I missed the Oscars! #-o I am so, so glad Million Dollar Baby got most of the main categories though. :wink: I know you said M$B isn't your type of film but I really suggest you see it, I think you'll at least... like it. :wink:
Any pics of Emmy from the show? Hehe.

I too was dissapointed TPoTO did not win any of its technical awards.

And yes, Rossum was looking stunning, as usual.

No, i'm going to pass - this year really doesn't interest me that much, and although i'm dissapointed Aviator didn't win the main prize, it doesn't really bother me that MDB won (ok, slightly pissed :razz: )....

I'm sorry i wasn't able to provide a better coverage of the Oscars, uni is back in full swing and the past 2 days have been filled with study and work commitments, i'll be free tomorrow night, so i'll do a little update then and wrap things up for what has been a very enjoyable 3 months of Phantom converage for me....

BTW - i must say, don't you guys think Beyonce's LTBL performance received the greatest applause out of the Best Songs, it was huge, perhaps because she did take it very high in the register and grand piano performances are normally very well received....and of course, ALW

The Motorcycle Diaries Songs came out of nowhere, people were either expecting Shrek 2, POlar Express or Phantom....oh well,

Rossum was stunning, her red dress was so much better than Renee's, and i'm surprised she didn't feature in any fashion Best Dressed lists here in any Melbourne newspapers.......but perhaps she still is not well known enough for the journalists, who crave star power.....

I'll post a few pictures tomorrow.....BTW i just read that the folks over at Box Office Prophets really liked her dress, calling her best dressed....http://www.boxofficeprophets ... umnID=8839

Well, I didn't watch the programme but I did see a pic on emmy online and she looked lovely.

Cate...well Cate is stunning and I am happy for her win, though she deserved it long ago for Elizabeth.

The Aussie media as expected are going crazy.... :razz:

ACADEMY AWARDS - **WINNERS**

http://www.oscar.com/



ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jamie Foxx
RAY

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Morgan Freeman
MILLION DOLLAR BABY

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Hilary Swank
MILLION DOLLAR BABY

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett
THE AVIATOR

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE INCREDIBLES
Brad Bird

ART DIRECTION
THE AVIATOR
Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)

BEST PICTURE
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE AVIATOR
Robert Richardson

COSTUME DESIGN
THE AVIATOR
Sandy Powell

DIRECTING
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clint Eastwood

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BORN INTO BROTHELS
Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH
Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston

FILM EDITING
THE AVIATOR
Thelma Schoonmaker

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE SEA INSIDE
Spain
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar

HONORARY AWARD
Roger Mayer

HONORARY AWARD
Sidney Lumet

MAKEUP
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso

MUSIC (SCORE)
FINDING NEVERLAND
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

MUSIC (SONG)
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
"Al Otro Lado Del Río"
Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
SIDEWAYS
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
RYAN
Chris Landreth

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
WASP
Andrea Arnold

SOUND EDITING
THE INCREDIBLES
Michael Silvers and Randy Thom

SOUND MIXING
RAY
Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa

VISUAL EFFECTS
SPIDER-MAN 2
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

FASHION at the OSCARS!

Best Actresses:



Best Actors/Supporting Actors:



Charlize & Halle & Oprah:

Zhang Ziyi + Penelope Cruze + Sandrah Oh + Scarlett Johansson



Gwyneth Paltrow + Renee Zellweger + Salma Hayek



Gyllenhaal's + Laura Linney + Scorsese's + Thomas Haden Church + Virginia Madsen

Cate Blanchett + Natalie Portman



Orlando Bloom + Sophie Okenedo + Scorsese's + Cate Blanchett

Emmy Rossum



One of the most elegant and best dressed tonight IMO......though i'm quite dissapointed overall, the bunch of stars this year are quite dull.....

My Best Dressed List: \:D/

1. Cate Blanchett
2. Emmy Rossum
3. Zhang Ziyi
4. Charlize Theron
5. Gwyneth Paltrow

More EMMY ROSSUM

http://gallery.emmy-rossum.net/thumbnai ... 207&page=2

Some Comments on EMMY ROSSUM

* Colorful stones are still enjoying popularity. The good example was Phantom of the Opera actress Emmy Rossum's Harry Winston ruby-and-diamond necklace and her matching drop earrings. The red of the items fit elegantly with the actress's red strapless dress.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/ ... 036129.htm
* Sophisticated starlet Emmy Rossum wore a princess ruby-and-diamond Harry Winston necklace and matching drop earrings and a crimson-red Ralph Lauren gown, which she described as the color of a 1945 Bordeaux wine. "I heard that's a good year," said the 18-year-old.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149164,00.html
* Emmy Rossum of "Phantom of the Opera" talked about her Christmas dinner with legendary writer Kurt Vonnegut and his famed photographer wife Jill Krementz. They're old family friends.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/l ... 59,00.html
* Best dressed: Zellweger (in Carolina Herrera), Rossum (in Ralph Lauren) and Oh (in Michael Kors) were radiant in their strapless red gowns. Young stars Dunst and Johanssen rocked the red carpet in black dresses with cool details

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/co ... 37,00.html
* The trends of the evening were strapless dresses - Gwyneth Paltrow in nude silk Stella McCartney, Emmy Rossum in red Ralph Lauren and Penelope Cruz in gold Oscar de la Renta - oversize diamond earrings and soft undone hair.

"It's over now the Music of the Night"

Mára aurë

Thankyou to the small handful of guys who has supported this thread and i hoped you enjoyed the coverage the past couple of months. :razz: It's been great sharing the Music of the Night with you all. Special note to the members of the Red Rose Society (or whatever we called ourselves) and Miruvor for helping me right from the start. Hannon le

Now that Phantom has finished its Oscar run, and has dissapeared off the charts in many countries, i think this is the right time for us to slow things down (with Uni starting for me..etc).

So until next time folks,

"Love me - that’s all I ask of you"

Are you going to start tracking Geisha soon? [-o<

Arch, thanks for tracking this film, it really was a lot of fun. Sad to see that the end has come but as in all good things the end is always a reality. Don't be a stranger around these boards...

NARNIA NARNIA NARNIA!!!!


Nazgul has King Kong on Lockdown ... goooooo with NARNIA!

You know you want too. Even just a once a week update!

I've thought about tracking it myself. Then decided I really don't have the time.

Arch,

What a lovely end to a beautiful run of a thread! Hannon le mellir nîn.

First post ever to have a graceful ending.

Good job Arch...lovely thread.

167 pages!! oooooh!

Geisha?or Narnia

*Wonders if one option was purposefully larger than the other*

A "100 pager" - you've done it again, Arch. Congrats! =D>

Oh and congrats also to Phantom of the Opera for finally crossing the $50m domestically... :razz: