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Tuesday, 5 February 2008

Who should win? Gerard Butler or James McAvoy?

Two Scottish actors, Gerard Butler and James McAvoy were recently nominated in the best actor category at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards. You can go here to vote, but you have to be registered at Empire On-Line to vote. You can just go here to register. Voting ends on Feb. 25 2008. According to The London Paper the awards show will air on ITV2 in the UK on Mon., March 10 at 9pm.

Many films (Atonement, 300, Harry Potter, 28 Weeks Later, Zodiac) that starred Scottish actors are also nominated, so here is a list of the relevant nominees:

Best newcomer
Shia LaBeouf (Transformers)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
Sam Riley (Control)
Gemma Arterton (St Trinians)
Thomas Turgoose (This Is England)

Best sci-fi/fantasy
Sunshine
Stardust
Transformers
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
300

Best horror
30 Days of Night
28 Weeks Later
Saw IV
Death Proof
1408

Best thriller
Zodiac
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
The Bourne Ultimatum
Disturbia

Sony Ericsson best soundtrack
Control
Atonement
Once
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Best British film
Atonement
Hot Fuzz
Sunshine
Control
This Is England

Best actress
Keira Knightley (Atonement)
Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Katharine Heigl (Knocked Up)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)

Best actor
Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
James McAvoy (Atonement)
Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz)
Gerard Butler (300)

Best director
Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Joe Wright (Atonement)
David Yates (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz)
David Fincher (Zodiac)

Best film
The Bourne Ultimatum
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ratatouille
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Zodiac

2 comments:

  1. WOW - that's a TOUGH one! I am just delighted though, that Gerard is getting SOME recognition for his incredible work in '300' !!

    He definately wins for 'best abs' !

    If 'put to it' though, I'd have to say that James' performance as 'Robbie' would come out on top, simply for the flawless depiction of such a wide range of emotions.

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  2. I had to vote for James too. Gerard was the perfect leader in 300; I'd follow him anywhere, but James was just brilliant in Atonement. He made me cry so hard at the end of that movie.

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