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The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer. The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer. The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

David Seidler
Colin Firth
Geoffrey Rush
Helena Bonham Carter
834 User reviews
487 Critic reviews
88 Metascore
109 wins & 206 nominations total

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King George VI

Lionel Logue

Queen Elizabeth

Archbishop Cosmo Lang

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Robert Wood

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Dr. Blandine Bentham

Laurie Logue

Myrtle Logue

Valentine Logue
Anthony Logue

Princess Elizabeth

Princess Margaret

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Trivia Nine weeks before filming began, Lionel Logue's grandson, Mark Logue , discovered a large box in his attic that contained his grandfather's personal papers. The box held Lionel Logue's diary, his appointment book, notes from his speech therapy sessions with King George VI , and over 100 personal letters to Logue from the King. It also contained what is believed to be the actual copy of the speech used by George VI in his 1939 radio broadcast announcing the declaration of war with Germany. Mark Logue turned his grandfather's papers, letters, and diary over to director Tom Hooper and screenwriter David Seidler , who used them to flesh out the relationship between Logue and the King. Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth also read through the material for insight into their characters. The exchange in this movie between Logue and King George VI following his radio speech ("You still stammered on the 'W'." / "Well, I had to throw in a few so they knew it was me.") was taken directly from Logue's diary. Firth insisted that it should be included in the movie.
Goofs In the final speech, King George VI has one blue eye and one brown eye. Colin Firth had lost a contact lens.

King George VI : All that... work... down the drain. My own... b... brother, I couldn't say a single w-word to him in reply.

Lionel Logue : Why do you stammer so much more with David than you ever do with me?

King George VI : 'Cos you're b... bloody well paid to listen.

Lionel Logue : Bertie, I'm not a geisha girl.

King George VI : Stop trying to be so bloody clever.

Lionel Logue : What is it about David that stops you speaking?

King George VI : What is it about you that bloody well makes you want to go on about it the whole bloody time?

Lionel Logue : Vulgar, but fluent; you don't stammer when you swear.

King George VI : Oh, bugger off!

Lionel Logue : Is that the best you can do?

King George VI : [like an elocution lesson] Well... bloody bugger to you, you beastly bastard.

Lionel Logue : Oh, a public school prig could do better than that.

King George VI : Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!

Lionel Logue : Yes!

King George VI : Shit!

Lionel Logue : Defecation flows trippingly from the tongue!

King George VI : Because I'm angry!

Lionel Logue : Do you know the f-word?

King George VI : F... f... fornication?

Lionel Logue : Oh, Bertie.

King George VI : Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse!

Lionel Logue : Yes...

King George VI : Balls, balls...

Lionel Logue : ...you see, not a hesitation!

King George VI : ...fuckity, shit, shit, fuck and willy. Willy, shit and fuck and... tits.

Crazy credits In the end credit roll, Philip Clements is listed twice as Assistant Sound Editor.
Connections Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 22 October 2010 (2010)
Soundtracks Le nozze di Figaro Overture Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [During the first therapy session when King's voice is being recorded]

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Nov 28, 2010
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The Academy’s push to expand the Oscar best-picture race has paid dividends again. In the second year in which contenders number 10 instead of the traditional five, the field includes more films with proven mainstream appeal.

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Just as last year’s lineup of nominees, led by Fox’s juggernaut “Avatar,” dominated the box office, 2010’s contenders have earned more than $2.5 billion, with Disney-Pixar’s “ Toy Story 3 ” and Warner Bros.’ “Inception” among the top five worldwide grossers last year. Even the specialty films in best-pic contention have found wider audiences, with the Weinstein Co.’s “The King’s Speech” currently closing in on the $100 million mark.

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The contenders offer a decided contrast to a few years ago, when darker-themed, less widely seen films dominated the Oscar race. The more mainstream vibe should prove good news for producers of the 83rd Academy Awards , who are hoping to attract younger viewers to ABC’s Feb. 27 kudocast (they’ve already set James Franco and Anne Hathaway to serve as co-hosts).

Sony’s “The Social Network” had been the presumptive favorite based on other kudos-season wins heading into Tuesday’s nominations, which were presented by Academy prexy Tom Sherak and last year’s supporting actress winner, Mo’Nique. But the filmmakers behind the story of Facebook’s launch now find themselves facing renewed competition from “Speech,” which leads the Oscar race with 12 noms .

Paramount’s “ True Grit ” also emerged a strong contender, with 10 bids, after having been shut out of the Golden Globes. Warner Bros.’ “Inception” and “The Social Network” garnered eight noms apiece.

The film with the most noms has won the best picture prize in 14 of the past 20 years. But recent results — the top noms earner has won only twice in the past five years — suggest that this year’s race is far from over.

Oscar voters spread the nominations across a mix of films from the majors and indies — and not just titles that bowed during the fourth quarter of 2010. “Inception,” “Toy Story 3” and Focus Features’ “ The Kids Are All Right ” were released during the summer sesh, and “Alice in Wonderland” bowed in March.

Studio tallies of nominations numbers are always tricky, thanks to split rights, overseas deals and production partners. But in terms of domestic distribution, Paramount has 20 nominations, spread among “True Grit,” “The Fighter” and “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Iron Man 2.” “Fighter” also bears the Relativity brand, “Dragon” was produced by DreamWorks Animation, “True Grit” with Skydance Prods. and “Iron Man 2” with Marvel. Sony earned 17 (counting its Columbia, Classics and Screen Gems labels), while Warner Bros. and Disney came up with 12. Universal scared up one for the makeup work in “ The Wolfman .”

Among the indies, the Weinstein Co. led with 13 noms, for “King’s Speech” and “ Blue Valentine ,” followed by 11 for Fox Searchlight, seven for Sony Pictures Classics, six for Roadside Attractions and four for Focus Features. Lionsgate garnered one for “Rabbit Hole,” while Magnolia Pictures landed one for “I Am Love.” Miramax’s “The Tempest” was released by Disney.

Either way, the noms should help smaller films like toon “ The Illusionist ” and docu “Inside Job” get discovered by a broader audience “in a major way,” said Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics.

“The Kids Are All Right” producer Celine Rattray expressed a similar sentiment. “It took seven years, 13 financiers, and a 23-day shoot to make our film a reality,” Rattray said. “By recognizing ‘Kids,’ the Academy has not only honored us but has given hope and inspiration to the independent film community.”

“Kids Are All Right,” Fox Searchlight’s “Black Swan” and Roadside Attractions’ “Winter’s Bone” were femme-dominated films that managed to hold their own among a more testosterone-heavy lineup of pics that muscled their way into the major categories, with boxers (“The Fighter”), cowboys (“True Grit”), a rock climber (“127 Hours”), mind-bending businessmen (“Inception”) and nerds (“The Social Network”) duking it out with the stuttering monarch of “The King’s Speech.”

Focus Features chief James Schamus was among those to point out the male-dominated year in film kudos. But, he said, “In a macho year, there were extraordinarily accomplished creative women driving the engine for ‘Kids.'”

Echoing last year’s race in which the toon “Up” made it into the best-picture race, Disney’s “Toy Story 3” made the final cut for the main category this year, but the Academy has yet to include a documentary or foreign-language film in its top 10.

As always, the awards season stirs buzz as to how films will perform at the Oscars, but voters of the Academy Awards always have surprises up their tuxedo sleeves.

