Twins

The Twins at AMNH
Originally uploaded by sarapicassa

A lovely weekend, almost feels like Spring. Maya and the girls were in town. We went to the Museum of Natural History and the Planetarium, then out for dinner, Chiara kindly baby sat the twins.

We are on an island surrounded by bumpy, watery ice

The good part, Jo is home on break and Susi has vacation also!  More pictures on flickr

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FELIX 2014

The Oscars are on March 2 this year. Most points wins. E-mail ballot to elizacalvin@gmail.com. May the odds be ever in your favor!

BEST PICTURE

20 Points 

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

15 Points

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

BEST ACTRESS IS A LEADING ROLE

15 Points 

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Judi Dench (Philomena)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

15 Points

Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

15 Points

Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

June Squibb (Nebraska)

  BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

10 Points

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Ernest & Celestine

Frozen

The Wind Rises

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

15 Points

The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)

Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)

Nebraska (Phedo Papamichael)

Prisoners (Roger Deakins)

 BEST COSTUME DESIGN

7 Points 

 American Hustle

The Grandmaster

The Great Gatsby

The Invisible Woman

12 Years a Slave

BEST DIRECTOR

15 Points

David O'Russell (American Hustle)

Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Nebraska (Alexander Payne)

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Marty Scorsese)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

10 Points

  The Act of Killing

Cutie and the Boxer

Dirty Wars

The Square

20 Feet from Stardom

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

7 Points

CaveDigger

Facing Fear

Karama Has No Walls

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Prison Terminal

    BEST FILM EDITING

10 Points

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

12 Years a Slave

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

10 Points

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)

The Great Beauty (Italy)

The Hunt (Denmark)

The Missing Picture (Cambodia)

Omar (Palestine)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

7 Points

Dallas Buyers Club

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

The Lone Ranger

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

7 Points

The Book Thief (John Williams)

Gravity (Steven Price)

Her (William Butler and Owen Pallett)

Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)

Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

7 Points

"Alone Yet Not Alone" (Alone Yet Not Alone)

"Happy" (Despicable Me 2)

"Let It Go" (Frozen)

"The Moon Song" (Her)

"Ordinary Love" (Mandela)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

5 Points      

    

American Hustle

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Her

12 Years a Slave

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

5 Points

Feral

Get a Horse!

Mr. Hublot

Possessions

Room on the Broom

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

5 Points    

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me) 

Avant Que De Tout Perdre

Helium

Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa?

The Voorman Problem

BEST SOUND EDITING

7 Points

All Is Lost

Captain Phillips

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Lone Survivor

    

BEST SOUND MIXING

7 Points

Captain Phillips

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Inside Llewyn Davis

Lone Survivor

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

7 Points

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Iron Man 3

The Lone Ranger

Star Trek Into Darkness

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

10 Points

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, etc)

Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)

Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)

12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Terrence Winter)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

10 Points

American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, etc)

Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)

Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten, etc)

Her (Spike Jonze)

Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

Yet Another Birthday!

Sumesh and Veena with their new granddaughter, Jianna.

Birthday Season Continues: Happy Birthday Kamala!

With Laurie, Catherine and Nicky

Happy Birthday, Chiara!