Top DVD rentals and sales in the first week of March

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These were the top DVD rentals and sales for the week ending March 7, 2010:

TOP DVD RENTALS

1. 2012

2. Law Abiding Citizen

3. Couples Retreat

4. The Box

5. The Hangover

6. The Invention Of Lying

7. The Hurt Locker

8. Zombieland

9. The Informant!

10. Where the Wild Things Are

TOP DVD SALES

1. 2012

2. Where the Wild Things Are

3. Law Abiding Citizen

4. Ponyo

5. Couples Retreat

6. The Vampire’s Assistant

7. The Hurt Locker

8. Inglourious Basterds

9. The Time Traveler’s Wife

10. The Box

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2010 Academy Award winners

Here are the winners of the 2010 Academy Awards:

BEST PICTURE
“The Hurt Locker”
“Avatar”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Meryl Streep, “Julie and Julia”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Hurt Locker”
“The Messenger”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Inglourious Basterds”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Precious”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“In the Loop”
“Up in the Air”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Up”
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Secret of Kells”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Argentina)
“The Milk of Sorrow” (Peru)
“Un Prophete” (France)
“The White Ribbon” (Germany)
“Ajami” (Israel)

ART DIRECTION
“Avatar”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“The Young Victoria”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Avatar”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The White Ribbon”

COSTUME DESIGN
“The Young Victoria”
“Bright Star”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“The Cove”
“Burma VJ”
“Food, Inc.”
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
“Which Way Home”

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“Music by Prudence”
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner”
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
“Rabbit a la Berlin”

FILM EDITING
“The Hurt Locker”
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

MAKEUP
“Star Trek”
“Il Divo”
“The Young Victoria”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Up”
“Avatar”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Sherlock Holmes”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″
“Take It All” from “Nine”

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Logorama”
“French Roast”
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
“The Lady and the Reaper”
“A Matter of Loaf and Death”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The New Tenants”
“The Door”
“Instead of Abracadabra”
“Kavi”
“Miracle Fish”

SOUND EDITING
“The Hurt Locker”
“Avatar”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Up”

SOUND MIXING
“The Hurt Locker”
“Avatar”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“Star Trek”

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Top DVD rentals and sales last week

These were the top DVD rentals and sales for the week ending February 21, according to data from Rentrak Corporation.

TOP DVD RENTALS

1. Couples Retreat

2. Law Abiding Citizen

3. The Time Traveler’s Wife

4. Zombieland

5. The Stepfather

6. Love Happens

7. Surrogates

8. The Hangover

9. The Invention Of Lying

10. Gamer

TOP DVD SALES

1. Law Abiding Citizen

2. Couples Retreat

3. The Time Traveler’s Wife

4. Halo Legends

5. Michael Jackson’s This Is It

6. The Hangover

7. Zombieland

8. The Stepfather

9. Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself

10. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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Best in film in 2009: BAFTA Awards winners

Here are the winners of this year’s BAFTA Awards, announced earlier today:

BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Fish Tank

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Duncan Jones – Moon

DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A Prophet

ANIMATED FILM
Up

LEADING ACTOR
Colin Firth – A Single Man

LEADING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan – An Education

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

MUSIC
Up – Michael Giacchino

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd

EDITING
The Hurt Locker

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar

COSTUME DESIGN
The Young Victoria

SOUND
The Hurt Locker

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar

MAKE UP & HAIR
The Young Victoria

SHORT ANIMATION
Mother Of Many

SHORT FILM
I Do Air

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Kristen Stewart

ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Vanessa Redgrave

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Joe Dunton

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Best in film and television in 2009: The Golden Reel Awards

Here is the list of winners of the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 57th annual Golden Reel Awards:

FILMS
SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR, MUSIC IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM
“Up”
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Silvers
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer: Tom Myers
Supervising Foley Editor: Pascal Garneau
Music Editor: Stephen M. Davis
Sound Effects Editors: Al Nelson, J.R. Grubbs, Teresa Eckton
Foley Editor: Jonathan Null
ADR Editor: Steve Slanec
Foley Artists: Jana Vance, Dennie Thorpe

SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FOREIGN FEATURE FILM
“District 9″
Supervising Sound Editors: Brent Burge, Chris Ward
Sound Designer: Dave Whitehead
Sound Effects Editors: Hayden Collow, Melanie Graham
Dialogue/ADR Editors: Polly McKinnon, Justin Webster
ADR Editors: Jason Canovas, Mark Franken
Foley Editor: Craig Tomlinson
Foley Artists: Robyn McFarlane, Carolyn McLaughlin

