And thr winner is........

We watched the whole thing! There were some good moments.

Felix Entries 2011

If I made a mistake or forgot you or something, please comment! Aunt Sara needs best live action short film.

Actor in a Leading Role:
Colin Firth -- Popop, Chandran, Jo, KS (K2 and Susi), Sara, Grandma, Kamala, Sam, Eliza

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Christian Bale -- Popop, Chandran, Sara, Grandma, Kamala, Sam, Eliza
Geoffrey Rush -- Jo, KS

Actress in a Leading Role:
Annette Bening -- Popop, vGrandma
Natalie portman -- Chandran, Jo, KS, Sara, Kamala, Sam, Eliza

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Helena Bonham Carter -- Popop, Jo
Melissa Leo -- Chandran, Grandma, Kamala, Eliza
Hailee Steinfeld -- KS, Sara
Amy Adams -- Sam

Animated Feature Film:
How to Train Your Dragon -- Popop, Jo, KS
Toy Story 3 -- Chandran, Sara, Grandma, Kamala, Sam, Eliza

Art Direction:
The King's Speech -- Popop, Sara, Grandma
Harry Potter -- Jo, KS
Inception --Chandran, Sam
True Grit -- Eliza
Alice in Wonderland -- Kamala

Cinematography:
Black Swan -- Popop, Jo, Chandran
True Grit -- KS, Sara, Grandma, Kamala, Sam, Eliza

Costume Design:
True Grit -- Popop
Alice in Wonderland -- Jo, Sara, Kamala
Black Swan -- Chandran
King’s Spech -- KS, Grandma, Sam, Eliza

Directing:
Darren Aronofsky -- Popop
Fincher -- Chandran, Sara, Grandma, Kamala, Sam
Tom Hooper -- Jo, KS ,Eliza

Documentary Feature:
Exit Throught the Gift Shop -- Popop, KS
Restrepo -- Chandran, Kamala, Sam
Waste Land -- Jo
Inside Job -- Sara, Grandma, Eliza

Documentary Short:
The Warriors of Qiugang -- Popop, KS, Grandma, Kamala, Sam, Eliza
Killing in the Name -- Chandran, Jo
Poster Girl -- Sara

Film Editing:
Andrew Weisblum -- Popop
127 Hours -- KS
Social Network -- Chandran, Sara, Grandma, Sam, Eliza
The Fighter -- Jo
Black Swan -- Kamala

Foreign Language Film:
Biutiful -- Popop, Chandran, KS, Grandma, Kamala, Sam
In a Better World -- Sara, Eliza
Outside the Law -- Jo

Makeup:
The Wolfman -- Popop, Chandran, Jo, KS, Sam, Eliza
Barney’s Version -- Sara
Way Back -- Grandma, Kamala

Music Original Score:
The King's Speech -- Popop, Grandma, Sam, Eliza
Dragon -- Jo , KS
Social Network -- Chandran
Inception -- Sara
127 Hours -- Kamala

Music Original Song:
If I Rise -- Popop, Sara, Sam, Eliza
Coming Home -- Chandran, KS, Kamala
I See the Light -- Jo
We Belong Together -- Grandma

Best Picture:
The King's Speech -- Popop, Chandran, KS, Sara, Grandma, Sam, Eliza
Inception -- Jo
Social Network -- Kamala

Short Film Animated:
Let's Pollute -- Popop, KS
Journal Diary-- Grandma
Madagascar- Jo, Sam
Gruffalo -- Kamala
Day & Night -- Chandran, Eliza
God of Love -- Sara

Short Film Live Action:
The Crush -- Popop, Grandma, Kamala
Wish 143 -- Sam
The Confession -- Jo, KS
God of Love -- Chandran
Na Wewe -- Eliza

Sound Editing:
Inception -- Popop, Chandran, Sara, Kamala, Sam, Eliza
Tron -- Jo, KS
True Grit -- Grandma

Sound Mixing:
Inception -- Popop, Chandran, Jo, KS, Sara, Grandma, Kamala, Sam, Eliza

Visual Effects:
Harry Potter -- Popop, Jo, KS
Inception -- Chandran, Sara, Grandma, Kamala, Sam, Eliza

Writing Adapted Screenplay:
True Grit -- Popop
The Social Network -- Chandran, Sara, Kamala, Sam, Eliza
Winter’s Bone -- Jo, Grandma
127 Hours -- KS

Writing Original Screenplay:
The King's Speech -- Popop, Chandran, KS, Kamala, Sam, Eliza
Inception -- Jo, Sara
The Kids are All Right -- Grandma

Felix Sunday

Thanks for everyone's submissions! If you haven't submitted yet, you still have 6 more hours! Send to elizacalvin@gmail.com

I'll update later with everyone's picks.

SNOW DAY

Will we go to the Ads today? The predicted snow came. Earlier today I cleared a path to the hen house, there is no sign of it now.

Here is Sarah Ison's vacation blog.

They are driving to Baja California, Mexio.
Sarah's blog

Gorgeous sunny day, a bit cold

We are back!

The week in CA was terrific, the week on Kaua'i was very nice.


Manchester Beach from the top of the Point Arena Lighthouse, Family at Dolphin Gallery Show of Brenda's Pottery, and Setting up for the show.

Several pages of pics on my flickr account.

Bits of News

Toby has been back at work all week.
The Talleys have gone to Wisconsin, but there is no news yet.
The chickens are pining for summer.
I am probably giving a talk in Las Vegas. Luckily, what happens there will stay there.

Felix Awards 2011

Doing the point system again: each category is worth a certain amount of points & most points wins. E-mail your selections to elizacalvin@gmail.com or comment here! There will be a Buster award this year but it will be called the Hal in memory of Hal. Deadline is February 27 @ 7 pm.

Actor in a Leading Role :: 10 points

• 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 :: 10 points

• 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 :: 10 points

• 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 :: 10 points

• 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 :: 7 points

• “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

• “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
• “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction :: 5 points

• “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 :: 5 points

• “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique

• “Inception” Wally Pfister
• “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
• “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
• “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design :: 5 points

• “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 :: 10 points

• “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) :: 7 points

• “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) :: 3 points

• “Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein

• “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
• “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 :: 5 points

• “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 :: 7 points

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

Makeup :: 3 points

• “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) :: 5 points

• “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) :: 5 points

• “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 :: 10 points

• “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) :: 3 points

• “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) :: 3 points

• “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 :: 3 points

• “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 :: 3 points

• “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 :: 3 points

• “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 Trojansky 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) :: 5 points

• “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) :: 5 points

• “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

Felix Awards coming soon.

Chicken Update for Mom

It's been very cold these few days. Luckily the chickens went out on Monday when it was about 30. They seem cheerful enough and are providing 3 eggs a day. The new waterer has some drawbacks. It gets clogged with straw and then there's a backwash effect. (Eeew.) But in general it works. I have cleverly identified the bird at the low end of the pecking order, a lorp. I'm calling her "The Buzzard".

Carnegie Hall

Chiara preformed at Carnegie Hall yesterday. Her school and a few others had taken over the hall. She had a great time, it was so much fun to see her up on that stage. We also saw her friends Emma and Kirin preform.

Buster is much better

He loves Ashwani's muscle relaxing wand.

Remind you of someone?

A Difficult Day for Buster

This morning he was having trouble walking and he refused to lie down! He was tucking his pelvis in! The vet was on farm call so we had to wait until noon. The vet felt he may have injured his back falling on ice or similar. He received narcotics and a chiropractic treatment and seems much better. Another chiropractic treatment next week.

Happy Birthday Kamala!

Happy Birthday Chiara!