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Oscars 2010 – Makeup: Star Trek klingons to Oscar

I thought they did some great work on aging Toni Servillo’s character in this mysterious nomination for Il Divo, but the Academy want to promote the blockbuster film in some fashion. Trekkies all over are high-fiving one another.

Eric Lavallée

Published on March 7, 2010

The Noms:

“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Who Will Win: Star Trek
Who Should Win: Il Divo
Who Won: Star Trek
Commentary: I thought they did some great work on aging Toni Servillo’s character in this mysterious nomination for Il Divo, but the Academy want to promote the blockbuster film in some fashion. Trekkies all over are high-fiving one another.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).