A MAN AND HIS AWARDS
OFFICIAL 2011 BRYAN AWARDS PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2011

“Black Swan” Dances With 14 Bryan Movie Award Nominations

The dark thriller “Black Swan” danced away with 14 Bryan Movie Award nominations, including Best Picture, Director (Darren Aronofsky), and Actress (Natalie Portman) on Friday.

“Black Swan” is about a ballerina who auditions for the role of the White Swan in “Swan Lake” but loses her mind as she acts more like the Black Swan.

The recent Golden Globe champ for Motion Picture-Drama, “The Social Network” has 10 Bryan Movie Award Nominations, including Best Picture, Director (David Fincher), and Actor (Jesse Eisenberg).

“‘The Social Network’ is more than about the creation of Facebook,” said Bryan Awards creator Bryan Curtiss.  “It is about many things- power, inspiration, greed, and it features characters you can root for.  It is in the drivers seat this awards season.”

The other eight Best Picture nominees are “Alice in Wonderland”, the latest Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration; “127 Hours”; “The Kids Are All Right”, a film about a sperm donor coming back to the lives of a lesbian couple; “Inception”; “The King’s Speech”, the story of King George VI; “Toy Story 3”, the sequel to “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2”; “The Fighter”; and “True Grit”, the Coen Brothers remake of the Oscar-winning 1969 John Wayne film.

Winners will be announced on February 20.

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(edited on February 22, win the Winners in Bold)

Best Picture:
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit

Best Director:
BLACK SWAN- Darren Aronofsky
THE FIGHTER- David O. Russell
INCEPTION- Christopher Nolan
THE KING'S SPEECH- Tom Hooper
THE SOCIAL NETWORK- David Fincher

Best Actor:
THE FIGHTER- Mark Wahlberg as Micky Ward
THE KING'S SPEECH- Colin Firth as King George VI
127 HOURS- James Franco as Aron Ralston
THE SOCIAL NETWORK- Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg
TRUE GRIT- Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn

Best Actress:
BLACK SWAN- Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers
BLUE VALENTINE- Michelle Williams as Cindy
COUNTRY STRONG- Gwyneth Paltrow as Kelly Canter
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT- Annette Bening as Nic & Julianne Moore as Jules
RABBIT HOLE- Nicole Kidman as Becca

Best Supporting Actor:
THE FIGHTER- Christian Bale as Dicky Ecklund
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT- Mark Ruffalo as Paul
THE KING'S SPEECH- Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue
THE SOCIAL NETWORK- Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin
THE TOWN- Jeremy Renner as James Coughlin

Best Supporting Actress:
ANIMAL KINGDOM- Jacki Weaver as Smurf
BLACK SWAN- Mila Kunis as Lily
THE FIGHTER- Amy Adams as Charlene Fleming
THE FIGHTER- Melissa Leo as Alice Ward
THE KING'S SPEECH- Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth/ALICE IN WONDERLAND- Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen

Best Younger Performer:
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT- Josh Hutcherson as Laser
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT- Mia Wasikowska as Joni/ALICE IN WONDERLAND- Mia Wasikowska as Alice
TRUE GRIT- Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross
WINTER'S BONE- Jennifer Lawrence as Ree Dolly

Best Performance by a Cast:
BLACK SWAN- Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, and Winona Ryder
THE FIGHTER- Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, and Mark Wahlberg
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT- Annette Bening, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, and Mia Wasikowska
THE KING'S SPEECH- Anthony Adams, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Sir Michael Gambon, Sir Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, and Timothy Spall
THE SOCIAL NETWORK- Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Arnie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, and Justin Timberlake

Best Adapted Screenplay:
I LOVE YOU, PHILIP MORRIS- John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (Based on the Book by Steven McVicker)
127 HOURS- Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle (Based on the Book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK- Aaron Sorkin (Based on the Book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich)
THE TOWN- Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, and Aaron Stockard (Based on the Novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan)
TRUE GRIT- Joel & Ethan Coen (Based on the Novel by Charles Portis)

Best Original Screenplay:
BLACK SWAN- Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin
THE FIGHTER- Scott Silver, Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson
INCEPTION- Christopher Nolan
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT- Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
THE KING'S SPEECH- David Seidler

Best Foreign Language Film:
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
The First Beautiful Thing (Italy)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Simple Simon (Sweden)

Best Animated Feature:
How To Train Your Dragon
Tangled
Toy Story 3

Best Documentary:
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Enemies of the People
Inside Job
One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey
Waiting for "Superman"

