• Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
• Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
• Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
• Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
• James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
• John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
• Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
• Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
• Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
• Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
• Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
• Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
• Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
• Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
• Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
• Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

• “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
• “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
• “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

• “Alice in Wonderland”
  Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
  Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• “Inception”
  Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
• “The King’s Speech”
  Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
• “True Grit”
  Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

• “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
• “Inception” Wally Pfister
• “The King’s Speech” Danny Cohen
• “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
• “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
• “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
• “The King’s Speech” Jenny Beavan
• “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
• “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

• “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
• “The Fighter” David O. Russell
• “The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper
• “The Social Network” David Fincher
• “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)

• “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
• “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
• “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
• “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
• “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
• “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
• “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
• “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

• “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
• “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
• “The King’s Speech” Tariq Anwar
• “127 Hours” Jon Harris
• “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

• “Biutiful” Mexico
• “Dogtooth” Greece
• “In a Better World” Denmark
• “Incendies” Canada
• “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

• “Barney’s Version” Adrien Morot
• “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

• “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
• “Inception” Hans Zimmer
• “The King’s Speech” Alexandre Desplat
• “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
• “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

• “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

• “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
• “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
• “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
• “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
• “The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
• “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
• “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
• “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• “Winter’s Bone” Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

• “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
• “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• “Let’s Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
• “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

• “The Confession” Tanel Toom
• “The Crush” Michael Creagh
• “God of Love” Luke Matheny
• “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
• “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

• “Inception” Richard King
• “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
• “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
• “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
• “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

• “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
• “The King’s Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
• “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
• “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
• “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

• “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
• “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
• “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
• “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
• “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Winter’s Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
• “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
  Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
• “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• “The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

All you have to do is enter in your flight information and the site will show you the probability that you will make your flight on time. Simple enough. Use this in conjunction with Farecast (flight price prediction) and you shouldn’t have to worry about getting stuck on expensive flight that take forever.

• Q4 2011 earnings smash expectations
• Shifting top leadership roles – Eric Schmidt now Executive Chairman, Larry Page now CEO
• Google TV preparing for a re-launch and mobile expansion
• Google Offers in testing… about to launch full Groupon competitor after failed takeover bid
• Google Voice testing ability to port primary number – Google can be your phone service provider?
• Android growing at astronomical rate
• CPC rates increasing while aggregate clicks also increasing
• Preparation of more dynamic advertisements on YouTube and AdWords
• Huge selection of Android tablets about to be released

Google is about to be an even bigger monster!

Here’s who will be there:

!!!, 12th Planet, Afrojack, Alf Alpha, Andy C, Angus and Julia Stone, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, Axwell, Beardyman, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Bomba Estereo, Boys Noize, Brandon Flowers, Brandt Brauer Frick, Breakage, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Cage the Elephant, Caifanes, Caspa, Cee Lo Green, Chromeo, Chuckie, City and Colour, Clare Maguire, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cults, Cut Copy, Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Delorean, Delta Sprirt, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Duck Sauce, Duran Duran, EE, Elbow, Electric Touch, Eliza Doolittle, Ellie Goulding, Emicida, Empire of the Sun, Erick Morillo, Erykah Badu, Excision, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Fedde Le Grand, Fistful of Mercy, Flogging Molly, Foals, Foster the People, Francis and the Lights, Freelance Whales, fun., G.Q., Gayngs, Glasser, Gogol Bordello, Good Old War, Gord Downie, Goth Trad, Green Velvet, Gypsy and the Cat, HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, High Contrast, Hurts, Interpol, Jack Beats, Jack’s Mannequin, Jakes, Jenny and Johnny, Jimmy Eat World, Joachim Garraud, Joy Orbison, Kanye West, Kele, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Kode9, Kyle Hall, Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lightning Bolt, Lil’ B, Lorn, Los Bunkers, Magnetic Man, Mariachi El Bronx, Marina and the Diamonds, Mary Anne Hobbs, MEN, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving Units, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Mumford & Sons, Nas & Damian Marley, Neon Trees, New Pants, Nosaj Thing, OFF!, OFWGKTA, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Ozomatli, Paul van Dyk, Phantogram, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, Plan B, Ramadanman, Raphael Saadiq, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Robyn, Roska, Rye Rye, Sander Kleinenberg, Sasha, SBTRKT, Scala & Kolacny Bros., Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Shpongle, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Steve Angello, Sven Vath, Take, Tame Impala, Terror Danjah, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, The Aquabats, The Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, The Drums, The Felice Brothers, The Henry Clay People, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The London Suede, The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Presets, The Radio Dept., The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Strokes, The Swell Season, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Twelves, Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus, Tokimonsta, Trampled by Turtles, Trentemoller, Twin Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club, Warpaint, Wire, Wiz Khalifa, Yacht, Yelle and Zed Bias.

Just look below!!

The Details:

Who: You!

