Adele will have it all! Grammy 2012 fearless forecast

So…. can Adele replicate Tears in Heaven’s sweeping victory?! Is she the new Queen of Music?! Will the Americans hand over their Grammy awards to the decade’s best British artist?

Here’s my fearless forecast on the world’s most anticipated music awards:

RECORD OF THE YEAR = It’s Adele vs Katie vs Bruno!

Win: Rolling in the deep

Runner-up: Fireworks

Upset: Holocene – I mean, the who?!

 

SONG OF THE YEAR = It’s Adele vs Bruno!

Win: Adele’s Rolling in the deep

Runner-up: Bruno’s Grenade

Upset: The rest of the nominees – I mean, duh!!

 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR = It’s Adele vs Gaga vs Bruno!

Win: Adele’s 21

Runner-up: Lady Gaga’s Born This Way

Upset: Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light – I mean, waste what?!

 

BEST NEW ARTIST = I’m not gonna even waste my space here… it’s NICKI MINAJ!

 

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE = It’s Adele vs all other four!

Win: Adele

Runner-up: Gaga or Bruno (with Katy and Pink hanging around)

Upset: Glenn Close… Oh, wrong awards night!

 

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE = It’s Adele (oh hang on, she’s not even nominated here lol)… It’s Coldplay vs Maroon 5!

Win: Move Like Jagger

Runner-up: Paradise

Upset: The Black Keys – I mean, black what?!

 

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM = It’s Adele (aren’t you tired girl?!) vs Bruno vs Gaga!

Win: Adele

Runner-up: Bruno Mars

Upset: CHICKEN! – I mean, Cee Lo Green!

 

Come on, what’s the point of forecasting if we all know Adele gonna swept everything. It should be called the Grammy Adele Awards Show!

🙂

 

 

Oscars 2012: Prince of all Media’s winners are…

At last! I’ve come to that point where my mind and heart have agreed who to win this year’s Academy Awards. As always, the Best Actor and Best Actress categories are the toughest to choose from. I’ve seen majority of the nominated films and performances and done my bit to research on the others so I guess I am in a position to weigh things up and lay down my cards…

First stop, Best Supporting Actor:

This category, although there are five actors nominated, is a 2-man battle… shall I say a strict 2-man battle. I’ve seen 4 of the 5 splendid performances and I think the media and critics will agree with me if I say it’s a toss between Christopher Plummer and Jonah Hill. Now, we’re down to which performance has actually captivated the heart of the academy. Based on their respective roles, Plummer’s character is more interesting and dramatic in that sense, however, Hill’s portrayal in Moneyball was a revelation. Who deserves the award more? The late-bloomer or the man who has more to show…

The Prince of all Media’s choice is…. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER!

 

Then of course Jonah Hill is my second choice. I’d like to see Kenneth Branagh in that top spot too though I don’t think he will snatch the Oscars this year. As for Max Von Sydow…. next category please.

 

Best Supporting Actress:

This is so cool! I’ve seen all five performances and I kinda like each one of them. I have my very personal favourite and I also have my eyes on someone who, so far, has swept the awards for this category. Unlike the Best Supporting Actor category, this lot is more like a 3-woman race. Jessica Chastain is so pretty that you can easily fall for her performance despite it being a so-so acting in general. Berenice Bejo, on the other hand, won my heart with her timeless beauty and expressive eyes as Pippa Miller in The Artist but that doesn’t mean she can reign supreme in this year’s awards night especially under the threat of The Help’s Octavia Spencer who, in my opinion, should have been nominated as Best Actress instead as she shared the spotlight with Viola Davis in the said film. Enough blah-blah-blah…

Prince of all Media’s choice is… OCTAVIA SPENCER!

 

I’d love to see Berenice to win it but I highly doubt that because Octavia is just a sure winner this year. Possible upset? I think they all deserve to win so no one could surprise us.

 

Best Director/Best Picture:

It’s always a question whether the Best Picture and Best Director winner should always come from the same film. This year, I think that is safe to say. All 9 nominated films were created by 9 brilliant directors. The seniors; Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese gave us their remarkable masterpieces whilst newbie Michel Hazanavicius dared to present us something different. I was surprised not to see George Clooney in this category for Ides of March as I thought it wasn’t too bad for a non-director to come up with such quality of a film. As for the nominated movies, there are only two films which I think will go head-to-head – that doesn’t mean though the other nine are crap. Is it the film that tackles the ups and downs of being a father or the film that challenges the viewers by presenting a magnificent story minus the words?!

Prince of all Media’s choices for Best Director and Best Picture are… MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS & THE ARTIST!

I believe The Artist has pretty much secured its win but Michel’s victory is still uncertain, Martin could easily snatch that statuette away from him should the Academy decide to pay tribute to him as one of the Hollywood’s living legends.