Notable among the twists this year are the noms for Javier Bardem and John Hawkes in the acting categories for “Biutiful” and “Winter’s Bone,” respectively. There were also some surprise omissions, such as “Inception” helmer Christopher Nolan’s exclusion from the directing category (see separate story).

Scott Rudin is a double nominee in the picture race, for “The Social Network” and “True Grit.” It’s the first time since Francis Ford Coppola and Fred Roos enjoyed that status for 1974’s “The Conversation” and “The Godfather Part II.” (Before 1951, individual producers weren’t cited in the noms.) Among the year’s other double nominees are Nolan (as producer and co-screenwriter), Danny Boyle (“127 Hours”), Lee Unkrich (“Toy Story 3”) and Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey (“True Grit”). Joel and Ethan Coen are triple nominees, as writers, directors and producers of “True Grit.”

Of the 10 best-picture nominees, nine include at least one producer getting his or her first nom in that category. Only the trio of Rudin and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen are all vets with previous best-film bids.

The acting races also include a long list of first-timers, such as Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”), James Franco (“127 Hours”), Christian Bale (“The Fighter”), Mark Ruffalo (“The Kids Are All Right”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”), Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit”) and Aussie thesp Jacki Weaver. Weaver’s perf in “Animal Kingdom” first made a splash at Sundance last year.

“I’m in Sundance right now, and everything comes full circle,” said Sony’s Barker. “A year later, she is getting nominated.”

Nine of the top 10 best picture nominees also nabbed writing nods. The only pic left out of the original or adapted screenplay race was “Black Swan,” which lost out to “Another Year.” Last year, eight of the 10 best pic contenders nabbed screenplay noms.

Greg P. Russell scored his 14th nom, with the “Salt” sound team. He’s aiming for his first win this year.

The animation category wound up with just three pics — “Toy Story 3,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “The Illusionist” — because the Academy ruled in November that just 15 pics were eligible. Five films fill out the category when 16 films or more are considered eligible. This year marks the third year that a toon is competing for the best picture prize, after 1991’s “Beauty and the Beast” and “Up.”

Music from toons took up half of the four song slots, with “Toy Story 3’s” “We Belong Together” and “Tangled’s” “I See the Light” up against “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” and “If I Rise” from “127 Hours.”

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and collaborator Atticus Ross are first-time nominees for their score for “The Social Network.” However, this is Randy Newman’s 20th nomination and Alan Menken’s 19th. Each were nominated for animated films.

“Salt,” “Hereafter,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” “Unstoppable,” “Tron: Legacy” and “Iron Man 2” received bids in various tech categories.

Franco’s “127 Hours” best actor nom and official duties as Oscar host put him in rare company. The last person to be both an honoree and host in the same year was Paul Hogan, who was a contender for original screenplay for 1986’s “Crocodile Dundee.”

Final Oscar ballots will be mailed Feb. 2 and are due back at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ offices Feb. 22.

The Oscarcast is set for Feb. 27 at Kodak Theater.

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‘The King’s Speech,’ ‘True Grit’ top Academy Award nominations

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2009 Oscar winner Mo'Nique announce the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards in Beverly Hills.

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“The King’s Speech” dominated the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning, earning 12 nods including best picture and best lead actor for Colin Firth as King George VI, who battles to eradicate his stammer before he unexpectedly takes the throne.

Joel and Ethan Coen’s spirited remake of the western “True Grit” followed with 10 nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards, including best picture. “The Social Network” and “Inception” scored eight apiece.

Those four films are in the running for best picture with six other movies: “Black Swan,” “The Fighter,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “127 Hours,” “Toy Story 3” and “Winter’s Bone.” “Toy Story 3” is also nominated in four more categories, including best animated feature.

The academy shared the wealth this year, doling out nominations in the major categories to movies big and small. Nominated alongside blockbusters such as “Inception,” “Toy Story 3” and “True Grit” are such tiny indies as “Winter’s Bone” and “Animal Kingdom” -- two films that received acclaim but had limited release.

Firth, who won the Golden Globe for his lead role in “The King’s Speech,” is joined in the lead actor race by Franco for “127 Hours,” surprise nominee Javier Bardem for “Biutiful,” Jesse Eisenberg for “The Social Network” and Jeff Bridges, who won last year in this category for “Crazy Heart,” for “True Grit.”

Natalie Portman, Golden Globe winner and mom-to-be, is nominated for lead actress in “Black Swan” along with fellow Globe winner Annette Bening for “The Kids Are All Right,” Nicole Kidman for “Rabbit Hole,” Jennifer Lawrence for “Winter’s Bone” and Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine.”

Supporting actor nominees are Christian Bale in “The Fighter,” surprise nominee John Hawkes for “Winter’s Bone,” Jeremy Renner in “The Town,” Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” and Geoffrey Rush for “The King’s Speech.”

On the supporting actress side, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo will duke it out for their roles in “The Fighter.” Helena Bonham Carter is nominated for “The King’s Speech,” 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld for “True Grit,” and Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom.”

Although many of the nominees are no stranger to Oscar, Tuesday’s nominations show a notable infusion of first-time nominees including Eisenberg, Lawrence and Steinfeld.

Notably missing from the performance list of nominees: Ryan Gosling for lead actor in “Blue Valentine,” Andrew Garfield for supporting actor in “The Social Network,” Mark Wahlberg for lead actor in “The Fighter” and Mila Kunis for supporting actress in “Black Swan.”

There was also a surprise in the directing category. Christopher Nolan, who is nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for “Inception,” failed to earn an Oscar nomination in that category. He did receive a nod for his screenplay for the surreal thriller.

Competing in the directing category are: Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan,” David O. Russell for “The Fighter,” Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech,” David Fincher for “The Social Network” and brothers Joel and Ethan Coen for “True Grit.” The siblings also were nominated for their adapted screenplay of Charles Portis’ novel.

Two of the best picture nominees -- “The Kids Are All Right” and “Winter’s Bone” -- were directed by women, neither of whom made the roster.

The dearth of women in the directing category is sure to disappoint those who saw Kathryn Bigelow’s win last year for “The Hurt Locker” -- she became the first woman ever to win in the directing category -- as a sign that women would be more welcome in that marquee category.

Other nominations of note:

In contention for the foreign language film Oscar are “Biutiful” from Mexico, “Dogtooth” from Greece, Golden Globe winner “In a Better World” from Denmark, “Incendies” from Canada and “Outside the Law” from Algeria.

Joining “Toy Story 3” in the animated feature film category are “How to Train Your Dragon” and “The Illusionist.”

In the adapted screenplay category, the nominees are “127 Hours,” “The Social Network,” “Toy Story 3,” “True Grit” and “Winter’s Bone.” Original screenplay contenders are “Another Year,” “The Fighter,” “Inception,” “The Kids Are All Right” and “The King’s Speech.”

With Tuesday’s nominations, the talk in Hollywood shifts to who will win the big prizes.

Though “The Social Network” has been a front-runner this awards season, it’s now looking over its shoulder.

The period drama “The King’s Speech” is picking up momentum: It won the Producers Guild of America award on Saturday night over “The Social Network” and also leads the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards with 14 nominations. Now, it leads the Oscar nominations with 12. And “True Grit” is also coming on strong with its 10 nominations. That said, the academy and westerns are like oil and water. Only three sagebrush sagas have ever won the best picture Oscar, the last being 1992’s “Unforgiven.”

There’s another bit of awards-season speculation that is already pinging about the Internet, centered on the documentary feature nominee “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” That film was directed by the infamous British graffiti artist Banksy, whose identify is a closely guarded secret. Is he ready to step out of the shadows to attend the Oscars? Or will he show up in disguise? Or skip it altogether?