Best Original Song:
BURLESQUE- "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" (Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren)
COUNTRY STRONG- "Coming Home" (Music and Lyrics by Bob DiPiere, Tom Douglas, and Troy Verges)
TOY STORY 3- "We Belong Together" (Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman)
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN- "Shine" (Music and Lyrics by John Legend)

Best Original Score:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Danny Elfman, Composer)
INCEPTION (Hans Zimmer, Composer)
127 HOURS (A.R. Rahman, Composer)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Composers)
TOY STORY 3 (Randy Newman, Composer)

Best Film Editing:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND- Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.
BLACK SWAN- Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.
THE FIGHTER- Pamela Martin
INCEPTION- Lee Smith, A.C.E.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK- Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Chris Baxter

Best Cinematography:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND- Dariusz Wolski, A.S.C.
BLACK SWAN- Matthew Libatique, A.S.C.
INCEPTION- Wally Pfister, A.S.C.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK- Jeff Cronenweth, A.S.C.
TRUE GRIT- Roger Deakins, A.S.C.

Best Art Direction:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND- Stefan Dechant
BLACK SWAN- Therese DePrez & Tora Petersen
COUNTRY STRONG- John Jensen
THE KING'S SPEECH- Netty Chapman
TRUE GRIT- Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh

Best Costumes:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND- Colleen Atwood
BLACK SWAN- Amy Westcott
BLUE VALENTINE- Erin Benach
THE KING'S SPEECH- Jenny Beavan
TRUE GRIT- Mary Zophres

Best Makeup:
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Burlesque
True Grit

Best Sound Editing:
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Inception
Iron Man 2
Toy Story 3

Best Sound Mixing:
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Inception
Toy Story 3
True Grit

Best Visual Effects:
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Remake or Sequel:
THE A-TEAM- Remake of the 1983-87 NBC Action Series
ALICE IN WONDERLAND- Live-Action Remake of the Classic Lewis Carroll tale
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 1- The penultimate film of the Harry Potter series
IRON MAN 2- Sequel to the 2008 live-action remake of the 1960s cartoon
TRUE GRIT- Remake of the 1969 film that garnered John Wayne his Academy Award for Best Actor

Best Screen Couple:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND- Johnny Depp & Helena Bonham-Carter
BLACK SWAN- Natalie Portman and EITHER Mila Kunis or the Black Swan
BLUE VALENTINE- Ryan Gosling & Michelle Williams
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT- Annette Bening & Julianne Moore
THE SOCIAL NETWORK- Any human character and their Facebook account
TOY STORY 3- Any two toys

MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS TALLY:
Black Swan- 14 Nominations
Alice in Wonderland- 12 Nominations
The Social Network- 10 Nominations
True Grit- 10 Nominations
The Fighter- 9 Nominations
Inception- 9 Nominations
The King’s Speech- 9 Nominations
The Kids Are All Right- 8 Nominations
Toy Story 3- 7 Nominations
127 Hours- 4 Nominations
Blue Valentine- 3 Nominations
Country Strong- 3 Nominations
Iron Man 2- 3 Nominations
Burlesque- 2 Nominations
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1- 2 Nominations
The Town- 2 Nominations
Waiting for Superman- 2 Nominations

WINS TALLY
3 Wins- Black Swan, The Fighter, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit
2 Wins- Alice in Wonderland, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech
1 Win- Dogtooth, Waiting for "Superman"

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A MAN AND HIS AWARDS
OFFICIAL 2011 BRYAN AWARDS PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2011

‘Airbender’ Soars Off With 16 Silver Garbage Film Nods, ‘Sex’, ‘Eclipse’ Garner Multiple Nods

“The Last Airbender” leads all films with 16 Silver Garbage Film Nods, including Worst Picture and Director (M. Night Shyamalan) at the first-ever Silver Garbage Film Awards.

The categories in this category were formerly part of the Bryan Movie Awards, but were separated to provide clarity to the Bryan Movie Awards.

“In years past, it was utterly confusing to say that ‘this movie here’ led the Best of Movies with 15 nominations, while ‘that movie here’ led the Worst of Movies with 12 nominations,” said Bryan Awards creator Bryan Curtiss.  “It’s a more clearer and understanding picture.  Both awards will be posted on the exact same web page, but they will be two separate awards shows, and I feel that singling out the worst of the big screen fits under the Silver Garbage label.”