 

Best Actor:

Will it be George? Will it be Brad? Will it be Jean? The awards season started with Brad Pitt as the ultimate choice for this category but his best pal, George Clooney entered the picture and even won the Golden Globe award. People started thinking its going to be George and Brad for this race but here we go again, another contender came into the race and is now the frontrunner, after his SAG victory… Jean Dujardin for The Artist. I’ve seen all three performances, in fact, all five nominees for this category. George’s acting is so good that you actually forget it was George Clooney. Brad’s performance on the other hand is one of the best I’ve seen from him although the character and the role is not that big to push him on top of the stage. And finally, Jean is just as amazing as the film. The Artist would have been a massive flop if not for Jean’s outstanding performance. My personal favourite is also who I think will win the Oscars so I guess I’m in a good place for this one.

Prince of all Media’s choice is… JEAN DUJARDIN!

George, of course, is my second choice followed by poor old Brad 🙂

 

And finally, the most exciting category of the night… Best Actress:

First and foremost, let me just say that the Academy should’ve chosen Tilda Swinton instead of Glenn Close as the former was just brilliant in the weird film called ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’ unlike Glenn Close, I mean, who is Glenn Close?! I’m happy anyway that they’ve recognized Rooney Mara’s acting in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (I have a review coming up for that film). Her performance was infectious and effortless and although I think she could win the award, the race for Best Actress is down to just two; the legendary and unparalleled Meryl Streep vs the incredible Viola Davis. Both actresses have proven their amazing talents in acting. They even had a showdown of brilliance in the film Doubt few years ago. The media’s opinion on this category is mixed. Meryl started off at the high and secured the Oscars by beating Viola in the Golden Globe while Viola has won the SAG and has posed a tough competition. Both performances showcased their strengths as an actress. I’d like to see both of them to win but that is impossible. I think I will have to base my judgement on who gave the most convincing acting and who gave justice to their role. It is very difficult. I’d like to see _______ to win but I think _________ will win! I’ll keep it that way.

Prince of all Media’s choice (based on giving justice to the role) is… MERYL STREEP!

 

I won’t be surprised though if Viola wins it. I’d like Rooney and Michelle too… Glenn Close? Who the hell is Glenn Close?!

There you go, last year, I predicted 4/6 so it wasn’t that good… I’m hoping my predictions will be much better this year (fingers crossed) 🙂

 

BAFTA Nominations 2012

The awards season has officially began and this time, BAFTA is ready to hand in their trophies to the best of the best last year.

Best Film

The Artist

The Descendants

Drive

The Help

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Leading actor

Brad Pitt – Moneyball

Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

George Clooney – The Descendants

Jean Dujardin – The Artist

Michael Fassbender – Shame

Leading actress

Berenice Bejo – The Artist

Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn

Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin

Viola Davis – The Help

Supporting actor

Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Jim Broadbent – The Iron Lady

Jonah Hill – Moneyball

Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn

Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Ides Of March

Supporting actress

Carey Mulligan – Drive

Jessica Chastain – The Help

Judi Dench – My Week With Marilyn

Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids

Octavia Spencer – The Help

Outstanding British Film

My Week With Marilyn

Senna

Shame

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Attack The Block – Joe Cornish (director/writer)

Black Pond – Will Sharpe (director/writer), Tom Kingsley (director), Sarah Brocklehurst (producer)

Coriolanus – Ralph Fiennes (director)

Submarine – Richard Ayoade (director/writer)

Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine (director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer)

Foreign language film

Incendies

Pina

Potiche

A Separation

The Skin I Live In

Director

The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius

Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn

Hugo – Martin Scorsese

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Tomas Alfredson

We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay

Documentary

George Harrison: Living In The Material World

Project Nim

Senna

Animated film

The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

Arthur Christmas

Rango

Original screenplay

The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig

The Guard – John Michael McDonagh

The Iron Lady – Abi Morgan

Midnight In Paris – Woody Allen

Adapted screenplay

The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

The Help – Tate Taylor

The Ides Of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

Moneyball – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

Original music

The Artist

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse

Cinematography

The Artist

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse

Editing

The Artist

Drive

Hugo

Senna

Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

Production design

The Artist

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Hugo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse

Costume design

The Artist

Hugo

Jane Eyre

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Make up & hair

The Artist

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Hugo

The Iron Lady

My Week With Marilyn

Sound

The Artist

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Hugo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse

Special visual effects

The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Hugo

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

War Horse

Short animation

Abuelas

Bobby Yeah

A Morning Stroll

Short film

Chalk

Mwansa The Great

Only Sound Remains

Pitch Black Heist

Two And Two

The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award (previously announced, and voted by the public)

Adam Deacon

Chris Hemsworth

Chris O’Dowd

Eddie Redmayne

Tom Hiddleston