SF Site News http://www.sfsite.com/news Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:33:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Burstein Considers Congress http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/burstein-considers-congress/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/burstein-considers-congress/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:33:17 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1871 Author Michael A. Burstein has announced the formation of an Exploratory Committee to consider seeking the Democratic nomination to represent Massachussett’s 4th Congressional District, currently represented by Barney Frank, who has announced his resignation at the end of his current term. Burstein, who has been nominated for 10 Hugo Awards, has served three terms as a trustee for the Brookline (MA) Public Library.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/burstein-considers-congress/feed/ 0 Obituary: Janice Voss http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/obituary-janice-voss/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/obituary-janice-voss/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:55:30 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1870 Astronaut Janice Voss (b.1956) died on February 6 after a battle with breast cancer. Voss served as a mission specialist on five space shuttle missions between 1993 and 2000. Flying two missions each on Endeavour and Columbia and one on Discovery. Following her in-space career, Voss worked as the Science Director for the Kepler Space Observatory and Payloads Lead of the Astronaut Office Station Branch.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/obituary-janice-voss/feed/ 0 Obituary: Roger Boisjoly http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/obituary-roger-boisjoly/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/obituary-roger-boisjoly/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:51:32 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1869 Engineer Roger Boisjoly (b.1938) died on January 6. Boisjoly worked for Morton Thiokol in 1986 and warned NASA that due to falling temperatures, the O-Rings on the space shuttle Challenger could undergo a catastrophic failure and urged for them to cancel the flight. The next day, his predictions came true when Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/08/obituary-roger-boisjoly/feed/ 0 Obituary: Bill Hinzman http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/06/obituary-bill-hinzman/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/06/obituary-bill-hinzman/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:57 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1868 Actor S. William Hinzman (b.1936) died after a battle with cancer on February 5. Hinzman made his debut in George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead where he was the first zombie on screen and subsequently made a career out of playing zombies. He had the title role in 1988′s Flesheaster, and often was cast in roles like “The Experienced Zombie” and “Romero the Zombie.”

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/06/obituary-bill-hinzman/feed/ 0 SFX Awards http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/05/sfx-awards/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/05/sfx-awards/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:41:35 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1866 SFX announced the winners of the SFX Awards at the SFX Weekender 3 on February 4. The awards are a mix of reader voted awards and awards given by a jury. The Elisabeth Sladen Award is a new category which was added in memory of Elisabeth Sladen. It will be given for contributions to children’s sf/f in any media.

Reader-Voted Awards

  • Best Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
  • Best Director: Matthew Vaughn for X-Men: First Class
  • Best Comic: The Walking Dead
  • Best Novel: A Dance with Dragons, by George R. R. Martin
  • Best TV Show: Doctor Who
  • Best New Show: Game of Thrones
  • Best Actor: Matt Smith for Doctor Who
  • Best Actress: Alex Kingston for Doctor Who
  • Biggest Disappointment: No cameo for Stan Lee in X-Men: First Class

SFX Team Choice Awards

  • Outstanding Literary Contribution: Brian W. Aldiss
  • Screenwriting Excellence: Neil Gaiman for Doctor Who “The Doctor’s Wife”
  • Breakout: Joe Gilgun for Misfits
  • Living Legend: Brian Blessed
  • Elisabeth Sladen Award: The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • Lifetime Achievement: John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra
  • Hope for the Future: Dirk Gently
  • Phenomenon: Merlin

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/05/sfx-awards/feed/ 0 Obituary: Ben Gazzara http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/05/obituary-ben-gazzara/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/05/obituary-ben-gazzara/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:30:12 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1865 Actor Ben Gazzara (b.1930) died on February 3. Gazzara, who was perhaps best known for his non-genre roles in Anatomy of a Murder and Run for Your Life, also appeared in a handful of horror, fantasy, and sf films, including Believe, The Neptune Factor, Too Tired to Die, and Christopher Roth.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/05/obituary-ben-gazzara/feed/ 0 Obituary: Samuel Youd http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/04/obituary-samuel-youd/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/04/obituary-samuel-youd/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:11:57 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1864 British fan and author Samuel Youd (b.1922) died on February 3. Youd, who published fiction under the name John Christopher among others, wrote “The Tripods” series and “The Sword of the Spirit” trilogy. He became active in fandom in the post-war years and began publishing fiction in 1949. He won the Guardian Award in 1971.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/04/obituary-samuel-youd/feed/ 0 SLF Older Writers Grant http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/03/slf-older-writers-grant-3/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/03/slf-older-writers-grant-3/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:08:56 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1863 The Speculative Literature Foundation has announced that it is accepting applications for the 2012 Older Writers Grant. A grant of $750 is available to any writer of speculative literature older than 50 who is just beginning to work professionally in the field. Applications are due on March 31 with the winner announced on June 1.

