiplash – Tom Cross (WINNER)
American Sniper – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg

Best Visual Effects:
Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott Fisher (WINNER)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, and Dan Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, and Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, and Paul Corbould
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, and Cameron Waldbauer

Honorary Academy Awards:
Jean-Claude Carrière
Hayao Miyazaki
Maureen O’Hara

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
Harry Belafonte

February 22, 2015

2015 Grammy Award Winners

Winners were broadcast on February 8, 2015
Staples Center in Los Angeles was the go-to venue for the night’s festivities
LL Cool J acted as the host, a role he was becoming quite accustomed to
Music released between October 1, 2013, and September 30, 2014, was eligible for awards
Noteworthy Moments: Sam Smith won four awards, including Record and Song of the Year for “Stay With Me”; Beck’s Morning Phase nabbed Album of the Year; Pharrell Williams scored three awards, including one for the infectious “Happy”
Trivia:
1. Sam Smith was one of the few artists to win in all four major categories in one night
2. Kanye West jokingly stormed the stage when Beck won Album of the Year, referencing his infamous Taylor Swift interruption from 2009
3. The awards show featured a “FourFiveSeconds” performance by Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney, generating a lot of buzz
4. AC/DC opened the show, marking their Grammy Awards performance debut
5. Madonna performed “Living for Love” with a matador-themed performance, attracting both praise and criticism

2015 Grammy Winners

Record of the Year:
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith

Album of the Year:
Morning Phase – Beck

Song of the Year:
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) – Sam Smith

Best New Artist:
Sam Smith

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Happy (Live) – Pharrell Williams

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Say Something – A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

Best Pop Vocal Album:
In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith

Best Dance Recording:
Rather Be – Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Syro – Aphex Twin

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Bass & Mandolin – Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer Jr

Best Rock Performance:
Lazaretto – Jack White

Best Metal Performance:
The Last in Line – Tenacious D

Best Rock Song:
Ain’t It Fun – Paramore (Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters)

Best Rock Album:
Morning Phase – Beck

Best Alternative Music Album:
St. Vincent – St. Vincent

Best R&B Performance:
Drunk in Love – Beyonce featuring Jay Z

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Jesus Children – Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Best R&B Song:
Drunk in Love – Beyonce featuring Jay Z

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Girl – Pharrell Williams

Best R&B Album:
Love, Marriage & Divorce – Toni Braxton & Babyface

Best Rap Performance:
I – Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
The Monster – Eminem Featuring Rihanna

Best Rap Song:
I – Kendrick Lamar (K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters)

Best Rap Album:
The Marshall Mathers LP2 – Eminem

Best Country Solo Performance:
Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Gentle on My Mind – The Band Perry

Best Country Song:
I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell (Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters)

Best New Age Album:
Winds of Samsara – Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
Fingerprints – Chick Corea, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Beautiful Life – Dianne Reeves

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Trilogy – Chick Corea Trio

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Life in the Bubble – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band

Best Latin Jazz Album:
The Offense of the Drum – Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
No Greater Love – Smokie Norful (Smokie Norful; Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful, songwriters)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
Messengers – Lecrae featuring For King & Country

Best Gospel Album:
Help – Erica Campbell

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. – For King & Country

Best Roots Gospel Album:
Shine For All the People – Mike Farris

Best Latin Pop Album:
Tangos – Ruben Blades

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:
Multiviral – Calle 13

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Mano A Mano – Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernandez – Vicente Fernandez

Best Tropical Latin Album:
Mas + Corazon Profundo – Carlos Vives

Best American Roots Performance:
A Feather’s Not a Bird – Rosanne Cash

Best American Roots Song:
A Feather’s Not a Bird – Rosanne Cash (Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal, songwriters)

Best Americana Album:
The River & The Thread – Rosanne Cash

Best Bluegrass Album:
The Earls of Leicester – The Earls of Leicester

Best Blues Album:
Step Back – Johnny Winter

Best Folk Album:
Remedy – Old Crow Medicine Show

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
The Legacy – Jo-El Sonnier

Best Reggae Album:
Fly Rasta – Ziggy Marley

Best World Music Album:
Eve – Angelique Kidjo

Best Children’s Album:
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education and Changed the World (Malala Yousafzai) – Neela Vaswani

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Diary of a Mad Diva – Joan Rivers

Best Comedy Album:
Mandatory Fun – “Weird Al” Yankovic

Best Musical Theater Album:
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Frozen – Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
Let It Go – Idina Menzel (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters)

Best Instrumental Composition:
The Book Thief – John Williams, composer

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella:
Daft Punk – Pentatonix (Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:
New York Tendaberry” Billy Childs featuring Renee Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma (Billy Childs, arranger)

Best Recording Package:
Lightning Bolt – Pearl Jam (Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors)

Best Boxed or Special Edition Limited Edition Package:
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27) – Various Artists (Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White, art directors)

Best Album Notes:
Offering: Live At Temple University – John Coltrane (Ashley Kahn, album notes writer)

Best Historical Album:
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 – Hank Williams (Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Morning Phase – Beck (Tom Elmhirst, David Greenbaum, Florian Lagatta, Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, Robbie Nelson, Darrell Thorp, Cassidy Turbin & Joe Visciano, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Max Martin

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
All Of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix) – John Legend (Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer)

Best Surround Sound Album:
Beyonce – Beyonce (Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyonce Knowles, surround producer)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending – Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer)

Producer of the Year, Classical:
Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance:
Adams, John: City Noir – St. Louis Symphony (David Robertson, conductor)

Best Opera Recording:
Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphee Aux Enfers – Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble (Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer)

Best Choral Performance:
The Sacred Spirit of Russia – Conspirare (Craig Hella Johnson, conductor)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
In 27 Pieces – The Hilary Hahn Encores – Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Play – Jason Vieaux

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Douce France – Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit (Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist)

Best Classical Compendium:
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances – Partch (John Schneider, producer)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean – Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony (John Luther Adams, composer)

Best Music Video:
Happy – Pharrell Williams (We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Solal Micenmacher, Jett Steiger, video producers)

Best Music Film:
20 Feet From Stardom – Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill (Morgan Neville, video director; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, video producers)

February 8, 2015

2014 Oscars 86th Academy Award Winners

Winners were unveiled on March 2, 2014
The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood was once more the setting for Hollywood’s biggest night.
Ellen DeGeneres took on hosting duties, returning to the role for the second time.
Films released in 2013 were up for awards.
Noteworthy Moments: 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture; Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for Dallas Buyers Club; Cate Blanchett took home Best Actress for Blue Jasmine
Take the PCM Hollywood Sign Quiz!
Trivia:
1. Ellen DeGeneres’ (actually taken by Bradley Cooper) selfie with several A-list celebrities became the most retweeted photo at the time
2. Lupita Nyong’o won Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave, her first feature film role
3. The film Gravity scored seven Oscars but missed out on Best Picture
4. Matthew McConaughey’s acceptance speech coined the term “McConaissance,” highlighting his career resurgence
5. Pharrell Williams performed “Happy” and danced with audience members, including Lupita Nyong’o, adding a feel-good moment to the ceremony

2014 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:

