BAFTA Awards 2011 Probable Best Actor Colin Firth

BAFTA Awards 2011 Probable Best Actor Colin Firth or James Franco

Following on from his triumph at the Golden Globes, Colin Firth is big favourite to scoop another award for his performance of George VI in The King's Speech. Will he beat James Franco to the BAFTA for Best Actor?

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56th Annual Filmfare Award Nominees & Winners in Mumbai 2011

The Filmfare Awards, the equivalent of Hollywood's Oscars, each year parades a Who's Who of top Bollywood films and their legendary stars - along with new and aspiring actors, actresses, and film directors.

With nominations announced in late December, all the glamour and excitement at the 56th Filmfare Awards followed at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai on January 29, 2011.

Since its launch in 1952, Filmfare Magazine has kept audiences up-to-date with the latest news and pictures from the Hindi film scene. Over the years, it has evolved into a complete entertainment package covering Indian movies, star interviews, music, television series and soaps, along with the latest from Hollywood USA.

56th Annual Filmfare Award Nominees & * Winners

Best Film
* Dabangg
Raajneeti
My Name is Khan
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
Tees Maar Khan
Golmaal 3

Best Actor (Male) in a Leading Role
* Shahrukh Khan – My Name Is Khan
Akshay Kumar – Tees Maar Khan
Hrithik Roshan – Guzaarish
Salman Khan – Dabangg
Ajay Devgan – Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
Ranbir Kapoor – Raajneeti

Best Actor (Female) in a Leading Role
* Kajol – My Name Is Khan
Vidya Balan – Ishqiya
Katrina Kaif – Raajneeti
Aishwarya Rai – Guzaarish
Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Barat
Sonam Kapoor – Aisha

Best Direction
* Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan
Prakash Jha – Raajneeti
Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg
Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Guzaarish
Milan Luthria – Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
Farah Khan – Tees Maar Khan

Best Singer (Male)
* Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji"
Sonu Nigam – "Tees Maar Khan"
Mohit Chauhan – "Pee Loon"
Shafqat Amanat Ali – "Bin Tere"
Daler Mehndi – "Zor Ka Jhatka"
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – "Sajda"

Best Singer (Female) (TIE)
* Mamta Sharma -"Munni Badnaam"
* Sunidhi Chauhan – "Shiela ki jawani"
Tulsi Kumar – "Tum Jo Aaye Zindagi Mein"
Antara Mitra – "Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si"
Richa Sharma – "Zor Ka Jhatka"
Shreya Ghoshal – "Chori Kiya re"

Best Debut (Male)
* Ranveer Singh – Band Baaja Barat
Ali Zafar – Tere Bin Laden
Aditya Narayan – Shaapit
Luv Sinha – Sadiyaan
Meiyang Chang – Badmaash Company
Vir Das – Badmaash Company

Best Debut (Female)
* Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg
Barbara Mori – Kites
Trisha Krishnan – Khatta Meetha
Zarine Khan – Veer
Monikangana Dutta – Guzaarish
Ferena Wazeir – Sadiyaan

Best Supporting Role (Male)
* Ronit Roy – Udaan
Naseeruddin Shah – Ishqiya
Mithun Chakrabothy – Golmaal 3
Arbaaz Khan – Dabangg
Nana Patekar – Raajneeti
Emraan Hashmi – Once Upon a Time in Mumbai

Best Supporting Role (Female)
* Kareena Kapoor – We Are Family
Kangna Ranaut – Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
Lara Dutta – HouseFull
Prachi Desai – Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
Dimple Kapadia – Dabangg
Ratna Pathak – Golmaal 3

Best Story
* Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
Rajat Arora – OUTIM
Sanjay Chauhan / Piyush Mishra – Lahore
Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
Prakash Jha – Raajneeti
Dileep Shukla / Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg

Best Debut Direction
* Maneesh Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
Abhishek Chaubey – Ishqiya
Parmeet Sethi – Badmaash Company
Punit Malhotra – I Hate Luv Storys
Siddharth Malhotra – We Are Family
Abhinav Kashyap – Dabangg

Critics Awards
Best Film : Udaan
Best Actress : Vidya Balan, Ishqiya
Best Actor : Rishi Kapoor, Do Dooni Chaar

Total list of 2011 Oscar Nominees

The full official roster of Oscar nominees were announced on the morning of Tuesday, January 25, 2011.

The 83rd Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 27, 2011, telecast live from the historic Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on ABC at 8PM ET.

