All over the world, celebrities, agents, directors and fans have Tweeted about their nominations for the International Press Academy that came out this week, and have some unusual choices among them.
The global group of critics is one of the few that mixes international and domestic reviewers, and they often feature choices that are overlooked by other award shows, says President Mirjana Van Blaricom, of Sherman Oaks, Calif. where the headquarters of the organization is based.
“We see everything, so we appreciate everything, and we try to give honors to the best, not just what everyone else will be honoring, too,” Van Blaricom says.
For example, Canadian actress Anne Dorval was delighted about her Best Actress nod for “Mommy.” She’s up against established Academy Award favorites such as Rosamund Pike, Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon and Marion Cotillard, but now her nomination gives her a boost of extra encouragement and credit.
Noted French personality Cédric Succivalli Tweeted that he was thrilled that the French language movie was up for Best International film as well, writing “Congratulations to Anne Dorval and @XDolan for their Satellite nominations today. Here’s hoping for a terrific awards season for MOMMY.”
Membership of the Press Academy is worldwide, so it’s not surprising that the Tweets have gone out in Russian, Japanese, Polish, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese and more.
There were also some accolades for off-beat nominations, such as Andy Serkis for Best Supporting Actor in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.” He is the actor who also did a motion-capture performance for the role of Golem in the “Lord of the Rings” movies and there was a big Oscar campaign for him, but it never materialized.
Graham Green wrote: “Well done @andy_lockley and @pauljfranklin on Satellite VFX nominations, and @andyserkis for supporting actor!”
The @realkiefer Kiefer Sutherland was thankful for his nomination for “24 Live Another Day” and the show’s nod for best Miniseries Made for TV. The actor’s agent, Conway van Gelder said, “Congrats to @realkiefer on his #SatelliteAwards nomination. #24fox was also nominated in the category Miniseries Made For Television.”
The most-nominated TV show “Penny Dreadful” won a lot of praise. Femme Fatale wrote: “Eva Green for Best Actress in #PennyDreadful. Yes ma’am. #SatelliteAwards” Producer Christopher King Tweeted:
@chriswking Congrats Eva Green, Rory Kinnear and all involved in #PennyDreadful for the #SatelliteAwards nominations @SHO_Penny “
The HBO series “The Leftovers” won praise for the series and actors Ann Dowd and Christopher Eccleston. Ann wrote: “Congrats on your nomination, Christopher! We hope to see you win at the 19th Annual Satellite Awards #TheLeftovers”
PrettyBird which produces “The Spoils of Babylon” wrote: “We are excited to announced that Matt Piedmont’s @spoilsofbabylon has received two #SatelliteAwards nominations !!” It is for Kristen Wiig for actress and for Best Miniseries for the IFC wacky series.
Actor Bruce Greenwood who has attended and won at past Satellite Awards Tweeted: “Thank you @SatelliteAwards for our Sherlock nomination in this year’s ‘Miniseries Made for Television’ category! @masterpiecepbs @BBCOne”
Sometimes a small awards show can spotlight a performance or show in an often obscure or complex category. For example, filmmakers were thrilled about their “Red Army” documentary being singled out for a nomination. “Thank you to @SatelliteAwards for nominating us for Best Documentary! We are overjoyed!! “
Likewise, those who made “Jodorowsky’s Dune” who said, “This is overwhelming! Thank you @SatelliteAwards for finding us!”
Another wrote: “Congrats to Israeil Oscar entry #GETT in Motion Picture, International Film category” for the International film nomination “Gett: The Trial Viviane Amsalem.”
Actor Lee Pace was Tweeted the announcement that he was nominated for best actor for AMC’s “Halt and Catch Fire” as Best Actor in a TV drama, and his show received a Best Drama nomination. Actor Tom Mison pointed out the “Sleepy Hollow” nomination. Fans on Twitter were happy for Gillian Anderson being nominated for “The Fall” but were sad when Jamie Dornan wasn’t nominated for the show.
Another international critic appreciated a nomination for “Two Days, One Night,” writing: “Thank you for nominate Marion Cotillard. Her performance is amazing and thanks for recognize it”
People who have been excited about their IPA nominations Tweeted it with the hast-tag #SatelliteAwards. Fans wrote about “Grimm,” (#NBCGrimm), “Game of Thrones” (#GoT) and others.
Rebecca Murray wrote: “ #SatelliteAwards nominees announced, and yes I’m happy #SonsOfAnarchy’s Charlie Hunnam was recognized.”
Actor Mads Mikkelsen expressed his happiness on Twitter for his nomination, and the show’s, as did other Hannibal cast . A fan wrote:
Mads Mikkelsen News @MadsSource That’s Mads third nomination for #Hannibal. He already won the Saturn Award for Best Actor and the GEATV Award for Best Supporting Actor
The team from “Imitation Game” were so thrilled with their eight nominations that they Tweeted out their honors only minutes after the IPA announcements.
Hurrah! #TheImitationGame has received 8 #SatelliteAwards nominations inc Benedict Cumberbatch for Best Actor. http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/current-nominees/ …
Clive Owen and Andre Holland fans re-Tweeted nominations for their TV show “The Knick” while local resident Emma Stone was thrilled about her Supporting Role nomination in “Birdman.”
Julianne Moore was thrilled about her “Still Alice” Best Actress nomination and young actor Miles Teller tweets “Thank you for your support” for the five nominations his film “Whiplash” received.
Matt Bomer was nominated for “The Normal Heart” on TV, but Tweeted “Congrats to Mark” for his co-star who was also nominated.
Luana @LaBeaux_ 7h7 hours ago Woohoo! Matt, Mark and #TheNormalHeart were nominated #satelliteawards 2015 Your devotion pays off.@MattBomer 2015 is your year.You know you’ve earned it
Mark Ruffalo Central @ruffalocentral 11h11 hours ago *claps* Mark is also nominated as Best Supporting Actor for Foxcatcher #satelliteawards
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