12 Years a Slave – Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, producers (WINNER)
American Hustle – Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, producers
Captain Phillips – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, producers
Dallas Buyers Club – Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, producers
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, producers
Her – Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, producers
Nebraska – Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, producers
Philomena – Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, producers
The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producers

Best Director:

Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity (WINNER)
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor:

Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof (WINNER)
Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld
Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woodrow “Woody” Grant
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup

Best Actress:

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis (WINNER)
Amy Adams – American Hustle as Edith Greensly / Sydney Prosser
Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone
Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston

Best Supporting Actor:

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon (WINNER)
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle as Richard “Richie” DiMaso
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street as Donnie Azoff

Best Supporting Actress:

Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave as Patsey (WINNER)
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham
June Squibb – Nebraska as Kate Grant

Best Original Screenplay:

Her – Spike Jonze (WINNER)
American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Nebraska – Bob Nelson

Best Adapted Screenplay:

12 Years a Slave – John Ridley based on the book Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (WINNER)
Before Midnight – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke based on characters created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
Captain Phillips – Billy Ray based on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty
Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter based on the book by Jordan Belfort

Best Animated Feature Film:

Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho (WINNER)
The Croods – Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders and Kristine Belson
Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine – Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Best Foreign Language Film:

The Great Beauty (Italy) in Italian – Directed by Paolo Sorrentino (WINNER)
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) in Dutch – Directed by Felix Van Groeningen
The Hunt (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
The Missing Picture (Cambodia) in French – Directed by Rithy Panh
Omar (Palestine) in Arabic – Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

Best Documentary – Feature:

20 Feet from Stardom – Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers and Gil Friesen (posthumous award) (WINNER)
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars – Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
The Square – Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer

Best Documentary – Short Subject:

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed (WINNER)
CaveDeggir – Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens

Best Live Action Short Film:

Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson (WINNER)
Aquél no era yo (That Wasn’t Me) – Esteban Crespo
Avant que de tout perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
The Voorman Problem – Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Best Animated Short Film:

Mr Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares (WINNER)
Feral – Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Possessions – Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom – Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Best Original Score:

Gravity – Steven Price (WINNER)
The Book Thief – John Williams
Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

Best Original Song:

“Let It Go” from Frozen – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (WINNER)
“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 – Music and Lyrics by Pharrell Williams
“The Moon Song” from Her – Music by Karen O; Lyrics by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Music by Paul Hewson, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen (U2); Lyrics by Paul Hewson
“Alone yet Not Alone” from Alone yet Not Alone – Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel (nomination revoked)

Best Sound Editing:

Gravity – Glenn Freemantle (WINNER)
All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge and Chris Ward
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman

Best Sound Mixing:

Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (WINNER)
Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Best Production Design:

The Great Gatsby – Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn (WINNER)
12 Years a Slave – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
American Hustle – Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
Gravity – Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
Her – Production Design: K. K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

Best Cinematography:

Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki (WINNER)
The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger Deakins

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews (WINNER)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Best Costume Design:

The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin (WINNER)
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris
American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor

Best Film Editing:

Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (WINNER)
12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

Best Visual Effects:

Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (WINNER)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton]

Academy Honorary Awards:

Angela Lansbury
Steve Martin
Piero Tosi

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:

Angelina Jolie

March 2, 2014

2014 Grammy Award Winners

2014 Grammy Award Winners

Announced on January 26, 2014
Staples Center was the venue of choice in Los Angeles
LL Cool J hosted, adding to his Grammy hosting repertoire
The eligibility period spanned from October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013
Noteworthy Moments: Daft Punk won Record of the Year for Get Lucky and Album of the Year for Random Access Memories; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis took home four awards, including Best New Artist; Lorde won Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for Royals.
Trivia:
1. Daft Punk’s performance with Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers, and Stevie Wonder became a standout medley of the night
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis sent a political message by featuring a mass wedding during their performance of Same Love.
3. The night was dubbed “the year of the rookies” as Lorde and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, both newcomers, stole the show
4. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, two of The Beatles, reunited for a performance, receiving a standing ovation
5. Taylor Swift headbanged during her performance of “All Too Well,” creating a memorable moment and a wealth of internet memes

2014 Grammy Winners

Record Of The Year of 2014

Get Lucky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers

Album Of The Year

Random Access Memories – Daft Punk

Song Of The Year

Royals – Ella Yelich O’Connor, Joel Little, songwriters (Lorde)

Best New Artist of 2014

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best Pop Solo Performance

Royals – Lorde

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Get Lucky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Steppin’ Out – Herb Alpert

Best Pop Vocal Album

Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars

Best Dance Recording of 2014

Clarity – Zedd & Foxes

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Random Access Memories – Daft Punk

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

To Be Loved – Michael Bublé

Best Rock Performance

Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

Best Metal Performance

God Is Dead? – Black Sabbath

Best Rock Song of 2014

Cut Me Some Slack – Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear.

Best Rock Album

Celebration Day – Led Zeppelin

Best Alternative Music Album

Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend

Best R&B Performance

Something – Snarky Puppy & Lalah Hathaway

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Please Come Home – Gary Clark, Jr.

Best R&B Song of 2014

Pusher Love Girl – James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Unapologetic – Rihanna

Best R&B Album of 2014

Girl on Fire – Alicia Key

Best Rap Performance

Thrift Shop – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Holy Grail – Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake

Best Rap Song of 2014

Thrift Shop -Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz)

Best Rap Album of 2014

The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best Country Solo Performance

Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

From This Valley – The Civil Wars

Best Country Song of 2014

Merry Go ‘Round – Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)

Best Country Album of 2014

Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves

Best New Age Album

Love’s River – Laura Sullivan

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Orbits – Wayne Shorter, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Liquid Spirit – Gregory Porter

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue – Terri Lyne Carrington

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Night in Calisia – Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic

Best Latin Jazz Album

Song for Maura – Paquito D’Rivera and Trio Corrente

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

Break Every Chain (Live) – Tasha Cobbs

Best Gospel Song

If He Did It Before… Same God (Live) – Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Overcomer – David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)

Best Gospel Album

Greater Than (Live) – Tye Tribbett

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Overcomer – Mandisa

Best Latin Pop Album

Vida – Draco Rosa

Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album

Treinta Días – La Santa Cecilia

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)

A Mi Manera – Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea

Best Tropical Latin Album

Pacific Mambo Orchestra – Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Best American Roots Song

Love Has Come For You – Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)

Best Americana Album

Old Yellow Moon — Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Best Bluegrass Album

The Streets of Baltimore — Del McCoury Band

Best Blues Album

Get Up! — Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite

Best Folk Album

My Favorite Picture of You — Guy Clark

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Dockside Sessions — Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Best Reggae Album

Ziggy Marley In Concert – Ziggy Marley

Best World Music Album

Savor Flamenco – Gipsy Kings

Best Children’s Album

Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well – Jennifer Gasoi

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t – Stephen Colbert

Best Comedy Album of 2014

Calm Down Gurrl – Kathy Griffin

Musical Theater Album

Kinky Boots – Billy Porter & Stark Sands, principal soloists; Sammy James, Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers; Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Sound City: Real to Reel – Dave Grohl & Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Skyfall – Thomas Newman, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Skyfall (from Skyfall) – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Best Instrumental Composition

Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra

Best Instrumental Arrangement

On Green Dolphin Street – Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

Swing Low – Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)

Best Recording Package

Long Night Moon – Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) – Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney and Wings)

Best Album Notes

Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) – Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)

Best Historical Album (tie)

Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965
Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (The Rolling Stones)

The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums
Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bill Withers)

Best Engineered Album, Non-classical

Random Access Memories – Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Daft Punk)

Producer Of The Year, Non-classical

Pharrell Williams

Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical

Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)

Best Surround Sound Album

Live Kisses -Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Winter Morning Walks -David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

David Frost – Andres: Home Stretch (Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble)

Best Orchestral Performance

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 – Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Minnesota Orchestra

Best Opera Recording

Adès: The Tempest – Thomas Adès (conductor); Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, Alan Oke (soloists); Luisa Bricetti and Victoria Warivonchick (producers)

Best Choral Performance

Pärt: Adam’s Lament, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) (with Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Roomful of Teeth – Brad Wells & Roomful of Teeth

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Corigliano: Conjurer – Concerto for Percussionist & String Orchestra – Evelyn Glennie (soloist), David Alan Miller (conductor)

Best Classical Vocal Solo

Winter Morning Walks- Dawn Upshaw

Best Classical Compendium

Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic; Konzertmusik, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Winter Morning Walks- Maria Schneider

Best Music Video of 2014

Suit & Tie – Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z, David Fincher, video director; Timory King, video producer

Best Music Film

Live Kisses – Paul McCartney, Jonas Åkerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers

January 26, 2014

2013 Oscars 85th Academy Awards

Winners were spotlighted on February 24, 2013
Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre served as the grand stage for the evening
Seth MacFarlane, known for his humor and animation work, was the host
The movies of 2012 were the focus of the awards
Noteworthy Moments: Argo won Best Picture, although Ben Affleck was not nominated for Best Director; Daniel Day-Lewis won his third Best Actor Oscar for Lincoln; Jennifer Lawrence took Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook
Trivia:
1. Seth MacFarlane’s opening number, “We Saw Your Boobs,” was met with both laughter and controversy
2. Jennifer Lawrence tripped on her dress while going up the stairs to accept her award, but gracefully recovered
3. This was the first time since 1989 that the Best Picture winner (Argo) didn’t have its director nominated
4. Quvenzhané Wallis, nominated for Beasts of the Southern Wild, became the youngest-ever Best Actress nominee at age 9
5. Adele won the Best Original Song for “Skyfall,” marking the first Oscar win for a James Bond theme

2013 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
Argo – Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, producers (WINNER)
Amour – Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, producers
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, producers
Django Unchained – Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, producers
Les Misérables – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, producers
Life of Pi – Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, producers
Lincoln – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers
Silver Linings Playbook – Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, producers
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, producers

Best Director:
Ang Lee – Life of Pi (WINNER)
Michael Haneke – Amour
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln (WINNER)
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio “Pat” Solitano Jr.
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables as Jean Valjean
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell
Denzel Washington – Flight as William “Whip” Whitaker Sr.

Best Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell (WINNER)
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour as Anne Laurent
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy
Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett

Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained as Dr. King Schultz (WINNER)
Alan Arkin – Argo as Lester Siegel
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio “Pat” Solitano Sr.
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens

Best Supporting Actress:
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine (WINNER)
Amy Adams – The Master as Peggy Dodd
Sally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook as Dolores Solitano

Best Original Screenplay:
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino (WINNER)
Amour – Michael Haneke
Flight – John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Argo – Chris Terrio based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired magazine article The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman (WINNER)
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin based on the play Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar
Life of Pi – David Magee based on the novel by Yann Martel
Lincoln – Tony Kushner based in part on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell based on the novel by Matthew Quick

Best Animated Feature Film:
Brave – Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (WINNER)
Frankenweenie – Directed by Tim Burton
ParaNorman – Directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Directed by Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph – Directed by Rich Moore

Best Foreign Language Film:
Amour (Austria) in French – Directed by Michael Haneke (WINNER)
Kon-Tiki (Norway) in English and Norwegian – Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
No (Chile) in Spanish – Directed by Pablo Larraín
A Royal Affair (Denmark) in Danish – Directed by Nikolaj Arcel
War Witch (Canada) in French – Directed by Kim Nguyen

Best Documentary – Feature:
Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn (WINNER)
5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
How to Survive a Plague – David France and Howard Gertler
The Invisible War – Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

Best Documentary – Short Subject:
Inocente – Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (WINNER)
Kings Point – Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
Open Heart – Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Best Live Action Short Film:
Curfew – Shawn Christensen (WINNER)
Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw) – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry – Yan England

Best Animated Short Film:
Paperman – John Kahrs (WINNER)
Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole – PES
Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
The Longest Daycare – David Silverman

Best Original Score:
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna (WINNER)
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

Best Original Song:
“Skyfall” from Skyfall – Music and Lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (WINNER)
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice – Music and Lyrics by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted – Music by Walter Murphy; Lyrics by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Music by Mychael Danna; Lyrics by Bombay Jayashri
“Suddenly” from Les Misérables – Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best Sound Editing:
Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers (WINNER)
Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson (WINNER)
Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

Best Sound Mixing:
Les Misérables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes (WINNER)
Argo – John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and José Antonio Garcia
Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ron Judkins
Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Best Production Design:
Lincoln – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson (WINNER)
Anna Karenina – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
Les Misérables – Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
Life of Pi – Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

Best Cinematography:
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda (WINNER)
Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall – Roger Deakins

Best Makeup: and Hairstyling:
Les Misérables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell (WINNER)
Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, and Tami Lane

Best Costume Design:
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran (WINNER)
Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka (posthumous nomination)
Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood

Best Film Editing:
Argo – William Goldenberg (WINNER)
Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
Lincoln – Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty – Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Best Visual Effects:
Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott (WINNER)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Marvel’s The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Academy Honorary Awards:
Hal Needham
D. A. Pennebaker
George Stevens Jr.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
Jeffrey Katzenberg

February 24, 2013

2013 Grammy Award Winners

The winners were revealed on February 10, 2013.
The ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
LL Cool J served as the host for the second consecutive year.
The eligibility period for the awards was from October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012.
Noteworthy Moments: Mumford & Sons secured Album of the Year with Babel. Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know won Record of the Year. Fun. received both Best New Artist and Song of the Year for We Are Young.
Trivia:
1. Taylor Swift performed We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together with a circus-themed backdrop.
2. Kelly Clarkson’s acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album turned heads as she humorously confessed to not knowing fellow nominee Miguel, despite praising him.
3. Frank Ocean performed Forrest Gump, noted for its emotional depth, especially since it was one of his first public performances after coming out.
4. Justin Timberlake performed at the Grammys for the first time since 2009, signaling his return to music.
5. A Bob Marley tribute featured Bruno Mars, Sting, Rihanna, and Marley’s sons Ziggy and Damian performing together.

2013 Grammy Winners

Record Of The Year
Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra

Album Of The Year
Babel – Mumford & Sons

Song Of The Year
We Are Young – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe)

Best New Artist
fun.