All will be answered -- or not -- when the 83rd Academy Awards airs live at 5 p.m. Feb. 27 on ABC from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. Lead actor nominee Franco and Anne Hathaway are the hosts.

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The King's Speech



12 Nominations / 4 Wins
	2010


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The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler which won four Academy Awards and was nominated for an additional eight. Colin Firth plays King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush . The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the throne, the new King relies on Logue to help him make a radio broadcast on Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939.

2 Nominations
Best Actor — Colin Firth
Best Director — Tom Hooper
Best Original Screenplay — David Seidler
Best Picture — Iain Canning , Emile Sherman , Gareth Unwin

Nominations

Best Art Direction — Eve Stewart , Judy Farr
Best Cinematography — Danny Cohen
Best Costume Design — Jenny Beavan
Best Film Editing — Tariq Anwar
Best Original Score — Alexandre Desplat
Best Sound Mixing — Paul Hamblin , Martin Jensen , John Midgley
Best Supporting Actor — Geoffrey Rush
Best Supporting Actress — Helena Bonham Carter

After the death of his father King George V and the scandalous abdication of Prince Edward VII's, Bertie who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth, the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue. After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family, his government and Winston Churchill, the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle.

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Image Credit: Mark Ralston/Getty Images The 83rd Academy Awards belonged to The King’s Speech , which won four Oscars from its 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper), and Original Screenplay (David Seidler). The complete winners list below:

BEST PICTURE

The Fighter

The Kids Are All Right

WINNER: The King’s Speech

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

Winter’s Bone

Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

WINNER: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

James Franco, 127 Hours

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone

WINNER: Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit

David Fincher, The Social Network

WINNER: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

David O. Russell, The Fighter

“Coming Home,” Country Strong , Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey

“I See the Light,” Tangled , Alan Menken, Glenn Slater

“If I Rise,” 127 Hours , A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo Armstrong

WINNER: “We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3 , Randy Newman

BEST EDITING

127 Hours , Jon Harris

Black Swan , Andrew Weisblum

The Fighter , Pamela Martin

The King’s Speech , Tariq Anwar

WINNER: The Social Network , Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST 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

WINNER: Inception , Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Iron Man 2 , Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Exit Through the Gift Shop , Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz

Gasland , Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic

WINNER: Inside Job , Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Restrepo , Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger

Waste Land , Lucy Walker and Angus Aynley

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

The Confession , Tanel Toom

The Crush , Michael Creagh

WINNER: God of Love , Luke Matheny

Na Wewe , Ivan Goldschmidt

Wish 143 , Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Killing in the Name (Nominees TBD)

Poster Girl (Nominees (TBD)

WINNER: Strangers No More , Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Sun Come Up , Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

The Warriors of Qiugang , Ruby Yang and Thomas Lenno

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood

I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi

The King’s Speech, Jenny Beaven

The Tempest, Sandy Powell

True Grit, Mary Zophres

BEST MAKEUP

Barney’s Version , Adrien Morot

The Way Back , Eduoard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng

WINNER: The Wolfman , Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

BEST SOUND EDITING

WINNER: 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

BEST SOUND MIXING

WINNER: 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

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

127 Hours , A.R. Rahman

How to Train Your Dragon , John Powell

Inception , Hans Zimmer

The King’s Speech , Alexandre Desplat

WINNER: The Social Network , Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER: Christian Bale, The Fighter

John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone

Jeremy Renner, The Town

Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right

Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)

Incendies (Canada)

WINNER: In a Better World (Denmark)

Dogtooth (Greece)

Biutiful (Mexico)

BEST 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

WINNER: The King’s Speech , Screenplay by David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

127 Hours , Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy

WINNER: 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

BEST ANIMATED FILM

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

WINNER: Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Day & Night , Teddy Newton

The Gruffalo , Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

Let’s Pollute , Geefwee Boedoe

WINNER: The Lost Thing , Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) , Bastien Dubois

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams , The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter , The King’s Speech

WINNER: Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld , True Grit

Jacki Weaver , Animal Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Black Swan, Matthew Libatique

WINNER: Inception, Wally Pfister

The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen

The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth

True Grit, Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION

WINNER: Alice in Wonderland , Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara

Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1 , Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

The King’s Speech, Eve Stewart, Judy Farr

True Grit, Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

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"The King's Speech" gathered 12 Oscar nominations
The cowboy remake "True Grit" is nominated 10 times

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A film about a stuttering British monarch, a movie about the founder of Facebook, a sci-fi thriller and a John Wayne classic remake topped the list of movies honored with Oscar nominations announced Tuesday.

"The King's Speech," about Britain's King George VI, gathered 12 nominations, including for best picture and in three of the four acting categories.

"True Grit," based on the same book as the 1969 John Wayne film, was nominated 10 times, including for Jeff Bridges for best actor, Hailee Steinfeld for best supporting actress and in the best movie competition.

"The Social Network," which told the story of how a college student created Facebook, is up for Academy Awards in eight categories, including best picture and Jesse Eisenberg's nomination for best actor.

"Inception," a film that explores the human mind and dreams, got eight nominations, including for best picture.

The nominees for best picture are "The Social Network," "The King's Speech," "The Fighter," "True Grit," "Black Swan," "The Kids Are All Right," "Inception," "Toy Story 3," "127 Hours" and "Winter's Bone."

The best actor nominees are Javier Bardem, who starred in "Biutiful," Bridges for "True Grit," Eisenberg for "The Social Network," Colin Firth for "The King's Speech" and James Franco for "127 Hours."

The best actress nominees are Annette Bening for "The Kids Are Alright," Nicole Kidman for "Rabbit Hole," Jennifer Lawrence for "Winter's Bone," Natalie Portman for "Black Swan" and Michelle Williams for "Blue Valentine."

"What an extraordinary journey this film has taken me on," Nicole Kidman said. "'Rabbit Hole' has been a labor of love and I'm so thankful to John Cameron Mitchell, David Lindsay-Abaire and the brilliant cast. This nomination reflects all of the heart and soul that these people have put into it, and I can't thank them enough."

Nominees for best supporting actress are Amy Adams for "The Fighter," Helena Bonham Carter for "The King's Speech," Melissa Leo for "The Fighter," Steinfeld for "True Grit" and Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom."

Best supporting actor nominees include Christian Bale for "The Fighter," John Hawkes for "Winter's Bone," Jeremy Renner for "The Town," Mark Ruffalo for "The Kids Are All Right" and Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech."

Australian actor Rush learned about his best supporting actor nomination after performing in a stage play in Sydney, Australia. "Suddenly at the end they gave us this roaring standing ovation," Rush said.

"This story has struck such a rich, resonant chord with audiences of all ages, which is very exciting," Rush said. "To have your work honored by your industry peers is even better."

"Inception," a film that explores the human mind and dreams, was nominated for eight Oscars, mostly in the technical categories.

Other best movie contenders that received multiple nominations include "The Fighter" with seven, "127 Hours" with six, and "Black Swan" with five.

"The Kids Are All Right," "Toy Story 3" and "Winter's Bone" each received four Oscar nominations.

The winners will be announced in a live broadcast from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on February 27.

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'The King’s Speech' Tops BAFTA List With 14 Nominations

LONDON — Tom Hooper ‘s The King’s Speech is in pole position to be crowned the big winner at this year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

There is nothing stuttering in the nomination race for the Colin Firth starrer about King George VI with the movie securing 14 slots on the potential kudos count sheet.

