Most Watched Youtube Videos 2011

1.  Rebecca Black  - Friday (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

2. Ultimate Dog Tease

3. Jack Sparrow (feat Michael Bolton)

4. Talking Twin Babies - PART 2 - OFFICIAL VIDEO

5. Nyan Cat (Original)

6. Look At Me Now - Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes (Cover by @KarminMusic)

7. The Creep (feat. Nicki Minay & John  Waters)

8. Maria Aragon - Born This Way (Cover) by Lady Gaga

9. The Force - Volkswagen Commercial

10.  Cat mom hugs baby kitten

Citroen C4 Grand Picasso

My Own Car

Completed Reading - The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Winner of Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2011)

2011 Golden Globes Nomination

Picture (Drama)

The Descendants

The Help

Hugo

The Ides of March

Moneyball

War Horse

Picture (Musical/Comedy)

50/50

The Artist

Bridesmaids

Midnight in Paris

My Week with Marilyn

Actor (Drama)

George Clooney (The Descendants)
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)

Michael Fassbender (Shame)

Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Actress (Drama)

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)

Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk about Kevin)

Actor (Musical/Comedy)

Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

Brandon Gleeson (The Guard)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50)

Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love) 

Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris)

Actress (Musical/Comedy) 

Jodie Foster (Carnage)

Charlize Theron (Young Adult)

Kristin Wiig (Bridesmaids)

Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Kate Winslet (Carnage) 

Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Albert Brooks (Drive)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Janet McTeer  (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)  
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

Director 
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
George Clooney (The Ides of March)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorcese (Hugo) 

Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango 

Screenplay
Midnight in Paris
The Ides of March
The Artist
The Descendants
Moneyball

Foreign Language Film  
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid with a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In 

Original Score
The Artist
W.E.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War Horse 

Original Song
"Hello Hello" from Gnomeo and Juliet
"The Keeper" from Machine Gun Preacher
"Lay Your Head Down" from Albert Nobbs
"The Living Proof" from The Help
"Masterpiece" from W.E.

Completed Reading: The Miracle of St. Anthony & Pele: The Autobiography

2012 Screen Actors Guild Nomination

Actor
Demian Bischir  (A Better Life)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Actress
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk about Kevin)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn) 

Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marylin)
Armie Hammer (J. Edgar)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners) 

Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer  (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help) 

Ensemble Cast
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
Midnight in Paris

AFI Ten Films of the Year

2011

1.  Bridesmaids

2. The Descendants

3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

4. The Help

5. Hugo

6. J. Edgar

7. Midnight in Paris

8. Moneyball

9. The Tree of Life

10. War Horse 

Special Awards: The Artist, Harry Potter Series

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards

Picture

The Descendants
Runner-Up: The Tree of Life

Director
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
 Runner-Up: Martin Scorcese (Hugo)

Actor
Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class)
Runner-Up: Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)

Actress
Yun Jung-Hee (Poetry)
Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)

Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer (Beginners) 
Runner-Up:  Patton Oswalt (Young Adult) 

Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain (Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, Tree of Life)
Runner-Up:  Janet McTeer (Albert Knobbs)

Screenplay
A Separation
Runner-Up: The Descendants

Cinematography
The Tree of Life
Runner-Up: City of Life and Death

Music/Score
Hanna
Runner-Up: Drive

Production Design
Hugo
Runner-Up: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 

Animated Film
Rango
Runner-Up: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

2012 Oscar Predictions - Round 4

Best Picture

1. The Artist
2. War Horse
3. The Descendants
4. The Help
5. Moneyball
6. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
7. Midnight In Paris

8. Hugo (New) 

2nd Tier

The Tree Of Life

Dropped Out

J. Edgar
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


Best Director

1. Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
2. Alexander Payne, The Descendants
3. Steven Spielberg, War Horse
4. Martin Scorcese, Hugo (New)
5. Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

2nd Tier

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life (Demoted)
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

Dropped Out

Bennett Miller, Moneyball (New)


Best Actor

1. George Clooney, The Descendants
2. Brad Pitt, Moneyball
3. Jean Dujardin, The Artist
4. Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
5. Michael Fassbender, Shame (Promoted)

 2nd Tier

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Demoted)

Dropped Out

Michael Shannon, Take Shelter


Best Actress

1. Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
2. Viola Davis, The Help
3. Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
4. Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
5. Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk about Kevin

2nd Tier

Charlize Theron, Young Adult
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene (Demoted)

Dropped Out

Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


Best Supporting Actor

1. Christopher Plummer, Beginners
2. Albert Brooks, Drive
3. Max Von Sydow, Extreme Loud and Incredibly Close (New)
4. Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marylin
5. Patton Oswalt, Young Adult (New)

2nd Tier

Jim Broadbent, The Iron Lady
Ben KIngsley, Hugo (New)

Dropped Out

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Ides of March
Armie Hammer, J. Edgar


Best Supporting Actress

1. Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
2. Octavia Spencer, The Help
3. Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus
4. Berenice Bejo, The Artist
5. Jessica Chastain, The Help (New)

2nd Tier

Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life
Sandra Bullock, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Demoted)

New Dark Knight Rises Poster

Completed Reading - The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936-1945