Best Pop Solo Performance
Set Fire To The Rain – Adele

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Impressions – Chris Botti

Best Pop Vocal Album
Stronger – Kelly Clarkson

Best Dance Recording
Bangarang – Skrillex Featuring Sirah

Best Dance/Electronica Album
Bangarang – Skrillex

Best Tradional Pop Vocal Album:
Kisses On The Bottom – Paul McCartney

Best Rock Performance:
Lonely Boy – The Black Keys

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
Love Bites (So Do I) – Halestorm

Best Rock Song
Lonely Boy – Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

Best Rock Album
El Camino – The Black Keys

Best Alternative Music Album
Making Mirrors – Gotye

Best R&B Performance
Climax – Usher

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Love On Top – Beyoncé

Best R&B Song
Adorn – Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)

Best R&B Album
Black Radio – Robert Glasper Experiment

Best Rap Performance
… In Paris – Jay-z & Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
No Church In The Wild – Jay-z & Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The Dream

Best Rap Song
… In Paris – Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, Songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

Best Rap Album
Take Care – Drake

Best Country Solo Performance
Blown Away – Carrie Underwood

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Pontoon – Little Big Town

Best Country Song
Blown Away – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)

Best Country Album
Uncaged – Zac Brown Band

Best New Age Album
Echoes Of Love – Omar Akram

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Hot House – Gary Burton & Chick Corea, soloists

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Radio Music Society – Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Unity Band – Pat Metheny Unity Band

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) – Arturo Sandoval

Best Latin Jazz Album
¡ritmo! – The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
10,000 Reasons (bless The Lord) – Matt Redman

Best Gospel Song
Go Get It – Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, Songwriters (Mary Mary)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) – Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman)

Best Gospel Album
Gravity – Lecrae

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Eye On It – Tobymac

Best Latin Pop Album
MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition – Juanes

Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album
Imaginaries – Quetzal

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
Pecados Y Milagros – Lila Downs

Best Tropical Latin Album
Retro – Marlow Rosado Y La Riqueña

Best Americana Album
Slipstream – Bonnie Raitt

Best Bluegrass Album
Nobody Knows You – Steep Canyon Rangers

Best Blues Album
Locked Down – Dr. John

Best Folk Album
The Goat Rodeo Sessions – Yo-yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile

Best Regional Roots Music Album
The Band Courtbouillon – Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy

Best Reggae Album
Rebirth – Jimmy Cliff

Best World Music Album
The Living Room Sessions Part 1 – Ravi Shankar

Best Children’s Album
Can You Canoe? – The Okee Dokee Brothers

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Society’s Child: My Autobiography – Janis Ian

Best Comedy Album
Blow Your Pants Off – Jimmy Fallon

Musical Theater Album
Once: A New Musical – Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, Principal Soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe, producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Composers/lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast With Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti & Others)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Midnight In Paris- (Various Artists)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Composers

Best Song Written For Visual Media
Safe & Sound (from The Hunger Games) – T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, Songwriters (Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)

Best Instrumental Composition
Mozart Goes Dancing – Chick Corea, Composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)

Best Instrumental Arrangement
How About You – Gil Evans, Arranger (Gil Evans Project)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
City Of Roses – Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, Arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)

Best Recording Package
Biophilia – Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, Art Directors (Björk)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection – Fritz Klaetke, Art Director (Woody Guthrie)

Best Album Notes
Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles, Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)

Best Historical Album
The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set) – Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, Compilation Producers; Mark Linett, Mastering Engineer (The Beach Boys)

Best Engineered Album, Non-classical
The Goat Rodeo Sessions – Richard King, Engineer; Richard King, Mastering Engineer (Yo-Yo Ma)

Producer Of The Year, Non-classical
Dan Auerbach

Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical
Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix) – Skrillex, Remixer (nero)

Best Surround Sound Album
Modern Cool – Jim Anderson, Surround Mix Engineer; Darcy Proper, Surround Mastering Engineer; Michael Friedman, Surround Producer (Patricia Barber)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen – Tom Caulfield & John Newton, Engineers; Mark Donahue, Mastering Engineer (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)

Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh

Best Orchestral Performance
Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine – Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen – James Levine & Fabio Luisi, Conductors; Hans-peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, Producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance
Life & Breath – Choral Works By René Clausen – Charles Bruffy, Conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)

Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Meanwhile – Eighth Blackbird

Classical Instrumental Solo
Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola – Kim Kashkashian

Classical Vocal Solo
Poémes – Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)

Classical Compendium
Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis – Antoni Wit, Conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, Producers

Contemporary Classical Composition
Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile – Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays Stephen Hartke, Composer (eighth blackbird)

Short Form Music Video
We Found Love – Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris | Melina Matsoukas, Video Director; Juliette Larthe & Ben Sullivan, Video Producers

Long Form Music Video
Big Easy Express – Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros & Old Crow Medicine Show | Emmett Malloy, Video Director; Bryan Ling, Mike Luba & Tim Lynch, Video Producers

February 10, 2013

2012 Oscars 84th Academy Awards

The 84th Academy Awards announced its winners on February 24, 2012.
The venue was the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles.
Billy Crystal took on the hosting duties for the ninth time in his career.
Films released during the 2011 calendar year were eligible for the awards.
Noteworthy Moments:
- The Artist took home the Best Picture, making it the first silent feature to win the award since Wings in 1929.
- Meryl Streep won her third Oscar for The Iron Lady, her first win in 29 years.
- Christopher Plummer became the oldest actor to win an Oscar at the age of 82 for his supporting role in Beginners.
- Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Help, receiving a standing ovation.
Trivia:
1. Billy Crystal’s hosting stint was last-minute; he replaced Eddie Murphy, who withdrew after Brett Ratner resigned as the ceremony’s producer.
2. The Artist‘s Uggie became the first dog to be invited to leave his paw prints outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
3. Sacha Baron Cohen, invited for Hugo, came dressed as his character from The Dictator and spilled “ashes” on Ryan Seacrest.
4. A tribute to the James Bond franchise was notably absent, despite 2012 being its 50th anniversary.
5. The awards ceremony ran for 3 hours and 14 minutes, making it one of the shorter Oscars broadcasts in recent years.