MUSIC IN A FEATURE FILM
“Avatar”
Supervising Music Editor: Jim Henrikson
Music Editors: Dick Bernstein, Michael Bauer

MUSIC IN A MUSICAL FEATURE FILM
“This Is It”
Supervising Music Editors: Michael Prince, Ryan Rubin, Scott Stambler

DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FEATURE FILM
“Inglourious Basterds”
Supervising Sound Editor: Wylie Stateman
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Margit Pfeiffer
Supervising ADR Editor: Gregg Baxter
Dialogue/ADR Editor: Nancy Nugent-Title

SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN A FEATURE FILM
“Avatar”
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designers: Addison Teague, Chris Boyes
Supervising Foley Editor: Luke Dunn Glelmuda
Foley Editor: Jim Likowski
Sound Effects Editors: Ken Fischer, Shannon Mills, Tim Nielsen, Chris
Scarabosio
Foley Artists: Dennie Thorpe, Jana Vance

TELEVISION
SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR AND MUSIC ANIMATION IN TELEVISION
“The Penguins of Madagascar,” “What Goes Around”
Supervising Sound Editors: Paulette Victor Lifton, James Ian Lifton
Sound Designer: Ian Nyeste
Supervising Foley Editor: Aran Tanchum
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Michael Petak
Supervising ADR Editor: Jason Stiff
Music Editor: Dominick Certo
Foley Artist: Vincent Guisetti
Dialogue Editor: Oliver Pearce
Foley Editor: Matt Hall
Dialogue & Music Editor: D.J. Lynch
Sound Effects Editor: Lawrence Reyes

LONG FORM DIALOGUE AND ADR IN TELEVISION
“Battlestar Galactica,” “Daybreak, Part 2″
Supervising Sound Editors: Daniel Colman, Jack Levy
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Vince Balunas

SHORT FORM DIALOGUE AND ADR IN TELEVISION
“True Blood,” “Beyond Here Lies Nothing” — #212″
Supervising Sound Editor: John Benson
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: John Benson
Sound Editors: Christian Buenaventura, Jason Krane

LONG FORM EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN TELEVISION
“Battlestar Galactica,” “Daybreak, Part 2″
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer: Daniel Colman
Supervising Sound Editor: Jack Levy
Supervising Foley Editor: Sam C. Lewis
Foley Artists: Doug Madick, Richard Partlow

SHORT FORM EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN TELEVISION
“House, M.D.,” “Epic Fail”
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer: Bradley North
Sound Designer: Luis Galdames
Supervising Foley Editor: Craig Rosevear
Sound Effects Editor: Luis Galdames
Foley Editor: Harry Woolway
Foley Artists: Michael Lyle, Paul Stevenson

LONG FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION
“Spectacular!”
Supervising Music Editor: Michael Dittrick
Music Editor: Ben Zales

SHORT FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION
“Glee,” “Pilot”
Music Editor: David Klotz

OTHER CATEGORIES
DIRECT TO VIDEO
“Something, Something, Something, Darkside”
Supervising Sound Editor: Bob Newlan
Sound Designer: Andrew Ellerd
Music Editor: Stan Jones
Foley Artist: Dale Perry
Dialogue Editors: Patrick Clark, Mark Eklund
Sound Effects Editor: Brian Nichols
Music Editor: Doug Lackey

COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
“Uncharted 2: Among Thieves”
Supervising Sound Editors: Mark Jasper, Bruce Swanson
Sound Designers: Phillip Kovats, Lydian Tone
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Elizabeth Johnson
Sound Effects Editors: Mark Camperell, Tom Hays, Chris Pinkston
Foley Artist: Cynthia Merrill

VERNA FIELDS AWARD IN SOUND EDITING FOR STUDENT FILMMAKERS
“Scarecrow”
Supervising Sound Editors: Patrick Knipe, Paul Fonarev

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Best in film and television in 2009: Writers Guild Awards

Here are this year’s winners of the WGA Awards:

FILM
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hurt Locker, Written by Mark Boal; Summit Entertainment

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air, Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner; Based upon the novel by Walter Kirn; Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Cove, Written by Mark Monroe; Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions

TELEVISION WINNERS
DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Andrew Colville, Kater Gordon, Cathryn Humphris,
Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Erin Levy, Marti Noxon,
Frank Pierson, Robin Veith, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner; AMC

COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Steve Hely, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, Paula Pell, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield; NBC

NEW SERIES
Modern Family, Written by Paul Corrigan, Sameer Gardezi, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Brad Walsh, Caroline Williams, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC

EPISODIC DRAMA
“Broken, Part 1 and Part 2″ (House), Written by Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster & David Shore; Fox

