Curious when the Golden Globes and BAFTA will be this year?

Of course you are, and here's the schedule for those big precursor events:

The 2012 Golden Globe Awards

• Wednesday, November 8, 2011: Cecil B. Demille Award Announcement
• Thursday, December 15, 2011: Nominations Announced
• Sunday, January 15, 2012: Awards Ceremony

2012 British Academy of Film and Television Awards

• Tuesday, January 17, 2012: Nominations Announced
• Sunday, February 12, 2012: BAFTA Awards Ceremony

-Joey's Two Cents: The dates for this season are taking shape...thoughts?

The King's Speech comes close to sweeping at the BAFTAs!

Here are the winners:

Best Film – The King’s Speech
Best Director – The Social Network – David Fincher
Best Leading Actress – Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Best Leading Actor – Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress – Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actor – Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Best Adapted Screenplay – The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin
Best Original Screenplay – The King’s Speech – David Seidler
Best Cinematography – True Grit – Roger Deakins
Outstanding British Film – The King’s Speech
Outstanding British Debut – Four Lions – Chris Morris
Best Editing – The Social Network – Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
Best Original Music – The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat
Best Production Design – Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
Best Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood
Best Sound – Inception – Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
Best Special Visual Effects – Inception – Corbould, Franklin, Lockley, Bebb
Best Make Up & Hair – Alice in Wonderland – Valli O’Reilly, Paul
Best Short Film – Until the River Runs Red – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis
Best Short Animation – The Eagleman Stag – Michael Please
Best Film Not in the English Language – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Best Animated Film – Toy Story 3
Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award – Tom Hardy


-Joey's Two Cents: The only real surprises for me were Fincher holding off Hooper and TKS hitting in both film categories...thoughts?

BAFTA Predictions

The BAFTA's are tonight and if you're have any connection with this awards season you know that "The King's Speech" will reign supreme and then some. The question is how supreme will it reign. My predictions are in bold. Include yours in the comment section.

BEST FILM
* BLACK SWAN
* INCEPTION
* THE KING’S SPEECH
* THE SOCIAL NETWORK
* TRUE GRIT

DIRECTOR
* 127 HOURS – Danny Boyle
* BLACK SWAN – Darren Aronofsky
* INCEPTION – Christopher Nolan
* THE KING’S SPEECH – Tom Hooper
* THE SOCIAL NETWORK – David Fincher

LEADING ACTOR
* JAVIER BARDEM – Biutiful
* JEFF BRIDGES – True Grit
* JESSE EISENBERG – The Social Network
* COLIN FIRTH – The King’s Speech
* JAMES FRANCO – 127 Hours

LEADING ACTRESS
* ANNETTE BENING – The Kids Are All Right
* JULIANNE MOORE – The Kids Are All Right
* NATALIE PORTMAN – Black Swan
* NOOMI RAPACE – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
* HAILEE STEINFELD – True Grit