Hooper secures a best director nomination and the picture a best film tilt. Speech will compete with the David Fincher -directed Facebook drama The Social Network , balletic thriller Black Swan , from Darren Aronofsky , Christopher Nolan ‘s sci-fi epic Inception and the Coen brothers’ western remake True Grit for the best film nod.

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"The King's Speech" Leads Oscar Nominations

January 25, 2011 / 8:19 AM CST / CBS Texas

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The British monarchy saga "The King's Speech" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture and acting honors for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush.

Also nominated for best picture Tuesday were the psychosexual thriller "Black Swan"; the boxing drama "The Fighter"; the sci-fi blockbuster "Inception"; the lesbian-family tale "The Kids Are All Right"; the survival story "127 Hours"; the Facebook chronicle "The Social Network"; the animated smash "Toy Story 3"; the Western "True Grit"; and the Ozarks crime thriller "Winter's Bone."

"True Grit" ran second with 10 nominations, including acting honors for Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld.

The Feb. 27 Oscars set up a best-picture showdown between two favorites, "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network." "The Social Network" won best drama at the Golden Globes and was picked as the year's best by key critics groups, while "The King's Speech" pulled an upset last weekend by winning the Producers Guild of America Awards top prize, whose recipient often goes to claim best picture at the Oscars.

"This story has struck such a rich resonant chord with audiences of all ages, which is very exciting -- to have your work honored by your industry peers is even better," Rush said in a statement.

The favorites in the male-acting categories both were nominated, Globe winners Firth as best actor for "The King's Speech" and Christian Bale as supporting actor for "The Fighter."

The best-actress field shapes up as a two-woman race between Annette Bening for "The Kids Are All Right," who won the Globe for actress in a musical or comedy, and Natalie Portman for "Black Swan," who received the Globe for dramatic actress.

The supporting-actress Oscar could prove the most competitive among acting prizes. Melissa Leo won the Globe for "The Fighter," but she faces strong challenges from that film's co-star Amy Adams and 14-year-old newcomer Steinfeld, who missed out on a Globe nomination for "True Grit" but made the cut for supporting actress at the Oscars.

"The Social Network" casts Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who's depicted as an interpersonal lout in one-on-one relations but a genius for the masses, creating an online hangout where half a billion people now keep connected with friends.

"The King's Speech" stars Firth as Queen Elizabeth II's father, the stammering George VI, who reluctantly came to the throne after his brother abdicated in 1936, a terrible time for a stuttering monarch as British subjects looked to their ruler for inspiration via radio as World War II approached.

The two films represent a showdown between classy, traditional Oscar bait and edgy, youthful, up-to-the-minute drama.

With its aristocrats, statesmen and perilous times, "The King's Speech" is a throwback to the majestic, eye-filling costume pageants that dominated film awards in Hollywood's earlier decades. Its nominations also include best director for Tom Hooper and supporting-acting slots for Bonham Carter as the king's devoted wife and Rush as his wily speech therapist.

"The Social Network" is an immediate story, set not in palaces but college dorm rooms, cluttered start-up space and anonymous legal offices where Zuckerberg battles former associates over the proceeds of his invention.

David Fincher is the best-directing favorite for "The Social Network" after winning that prize at the Globes.

"My recommendation to anybody who wants to get an Oscar nomination is, work with David Fincher. It was just a triumph of teamwork," Aaron Sorkin, nominated for best adapted screenplay for "The Social Network," said on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Along with Firth and Eisenberg, best-actor contenders are Javier Bardem as a dying father in the Spanish-language drama "Biutiful," which also is up for best foreign-language film; Bridges as boozy lawman Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit," a role that earned John Wayne an Oscar for the 1969 adaptation of the Western novel; and James Franco in the real-life tale of a climber trapped in a crevasse after a boulder crushes his arm in "127 Hours."

Bening was nominated for best actress as a lesbian mom whose family is thrown into turmoil after her teenage children seek out their sperm-donor father in "The Kids Are All Right." Portman was nominated as a ballerina losing her grip on reality in "Black Swan."

Other best-actress nominees are Nicole Kidman as a grieving mother in "Rabbit Hole"; Jennifer Lawrence as a teen trying to find her missing father amid the Ozark Mountains' criminal underbelly in "Winter's Bone"; and Michelle Williams as a wife in a failing marriage in "Blue Valentine."

Joining Fincher among best-director picks are Darren Aronofsky for "Black Swan"; Joel and Ethan Coen for "True Grit"; Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech"; Christopher Nolan for "Inception"; and David O. Russell for "The Fighter."

The directing category is back to an all-male lineup after Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win that prize last year for "The Hurt Locker," which also claimed best picture.

Bale, the star of Nolan's "Batman" franchise, is a strong favorite to win supporting actor as former boxer Dicky Eklund, who helps his half-brother to a title shot after his own career unraveled amid drugs and crime in "The Fighter." The film's star, Mark Wahlberg, missed out on a nomination as Eklund's half-brother, boxer Micky Ward.

Two years ago, Bale's "Batman" co-star, the late Heath Ledger, was on the same awards track as he won a posthumous Oscar for supporting actor for "The Dark Knight."

"The Fighter" offers two sterling supporting-actress performances from Leo as Ward and Eklund's doting but domineering mother and Adams as Ward's tough, defiant girlfriend. Steinfeld, who was just 13 when she shot her debut performance in "True Grit," also is a strong contender as a girl who hires lawman Cogburn to track down her father's killer.

"Toy Story 3," the top-grossing film released in 2010, also is nominated for animated feature and is expected to become the fourth-straight winner in that category from Disney's Pixar Animation, following "Up," "WALL-E" and "Ratatouille." Pixar has won five of the nine animation Oscars since the category was added.

The other animation nominees are "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Illusionist."

While two of the three animated categories are huge commercial successes, the best-picture race is a mix of big commercial hits and smaller critical darlings, which is what academy organizers wanted when they expanded the competition to 10 films.

Like "Toy Story 3," "Inception" is a blockbuster, coming from director Nolan, whose "The Dark Knight" missed out on a best-picture nomination two years ago, contributing to the decision to double the number of contenders so that acclaimed popular movies would have a better chance.

"True Grit" is the first $100 million Western hit since the 1990s, "The Social Network" climbed to about $95 million in revenue, and "Black Swan" is closing on $100 million. At the other end are "Winter's Bone" with $6.3 million and "127 Hours" with $11 million, respectable returns for lower-budgeted independent films but small change next to big studio productions.

Besides Leo, Adams, Bonham Carter and Steinfeld, Jacki Weaver earned a supporting-actress nomination as a crime family matriarch in the Australian thriller "Animal Kingdom."

Rounding out the supporting-actor field with Bale and Rush are John Hawkes as a backwoods tough guy in "Winter's Bone"; Jeremy Renner as a holdup man in the bank-heist thriller "The Town"; Mark Ruffalo as a sperm-donor dad in "The Kids Are All Right."

The Oscar ceremony will be televised live on ABC from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

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'king's speech' leads oscar field in a year with somewhat less to squabble about.

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Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter were all nominated for their work in The King's Speech , which led this morning's Oscar nominations with 12. The Weinstein Co. hide caption

Last year's Academy Award nominations were contentious in some quarters — making room for 10 Best Picture nominees led to claims that some didn't belong there, while others argued that worthy pictures (everything from Star Trek to A Single Man) had been unfairly overlooked.

