Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2012

2012 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft




The 2012 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft is now complete, and both sides are sporting some serious talent. I'm cheering for Team Alfredsson myself (Go Canucks!), but it's safe to say that on January 29th we're in for 60 minutes of great hockey. Here are the teams.


TEAM CHARA (Forwards):

Joffrey Lupul
Pavel Datsyuk
Evgeni Malkin
Marian Hossa
Corey Perry
Phil Kessel
Patrick Kane
Jarome Iginla
Marion Gaborik
Jordan Eberle
Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn

TEAM CHARA (Defensemen):

Zdeno Chara
Kimmo Timonen
Ryan Suter
Brian Campbell
Dion Phaneuf
Dennis Wideman



TEAM ALFREDSSON (Forwards):

Daniel Alfredsson
Jason Spezza
Claude Giroux
Steven Stamkos
Daniel Sedin
Milan Michalek
Henrik Sedin
James Neal
John Tavares
Scott Hartnell
Jason Pominville
Logan Couture

TEAM ALFREDSSON (Defensemen):

Erik Karlsson
Kris Letang
Shea Weber
Dan Girardi
Keith Yandle
Alex Edler

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Oscar Nominations 2012


BEST PICTURE:

"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

BEST DIRECTOR:

Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"

BEST ACTOR:

Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

BEST ACTRESS:

Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis, "The Help"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Max Von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

"A Cat In Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
JC Chandor, "Margin Call"
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
John Logan, "Hugo"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, "Moneyball"
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

"The Adventures of Tintin," John Williams
"The Artist," Ludovic Bource
"Hugo," Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse," John Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Man or Muppet," The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio," Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS:

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Real Steel"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION:

"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY:

"The Artist"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN:

"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E."

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

"Hell and Back Again"
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
"Pina"
"Undefeated"

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement?"
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
"Incident in New Baghdad"
"Saving Face"
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING:

"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP:

"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Iron Lady"

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

"Pentecost"
"Raju"
"The Shore"
"Time Freak"
"Tuba Atlantic"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING:

"Drive"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING:

"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"