Saturday, February 27, 2010

Avatar and Inglourious Basterds battles it out at Empire awards


Boasting of 5 nominations each, James Cameron’s 3D bonanza, Avatar and Quentin Tarantino’s Second World War drama, Inglourious Basterds will be battling it at out for the Best Film Prize at the 2010 Jameson Empire awards.


The two box-office hits are up against Star Trek, District 9 and Bafta winner The Hurt Locker for the Best Film Prize. Zoe Saldana from the sci-fi thriller Avator and Melanie Laurent from Inglourious Basterds have been nominated for the Best Actress category while Christoph Waltz’s portrayal of Nazi officer Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds won him a nomination in the Best Actor category. Jason Reitman’s comedy drama, Up In the Air and Lone Scherfig’s coming-of-age drama, An Education each have a trio of nominations while Kathyrn Bigelow’s American war thriller, The Hurt Locker and Neill Blomkamp’s science fiction thriller on aliens, District 9 each have been nominated for 4 categories.


Good news for all the Twihards! The sexy Robert Pattinson has won a nomination for the Best Actor Award for portraying the brooding vampire Edward Cullen in New Moon while Anna Kendrick has been nominated for her work in both New Moon and Up InThe Air in the category Best Newcomer.


The full list of nominees for the 2010 Jameson Empire Awards, which take place on Sunday, March 28 are as follows:


Best Film presented by Sony

Avatar

Star Trek

District 9

Inglourious Basterds

The Hurt Locker


Best Actor presented by Citroën

Sir Michael Caine (Harry Brown)

Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Robert Pattinson (New Moon)

Sam Worthington (Avatar)

Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes)


Best Actress

Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy)

Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Zoe Saldana (Avatar)

Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria)

Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Director

James Cameron (Avatar)

Neil Blomkamp (District 9)

JJ Abrams (Star Trek)

Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)


Best British Film

Harry Brown

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

An Education

Nowhere Boy

In The Loop

Best Comedy

In The Loop

A Serious Man

The Hangover

Up In The Air

The Men Who Stare At Goats

Best Horror

Let The Right One In

Paranormal Activity

Zombieland

Thirst

Drag Me To Hell

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Star Trek

Moon

Avatar

District 9

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

Best Thriller

Harry Brown

Public Enemies

Inglourious Basterds

The Hurt Locker

Sherlock Holmes


Best Newcomer

Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy)

Sharlto Copley (District 9)

Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air/New Moon)

Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)

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