There will be less of a flap about this year's nominations, which went largely as expected this morning. Those 10 Best Picture slots went to 127 Hours , The Kids Are All Right , The King's Speech , Black Swan , The Social Network , Inception, The Fighter , Winter's Bone , Toy Story 3 , and True Grit . Still, for a set of nominations that delivered so few surprises, they managed to do a reasonably good job of recognizing very fine films and actors. ( Here's a list of the major nominees .)

The King's Speech led with 12 nominations, including major-category nods for its screenplay; actors Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, and Geoffrey Rush; and its director, Tom Hooper. Behind it were True Grit with 10 nominations, and Inception and The Social Network , both with eight.

Also making a strong showing was the Boston boxing film The Fighter , which had seven nominations, all in prominent categories — three for its acting (Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams, all in supporting categories — nothing for lead Mark Wahlberg), one for its screenplay, one for its director, and one for its editing, in addition to Best Picture.

In particularly good news, the marvelous, disquietingly still Ozarks-based drama Winter's Bone , a film that seemed at risk of being nudged out of a bunch of different categories and forgotten, wound up earning four nominations. And they're all big ones: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress (for near-rookie Jennifer Lawrence), and Best Supporting Actor candidate John Hawkes — an intriguing actor you may well know from a large backlog of character work on television (including a late run on Lost ), whether you recognize his name or not.

One minor surprise was that Joel and Ethan Coen were nominated for Best Director for True Grit , alongside David O. Russell ( The Fighter ), Darren Aronofsky ( Black Swan ), David Fincher ( The Social Network ), and Hooper. That nudged out expected nominee Christopher Nolan, who directed the infernally complex Inception . Also showing up a little less than some expected was Ben Affleck's film The Town , which pulled in only a Supporting Actor nomination for Jeremy Renner after being talked up for a possible Best Picture spot.

The much-discussed "fifth spot" for Best Actor — after Firth, James Franco ( 127 Hours ), Jeff Bridges ( True Grit ) and Jesse Eisenberg ( The Social Network ) — went to Javier Bardem for Biutiful , which was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. That left out possible contenders like Robert Duvall ( Get Low ) and Ryan Gosling ( Blue Valentine ).

Nominees for Best Actress, meanwhile, are Annette Bening ( The Kids Are All Right ), Natalie Portman ( Black Swan ), Michelle Williams ( Blue Valentine ), Nicole Kidman ( Rabbit Hole ), and Jennifer Lawrence ( Winter's Bone ).

The least familiar acting nominee to the audience watching on Oscar night may be Jacki Weaver, nominated as Best Supporting Actress for Animal Kingdom , an Australian crime film. She'll face Helena Bonham Carter, Adams and Leo from The Fighter , and Hailee Steinfeld from True Grit — but back to that in a bit.

Perhaps the biggest shocker was over in Best Documentary, where one of the most-discussed docs of the year, Waiting For Superman , didn't make it, although two other buzzed-about films, Exit Through The Gift Shop and Restrepo , did.

As for snubs, there are a couple of things I found disappointing, but none of them are at all unexpected: I'd have liked to see more recognition for Blue Valentine , but the nomination for Williams is something. I also hoped Tangled might grab a Best Animated Feature nomination, but since I can't argue with Toy Story 3 and didn't see the other two ( How To Train Your Dragon and The Illusionist ), I'm in no position to complain. Furthermore, for the second year in a row, the expanded field allowed the big Pixar animated film of the summer to be nominated for Best Picture — last year, it was Up , this year, it was Toy Story 3 .

I'd certainly have put Andrew Garfield up for Best Supporting Actor in The Social Network , but that's smaller and less aggressive acting, which, especially from a new-ish actor, can easily and not particularly objectionably be outshone by bigger performances (like Bale in The Fighter ) or ones from actors who have been around longer (like Rush in The King's Speech ). Matt Damon did some very nice work in True Grit , but if I could only have that nomination or the one for Hawkes in Winter's Bone , I'd take the nominations we got.

It does seem a little odd that Nolan was snubbed for Inception , but other than my sneaking sense that The Fighter is not quite the film it's made out to be aside from a couple of very big performances, I'm not sure who I'd bump out. I was not entirely sold on Black Swan , but I can't take anything away from the careful buildup of its creepy/ridiculous tone, which I do think is well-controlled, and that's partly to the credit of the director. (Interestingly, Black Swan was the one Best Picture nominee not to see its screenplay nominated.)

There's also the fairly dopey decision to shove young Hailee Steinfeld into Best Supporting Actress for what is unambiguously a leading performance in True Grit , but Academy politics being what they are, perhaps that was her best shot at being nominated at all. I wouldn't have had any trouble with her taking the Best Actress spots held by Portman or Bening, both of whom were very good but not as interesting as Steinfeld for my money, but neither of those things was ever going to happen.

You can always sit back and find oddities in the nominations — Blue Valentine has the same number of nominations as Tron: Legacy ! — but while both The Social Network and Inception have their detractors, neither of them seems to have as many as The Blind Side and (to a lesser extent) Avatar did last year.

Bottom line? These nominations are likely to be significantly less controversial than the ones that came out a year ago — and to do more to advance the idea that this 10-contender Best Picture field may turn out to be a pretty good idea after all.

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That's her, Sabrina!

Carpenter, who is up for seven awards at the VMAs including artist of the year, arrived at the carpet in a vintage Bob Mackie white dress that not only channeled Marilyn Monroe, but was previously worn by Madonna.

The silver sequined gown, paired with a silver necklace and voluminous wavy hair, brought a sense of Old Hollywood glamour to the awards show. Madonna felt the same way and previously wore the piece to the 1991 Oscars. The queen of pop also rocked a red lip and a blonde curled bob when wearing it.

Carpenter, meanwhile, has become a star to watch this summer. Her song “Espresso “ became a viral hit leading up to the release of her album “Short n’ Sweet” in August.

Halsey's VMAs outfit was last worn by Elizabeth Hurley in 1996

Halsey made a fashion statement at the VMAs carpet. The singer donned a Gianni Versace classic, previously worn by Elizabeth Hurley in the '90s.

Hurley wore the custom creation to attend the opening of a new Versace Boutique in New York on Oct. 26, 1996.

Elizabeth Hurley in 1996 / Halsey at the VMS's

"This dress was literally a miracle to find," Halsey said during the VMAs red carpet pre-show. "This dress was designed by Gianni Versace for Elizabeth Hurley 1996, and it hasn't been worn since. So from 1996 to me right now."

Halsey added that she was "living it up," and "loving" getting the chance to wear the red and black cheetah-print dress.

Miranda Lambert on who belongs in country music

While walking the VMAs red carpet with husband Brendan McLoughlin, country music star Miranda Lambert chatted with TODAY.com about the future of the genre and who belongs in it.

When asked about this current era of country music, Lambert replied, "I think there's something for everybody in country music, and I love that."

She added, "I love that a whole new audience is finding country and I don't care how y'all got here. I'm just glad you're here. Because Nashville has so much to offer. Country music has so much to offer. The music out of Texas has so much to offer."

As she prepared to head inside, Lambert said she was looking forward to watching Chappell Roan perform.

Lambert also spoke today about her new album arriving Sept. 13 called "Postcards from Texas." She said the record represents her going back to her roots.

Shaboozey tells us the weirdest place he’s heard ‘Tipsy’

Shaboozey continues to dominate the charts and rightfully so.