The Silver Garbage Awards, are the name of Curtiss’s annual “Worst of Television” awards, honoring the worst programs of the small screen.

Joining “Airbender” in the Worst Picture Category are “The Back-Up Plan”, Jennifer Lopez’s romantic comedy about a woman trying to get pregnant; “Sex and the City 2”, the sequel to the first “Sex and the City” movie; “Burlesque”; “Jonah Hex”, a live action version of the DC Comics Civil War hero; “Grown-Ups”; “Tooth Fairy”; “The Last Song”, Miley Cyrus’s film, based on the Nicholas Sparks (“The Notebook”) novel; and “Yogi Bear”, a live-action remake of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Winners for the Silver Garbage Film Awards will be announced on February 20.  The nominees for the regular Silver Garbage TV Awards will be announced in early July with the winners for that being announced on the eve of the telecast for the 63^rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

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'Sex' Romps Inaugural Silver Garbage Film Awards, 'Airbender' Soars With 6 Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 22, 2011

"Sex and the City 2", the remake to the movie, which was a sequel to the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning HBO Comedy Series, came out on top, no pun intended, winning Worst Picture at the First Annual Silver Garbage Film Awards.

This is not the first year that the Worst of the Big Screen has been recognized by A Man and His Awards, as most of these categories were part of the Bryan Film Awards until last year.

"For clarity purposes, it was time to separate the bad and the good completely," said Bryan Curtiss, creator of The Bryan and Silver Garbage Awards, which are operated by the A Man and His Awards umbrella.  "It was confusing to say who had the most nominations, and most wins, between a good film, such as 'Avatar', and a bad film, such as 'Norbit'."

"Sex and the City 2" won five Silver Garbage Awards, but the most wins came from "The Last Airbender", an M. Night Shyamalan directed film, which was a live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon cartoon.

"Airbender" translated six of its 16 nominations into trophies, including Worst Supporting Actor for Jackson Rathbone, who also won for his role in "Twilight Saga: Eclipse", and Shyamalan for helming the film.

Worst Actor went to Robert Pattinson for both "Remember Me" and "Twilight Saga: Eclipse".  Worst Actress went to Super Bowl XLV National Anthem lyric fumbler Christina Aguilera for "Burlesque".  Worst Supporting Actress went to Cher for "Burlesque".

"Jonah Hex" and "Yogi Bear" each came away with one technical Silver Garbage Award each.

The 1st Annual Silver Garbage Film Awards come with the same spirit as its small screen counterpart, which slams the worst of the small screen.  The 11th Annual Silver Garbage Television Award nominations will be announced on July 13.

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(edited on February 25 with winners in Bold)

Worst Picture:
The Back-Up Plan
Burlesque
Grown-Ups
Jonah Hex
The Last Airbender
The Last Song
Sex and the City 2
Tooth Fairy
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Yogi Bear

Worst Director:
GROWN-UPS- Dennis Dugan, Director
JONAH HEX- Jimmy Hayward, Director
THE LAST AIRBENDER- M. Night Shyamalan, Director
THE LAST SONG- Julie Anne Robinson, Director
SEX AND THE CITY 2- Michael Patrick King, Director

Worst Actress:
THE BACK-UP PLAN- Jennifer Lopez as Zoe
BURLESQUE- Christina Aguilera as Alice Marilyn "Ali" Rose
JONAH HEX- Megan Fox as Lilah
THE LAST SONG- Miley Cyrus as Veronica "Ronnie" Miller
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE- Kristen Stewart as Bella

Worst Actor:
GROWN-UPS- Adam Sandler as Lenny Feder
JONAH HEX- Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex
TOOTH FAIRY- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Derek Thompson/The Tooth Fairy
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE- Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen/REMEMBER ME- Robert Pattinson as Tyler Hawkins
YOGI BEAR- Dan Aykroyd as Yogi Bear (in voice only)

Worst Supporting Actress:
BURLESQUE- Cher as Tess
GROWN UPS- Salma Hayek (Pinault) as Roxanne Chase-Feder
THE LAST AIRBENDER- Nicola Peltz as Katara
THE LAST SONG- Kelly Preston as Kim Miller
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE- Bryce (with a Y) Dallas Howard as Victoria

