nominations: ShortFormBlog

12:56 • 1 year ago

Nominate ShortFormBlog for a Shorty Award!

Not to be asking too much or anything, but … This year’s Shorty Awards are happening again, and we’re looking to put a little effort into getting on them this year. We’re hoping for showings in two categories this year: Blogger and the Microblog of the Year on Tumblr special category. Either would be awesome, but anything you can offer would be great! Thanks for reading, y’all, and we hope you enjoy all the cool stuff we throw up.

14:16 • 2 years ago

Tags: barack obama nobel peace prize nominations norwegian wikileaks 29 • Permalink

By disclosing information about corruption, human rights abuses and war crimes, WikiLeaks is a natural contender for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Norwegian MP Snorre Valen • As all members of national parliaments can make nominations for the Peace Prize winner, Valen bestowed this honor upon the WikiLeaks organization. The Nobel committee has declined to offer further comment. The news is likely to the intense chagrin of former winner Barack Obama. source (via • follow)

10:20 • 2 years ago

A quick, ten-second overview of this year’s Oscar nominations

Tags: christopher nolan inception nominations Oscars the king's speech the social network toy story 3 waiting for superman 12 • Permalink

12 totally expected nominations for “The King’s Speech”

10 nominations for the Coen Bros’ “True Grit” remake
eight nominations (far too few) for ”The Social Network”
eight nominations (also far too few) for “Inception”

surprises Who decided to nominate Javier Bardem for Best Actor for a movie that absolutely nobody saw (“Biutiful”)? How many people even knew what this movie was before this morning? Raise your hand.
disses Among others: Mila Kunis in “Black Swan.” Andrew Garfield in “The Social Network.” Ryan Gosling in “Blue Valentine.” No best documentary nod for “Waiting for Superman.” Criminal! source

» And the ultimate diss: “Inception” got eight nominations, don’t get us wrong. The movie totally deserved all of them. But the one it was most deserving of which it did not get? Christopher Nolan didn’t get a best director nod for “Inception.” The category was stacked, admittedly, but the Coen Brothers may have been the weak men this year. On a side note, there could be one even bigger diss this year – if “Toy Story 3” doesn’t win an award outside of its animation comfort zone.

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