The singer’s song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” topped Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a seventh week. It surpassed Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” which held on strong for six week at No. 1 in 2006, according to Billboard.

With everyone listening to the artist’s hit, TODAY.com asked Shaboozey on the black carpet the craziest place he’s heard “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

“A little bodega in New York was pretty interesting,” he said. “Anywhere I hear it is pretty cool, honestly.”

Chappell Roan makes a fiery arrival on the red carpet

Chappell Roan is on the VMAs red carpet and she is fired up!

The "HOT TO GO!" singer, who is a first-time nominee tonight, arrived in a Y/Project ensemble featuring a Medieval-style green jacket and a sheer brown gown underneath.

She paired the look with over-the-knee silver boots and carried a sword.

Chappell Roan at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

Roan later took off her jacket before having a heated reaction seemingly with a photographer. In a clip shared by Elite Daily , someone off camera can be heard saying "Shut the f--- up!"

Chappell Roan at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The singer, who is also performing, then turns around, points her finger and says, "You shut the f--- up!"

After briefly fixing the train of her dress, she speaks to the photographer again.

"Don't!" she said. "Not me, b----!"

Roan, whose single “Good Luck, Babe!” is nominated for song of the summer, has become known and beloved for her outspoken personality. Fans will get to see her bring that spirited energy to the VMAs stage in her debut.

Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin have date night at VMAs

Couples that color coordinate at the VMAs together, stay together!

Country superstar Miranda Lambert and husband Brendan McLoughlin had a date night at the awards ceremony.

The pair both donned sleek black suits with black shoes for the occasion. Lambert's outfit included a fashionable lapel that included turquoise and white embellishments, as did her bustier that peeped from her blazer.

Lambert and McLoughlin have been married since 2019 and frequently attend awards shows together.

Her new album, "Postcards from Texas," is out this month.

On the VMAs red carpet, she told TODAY.com it's "honky tonk as hell."

"I haven't made a record in Texas since I was 18. It's really back to the root of what started it all for me. This record feels full circle for me," she said.

15 years ago Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs

As we wait for the 2024 Video Music Awards to begin, let's take a trip back 15 years ago to one of the most infamous ceremonies.

At the 2009 ceremony on Sept. 13, Taylor Swift was accepting the award for best female video for her song "You Belong With Me" when Ye, the artist formally known as Kanye West, interrupted her speech and took the microphone.

The rapper then proceeded to tell the crowd that he believed Beyoncé, who was nominated in the same category for her song "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," had "one of the best videos of all time."

Kayne West jumps onstage as Taylor Swift accepts her award for the "Best Female Video" award during the 2009 MTV VMA's.

Beyoncé and the crowd were shocked as Kanye darted off the stage, marking the beginning of his long-standing feud with Swift.

At the end of the ceremony, Beyoncé won the video of the year award and invited Swift to return to the stage and finish her speech.

Fifteen years later, Beyoncé and Swift continued to dominate award shows and both landed multiple nominations at the 2024 VMAs.

Welcome to the black carpet at the VMAs

This year's MTV VMAs red carpet had an edgier look as the stars stepped onto a black carpet.

One could say the carpet and step-and-repeat gave off galaxy vibes, which is fitting since the awards ceremony is known for giving winners a moon person.

Celebrities and guests posed in front of an inky backdrop adorned with a silver metallic VMAs sign.

The VMAs had a dark and edgier look for its 2024 celebration.

A shirtless Shawn Mendes teases his upcoming performance

There's just no holding back Shawn Mendes!

Shawn Mendes ahead of the 2024 MTV VMAs.

The singer teased his upcoming VMAs performance by sharing a video of himself shirtless with two other men — all while standing on the edge of a rooftop. The "Stitches" crooner is gearing up for the release of his upcoming album, "Shawn," which is set to be released on Oct. 18.

The first two songs, "Why Why Why" and "Isn't That Enough," were released on his birthday, Aug. 8.

Earlier this week, Mendes revealed that he would be performing a new song , "Nobody Knows," live at the VMAs. The song will be released the following day.

"I’m absolutely BEAMING to play this song live. I’ll be on stage with my brothers @mikesabath and @eddiebenjamin for the first time ❤️‍🔥" he wrote. "I can’t wait for this one."

Katy Perry to receive the Video Vanguard Award

Every VMAs, MTV selects one artist to bestow the coveted Video Vanguard Award. This year's recipient is none other than Katy Perry, who has been an MTV staple with fun and dynamic music videos like "Hot N Cold," "California Gurls," "Firework," "Roar," "Waking Up in Vegas" and more.

Perry will take the stage to accept the honor, as well as perform a medley of her biggest hits.

The awards comes on the heels of Perry’s upcoming new album, “143,” which is set to come out next week. The singer has already released the song "Woman's World" and its accompanying music video, which upon its released received mixed reactions.

Her second single from the album was "Lifetimes," which also was controversial a fter it was revealed that Perry’s production company didn’t get permission to film in a protected area in Spain.

A label spokesperson told TODAY.com in a statement, "We adhered to all regulations associated with filming in this area and have the utmost respect for this location and the officials tasked with protecting it.”

Karol G sizzles on the black carpet with fire dress

La Bichota has entered the building.

Karol G at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11, 2024 in New York.

Colombian superstar Karol G heated up the black carpet as she blew a kiss to cameras while posing for photos. The "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" singer arrived in a flame-inspired orange and yellow dress. Her blonde locks were layered and framed around her face, while she rocked a red lip that completely her summer look.

Karol is nominated in the best latin category for her song "Mi Ex Tenía Razón." She is also taking the stage to perform during the telecast.

Karol G at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 11, 2024 in New York.

Megan Thee Stallion takes us behind the scenes at the VMAs

Ahead of her hosting duties, Megan Thee Stallion took her followers behind the scenes of the MTV VMAs by showing off her stunning — and gigantic — bouquet of roses she received.

The rapper did not share who gifted her the massive floral arrangement. She only put three teary-eyed emoji to capture her feelings.

Megan Thee Stallion shows off her bouquet ahead of hosting the MTV VMAs.

It's a big night for the "Hot Girl Summer" rapper, who is also expected to perform during the awards ceremony. Additionally, she is up for seven awards, including best hip-hip video for "Boa" and song of the summer for her collaboration with FloRilla, "Wanna Be."

What Travis Kelce said about Taylor Swift ahead of the VMAs

Travis Kelce will always be Team Taylor Swift.

Ahead of the VMAs, he and brother Jason Kelce on their "New Heights" podcast told people to tune in to the MTV awards ceremony. Travis Kelce also cheered on his pop star girlfriend, who is up for 12 moon people.

“Hopefully Taylor can walk away with a few, she’s nominated for about 10 of those things. Hopefully she can walk away with some moon men," the Kansas City Chiefs star said in video shared online .

Jason Kelce also cheered on the singer, saying, "Let's go Tay, come on Tay!"

As Travis Kelce clapped, he said he wished everybody the best. But big bro Jason Kelce wasn't for that, adding, “Unless you’re up against Tay, then I hope you lose.”

Will Taylor Swift be at the MTV VMAs? A look at her schedule

Is Taylor Swift going to the VMAs? Chances are, yes. While she's not listed among the performers, she is arguably the draw of the evening. This is a chance to see if Swift makes VMAs history – or see how close she gets.

At 23 total, Swift is currently eight awards from breaking Beyoncé's record of 30 VMAs. She is nominated for 12 awards and Beyoncé is up for three.