2012 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
The Artist – Thomas Langmann, producer (WINNER)
The Descendants – Jim Burke, Jim Taylor, and Alexander Payne, producers
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Scott Rudin, producer
The Help – Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan, producers
Hugo – Graham King and Martin Scorsese, producers
Midnight in Paris – Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, producers
Moneyball – Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, and Brad Pitt, producers
The Tree of Life – Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, and Bill Pohlad, producers
War Horse – Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, producers

Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (WINNER)
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life

Best Actor:
Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin (WINNER)
Demián Bichir – A Better Life as Carlos Galindo
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matthew “Matt” King
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Actress:
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (WINNER)
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

Best Supporting Actor:
Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields (WINNER)
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as The Renter

Best Supporting Actress:
Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson (WINNER)
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page

Best Original Screenplay:
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen (WINNER)
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
Margin Call – J. C. Chandor
A Separation – Asghar Farhadi

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings (WINNER)
Hugo – John Logan based on the book entitled The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon
Moneyball – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin based on the book by Michael Lewis
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O’Connor (posthumous nomination) and Peter Straughan based on the novel by John le Carré

Best Animated Feature Film:
Rango – Directed by Gore Verbinski (WINNER)
A Cat in Paris – Directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico and Rita – Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss in Boots – Directed by Chris Miller

Best Foreign Language Film:
A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Directed by Asghar Farhadi (WINNER)
Bullhead (Belgium) in Dutch and French – Directed by Michaël R. Roskam
Footnote (Israel) in Hebrew – Directed by Joseph Cedar
In Darkness (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) in French – Directed by Philippe Falardeau

Best Documentary – Feature:
Undefeated – T. J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay, and Rich Middlemas (WINNER)
Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel

Best Documentary – Short Subject:
Saving Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge (WINNER)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin (posthumous nomination)
God Is the Beggir Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Best Live Action Short Film:
The Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh George (WINNER)
Pentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
Raju – Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren
Time Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Tuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzø (nomination revoked)

Best Animated Short Film:
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg (WINNER)
Dimanche – Patrick Doyon
La Luna – Enrico Casarosa
A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Wild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Best Original Score:
The Artist – Ludovic Bource (WINNER)
The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
Hugo – Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
War Horse – John Williams

Best Original Song:
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets – Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie (WINNER)
“Real in Rio” from Rio – Music by Sérgio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyrics by Siedah Garrett

Best Sound Editing:
Hugo – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty (WINNER)
Drive – Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Ren Klyce
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
War Horse – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Best Sound Mixing:
Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (WINNER)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
Moneyball – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, and Ed Novick
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Peter J. Devlin
War Horse – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, and Stuart Wilson

Best Art Direction:
Hugo – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo (WINNER)
The Artist – Art Direction: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Midnight in Paris – Art Direction: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
War Horse – Art Direction: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Best Cinematography:
Hugo – Robert Richardson (WINNER)
The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse – Janusz Kaminski

Best Makeup:
The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland (WINNER)
Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin

Best Costume Design:
The Artist – Mark Bridges (WINNER)
Anonymous – Lisy Christl
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
W.E. – Arianne Phillips

Best Film Editing:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (WINNER)
The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants – Kevin Tent
Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen

Best Visual Effects:
Hugo – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning (WINNER)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson
Real Steel – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, and Swen Gillberg
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, and John Frazier

Academy Honorary Award:
James Earl Jones.
Dick Smith

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
Oprah Winfrey

February 24, 2012

2012 Grammy Award Winners

Winners for the 2012 Grammy Awards were announced on February 12, 2012.
The event was at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
LL Cool J served as the host for the night, his first time in this role for the Grammys.
Music that was released from October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2011, was eligible for the awards.
Noteworthy Moments: Adele dominated the night, sweeping six categories including Album of the Year for 21 and Song of the Year for Rolling in the Deep. The Beach Boys returned to the Grammy stage for their 50th anniversary, sharing the limelight with Maroon 5 and Foster the People. Jennifer Hudson delivered a touching tribute to the recently departed Whitney Houston. Skrillex broke into the mainstream by winning three awards in the electronic dance music categories.
Trivia:
1. LL Cool J began the event with a heartfelt prayer in memory of Whitney Houston.
2. The Foo Fighters also had a big night, winning five of the six awards for which they were nominated.
3. The ceremony marked the first time that the Grammys did not have a General Field category nomination for a woman in seven years.
4. Bruce Springsteen opened the show, making it a rock-solid start before the awards were handed out.
5. This was the first year the Grammys were held after a major overhaul of award categories, reducing the total number from 109 to 78.

2012 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
21 – Adele

Record Of The Year:
Rolling In The Deep – Adele

Song Of The Year:
Rolling In The Deep – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters

New Artist
Bon Iver

Best Country Album:
Own The Night – Lady Antebellum

Best R&B Album:
F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown

Best Rock Performance:
Walk – Foo Fighters

Best Rap Performance:
Otis – Jay-Z & Kanye West

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Someone Like You – Adele

Best Country Solo Performance:
Mean – Taylor Swift

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars

Best Country Song:
Mean – Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

Best Folk Album:
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
White Limo – Foo Fighters

Best Rock Song:
Walk – Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Best Rock Album:
Wasting Light – Foo Fighters

Best Alternative Music Album:
Bon Iver – Bon Iver

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Paul Epworth, For work with Foster the People, Adele and Cee-Lo Green

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
All Of The Lights – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Best Rap Song:
All Of The Lights – Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Best Rap Album:
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West

Best R&B Performance:
Is This Love – Corinne Bailey Rae

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Fool For You – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona

Best R&B Song:
Fool For You – Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Body And Soul – Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

Best Pop Instrumental Album:
The Road From Memphis – Booker T. Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album:
21 – Adele

Best Short Form Music Video:
Rolling In The Deep – Adele, Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video:
Foo Fighters: Back And Forth – Foo Fighters

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
500 Miles High – Chick Corea, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
The Mosaic Project – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
The Good Feeling – Christian McBride Big Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Forever – Corea, Clarke & White

Best Americana Album:
Ramble At The Ryman – Levon Helm

Best Bluegrass Album
Paper Airplane – Alison Krauss & Union Station

Best Blues Album:
Revelator – Tedeschi Trucks Band

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Rebirth Of New Orleans – Rebirth Brass Band

Best New Age Album:
What’s It All About – Pat Metheny

Best Reggae Album:
Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life – Stephen Marley

Best World Music Album:
Tassili – Tinariwen

Best Children’s Album:
All About Bullies … Big And Small – (Various Artists) Jim Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling):
If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t) – Betty White

Best Comedy Album:
Hilarious – Louis C.K

Best Musical Theater Album:
The Book Of Mormon – Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Dance Recording:
Skrillex – Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer

Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites – Skrillex

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Duets II – Tony Bennett & Various Artists

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Aldridge: Elmer Gantry – Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical:
Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance:
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording:
Adams: Doctor Atomic – Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance
Light & Gold – Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King’s Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)

Best Small Ensemble Performance:
Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)

Best Classical Vocal Solo:
Diva Divo – Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L’Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L’Opéra National De Lyon)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance:
Jesus – Le’Andria Johnson

Best Gospel Song:
Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song:
Blessings – Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)

Best Gospel Album:
Hello Fear – Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
And If Our God Is For Us… – Chris Tomlin

Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album:
Drama Y Luz – Maná

Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album:
Bicentenario – Pepe Aguilar

Best Banda Or Norteño Album:
Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends – Los Tigres Del Norte

Best Tropical Latin Album:
The Last Mambo – Cachao

Best Recording Package:
Scenes From The Suburbs – Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story – Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Album Notes:
Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s – Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album
Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition), Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Paper Airplane – Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:
Cinema (Skrillex Remix) – Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)

Best Surround Sound Album:
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs(Super Deluxe Edition) – Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)

Best Instrumental Composition:
Life In Eleven – Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)

Best Instrumental Arrangement:
Rhapsody In Blue – Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) – Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1″ (Various Artists), Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best Song Written For Visual Media:
I See The Light” (From “Tangled”). Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)

February 12, 2012

2011 Oscars 83rd Academy Awards

The 2011 Oscars, or 83rd Academy Awards, announced winners on February 27, 2011.
The ceremony took place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
James Franco and Anne Hathaway were the hosts for the event, marking the first time in Oscar history that both hosts were under the age of 40.
Films eligible for awards were released in the year 2010.