Worst Supporting Actor:
EXPENDABLES- Mickey Rourke as Tool/IRON MAN 2- Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko/Whiplash/PASSION PLAY- Mickey Rourke as Nate Grazini
GROWN UPS- Rob Schneider as Rob Hilliard
GROWN UPS- David Spade as Marucs Higgins
THE LAST AIRBENDER- Dev Patel as Zuko
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE- Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale/THE LAST AIRBENDER- Jackson Rathbone as Sokka

Worst Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
BURLESQUE- Christina Aguilera, Cher, Kristen Bell, Alan Cumming, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Eric Dane, Peter Gallagher, Stanley Tucci, Dianna Agron, Glynn Turman, David Walton, Terrence J, Chelsea Traille, Tyne Stecklein, Tanee McCall, Blair Redford
GROWN-UPS- Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek (Pinault), Kevin James, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph, Joyce Van Patten, Steve Buscemi, Colin Quinn, Tim Meadows, Dan Patrick, Norm McDonald
THE LAST AIRBENDER- Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi, Seychelle Gabriel, Cliff Curtis, Summer Bishil, Francis Guinan, Randall Duk Kim, and Keong Sim
SEX AND THE CITY 2- Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Chris Noth, John Corbett, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Willie Garson, Mario Cantone, Lynn Cohen, Alice Eve, Noah Mills, Raza Jaffrey, Omid Djalili, Penelope Cruz, and Liza Minnelli
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE- Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Elisabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Billy Burke, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dakota Fanning, Cameron Bright, Xavier Samuel, Sarah Clarke, Anna Kendrick, Michael Welch

Worst Screenplay:
BURLESQUE- Steven Antin and Diablo Cody, Writers
GROWN-UPS- Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf, Writers
THE LAST AIRBENDER- M. Night Shyamalan, Writer
MARMADUKE- Jon Vitti, Writer
SEX AND THE CITY 2- Michael Patrick King, Writer
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE- Melissa Rosenberg, Writer (based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer)

Worst Sequel:
LITTLE FOCKERS (sequel to 2000's Meet the Parents and 2006's Meet the Fockers)
SAW 3-D (last edition of the Saw series)
SEX AND THE CITY 2 (sequel to the big screen sequel to the Emmy Award-winning HBO comedy series [1998-2004])
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (latest sequel in the Twilight book series)

Worst Remake:
BURLESQUE (Gypsy meets Flashdance meets Showgirls)
CLASH OF THE TITANS (remake of the original 1982 movie starring Harry Hamlin)
THE LAST AIRBENDER (live-action remake of the Nickelodeon animated action series)
MARMADUKE (live-action remake of the Brad Anderson comic strip & 1980s cartoon)
YOGI BEAR (live-action remake of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon series)

Worst Duo:
BURLESQUE- Christina Aguilera & Cher
JONAH HEX- Josh Brolin & Megan Fox
THE LAST AIRBENDER- Any two people, props, or scenery
MARMADUKE- Marmaduke (voice of Owen Wilson) & Carlos (voice of George Lopez)
SEX AND THE CITY 2- Pick any of my four favorite gal-pals or manolo blahniks
VALENTINE'S DAY- Pick a couple, just any couple

Worst Editing:
Clash of the Titans
The Last Airbender
Saw 3-D
Sex and the City 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Worst Cinematography:
The Back-Up Plan
The Last Airbender
Saw 3-D
Sex and the City 2
Tooth Fairy

Worst Art Direction:
Clash of the Titans
Jonah Hex
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Yogi Bear

Worst Sound:
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Tron Legacy
Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Worst Makeup:
The A-Team
Jonah Hex
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Yogi Bear

Worst Costumes:
Jonah Hex
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
Yogi Bear

Worst Visual Effects:
Jonah Hex
The Last Airbender
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Yogi Bear

MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS TALLY (minimum of 2 Nominations):
The Last Airbender- 16 Nominations
Sex and the City 2- 12 Nominations
Twilight Saga: Eclipse- 11 Nominations
Jonah Hex- 9 Nominations
Grown-Ups- 8 Nominations
Burlesque- 7 Nominations
Yogi Bear- 7 Nominations
The Last Song- 4 Nominations
The Back-Up Plan- 3 Nominations
Clash of the Titans- 3 Nominations
Marmaduke- 3 Nominations
Saw 3-D- 3 Nominations
Tooth Fairy- 3 Nominations

WINS TALLY:
6 Wins- The Last Airbender
5 Wins- Sex and the City 2
2 Wins- Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Burlesque

1 Win- Remember Me, Jonah Hex, Yogi Bear