Her schedule seems free. Swift is on a break from the "Eras Tour" and was spotted in New York City at the U.S. Open with her beau Travis Kelce . The VMAs are held in Elmont, New York this year.

TODAY.com has reached out to Swift for comment.

Only Beyoncé has more VMAs than Taylor Swift. Will that change tonight?

Taylor Swift is on the cusp of becoming the artist with the most VMAs. Currently, the record is held by Beyoncé, who has 30 wins, per the Guinness Book of World Records .

Swift now has 23, and is up for 12 awards at tonight's awards show. She is nominated for the following awards:

Song of the summer: “Fortnight”
VMAs Most Iconic Performance: “You Belong With Me”
Video of the year: “Fortnight”
Artist of the year
Song of the year: “Fortnight”
Best collaboration: “Fortnight”
Best direction: “Fortnight”
Best cinematography: “Fortnight”
Best visual effects: “Fortnight”
Best art direction: “Fortnight”
Best editing: “Fortnight”

If she wins seven awards, she will tie with Beyoncé. If she wins eight, she could win. At last year’s VMAs, Swift took home nine awards, so the eight needed to break the record is not impossible.

Beyoncé is also nominated at the 2023 VMAs, however. She's up for:

Song of the year: "Texas Hold 'Em"
VMAs Most Iconic Performance: “Love on Top”
Best trending video: "Texas Hold 'Em"

Taylor Swift leads the list of nominees, followed by Post Malone

It could be Taylor Swift's night at the 2024 MTV VMAs.

Heading into the annual awards show, Swift leads the list of nominees with 12 nods. The pop star is up for the big award of the night, video of the year for "Fortnight," as well as artist of the year and song of the year.

The video of the year competition is consists of:

Ariana Grande — “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)”
Billie Eilish — “LUNCH”
Doja Cat — “Paint The Town Red”
Eminem — “Houdini”
SZA — “Snooze”
Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight”

Other artists who have a high chance at nabbing a moon person includes Post Malone, who collaborated with Swift on “Fortnight,” with nine nominations. Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter and Eminem are each up for six awards.

It's expected to be an exciting show as this year there are 29 first-time nominees all hoping to get their very first moon person.

While there were six nominees for best new artist, only Gracie Abrams, Chappell Roan and Tyla are up for the award. Benson Boone, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims have been knocked out of the final round.

See the full list of nominees, here .

What happened at the 2023 MTV VMAs? A look back at last year's awards show

The 2023 MTV VMAs were filled with must-see performances and surprise reunions!

'N Sync made Taylor Swift's millennial dreams come true when the boy band reunited to present her with the award for best pop video.

"Not doing well pivoting from this to this," Swift said before gesturing from Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez and Chris Kirkpatrick to her moon person statuette.

Later, Shakira wowed while performing a medley of some of her biggest hits— "Whenever, Wherever," "Hips Don't Lie," "She Wolf" and more— before being honored with the Video Vanguard Award.

She wasn't the only singer who decided to treat viewers to a medley of songs. Anitta, Doja Cat and Demi Lovato belted out a few of their hit singles, too.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion rapped and danced along to their collaboration "Bongos," marking their first-ever live performance of the song.

Megan Thee Stallion will return to the VMAs stage this year to host and perform. Let's see if she can top last year's impressive feat.

Eminem, Chappell Roan, Karol G and more among performers

The MTV VMAs will be filled with an array of dynamic performances by the biggest names in music.

Eminem is making his return to the awards show and reportedly set to open the ceremony.

"Midwest princess" Chappell Roan is making her VMAs debut and is expected to perform one of her hits, like "Good Luck, Babe!" or "Red Wine Supernova."

Latin artists taking over the VMAs stage include Anitta , Karol G , Rauw Alejandro and Camila Cabello.

Host Megan Thee Stallion is also set to pull double duty and perform.

Additional performers include Benson Boone, FloRilla, Halsey, Jessie Murph, Lenny Kravitz, Le Sserafim, Lisa, LL Cool J, Sabrina Carpenter, Shawn Mendes and Teddy Swims.

How to watch the 2024 MTV VMAs and pre-show

The ceremony, which is being held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, will air live on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

To catch the red carpet arrivals, tune in early for the pre-show starting at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

The award show will air simultaneously on MTV, Univision and other Paramount-owned channels, like MTV2, VH1, BET, BET Her, Country Music Television, TV Land, Nickelodeon, Logo, Pop, Paramount Network and Comedy Central.

Those who want to stream the ceremony can watch on Paramount+ the next day, Sept. 12.

Liz Calvario is a Los Angeles-based reporter and editor for TODAY.com who covers entertainment, pop culture and trending news.

Ariana Brockington is a trending news reporter at TODAY digital. She is based in Los Angeles.

Elena Nicolaou is a senior entertainment editor at Today.com, where she covers the latest in TV, pop culture, movies and all things streaming. Previously, she covered culture at Refinery29 and Oprah Daily. Her superpower is matching people up with the perfect book, which she does on her podcast, Blind Date With a Book.

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James Earl Jones, legendary actor known for unmistakable baritone voice, dies at 93

One of the most famous voices of all time has gone silent.

James Earl Jones, whose prodigious acting talent was often overshadowed by his distinctive baritone over a seven-decade career both onstage and on the screen, died Monday, his representative said. He was 93.

A contemporary of Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, Jones didn’t land the same coveted leading roles at a time when there were few to go around for Black actors in Hollywood, but he earned unmatched longevity as a character actor, from his first movie credit in 1964’s “Dr. Strangelove” to his reprisal of his role as King Joffer in the 2021 sequel to “Coming to America.”

“James Earl Jones doesn’t get enough credit for being a path-blazer for actors like Denzel Washington who came after him,” said Rae Dawn Chong, his co-star in the 1986 comedy “Soul Man.”

Sheila Johnson, Madge Sinclair, James Earl Jones, and Paul Bates in "Coming to America," 1988.

It was treading the boards of Broadway and beyond where Jones forged his place at the top of the marquee. Of his turn as the title character in the 1964 production of “Othello” in Central Park, The New York Times gushed : “Mr. Jones commands a full, resonant voice and a supple body, and his jealous rages and frothing frenzy have not only size but also emotional credibility.”

It was, of course, that resonant voice that would eventually become his trademark.

While he earned two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, an honorary Academy Award and a Grammy over his long career, he may be best remembered for an uncredited role in “Star Wars” — supplying the voice for Darth Vader, which has reverberated far beyond that galaxy far, far away.

Darth Vader, as voiced by James Earl Jones, in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," 1980.

“I’m a journeyman,” Jones told “TODAY’s” Al Roker in a 2017 interview. “I wandered into some interesting situations.”

Making his journey all the more remarkable is that one of the most recognizable voices in Hollywood history had to overcome a severe stutter during his childhood in Mississippi and Michigan before he could take the first step.

Jones, born Jan. 17, 1931, in Arkabutla, Mississippi, said he grew up as a shy and quiet child, wary of speaking and drawing attention to his speech impediment. With his father, Robert, a boxer turned actor, having left home to establish a theater career in Chicago, Jones was shipped to his maternal grandparents’ farm in rural Michigan at age 5.

There, the trajectory of his life changed in high school, when an English teacher taught him how to sound out each word carefully. “I [could] now say things that great writers wrote. I would never have thought of it myself,” Jones told “TODAY” years later.

Jones discovered a love of acting at the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 1955 after a two-year tour of duty in the Army.