EPISODIC COMEDY
“Apollo, Apollo” (30 Rock), Written by Robert Carlock; NBC
“Pilot” (Modern Family), Written by Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd; ABC
(tie)

LONG FORM – ORIGINAL
Georgia O’Keeffe, Written by Michael Cristofer; Lifetime

LONG FORM – ADAPTATION
Taking Chance, Teleplay by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, Based on the short story by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.); HBO

ANIMATION – ANY LENGTH – ONE AIRING TIME
“Wedding for Disaster” (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox

COMEDY/VARIETY – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES
Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketch by Adam McKay, Andrew Steele; NBC
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Head Writer: Steve Bodow, Writers Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, JR Havlan, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central
(tie)

COMEDY/VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
Film Independent’s 2009 Spirit Awards, Written by Billy Kimball, Neil MacLennan; IFC/AMC

DAYTIME SERIAL
The Young and the Restless, Written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Lisa Connor, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Melissa Salmons, Linda Schreiber, James Stanley, Sandra Weintraub, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

CHILDREN’S EPISODIC & SPECIALS
“Welcome to the Jungle” (The Troop), Written by Max Burnett; Nickelodeon

CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL
Another Cinderella Story, Written by Erik Patterson, Jessica Scott; ABC Family

DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS
“The Madoff Affair” (Frontline), Written by Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith; PBS

DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer” (American Experience), Written by David Grubin; PBS

NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT
World News with Charles Gibson, Written by Lee Kamlet, Julia Kathan, Joel Siegel; ABC

NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“A Private War: Expose: America’s Investigative Reports” (Bill Moyers Journal), Written by Thomas M. Jennings; PBS

RADIO WINNERS
DOCUMENTARY
2008 Year in Review, Written by Gail Lee; CBS

NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING
World News This Week – July 11, 2009, Written by Darren Reynolds; ABC Radio

NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY
Paul Harvey: An American Life, Written by Stu Chamberlain; ABC Radio

PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION WINNERS
ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)
“Vegas” (Dateline), “The Wanted” Promo, NBC Nightly News Promo, “Iran” (Dateline), “Cheat” (Dateline), Written by Barry Fitzsimmons; NBC

TELEVISION GRAPHIC ANIMATION
“Hudson Splashdown” (CBS Evening News with Katie Couric), David M. Rosen, Shannon L. Toma; CBS

VIDEOGAME WRITING WINNER
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Written by Amy Hennig; Sony Computer Entertainment

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Top movies at the weekend box office, February 19 – 21

These were the top movies at the U.S. box office this weekend:

1. Shutter Island – $40,200,000

2. Valentine’s Day – $17,160,000

3. Avatar – $16,100,000

4. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Lightning – $15,300,000

5. The Wolfman – $9,846,265

6. Dear John – $7,300,000

7. Tooth Fairy – $4,500,000

8. Crazy Heart – $3,025,000

9. From Paris with Love – $2,500,000

10. Edge of Darkness – $2,210,000

11. The Book of Eli – $1,845,000

12. When in Rome – $1,747,000

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Saturn Awards nominees

Here are the 2010 Saturn Award nominees:

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
The Book of Eli
Knowing
Moon
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

BEST FANTASY FILM
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Lovely Bones
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST HORROR FILM
The Box
Drag Me to Hell
Frozen
The Last House on the Left
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Zombieland

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
2012
Brothers
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Law Abiding Citizen
The Messenger
Sherlock Holmes

BEST ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Sam Rockwell, Moon
Denzel Washington, The Book of Eli
Sam Worthington, Avatar

BEST ACTRESS
Catherine Keener, Where the Wild Things Are
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Alison Lohman, Drag Me to Hell
Natalie Portman, Brothers
Zoe Saldana, Avatar
Charlize Theron, The Burning Plain

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Woody Harrelson, Zombieland
Stephen Lang, Avatar
Frank Langella, The Box
Jude Law, Sherlock Holmes
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Malin Akerman, Watchmen
Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds
Rachel McAdams, Sherlock Holmes
Lorna Raver, Drag Me to Hell
Susan Sarandon, The Lovely Bones
Sigourney Weaver, Avatar

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR
Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Bailee Madison, Brothers
Brooklynn Proulx, The Time Traveler’s Wife
Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road

BEST DIRECTOR
JJ Abrams, Star Trek
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
James Cameron, Avatar
Guy Ritchie, Sherlock Holmes
Zack Snyder, Watchmen
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST WRITING
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
James Cameron, Avatar
Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Where the Wild Things Are
Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Star Trek
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alex Tse, David Hayter, Watchmen