Noteworthy Moments:

“King’s Speech” took home Best Picture and Colin Firth won Best Actor for the same film.
Natalie Portman won Best Actress for her role in Black Swan.
Aaron Sorkin’s memorable speech: “Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.”
James Franco and Anne Hathaway’s hosting was generally poorly received, leading to a return to solo hosts in subsequent years.
Melissa Leo dropped an F-bomb during her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress, causing a stir.
The event drew 37.9 million viewers, a decline from the previous year.
This was the second year in a row that a film distributed by The Weinstein Company won Best Picture.
“Inception” won four technical awards but failed to capture any of the major Oscars.

2011 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, producers (WINNER)
127 Hours – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, producers
Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, producers
The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, producers
Inception – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, producers
The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, producers
The Social Network – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, producers
Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson, producer
True Grit – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, producers
Winter’s Bone – Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, producers

Best Director:
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech (WINNER)
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
David O. Russell – The Fighter
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit

Best Actor:
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech as King George VI (WINNER)
Javier Bardem – Biutiful as Uxbal
Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Deputy U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston

Best Actress:
Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers (WINNER)
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Dr. Nicole “Nic” Allgood
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone as Ree Dolly
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cynthia “Cindy” Heller

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund (WINNER)
John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone as Teardrop Dolly
Jeremy Renner – The Town as James “Jem” Coughlin
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech as Lionel Logue

Best Supporting Actress:
Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Eklund-Ward (WINNER)
Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech as Queen Elizabeth
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattalyn “Mattie” Ross
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine “Smurf” Cody

Best Original Screenplay:
The King’s Speech – David Seidler (WINNER)
Another Year – Mike Leigh
The Fighter – Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
Inception – Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich (WINNER)
127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
Toy Story 3 – Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich based on the previous films Toy Story and Toy Story 2
True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen based on the novel by Charles Portis
Winter’s Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell

Best Animated Feature Film:
Toy Story 3 – Directed by Lee Unkrich (WINNER)
How to Train Your Dragon – Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist – Directed by Sylvain Chomet

Best Foreign Language Film:
In a Better World (Denmark) in Danish – Susanne Bier (WINNER)
Biutiful (Mexico) in Spanish – Alejandro González Iñárritu
Dogtooth (Greece) in Greek – Yorgos Lanthimos
Incendies (Canada) in French – Denis Villeneuve
Outside the Law (Algeria) in Arabic – Rachid Bouchareb

Best Documentary Feature:
Inside Job – Charles H. Ferguson and Audrey Marrs (WINNER)
Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Best Documentary Short Subject:
Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon (WINNER)
Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl – Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Best Live Action Short Film:
God of Love – Luke Matheny (WINNER)
The Confession – Tanel Toom
The Crush – Michael Creagh
Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 – Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Best Animated Short Film:
The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan (WINNER)
Day & Night – Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo – Max Lang and Jakob Schuh
Let’s Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
Madagascar, a Journey Diary – Bastien Dubois

Best Original Score:
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (WINNER)
127 Hours – A. R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat

Best Original Song:
“We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (WINNER)
“Coming Home” from Country Strong – Music and Lyrics by Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges
“If I Rise” from 127 Hours – Music by A. R. Rahman; Lyrics by Rollo Armstrong and Dido
“I See the Light” from Tangled – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater

Best Sound Editing:
Inception – Richard King (WINNER)
Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable – Mark Stoeckinger

Best Sound Mixing:
Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick (WINNER)
The King’s Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland

Best Art Direction:
Alice in Wonderland – Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara (WINNER)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Inception – Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King’s Speech – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
True Grit – Art Direction: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Best Cinematography:
Inception – Wally Pfister (WINNER)
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
The King’s Speech – Danny Cohen
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins

Best Makeup:
The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (WINNER)
Barney’s Version – Adrien Morot
The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

Best Costume Design:
Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood (WINNER)
I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech – Jenny Beavan
The Tempest – Sandy Powell
True Grit – Mary Zophres

Best Film Editing:
The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (WINNER)
127 Hours – Jon Harris
Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter – Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech – Tariq Anwar

Best Visual Effects:
Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (WINNER)
Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Dan Sudick

Academy Honorary Awards:
Kevin Brownlow
Jean-Luc Godard
Eli Wallach

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award:
Francis Ford Coppola

February 27, 2011

2011 Grammy Award Winners

The 2011 Grammy Award winners were announced on February 13, 2011.
The event was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Unlike many other years, there was no official host for this ceremony.
The eligibility year for the awards ranged from September 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010.

Noteworthy Moments:

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire won Album of the Year, surprising many.
Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now snagged Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Esperanza Spalding became the first jazz artist to win Best New Artist.
This was the last Grammy ceremony to be held before the categories were reduced from 109 to 7
Mick Jagger made his first-ever live appearance at the Grammys, performing a tribute to Solomon Burke
Barbra Streisand returned to the Grammy stage for the first time in 6 years to perform “Evergreen
Jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding upset Justin Bieber and Drake to win Best New Artist
The awards ceremony was watched by 26.6 million viewers, a significant increase from the previous year.

2011 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

Record of the Year:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Rap Album:
Recovery, Eminem

New Artist:
Esperanza Spalding

Song of the Year:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Pop Vocal Album:
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) – Train

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Crazy Love – Michael Bublé

Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga

Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars

Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Imagine – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare, The Imagine Project

Pop Instrumental Performance:
Nessun Dorma – Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion

Pop Instrumental Album:
Take Your Pick – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Back to Me – Fantasia

Male R&B Vocal Performance:
There Goes My Baby – Usher

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Soldier of Love – Sade

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots

R&B Song:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots

R&B Album:
Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots

Contemporary R&B Album:
Raymond V Raymond – Usher

Rap Song:
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
On to the Next One – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

Rap Solo Performance:
Eminem – Not Afraid

Urban/Alternative Performance:
F*** You – Cee Lo Green

Rock Album:
The Resistance – Muse

Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Helter Skelter – Paul McCartney

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Tighten Up – The Black Keys

Rock Song:
Angry World – Neil Young

Hard Rock Performance:
Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang

Metal Performance:
El Dorado – Iron Maiden

Rock Instrumental Performance:
Hammerhead – Jeff Beck

Country Album:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Female Country Vocal Performance:
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert

Male Country Vocal Performance:
-Til Summer Comes Around – Keith Urban

Country Song:
Need You Now – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Country Instrumental Performance:
Hummingbyrd – Marty Stuart

New Age Album:
Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort

Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band

Jazz Vocal Album:
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, – Dee Dee Bridgewater

Latin Pop Album:
Paraiso Express – Alejandro Sanz

Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album:
El Existential – Grupo Fantasma

Tropical Latin Album:
Viva La Tradición – Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Tejano Album:
Recuerdos – Little Joe & La Familia

