Brit Awards 2015 Winners

Here is a list of the winners from Wednesday's Brit Awards 2015

Best British Solo Male:

Ed Sheeran

British Solo Female:

Paloma Faith

British Group:

Royal Blood

British Breakthrough Act:

Sam Smith

British Single:

Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Mastercard British Album Of The Year:

Ed Sheeran - X

British Producer Of The Year:

Paul Epworth

British Artist Video Of The Year:

One Direction - You & I

International Solo Male:

Pharrell Williams

International Solo Female:

Taylor Swift

International Group:

Foo Fighters

Critics' Choice winner (already announced):

James Bay

Global Success award, for international sales:

Sam Smith

Academy Awards Winners

A list of the Academy Awards Winners from the ceremony last Sunday

Best picture

Winner: Birdman

Best director

Winner: Alejandro G Inarritu, Birdman

Best actor

Winner: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best actress

Winner: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best supporting actor

Winner: JK Simmons, Whiplash

Best supporting actress

Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best adapted screenplay

Winner: The Imitation Game

Best original screenplay

Winner: Birdman

Best animated feature

Winner: Big Hero 6

Best animated short

Winner: Feast

Best cinematography

Winner: Birdman

Best costume design

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best documentary feature

Winner: CitizenFour

Best documentary short

Winner: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Best film editing

Winner: Whiplash

Best foreign language film

Winner: Ida (Poland)

Best live action short

Winner: The Phone Call

Best make-up & hairstyling

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best original score

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best production design

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best song

Winner: Glory, Selma

Best sound editing

Winner: American Sniper

Best sound mixing

Winner: Whiplash

Best visual effects

Winner: Interstellar

Source: BBC News

Happy Valentines Day My Lovelies.

Valentines Day - the day of love. The day when 'we tell each other that we love each other. Businesses design it to be the holiday about partners, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands and wives, but I think it is not just for this small demographic but for everybody. I know I sound like a cynical single but I promise you I am not. I know my prince, my best friend is still out there and we are waiting for each other. This does not mean I am not loved. I am loved by family and close friends and that's all that matters to me alongside my love for myself. I am loved will be by those important. Why does it take this holiday for people to say I love you in an affectionate public manner? I don't need a holiday to tell my loved ones I love them especially when I don't know what each day will bring.
So on this Valentines Day start the continuous wave of love.

On that note Happy Valentines Day to all those who are near and dear to me.

BAFTA 2015 predictions

Here are my BAFTA 2015 predictions as my previous prediction posts for the Oscars and the BRITs predicted in bold and fangirl ones in italics and underlined.

