At the Oscar nominations earlier this evening, 'The King’s Speech' came top with nominations in 12 categories, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay. The top nominated films are -

 

'The King's Speech' – 12

'True Grit' – 10

'Inception' - 8

'The Social Network' – 8

'The Fighter' - 7

'127 Hours' – 6

'Black Swan' – 5

'Toy Story 3' - 5

 

Best film nominations -

 

'Black Swan'

'The Fighter'

'Inception'

'The Kids Are All Right'

'The King’s Speech'

'127 Hours'

'The Social Network'

'Toy Story 3'

'True Grit'

'Winter’s Bone'

 

Best actor nominations –

 

Javier Bardem, 'Biutiful'

Jeff Bridges, 'True Grit'

Jesse Eisenberg, 'The Social Network'

Colin Firth, 'The King's Speech'

James Franco, '127 Hours'

 

Best actress nominations –

 

Annette Bening, 'The Kids Are All Right'

Nicole Kidman, 'Rabbit Hole'

Jennifer Lawrence, 'Winter's Bone'

Natalie Portman, 'Black Swan'

Michelle Williams, 'Blue Valentine'

 

I watched the ceremony on True which took a feed from StarMovies in Hong Kong. I had never seen the co-presenter Jason Godfrey before. Half Filipino and half Canadian and a former model, he is hot! hot! hot!

I am lagging behind in the movies I need to see. I have waited for some to come to Pattaya but I guess I'll have to get more of them on DVD before the awards show.

Worry not. Pirate versions of the copies sent to Academy voters will soon be doing the rounds in Bangkok and Pattaya.