Norteño Album:
Classic – Intocable

Banda Album:
Enamórate De Mí – El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario

Contemporary Jazz Album:
The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band

Jazz Vocal Album:
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater

Improvised Jazz Solo:
A Change Is Gonna Come – Herbie Hancock

Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Moody 4B – James Moody

Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Live at Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band

Latin Jazz Album:
Chucho’s Steps – Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers

Gospel Performance:
Grace – BeBe & CeCe Winans, Still

Gospel Song:
It’s What I Do – Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway), The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III

Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
Love God. Love People – Israel Houghton

Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
The Reason – Diamond Rio

Traditional Gospel Album:
Downtown Church – Patty Griffin

Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans

Dance Recording:
Only Girl (in the World) – Rihanna

Electronic/Dance Album:
La Roux – La Roux

Alternative Music Album:
Brothers, The Black Keys

Americana Album:
You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples

Bluegrass Album:
Mountain Soul II – Patty Loveless

Traditional Blues Album:
Joined At The Hip – Pinetop Perkins & Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith

Contemporary Blues Album:
Living Proof – Buddy Guy

Traditional Folk Album:
Genuine Negro Jig – Carolina Chocolate Drops

Contemporary Folk Album:
God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs

Hawaiian Music Album:
Huana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere

Native American Music Album:
2010 Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance – Various Artists

Zydeco or Cajun Music Album:
Zydeco Junkie – Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band

Reggae Album:
Before The Dawn – Buju Banton

Traditional World Music Album:
Ali And Toumani – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté

Contemporary World Music Album:
Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks – Béla Fleck

New Age Album:
Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort

Short Form Music Video:
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga

Long Form Music Video:
When You’re Strange – The Doors

Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling):
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)

Musical Show Album:
American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Crazy Heart (Various Artists)

Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman, composer

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart), Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters

Instrumental Composition:
The Path Among the Trees – Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs Ensemble), Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz – Chamber Music Vol. 2

Instrumental Arrangement:
Carlos – Vince Mendoza, arranger (John Scofield, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest), 54

Engineered Album, Classical:
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Giancarlo Guerrero &Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Classical Album:
Verdi: Requiem – Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus

Orchestral Performance:
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Nashville Symphony

Opera Recording:
Saariaho: L’Amour De Loin – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Choral Performance:
Verdi: Requiem – Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 – Mitsuko Uchida (The Cleveland Orchestra)

Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):
Paul Jacobs – Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement

Chamber Music Performance:
Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 – Parker Quartet

Small Ensemble Performance:
Dinastia Borja – Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya

Classical Vocal Performance:
Sacrificium – Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)

Classical Contemporary Composition:
Michael Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina – Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero) – Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony

Classical Crossover Album:
Christopher Tin: Calling All Dawns

Surround Sound Album:
Britten’s Orchestra – Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony

Musical Album for Children:
Tomorrow’s Children – Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends

Spoken Word Album for Children:
Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton

Comedy Album:
Lewis Black, Stark Raving Black

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Baba Yetu – Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Calling All Dawns

Recording Package:
Brothers – The Black Keys

Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package:
Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) – The White Stripes

Album Notes:
Keep An Eye On The Sky – Big Star

Historical Album:
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) – The Beatles

Engineered Album, Nonclassical:
Battle Studies – John Mayer

Producer of the Year, Nonclassical:
Danger Mouse

Remixed Recording, Nonclassical:
Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix) – Madonna

February 13, 2011

2010 Oscars 82nd Academy Awards

Winners Announced: March 7, 2010
Held at: Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hosts: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin
Eligibility Year: 2009

On the Red Carpet – Oscar Trivia

For the first time since 1943, the Academy expanded the Best Picture nominees from five to ten, creating a diverse set of films like Avatar and The Hurt Locker.
Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Best Director award for The Hurt Locker, which also won Best Picture.
The Hurt Locker was also notable for having one of the lowest box office earnings for a Best Picture winner.
Comedy legends Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin co-hosted, marking the first time in over two decades that the Oscars had dual hosts.
Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for The Blind Side and became the first actress to win both a Razzie and an Oscar in the same weekend.
“Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?” – Sandra Bullock, Best Actress, The Blind Side
Up became the second animated film in history to be nominated for Best Picture.
Christoph Waltz won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, marking the beginning of a fruitful collaboration between the actor and director.
Jeff Bridges finally took home an Oscar for Best Actor in Crazy Heart after five previous nominations.

2010 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, producers (WINNER)
Avatar – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
The Blind Side – Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, producers
District 9 – Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, producers
An Education – Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, producers
Inglourious Basterds – Lawrence Bender, producer
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, producers
A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, producers
Up – Jonas Rivera, producer
Up in the Air – Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, producers

Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker (WINNER)
James Cameron – Avatar
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Otis “Bad” Blake (WINNER)
George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer
Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sergeant First Class William James

Best Actress:
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy (WINNER)
Helen Mirren – The Last Station as Sophia Tolstaya
Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire as Claireece “Precious” Jones
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child

Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa (WINNER)
Matt Damon – Invictus as Francois Pienaar
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Cpt. Tony Stone
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey

Best Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston (WINNER)
Penélope Cruz – Nine as Carla Albanese
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener

Best Original Screenplay:
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal (WINNER)
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up – Screenplay by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Thomas McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher based on the novel Push by Sapphire (WINNER)
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell based on the short film Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp
An Education – Nick Hornby based on the memoir by Lynn Barber
In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche based on the character Malcolm Tucker, who originally appeared in the BBC TV show The Thick of It
Up in the Air – Sheldon Turner and Jason Reitman based on the novel by Walter Kirn

Best Animated Feature Film:
Up – Directed by Pete Docter (WINNER)
Coraline – Directed by Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Directed by Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog – Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker
The Secret of Kells – Directed by Tomm Moore

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina) in Spanish – Directed by Juan José Campanella (WINNER)
Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish and Quechua – Directed by Claudia Llosa
A Prophet (France) in French, Corsican and Arabic – Directed by Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Directed by Michael Haneke

Best Documentary Feature:
The Cove – Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens (WINNER)
Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa

Best Documentary Short Subject:
Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett (WINNER)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartosz Konopka and Anna Wydra

Best Live Action Short Film:
The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson (WINNER)
The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi – Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

Best Animated Short Film:
Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin (WINNER)
French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper – Javier Recio Gracia
A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park

Best Original Score:
Up – Michael Giacchino (WINNER)
Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer

Best Original Song:
“The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart – Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (WINNER)
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 – Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyrics by Frank Thomas
“Take it All” from Nine – Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston

Best Sound Editing:
The Hurt Locker – Paul N. J. Ottosson (WINNER)
Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman
Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Best Sound Mixing:
The Hurt Locker – Paul N. J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett (WINNER)
Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Best Art Direction:
Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair (WINNER)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria – Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Best Cinematography:
Avatar – Mauro Fiore (WINNER)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon – Christian Berger

Best Makeup:
Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow (WINNER)
Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Best Costume Design:
The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell (WINNER)
Bright Star – Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
Nine – Colleen Atwood

Best Film Editing:
The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis (WINNER)
Avatar – Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 – Julian Clarke
Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Joe Klotz

