Oscar 2017 Best Actress Nominees

Isabelle Hupert

Ruth Negga

Meryl Streep

Natalie Portman

INFLUENTIAL MALAIKA GIRLS RECEIVE GHANA TERTIARY AWARDS NOMINATIONS.

Organizers of Ghana Tertiary Awards has officially announced nominees for this year’s Awards scheme, which focuses on Tertiary Students making impacts on society through various means. From the list, here are the recognized Malaika Girls up for awards for their various endeavours. 1. Regina Van Helvert. From the Ghana Telecom University, Regina contested for Miss Malaika 2012 and she became 1st…

VOTING STARTS AT 7PM KST. VOTE HERE.

BEST MALE GROUPS NOMINESS: 

EXO BIGBANG BTS SHINEE SUPER JUNIOR SHINHWA

BEST FEMALE GROUPS NOMINESS: 

AOA APINK MISS A SNSD SISTAR WONDER GIRLS

BEST MUSIC VIDEO NOMINESS: 

BIGBANG - BAEBAE 

FX - 4 WALLS 

SHINEE - MARRIED TO THE MUSIC 

WONDER GIRLS - I FEEL YOU 

INFINITE - BAD

BEST NEW MALE GROUPS/ARTISTS: 

IKON N.FLYING MONSTA X SEVENTEEN UP TENSION

BEST NEW FEMALE GROUPS/ARTISTS NOMINESS: 

CLC TWICE LOVELY GIRLS G-FRIEND OH MY GIRL

BEST SOLO FEMALE ARTIST: 

BOA IU AILEE TAEYEON HYUNA

BEST SOLO MALE ARTIST: 

ZION.T KYUHYUN JYP YONGHWA JONGHYUN

BEST BAND PERFORMANCE: 

CNBLUE FTISLAND NEIL JUNG JUNYOUNG HYUKO

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE: 

GARY DOK2 CLOWNZ JAYPARK SANE

BEST VOCAL MALE PERFORMANCE: 

SG WANNABE ZION.T KYUHYUN LIM CHANGJUNG HUH GAK

BEST VOCAL FEMALE PERFORMANCE: 

DAVICHI MAMAMOO BAEK AH YEON AILEE TAEYEON

BEST DANCE MALE PERFORMANCE: 

EXO GOT7 BIGBANG VIXX SHINEE INFINITE

BEST DANCE FEMALE PERFORMANCE: 

In third place, we have RITA SKEETER for being a journalist, with FOUR VOTES.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

12 Years a Slave American Hustle Ausgust: Osage County Dallas Buyer’s Club Lee Daniels’ The Butler

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Cate Blanchett – “Blue Jasmine” Sandra Bullock – “Gravity” Judi Dench – “Philomena” Meryl Streep – “August: Osage County” Emma Thompson – “Saving Mr. Banks”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Bruce Dern – “Nebraska” Chiwetel Ejiofor – “12 Years a Slave” Tom Hanks – “Captain Phillips” Matthew McConaughey – “Dallas Buyers Club” Forest Whitaker – “The Butler”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jennifer Lawrence – “American Hustle” Lupita Nyong’o – “12 Years a Slave” Julia Roberts – “August: Osage County” June Squibb – “Nebraska” Oprah Winfrey – “The Butler”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Barkhad Abdi – “Captain Phillips” Daniel Bruhl – “Rush” Michael Fassbender – “12 Years a Slave” James Gandolfini – “Enough Said” Jared Leto – “Dallas Buyers Club”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES Angela Bassett – “Betty & Coretta” Helena Bonham Carter – “Burton and Taylor” Holly Hunter – “Top of the Lake” Helen Mirren – “Phil Spector” Elisabeth Moss – “Top of the Lake”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES Matt Damon – “Behind the Candelabra” Michael Douglas – “Behind the Candelabra” Jeremy Irons – “The Hollow Crown” Rob Lowe – “Killing Kennedy” Al Pacino – “Phil Spector”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Downton Abbey Game of Thrones Homeland

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Claire Danes – “Homeland” Anna Gunn – “Breaking Bad” Jessica Lange – “American Horror Story: Coven” Maggie Smith – “Downton Abbey” Kerry Washington – “Scandal”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Steve Buscemi – “Boardwalk Empire” Bryan Cranston – “Breaking Bad” Jeff Daniels – “The Newsroom” Peter Dinklage – “Game of Thrones” Kevin Spacey – “House of Cards”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock Arrested Development Big Bang Theory Modern Family Veep

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Mayim Bialik – “The Big Bang Theory” Julie Bowen – “Modern Family” Edie Falco – “Nurse Jackie” Tina Fey – “30 Rock” Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Veep”

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock” Jason Bateman – “Arrested Development” Ty Burrell – “Modern Family” Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” Jim Parsons – “The Big Bang Theory”

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE All Is Lost Fast & Furious 6 Lone Survivor Rush The Wolverine

OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Game of Thrones Homeland The Walking Dead

The nominations for music's biggest night will finally be released tonight. In order to prepare, I'm going to get out what I think the nominees will be/should be for the big four categories.

Let's start with Album of the Year:

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Mumford & Sons - Babel

The Black Keys - El Camino (seems forever ago, but that eligibility period does that to a person)

P!nk - The Truth About Love

Lionel Richie - Tuskegee

I don't care for Lionel that much but a lot of the old voters are going to give him the votes to get him into this category. Drake's album Take Care might sneak in here in place of Ocean's. There is only room for one of the two. The voters might also throw in a country album, so you might see Four the Record or Blown Away (Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood, respectively) get into the category.

Record of the Year:

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Adele - Set Fire to the Rain

Drake - Take Care

fun. - Some Nights

Carly Rae Jepsen had a crazy year with Call Me Maybe and it would be surprising not to see it in this category. Adele is an obvious heavy hitter. Ocean might oust Drake with Thinkin' About You, but I think Drake will take him here. Like stated before, you can't forget about country. Over You by Miranda Lambert is the only country hit that comes to mind for maybe getting a nod here.

Song of the Year:

Adele - Set Fire to the Rain

Frank Ocean - Thinkin' About You

fun. - Some Nights

Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait

Adele and Ocean are the stand outs for the win in this category, since it is about the song writing itself. Gotye's song was technically released earlier than the eligibility period but I feel like the will bend the rules for it. So that would oust Taylor Swift. Pink might squeak in with Blow Me (One Last Kiss).

Now onto the last of the big four, Best New Artist. This category is the most up in the air since there were plenty of new artists this year. Here are the artists that get the noms:

fun.

Gotye

Frank Ocean

Ellie Goulding

Lana Del Rey