MILLION DOLLAR BABY, EASTWOOD, FOXX, SWANK   2005 WINNERS

NOMMIES 2005 THE AVIATOR gets 11. "The Howard Hughes epic "The Aviator" led Academy Awards contenders with 11 nominations Tuesday, including best picture, plus acting honors for Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda and a directing slot for Martin Scorsese. The boxing saga "Million Dollar Baby" and the J.M. Barrie tale "Finding Neverland" followed with seven nominations each, among them best picture and acting nominations for Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank and Johnny Depp. Eastwood also got a directing nomination for "Million Dollar Baby." The other best-picture nominees were the Ray Charles portrait "Ray" and the buddy comedy "Sideways." Along with Eastwood, Jamie Foxx also scored two nominations, as best actor for the title role in "Ray" and supporting actor as a taxi driver whose cab is hijacked by a hit man in "Collateral." Foxx's dead-on emulation of Charles has made him the front-runner in the lead-actor category. Starring as aviation trailblazer and Hollywood rebel Hughes, DiCaprio also was nominated for best actor. He and Foxx will compete against Depp as "Peter Pan" playwright Barrie in "Finding Neverland"; Eastwood as a cantankerous boxing trainer in "Million Dollar Baby"; and Don Cheadle for "Hotel Rwanda," starring as hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina, who sheltered refugees from the Rwandan genocide. Swank was nominated as a bullheaded boxing champ whose life takes a cruel twist in "Million Dollar Baby." Bening was chosen for "Being Julia," in which she plays an aging 1930s stage diva exacting wickedly comic revenge on the men in her life and a young rival." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 25   2005 NOMMIES LIST

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(Nominations are votes by peers: directors for Best Director, actors for Best Actor, etc. Oscars are voted by entire Academy from nominee list.)

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Moscow Film Festival 2004 Russian director Dmitry Meskhiyev’s movie Our Own (Svoyi) received the top award — the Golden St. George — at the Moscow International Film Festival that closed on Sunday. Meskhiyev personally received the prize for best director, and the movie’s lead actor, Bogdan Stupkain, won the best actor category." gateway2russia, June 28

2003  WINNERS    Archives

"Winners: Tradition of Lover Killing...demonstrates the most profound life through the simplest cinematic language. Jury Prix Film: Jasmine Women...depicts the lives of three generations of women in Shanghai. Its profound and powerful expression with extraordinary beauty deeply touches the audience and jury."

2004 Cannes Film Festival  "The international critics (Fédération internationale des critiques de films - FIPRESCI) awarded their Official Competition prize to Michael Moore's documentary on the lies and cover-ups of the Bush administration - Fahrenheit 9/11. The FIPRESCI award to a film in the Un Certain Regard section went to Whisky from Uruguayan filmmakers Juan-Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll." 2003 Grand Jury Prize to Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Uzak, Jeanne Moreau Receives Honorary Palme d'Or, and the Palm d'Or to... click here