What: Dropquest is a multi-step scavenger hunt that will test your wits and knowledge. Expect to hop around the Dropbox site and the internet to find answers to easy and not-so-easy puzzles.

Where: Dropquest 2011 Official Starting Zone

Prizes:

• Completion: 1 GB for life Dropquest will also be timed, and the fastest finishers will be rewarded with even more fantastic prizes.

• Platinum: (1) Dropbox hoodie (Psychobox), LIMITED EDITION, Dropbox drawing signed by the Dropbox team, 50 GB for life!

• Gold: (10) Dropbox hoodie (Psychobox), Dropbox print signed by the Dropbox team, 10 GB for life!

• Silver: (20) Dropbox t-shirt (Psychobox), 5 GB for life!

• Bronze: (50) 2 GB for life! …and a few secret prizes too!

(source of above info: Dropbox forum)

Here is a walkthrough that will help you along. Note that you don’t have to actually input an answer for each of the steps along the way. Sometimes there is an input field, but mainly each step leads you along to the next one. You will get more and more storage credit as you solve each step.

Before you do anything, log into your Dropbox account.

1. It’s 284

2. Go to: http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=284

3. Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/211024/Step4.zip

4. Inside Step4.zip is Step5.zip

5. Step5.zip Password: huskies

6. Earthbox (https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/r)

7. 33739 (https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/0)

8. (https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/p) -> https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/b

9. First picture in blog

10. http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9582/1j5o8.png

11. http://www.dropbox.com/home

12. Click on the top

13. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/x

14. http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=18&page=18&replies=1173

15. http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=18

16. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/211024/Step16.zip

17. baff1e (https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/h) (make sure you see that there is not an “L” but the number “1″)

18. drew houston

19. http://www.dropbox.com/help/206

21. Share a new folder with mailto:dropquest@dropbox.com named 1F75CC

22. https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/3712/frozen-yogurt

23. https://www.dropbox.com/about Click on Hunter’s image

24. rainbowshell

25: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/211024/rainbowshell.zip

26: http://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/t

27. bad cabbage (or badcabbage)

28. 1133471056

29. Dr0pbox heaRtsU

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YouTube's business model has gone from a question mark to a dollar sign since Google acquired the start-up in 2006 for $3.65 Billion. It seemed a hefty price to pay, but now YouTube has integrated a number of ways to turn the video service into a cash cow.

ADVERTISING

The development and expansion of the YouTube Partner Program has allowed thousands of people to run ads on each of the videos they promote. These ads are on channel pages, video pages, and overlays on the videos themselves.  

A few partners are even able to run pre-rolls and post-rolls on the videos – full video advertisements that play before or after the video. Google has been the king of serving contextual ads on websites, and this technology has found a home on YouTube were billions of pages are served every day.

Additionally, many corporations choose to run ad campaigns on YouTube's homepage – huge banner ads with a proven track record of interactivity have become popular means of promoting films and TV shows. These ads are expensive and effective, a very lucrative point for YouTube.

BANDWIDTH

One of the fears companies had when purchasing YouTube was the expense required to run it. The bandwidth costs were prohibitively high for a company that delivers video content to the entire world.  

But bandwidth prices have been falling and Google has found all kinds of clever ways of cheapening the expense of bandwidth – mostly in very technical ways like the way they route their traffic and their purchasing of "dark fiber" (unused fiber optic cable).

RENTALS

A potential game-changer for the world's largest video site is YouTube Rentals. Suddenly, there is an opportunity for instant worldwide distribution for independent filmmakers where they indie films can set their own price per rental and rental duration. This was tested during the Sundance Film Festival of 2010 and made a little over $10,000 – pocket change for YouTube.  

But as the program opens up to more people and advertising campaigns may begin to revolve around the YouTube distribution, it's easy to imagine the rental program evolving into a massive success.

LOYALTY

YouTube viewers are everywhere. With the social integrations of various services, the ability to embed videos across sites, and the fact that YouTube has become a powerful resource for research, information, and entertainment, the internet users of the world simple cannot help but be YouTube users.  

Individuals are consuming thousands upon thousands of videos and the innovations that continue to emerge only perpetuate the trend. And most of the time a person spends time on YouTube, ads are being run and the profits continue to tick upwards.

YouTube is a revolution and there profits show no signs of stopping. As advertising becomes more prevalent, bandwidth costs fall to $0, and new revenue streams emerge, and traffic continues to grow, YouTube will remain a titan on the internet with an infallible business model.

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Engadget covers the story here.

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]]> http://smugsmog.com/crazy-stop-motion-tattoo/feed/ 1 http://smugsmog.com/do-the-right-thing-kevin-rose/ http://smugsmog.com/do-the-right-thing-kevin-rose/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:42:13 +0000 admin http://smugsmog.com/?p=101 A new picture of Kevin Rose if he were actually in the movie Do the Right Thing.

If Kevin Rose were in the movie Do The Right Thing

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