Best film

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

The Theory of Everything

Outstanding British film

'71

The Imitation Game

Paddington

Pride

The Theory of Everything

Under The Skin

Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Actress

Amy Adams - Big Eyes

Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore - Still Alice

Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Supporting actor

Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Edward Norton - Birdman

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

JK Simmons - Whiplash

Supporting actress

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Rene Russo - Nightcrawler

Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Imelda Staunton - Pride

Emma Stone - Birdman

Director

Wes Anderson - Grand Budapest Hotel

Damian Chazelle - Whiplash

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman

Richard Linklater - Boyhood

James Marsh - The Theory of Everything

Adapted screenplay

American Sniper - Jason Hall

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

The Imitation Game - Graham Moore

Paddington - Paul King

The Theory of Everything - Anthony McCarten

Original screenplay

Birdman - Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson

Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy

Whiplash - Damien Chazelle

Animated film

Big Hero 6

The Boxtrolls

The Lego Movie

Documentary

20 Feet from Stardom

20,000 Days on Earth

Citizenfour

Finding Vivian Maier

Virunga

Foreign film

Ida

Leviathan

The Lunchbox

Trash

Two Days, One Night

Please note I cant predict with films I struggle to understand

Cinematography

Birdman - Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert Yeoman

Ida - Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski

Interstellar - Hoyte van Hoytema

Mr Turner - Dick Pope

Costume design

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Into the Woods

Mr Turner

The Theory of Everything

Editing

Birdman - Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Barney Pilling

The Imitation Game - William Goldenberg

Nightcrawler - John Gilroy

The Theory of Everything - Jinx Godfrey

Whiplash - Tom Cross

Make-up and hair

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Frances Hannon

Guardians of the Galaxy - Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

Into the Woods - Peter Swords King, J Roy Helland

Mr Turner - Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener

The Theory of Everything - Jan Sewell

Music

Birdman - Antonio Sanchez

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat

Interstellar - Hans Zimmer

The Theory of Everything - Johann Johannsson

Under the Skin - Mica Levi

Production design

Big Eyes - Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock

The Imitation Game - Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald

Interstellar - Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

Mr Turner - Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

Sound

American Sniper - Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Birdman - Thomas Varga, Martin Hernandez, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A Montaño

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak

The Imitation Game - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen

Whiplash - Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann

Visual effects

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett

Guardians of the Galaxy - Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas

Aithadi

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R Christopher White

Interstellar - Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

British short animation

The Bigger Picture - Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka

Monkey Love Experiments - Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson

My Dad - Marcus Armitage

British short film

Boogaloo and Graham - Brian J Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney

Emotional Fusebox - Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard

The Karman Line - Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp

Slap - Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland

Three Brothers -S Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

Elaine Constantine (writer/director Northern Soul)

Gregory Burke, Yann Demange (writer and director '71)

Hong Khaou (writer/director Lilting)

Paul Katis, Andrew De Lotbiniere (director/producer and producer Kajaki: The True Story)

Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone (writer and producer Pride)

Rising Star award

Gugu Mbatha-Raw - voted for Gugu

Jack O'Connell

Margot Robbie

Miles Teller

Shailene Woodley

The Cumberbomb Unleashed

Benedict Cumberbatch photobombing Meryl Streep. 

When I was sifting through the tweets regarding the Golden Globes looking for the ultimate juice to go into this years awards season of legendary legend post at the end of the awards season. The first person is of course, 'The Cumberbatch' doing the famous 'Cumberbomb' to Meryl Streep. I think it should go into the legendary legend post at the end, because no one can photobomb like Benedict Cumberbatch. of course this is not his first Cumberbomb because he also did the Cumberbomb to U2 at The Academy Awards in 2014. 

Benedict photobombing U2.

I just think it shows humanity and normality in a society when celebrities are seen to be God like, when in actual fact they are like you or me but with this important job to do. It is something I would do if I was at The Academy Awards because it creates a memory at the end of the day. So why wouldn't you have fun and a laugh. I think this is a guy who can't believe where his career has got him to even though he is a spectacularly phenomenal actor and jousts wants to embrace his life to the max. So there you go, my reasoning for the Cumberbomb going into the finale pice of Legendary legend post.

Brit Awards Nominations

Here is the full list of Brit Award nominations with my predictions for the winners in bold.

BRITISH MALE SOLO
Damon Albarn
Ed Sheeran
Geroge Ezra
Paolo Nutini
Sam Smith

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO
Ella Henderson
FKA Twigs
Jessie Ware
Lily Allen
Paloma Faith 

BRITISH GROUP 
Alt-J
Clean Bandit
Coldplay
One Direction
Royal Blood

BEST BRITISH ALBUM
Alt-J – This Is All Yours
Ed Sheeran – X
George Ezra – Wanted On Voyage
Royal Blood – Royal Blood
Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour

BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH
Chvrches
FKA Twigs
George Ezra
Royal Blood
Sam Smith

BEST BRITISH SINGLE WITH CAPITAL FM
Calvin Harris – 'Summer'
Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne – 'Rather Be'
Duke Dumont ft Jax Jones – 'I Got U'
Ed Sheeran – 'Thinking Out Loud'
Ella Henderson – 'Ghost'
George Ezra – 'Budapest'
Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars – 'Uptown Funk'
Route 94 ft Jess Glynne – 'My Love'
Sam Smith – 'Stay With Me'
Sigma – 'Nobody to Love'