BEST MUSIC
Brian Eno, The Lovely Bones
Michael Giacchino, Up
James Horner, Avatar
Taro Iwashiro, Red Cliff
Christopher Young, Drag Me to Hell
Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes

BEST COSTUME
Colleen Atwood, Nine
Jenny Beavan, Sherlock Holmes
Anna Sheppard, Inglourious Basterds
Jany Temime, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Michael Wilkinson, Watchmen
Tim Yip, Red Cliff

BEST MAKE-UP
Star Trek – Barney Burman, Minday Hall, Joel Harlow
District 9 – Joe Dunckley, Sarah Rubano, Frances Richardson
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Sarah Monzani
The Book of Eli – Gregory Nicotero, Howard Berger
Drag Me to Hell – Gregory Nicotero, Howard Berger
Terminator: Salvation – Mike Smithson, John Rosengrant

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg
Star Trek – Scott Chambliss
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Stuart Craig
Sherlock Holmes – Sarah Greenwood
District 9 – Philip Ivey
Watchmen – Alex McDowell

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicholas Aithadi, Tim Alexander
Watchmen – John DesJardin, Peter G. Travers, Joel Whist, Jessica Norman
2012 – Volker Engel, Marc Weingert, Mike Vezina
Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton
District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
District 9
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Lorna’s Silence
Red Cliff
Taken
Thirst

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Monsters Vs Aliens
The Princess and the Frog
Up

TELEVISION

BEST NETWORK SERIES
Chuck
Fringe
The Ghost Whisperer
Heroes
Lost
The Vampire Diaries

BEST SYNDICATED/CABLE TELEVISION SERIES
Breaking Bad
Battlestar Galactica
The Closer
Dexter
Leverage
True Blood

BEST TELEVISION PRESENTATION
Doctor Who: The End of Time
Alice
The Prisoner
Torchwood: Children of Earth
The Tudors
V

BEST ACTOR – TELEVISION
Josh Holloway, Lost
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Matthew Fox, Lost
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Zachary Levi, Chuck
Stephen Moyer, True Blood
David Tennant, Doctor Who: The End of Time

BEST ACTRESS – TELEVISION
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Ghost Whisperer
Evangeline Lilly, Lost
Anna Paquin, True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Anna Torv, Fringe

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION
Jeremy Davies, Lost
Michael Emerson, Lost
Aldis Hodge, Leverage
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
John Noble, Fringe
Alexander Skarsgard, True Blood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION
Morena Baccarin, V
Gina Bellman, Leverage
Julie Benz, Dexter
Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter
Elizabeth Mitchell, Lost
Hayden Panettiere, Heroes

BEST GUEST STARRING ROLE ON TELEVISION
Bernard Cribbins, Doctor Who: The End of Time
Raymond Cruz, Breaking Bad
Michelle Forbes, True Blood
John Lithgow, Dexter
Leonard Nimoy, Fringe
Mark Pellegrino, Lost

BEST DVD RELEASE
House of the Devil
Laid to Rest
Not Forgotten
Nothing But the Truth
Pontypool
Super Capers
Surveillance

BEST DVD TELEVISION RELEASE
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Torchwood: Children of Earth
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season
Primeval, Volume 2
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season
Life on Mars: The Complete Series

BEST DVD SPECIAL EDITION
Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut
300 Complete Experience
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Blu-Ray)
District 9 (Two-Disc Edition)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Skynet Edition
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Two Disc Special Edition)

BEST COLLECTION
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics, Volume 1
The Hannibal Lector Anthology
Hellraiser Boxed Set
Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection
Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection
The William Castle Collection

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Top DVD rentals and sales

Rentrak has announced the top DVD rentals and sales for the week ending February 7. Here they are:

TOP DVD RENTALS

1. Zombieland

2. Love Happens

3. Surrogates

4. Gamer

5. The Hangover

6. Amelia

7. District 9

8. The Invention of Lying

9. Whip It

10. Julie and Julia

10 BEST-SELLING DVDs

1. Zombieland

2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It

3. Love Happens

4. Amelia

5. Surrogates

6. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

7. Saw VI

8. Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself

9. The Hangover

10. Planet Hulk

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Weekend box office, February 5 – 7

These were the top grossing movies at the U.S. box office this weekend:

1. Dear John – $32,400,000

2. Avatar – $23,600,000

3. From Paris with Love – $8,120,000

4. Edge of Darkness – $7,005,000

5. Tooth Fairy – $6,500,000

6. When in Rome – $5,504,000

7. The Book of Eli – $4,835,000

8. Crazy Heart – $3,650,000

9. Legion – $3,400,000

10. Sherlock Holmes – $2,630,000

11. The Blind Side – $2,600,000

12. Up in the Air – $2,350,000

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