Inaugurated last year for the first time in Oscar history, the new tradition of nominating 10 major Hollywood films for best picture will again be up "for your consideration" in 2011 in a clever move by the Academy to further popularize the Oscars with a wider audience.



2011 Oscar Nominees List:

Best Picture
The Kids Are All Right
Toy Story 3
The Social Network
The King’s Speech
Inception
The Fighter
Black Swan
127 Hours
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Best Director
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter

Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Best Actress
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town

Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Animated Feature
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
How To Train Your Dragon

Best Original Screenplay
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Kids Are All Right
The Fighter
Another Year

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network
True Grit
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
Winter’s Bone

Best Foreign Film
Dogtooth, Greece
Biutiful, Mexico
Incendies, Canada
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark
Outside the Law, Algeria

Best Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Restrepo
Wasteland
Inside Job

Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

Achievement in Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

Best Documentary Short Subject
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Achievement in Film Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

Achievement in Makeup
Barney’s Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman

Original Score
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

Original Song
Coming Home from Country Strong
I See the Light from Tangled
If I Rise from 127 Hours
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3

Best Animated Short film
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

Best Live Action Short Film
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Achievement in Sound Editing
Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

Achievement in Sound Mixing
Inception
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

Achievement in Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Total list of BAFTA Award 2011 Nominees

A "long list" of favored British films announced on January 7, the official Bafta nominee list was announced on the morning of January 18, 2011 — resulting in a feverish round of voting by the British Academy to see who wins the ultimate UK award for best movie, acting and direction.

Winners will be announced this year at the official awards ceremony airing on BBC1 on Sunday, February 13, 2011 - exactly two weeks before the Oscars - from the Royal Opera House in London.

Like the Oscars, the Baftas are the country's top honor given to both British and international movie hits and in recent years has closely mimicked Hollywood (and vice versa), with some surprises.

List of BAFTA 2011 Nominees :

BEST FILM
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
The King’s Speech
Made In Dagenham

DIRECTOR
127 Hours - Danny Boyle
Black Swan - Darren Aronofsky
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The King’s Speech - Tom Hooper
The Social Network - David Fincher

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Swan - Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John Mclaughlin
The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech - David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt
True Grit - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Biutiful
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I Am Love
Of Gods and Men
The Secret in Their Eyes

ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
Toy Story 3

LEADING ACTOR
Javier Bardem – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King’s Speech
James Franco - 127 Hours

LEADING ACTRESS
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Noomi Rapace - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Pete Postlethwaite - The Town
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush - The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King’s Speech
Barbara Hershey - Black Swan
Lesley Manville - Another Year
Miranda Richardson - Made In Dagenham

ORIGINAL MUSIC
127 Hours - Ar Rahman
Alice In Wonderland - Danny Elfman
How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech - Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY
127 Hours - Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak
Black Swan - Matthew Libatique
Inception - Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech - Danny Cohen
True Grit - Roger Deakins

EDITING
127 Hours - Jon Harris
Black Swan - Andrew Weisblum
Inception - Lee Smith
The King’s Speech - Tariq Anwar
The Social Network - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Alice In Wonderland - Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
Black Swan - Thérèse Deprez, Tora Peterson
Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
The King’s Speech - Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit - Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

COSTUME DESIGN
Alice In Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
Black Swan - Amy Westcott
The King’s Speech - Jenny Beavan
Made In Dagenham - Louise Stjernsward
True Grit - Mary Zophres

SOUND
127 Hours - Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron
Black Swan - Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella
Inception - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
The King’s Speech - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin
True Grit - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice In Wonderland - Nominees TBC
Black Swan - Dan Schrecker
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Ait'hadi, Christian Manz
Inception - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
Toy Story 3 - Nominees TBC

MAKEUP & HAIR
Alice In Wonderland - Nominees Tbc
Black Swan - Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
The King’s Speech - Frances Hannon
Made In Dagenham - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

SHORT FILM
Connect - Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
Lin - Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
Rite - Michael Pearce, Ross Mckenzie
Turning - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown
Until The River Runs Red - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

SHORT ANIMATION
The Eagleman Stag - Michael Please
Matter Fisher - David Prosser
Thursday - Matthias Hoegg

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Emma Stone - Easy A
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Tom Hardy - Inception
Gemma Arterton - Tamara Drewe
Aaron Johnson - Kick-Ass

Source: http://www.chiff.com/art/movies/bafta-awards.htm