Best Visual Effects:
Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones (WINNER)
District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Honorary Academy Awards
The Academy held its 1st Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 14, 2009, during which the following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Awards:
Lauren Bacall
Roger Corman
Gordon Willis

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award:
John Calley

March 7, 2010

2010 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: January 31, 2010
Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles
Host: John Goodman
Eligibility Year: October 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009

Behind-the-Beats Trivia

Taylor Swift, at the age of 20, became the youngest artist to win Album of the Year for Fearless.
Beyoncé broke the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night, taking home six awards.
Lady Gaga made a grand entrance by arriving in a giant egg; she later performed Born This Way.
John Goodman, known for his acting rather than hosting music events, was an unexpected choice that added a different flavor to the ceremony.
Jazz musician Chick Corea was the only artist nominated in two different genres: Jazz and Classical.
The eligibility year for this particular Grammy Awards was shortened by one month, to synchronize the Grammy Award cycle with that of its peer awards.
The award for Best New Artist went to the Zac Brown Band, marking a rare win for a country group in this category.
David Guetta won his first Grammy this year for the song When Love Takes Over, featuring Kelly Rowland, in the category Best Dance Recording.

2010 Grammy Winners

Album of the Year:
Fearless – Taylor Swift

Record of the Year:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Song of the Year:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé

New Artist:
Zac Brown Band

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas

Pop Vocal Album:
The Black Eyed PeasThe E.N.D.

Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Halo – Beyoncé

Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Make It Mine – Jason Mraz

Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden – Michael Bublé

Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat – Lucky

Pop Instrumental Performance:
Throw Down Your Heart – Bela Fleck

Pop Instrumental Album:
Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones

Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé

Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Pretty Wings – Maxwell

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Blame It – Jamie Foxx and T-Pain

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
At Last, Beyoncé

R&B Song:
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé

R&B Album:
Blacksummers’ Night – Maxwell

Contemporary R&B Album:
I Am…Sasha Fierce – Beyoncé

Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
Crack a Bottle – Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent

Rap Song:
Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West

Rap Album:
Relapse – Eminem

Rap Solo Performance:
Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)

Urban/Alternative Performance:
India.Arie and Dobet Gnahoré – Pearls

Country Album:
Fearless – Taylor Swift

Female Country Vocal Performance:
White Horse – Taylor Swift

Male Country Vocal Performance:
Sweet Thing – Keith Urban

Country Song:
White Horse – Taylor Swift

Country Collaboration With Vocals:
I Told You So – Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis

Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
I Run to You – Lady Antebellum

Country Instrumental Performance:
Producer’s Medley – Steve Wariner

Rock Album:
21st Century Breakdown – Green Day

Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
Working on a Dream – Bruce Springsteen

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Rock Song:
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Hard Rock Performance:
War Machine – AC/DC

Metal Performance:
Dissident Aggressor – Judas Priest

Rock Instrumental Performance:
A Day in the Life – Jeff Beck

Dance Recording:
Poker Face – Lady Gaga

Electronic/Dance Album:
The Fame – Lady Gaga

Alternative Music Album:
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix

Americana Album:
Electric Dirt – Levon Helm

Bluegrass Album:
The Crow/New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, Steve Martin

Traditional Blues Album:
A Stranger Here – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

Contemporary Blues Album:
Already Free – The Derek Trucks Band

Traditional Folk Album:
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, Loudon Wainwright III

Contemporary Folk Album:
Townes – Steve Earle

Hawaiian Music Album:
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2, Various Artists

Native American Music Album:
Spirit Wind North – Bill Miller

Zydeco or Cajun Music Album:
Lay Your Burden Down – Buckwheat Zydeco

Reggae Album:
Mind Control – Acoustic, Stephen Marley

Traditional World Music Album:
Douga Mansa – Mamadou Diabate

Contemporary World Music Album:
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions, Béla Fleck

New Age Album:
Prayer for Compassion – David Darling

Short Form Music Video:
Boom Boom Pow – The Black Eyed Peas

Long Form Music Video:
The Beatles Love – All Together Now – Various Artists

Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling):
Always Looking Up – Michael J. Fox

Musical Show Album:
West Side Story

Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Slumdog Millionaire

Score Soundtrack Album tor Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Up – Michael Giacchino

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
Jai Ho – (from Slumdog Millionaire), A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash

Instrumental Composition:
Married Life (from Up) – Michael Giacchino

Instrumental Arrangement:
West Side Story Medley – Bill Cunliffe

Gospel Performance:
Wait on the Lord – Donnie McClurkin featuring Karen Clark Sheard

Gospel Song:
God in Me – Mary Mary featuring Kierra “KiKi” Sheard

Rock or Rap Gospel Album:
Live Revelations – Third Day

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
The Power of One – Israel Houghton

Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
Jason Crabb – Jason Crabb

Traditional Gospel Album:
Oh Happy Day – Various Artists

Contemporary R&B Gospel Album:
Audience of One – Heather Headley

Latin Pop Album:
Sin Frenos – La Quinta Estación

Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album:
Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo – Calle 13

Tropical Latin Album:
Ciclos – Luis Enrique

Regional Mexican Album:
Necesito De Ti – Vicente Fernández

Tejano Album:
Borders y Bailes – Los Texmaniacs

Norteño Album:
Tu Noche Con…Los Tigres Del Norte – Los Tigres Del Norte

Banda Album:
Tu Esclavo y Amo – Lupillo Rivera

Contemporary Jazz Album:
75 – Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate

Jazz Vocal Album:
Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, Kurt Elling

Improvised Jazz Solo:
Dancin’ 4 Chicken – Terence Blanchard, soloist

Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group:
Five Piece Band Live, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin Five Peace Band

Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Book One – New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

Latin Jazz Album:
Juntos Para Siempre, Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés

Engineered Album, Classical:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony

Producer of the Year, Classical:
Steven Epstein

Classical Album:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10

Orchestral Performance:
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Opera Recording:
Britten: Billy Budd, London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus

Choral Performance:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10, Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef and Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir – San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Girls Chorus

Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 – Philharmonia Orchestra

Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):
Journey to the New World – Sharon Isbin

Chamber Music Performance:
Intimate Letters – Emerson String Quartet

Small Ensemble Performance:
Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion – Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre of Voices

Classical Vocal Performance:
Renée Fleming – Verismo Arias

Classical Contemporary Composition:
Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto – Jennifer Higdon

Classical Crossover Album:
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy and Peace, Yo-Yo Ma

Surround Sound Album:
Transmigration, Robert Spano – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses

Musical Album for Children:
Family Time – Ziggy Marley

Spoken Word Album for Children:
Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs – Buck Howdy

Comedy Album:
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! – Stephen Colbert

Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s):
Quiet Nights – Diana Krall

Recording Package:
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today – David Byrne and Brian Eno

Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package:
Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963–1972) – Neil Young

Album Notes:
The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) – Louis Armstrong

Historical Album:
The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) – Little Walter

Engineered Album, Nonclassical:
Ellipse – Imogen Heap

Producer of the Year, Nonclassical:
Brendan O’Brien

Remixed Recording, Nonclassical:
When Love Takes Over” (Electro Extended Remix) – David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland

January 31, 2010

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