BRITISH VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Calvin Harris – 'Summer'
Charli XCX – 'Boom Clap'
Duke Dumont ft Jax Jones – 'I Got U'
Ed Sheeran – 'Thinking Out Loud'
Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars – 'Uptown Funk'
One Direction – 'You And I'
Rita Ora – 'I Will Never Let You Down'
Route 94 ft Jess Glynne – 'My Love'
Sam Smith – 'Stay With Me'
Sigma – 'Nobody To Love'

INTERNATIONAL GROUP
5 Seconds of Summer but only because the young ones at choir would kill me if I didn't pick them. I have never really heard of the other groups 
The Black Keys
First Aid Kit
Foo Fighters
The War On Drugs

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE
Beyonce
Lana Del Ray
Sia
St Vincent
Taylor Swift - love her album 1989 

INTERNATIONAL MALE
Beck
Hozier
Jack White
John Legend
Pharrell Williams - my favourite song of all time - so uplifting 

CRITIC'S CHOICE 
James Bay - WINNER
George The Poet
Years & Years

Information courtesy of Cosmopolitan UK

Oscars 2015 nominations list

The Oscars 2015 nominations list in full. The logical predictions will be in bold but the fan girl ones will be underlined and in italics

Best Picture

"American Sniper"
"Birdman"
"Boyhood"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Selma"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"

Best Director
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”
Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"

Best Actor
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher" 
Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"  I would love for to get an Oscar I admire his work and I hope to work with him one day
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Laura Dern, “Wild”
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”
Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
Jason Hall, “American Sniper”
Anthony McCarten, "The Theory of Everything"
Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"

Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, "Foxcatcher" 
Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Leviathan"
"Ida"
"Tangerines"
“Timbuktu”
"Wild Tales"

I don't know with this category 

Best Documentary Feature
"CITIZENFOUR"
“Finding Vivian Maier”
"Last Days in Vietnam"
“The Salt in the Earth”
"Virunga”

Best Animated Feature
"Big Hero 6"
"The Boxtrolls"
"How to Train Your Dragon 2"
“Song of the Sea”
"The Tale of The Princess Kaguya"

Best Film Editing
"American Sniper"
"Boyhood"
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
"The Imitation Game"
"Whiplash"

Best Original Song
"Everything is Awesome" from "The LEGO Movie" (written by Shawn Patterson)
"Glory" from "Selma" (written by Common and John Legend)
"Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights" (written by Diane Warren)
"I’m Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" (written by Glen Campbell)
"Lost Stars" from "Begin Again" (written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood)

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 
Alexandre Desplat, "The Imitation Game"
Johann Johannsson, "The Theory of Everything"
Gary Yershon, “Mr. Turner”
Hans Zimmer, "Interstellar"

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, "Unbroken"
Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman" 
Dick Pope, "Mr. Turner"
Robert Yeoman, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, “Ida”

Best Costume Design
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
“Inherent Vice”
"Into the Woods"
Maleficiant 
"Mr. Turner"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Foxcatcher"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Guardians of the Galaxy"

Best Production Design
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
“The Imitation Game”
“Interstellar”
"Into the Woods"
"Mr. Turner"

Best Sound Editing
"American Sniper"
“Birdman”
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"

Best Sound Mixing
"American Sniper"
"Birdman"
“Interstellar”
"Unbroken"
“Whiplash”

Best Visual Effects
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
"Interstellar"
"X-Men: Days of Future Past"

Best Short Film, Live Action
"Aya"
“Boogaloo and Graham”
“Butter Lamp”
“Parvaneh”
"The Phone Call"

Best Short Film, Animated
"The Bigger Picture"
"The Dam Keeper"
"Feast"
"Me and My Moulton"
“A Single Life”

Best Documentary, Short Subject
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”
"Joanna"
"Our Curse"
“The Reaper”
"White Earth"

I have not really seen the short films so I don't feel objective enough to comment.

Information courtesy of The Huffington Past