Archive for March 7th, 2010
Cameron V.S Bigelow,
Avatar V.S The Hurt Locker
The Academy Awards or also more popularly known as the Oscar Awards, will be having its 82nd ceremony on March 7, 2010. The hosts of the ceremony for this year will be Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. There’s only ONE day left before the Oscar and there’s been much anticipation about the fired up competition between James Cameron and his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow and their films “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” respectively.
Both “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” has each received a total of 9 nominations, leading this year’s Oscars. Besides, both movies will be up for the Best Picture Award and Best Director Award. According to Golden Village’s online poll, 77.71% of viewers have voted for Avatar to win the Best Picture Award and 73.17% voted for Cameron to win the Best Director Award. However, directors from the film industry expect a turnover for the Best Director Award, predicting that Bigelow’s Iraq-based film will secure her an award for that category.
I feel that there is no doubt that Avatar is going to win the Best Picture Award. Having invested on a number of mind-boggling visual effects that took more than a decade to develop, Cameron has managed to bag home the awards of Production Design and Special Visual effects at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Also, the blue-skinned Na’vis have seemed to win the hearts of many, young and old alike.
However we might expect a different result in the case of the Best Director Award. Bigelow has touched on various heart-breaking issues in her film, which earned her the 2009 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film. This is the first time a female director has even won. If Bigelow wins this award tomorrow morning, she will be the first woman director to win an Oscar Top Prize. However we must also take in mind that the committee of the Academy Award has banned Nicolas Chartier (Producer of The Hurt Locker) from attending the ceremony and we cannot have high expectations that Bigelow is going to take homethis award tomorrow morning.
What’s your take on this? Do comment on this post to share with us your views and opinions.
For those who wants to watch this showdown LIVE at the comfort of your very own home, you guys can tune in to Channel 5 from 9.30 AM to 1.00PM (8 March, SG). Fret not if you aren’t free in the morning as there will be a re-run of the ceremony from 10.30PM-2.00AM. Also, you guys may want to catch the Pre-Academy Awards at 6.30 PM. Do get your tissues/confetti ready for the intense competition between Cameron and Bigelow tomorrow. Stay tune to our website as we will be bringing you more updates on the Oscar Awards!
-Miriam
- Jeong Ae Ree
You would have seen her picture slapped across the front page of The Straits Times if you have read the paper last Wednesday.
Mdm Jeong Ae Ree a korean-born Soprano and one of Singapore’s most established vocal teacher, was a witness at the Coroner’s inquiry of the death of Mr Tong Kok Wai. She was identified as the lady who partied with Dr Ionescu till 2 am in the morning on the night of the accident. Why will a married woman party with an old man till the wee hours of the morning? This, we do not know and shall not judge till we have more details.
What makes Mdm Jeong a more prominent figure in the arts scene is the fact that she is the wife of a prominent Singapore Cellist, Mr Chan Wei Shing. Mr Chan is currently a Cellist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the musical quintet, Take Five. He was also the conductor of River Valley High School’s String Ensemble.
This report linking Mdm Jeong and Dr Ionescu has shocked the artistic community. The media has hinted at a scandalous liason between the two. Her husband and those of us who know her, are all standing by her side.
Personally, I think the media are over-exaggerating things in order to generate sales for their paper. I have met Mdm Jeong before at the concert of her illustrious Student, Rebecca Chellapah. Mdm Jeong is a woman who carries herself with dignity and class. I believe she and Mr Chan are very much in love and infidelity is not an issue in their marriage. She must have her own reasons to socialize with Dr Ionescu. Musicians have to do quite a bit of networking to protect their rice bowl. Perhaps she was searching for someone to back her or sponsor her in an artistic venture. Mdm Jeong is the witness not the culprit. She has the courage to come forward and testify while the real culprit is hiding behind diplomatic immunities. I really hope the media will stop this blasphemy and publish the truth.
All the best to Mr and Mrs Chan. We’ll be keeping our fingers crossed and may the truth prevail!
-Sarah
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