That’s when he moved to New York City, as his father had years earlier, to break into acting. He worked as a janitor part time to pay the bills while he studied at the American Theatre Wing, according to Biography.

Actor James Earl Jones at the Longacre Theatre in New York on Sept. 16, 2014.

With his booming baritone and stage presence, Jones didn’t have to wait long to get noticed, making his Broadway debut in the late 1950s in the play “Sunrise at Campobello.”

In 1961, he gained acclaim for the U.S. premiere of Jean Genet’s “The Blacks” at the St. Mark’s Playhouse , which co-starred a cast of then-unknowns, including Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou and Louis Gossett Jr.

Having reconnected with his father, the younger Jones appeared in several stage productions with him in New York, including “Infidel Caesar” and “Moon on a Rainbow Shawl” in 1962 and “Of Mice and Men” five years later.

The younger Jones became a regular in the Shakespeare in the Park program in 1962, with his lauded performance in “Othello” two years later catapulting him to stardom in the New York theater scene.

James Earl Jones as Othello and Jill Clayburgh as Desdemona in a Los Angeles stage production of Shakespeare's "Othello" at Mark Taper Forum in 1971.

The production earned him more than critical accolades: Jones would ultimately marry his Desdemona, co-star Julienne Marie. The marriage, which lasted from 1968 through 1972, caused a mild stir at the time given the era’s racist taboos surrounding interracial marriage.

Being in New York, then also the center of the TV universe, had advantages for a working actor. Jones scored his first Emmy nomination in 1964 for a guest-starring turn in the drama “East Side/West Side.”

But national audiences would get their first exposure to him the same year in a small role in “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”

Jones hit the pinnacle of any Broadway veteran’s career with the play “The Great White Hope,” in which he starred as a fictionalized version of the real-life boxer Jack Johnson. His performance earned him the Tony for best actor in a play in 1969, breaking the color barrier of the most important acting awards in theater.

“When he was ‘The Great White Hope,’ it was shortly after [Martin Luther] King’s assassination, and there were riots in the streets of the United States,” said Dominic Taylor, a professor of African American theater at UCLA. “And here is this Black man who wins for this role in which he’s Jack Johnson, basically. I don’t think people today are aware of how earthshaking that was.”

Jones would go on to star in the 1970 cinematic adaptation of the play, a turn that would earn him a Golden Globe and his only Academy Award nomination. Jones would lose the best actor Oscar to George C. Scott (“Patton”).

Playwright D.L. Coburn, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson and director Leonard Foglia during the Broadway Opening Night performance Curtain Call for 'The Gin Game'

That early success, however, didn’t seem to translate into many more high-profile film roles in the 1970s, although he did star opposite Diahann Carroll in the 1974 dramedy “Claudine.”

“Hollywood back then only had room for a certain number of Black actors,” said Wilson Morales, the founder and editor of blackfilmandtv.com. “He never really got the big roles compared to Sidney Poitier.

“Almost all the roles that he had over the years, they were largely supporting roles,” Morales said of Jones.

Jones would win a Grammy for best spoken word recording in 1977, an early sign of the recognition for his voice.

His most visible on-screen role may have been playing author Alex Haley in the landmark 1977 television miniseries “Roots,” based on Haley’s family history.

Despite the estimated 130 million viewers who tuned in for “Roots,” it would turn out to be just the second-highest-profile gig he booked that year.

Director George Lucas tapped Jones to do some voiceover work for a quirky space opera called “Star Wars” to dub over Darth Vader actor David Prowse’s heavy British accent, made worse by the muffle effect of the mask.

Jones later said he asked to keep his name out of the credits because Prowse did all the work, but such humility wouldn’t keep him from being enshrined as part of the biggest pop culture phenomenon in modern history.

Jones married the actor Cecilia Hart in 1982, the same year he starred opposite budding action star Arnold Schwarzenegger as an evil sorcerer in “Conan the Barbarian.” The marriage would produce a son, Flynn, the same year, and it would last until Hart’s death of ovarian cancer in 2016.

James Earl Jones with his wife Cecilia Hart at the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards on Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood, Calif.

Now a father, Jones continued to work steadily through the 1980s.

Chong remembered the first day she met Jones on the set of “Soul Man,” then intimidated as a girl who grew up with “Star Wars.”

“All the cast was a little afraid of him, not just because he was this towering great of an actor who was Othello in New York and his history,” Chong said. “But in fact, he [turned out to be[ a gentle giant, extremely generous. He’s very kind and soft-spoken.”

Settling into his 50s and past the expiration date for the leading man parts of the era, Jones piled together an impressive run of supporting parts, including roles in “Field of Dreams” (1987), “Matewan” (1987) and “The Hunt for Red October” (1990), a role he would reprise for two sequels.

Perhaps his most famous role of the decade — not counting “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” (1983), of course — was as Eddie Murphy’s father in the 1988 comedy “Coming to America.”

“You have to remember ‘Coming to America’ was the biggest Black film of its time,” Morales said. “It was the ‘Black Panther’ of the era.”

He also kept one foot on the boards, earning his second Tony award in 1987 for August Wilson’s “Fences” — a role that Denzel Washington would play in a movie version 29 years later.

In 1990, Jones was cast as the lead in the TV drama “Gabriel’s Fire,” the type of signature role that might have been better appreciated had the series run on a premium cable network two decades later. At the time, however, TV execs considered the material too dark and canceled the show after one season.

James Earl Jones played Gabriel Bird in "Gabriel's Fire" on Sept. 12, 1990.

Show co-creator Jacqueline Zambrano remembered being called to meet with Jones about a script during a break in shooting. In most cases, that meant the star would have diva-like demands for rewrites. “I sat down and immediately opened my notebook and I had my pen poised,” Zambrano said. “He started talking about a particular scene and asking me questions. Then we went on to another scene, and, you know, we talked as long as we could until they were ready for him on set.

“We both left, and I looked down at my notebook, and I had nothing written down. He didn’t have any notes. He didn’t want to tell me, ‘I want to fix this.’ He just wanted to understand the text. He just wanted to understand the character better.”

Jones shined enough in that limited time to earn his first prime-time Emmy for outstanding lead actor. (He won a second Emmy that night for his supporting turn in the TV movie “Heat Wave,” about the 1965 Watts race riots.)

In 1994, Jones lent his voice as Mufasa in Disney’s animated blockbuster “The Lion King.” He would return to the role in the live-action version 25 years later, the only actor from the original voice cast to return.

Over the ensuing three decades, Jones continued to work continuously — even after he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 1995. He racked up Emmy nominations with guest-starring appearances on “Picket Fences,” “Under One Roof,” “Frasier” and “Everwood.” On Broadway, he notched two more Tony nominations — for a 2005 production of “On Golden Pond” and for a revival of Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” seven years later.

In 2011, Jones was awarded an honorary Academy Award for his career as a whole. That he never won an Oscar for a specific movie role, denying him the coveted EGOT, is a lingering symbol of just how much he was underappreciated over a prolific and profound career.

Taylor, the UCLA professor, always includes a clip of Jones in the 1987 production of “Fences” in his master class on acting.

“He was a gargantuan presence but such a fine, precise, attuned actor onstage,” Taylor said. “It was beautiful to watch him work.”

CORRECTION (Sept. 10, 2024, 10:25 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated the name of “The Lion King” character. It was Mufasa, not Mustafa.

Ethan Sacks writes for NBCNews.com.

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