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and Gavin Grant, and Chuck Palahniuk.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/03/clarion-west/feed/ 0 Changes at Strange Horizons http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/03/changes-at-strange-horizons/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/03/changes-at-strange-horizons/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:08:59 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1860 Following the announcement in December that Karen Meisner was leaving the fiction department at Strange Horizons, fiction editor Susan Marie Groppi, who has held that post for more than a decade, has announced that she will be stepping down, although retaining an advisory role. The magazine is currently looking for a new fiction editor, and will be temporarily closed to submissions.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/03/changes-at-strange-horizons/feed/ 0 Obituary: Al Rio http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-al-rio/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-al-rio/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:13:36 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1859 Brazilian comic book artist Al Rio (b.1962) died on January 30, possibly a suicide. Rio, whose full name was Alvaro Araújo Lourenço do Rio, worked on Gen¹³, Dungeon Siege, X-Men Unlimited, and DV8. his art also appeared on album covers.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-al-rio/feed/ 0 Obituary: Ardath Mayhar http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-ardath-mayhar/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-ardath-mayhar/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:18:36 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1858 Author Ardath Mayhar (b.1930) died on February 1. Mayhar, who won the Balrog Award for a poem that appeared in Masques 1. She wrote more than 60 novels, frequently using pseudonyms and spanning many genres. In the 1990s, Mayhar and her husband owned The View From Orbit Bookstore in Nacogdoches, Texas. In 2008, she was chosen by Science Fiction Writers of America as their Author Emeritus.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/obituary-ardath-mayhar/feed/ 0 Watchmen Prequels http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/watchmen-prequels/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/watchmen-prequels/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:20:26 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1857 DC Comics has announced plans to launch seven mini series detailing the lives and backgrounds of the characters of Watchmen. The ground-breaking 1980s series was originally written and conceived by Alan Moore, who will not be involved in the new books. The new series will be written by Brian Azzarello (Rorschach and The Comedian), J. Michael Straczynski (Dr. Manhattan and Nite Owl), Len Wein (Ozymandias), and Darwyn Cooke (Silk Spectre and The Minutemen).

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/02/01/watchmen-prequels/feed/ 0 Galactica Suburbia Award http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/30/galactica-suburbia-award/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/30/galactica-suburbia-award/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:19:05 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1856 The winner of the first Galactica Suburbia Award, presented by the Galactica Suburbia podcast for activism and/ or communication that advances the feminist conversation in the field of speculative fiction has been announced. In addition to the winner, an honors list was also released.
Winner:

  • Nicola Griffith for the Russ Pledge, and associated blogging

Honors List

  • Carrie Goldman and her daughter Katie, for sharing their story about how Katie was bullied at school for liking Star Wars, and opening up a massive worldwide conversation about gender binaries and gender-related bullying among very young children.
  • Cheryl Morgan for Female Invisibility Bingo, associated blogging, and podcasting, and basically fighting the good fight
  • Helen Merrick, for the Feminism article on the SF Encyclopedia
  • Jim C Hines for “Jane C Hines” and associated blogging, raising awareness of feminist issues in the SF/Fantasy publishing field.
  • Julia Rios, Kirstyn McDermott, and Ian Mond for Episode 11 of the Outer Alliance podcast
  • L. Timmel Duchamp for continuing to raise issues of importance on the Ambling Down the Aqueduct blog and various Aqueduct Press projects
  • Michelle Lee for the blog post “A 7-year-old girl responds to DC Comics’ sexed-up reboot of Starfire”

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/30/galactica-suburbia-award/feed/ 1 Screen Actors Guild Award Winners http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/30/screen-actors-guild-award-winners/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/30/screen-actors-guild-award-winners/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:08:30 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1855 The Screen Actors Guild announced the winners of the annual SAG Awards on January 29. Genre works took three awards during the evening.

  • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story.
  • Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
  • Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: Game of Thrones

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/30/screen-actors-guild-award-winners/feed/ 0 Obituary: John Rich http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-john-rich/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-john-rich/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:17:17 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1854 Director John Rich (b.1925) died on January 29. Although best known for his work on The Dick van Dyke Show and All in the Family, Rich’s genre credits included two episodes of The Twilight Zone several episodes of the ghostly comedy Nearly Departed. He also worked on MacGyver.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-john-rich/feed/ 0 Obituary: Ian Abercrombie http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-ian-abercrombie/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-ian-abercrombie/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:05:17 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1853 Actor Ian Abercrombie (b.1934) died on January 26. Abercombie was known best to recent audiences as Elaine’s boss on Seinfeld, but he has a long history of genre roles, including providing the voice of the Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious on The Clone Wars. He has appeared on The Wizards of Waverly Place, Star Trek: Voyager, played Alfred Pennyworth on Birds of Prey, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Flash, and was in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. His other voice work includes Green Lantern, Rango, and The Batman.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-ian-abercrombie/feed/ 0 Obituary: Dimitra Arliss http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-dimitra-arliss/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-dimitra-arliss/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:37:59 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1852 Actress Dimitra Arliss (b.1932) died on January 26. Arliss provided voice work for both the Iron Man and Spider-Man animated television series in the 1990s. She also appeared in the science fiction film Firefox and the fantasy film Xanadu. She may have been best know for her brief role as Salino, the hired killer, in The Sting.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/29/obituary-dimitra-arliss/feed/ 0 Obituary: Eiko Ishioka http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/27/obituary-eiko-ishioka/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/27/obituary-eiko-ishioka/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:09:33 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1851 Costume designer Eiko Ishioka (b.1939) died on January 21 from pancreatic cancer. Ishioka won an Academy Award for her work on Bram Stoker’s Dracula and also designed costumes for The Cell, The Fall, Immortals, and the upcoming Mirror, Mirror. She recently helped design costumes for teh Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Ishioka also won a Grammy Award for the cover design of the Miles Davis album, Tutu.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/27/obituary-eiko-ishioka/feed/ 0 BSFA Nominations http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/26/bsfa-nominations-3/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/26/bsfa-nominations-3/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:29:40 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1850 The British Science Fiction Awards nominees have been announced. The awards will be presented at Eastercon in April.

Best Novel

  • Cyber Circus, by Kim Lakin-Smith
  • Embassytown, by China Miéville
  • The Islanders, by Christopher Priest
  • By Light Alone, by Adam Roberts
  • Osama, by Lavie Tidhar

Best Short Fiction

  • “The Silver Wind,” by Nina Allan
  • “The Copenhagen Interpretation,” by Paul Cornell
  • “Afterbirth,” by Kameron Hurley
  • “Covehithe,” by China Miéville
  • “Of Dawn,” by Al Robertson

Best Non-Fiction

  • Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not as We Know It, by Mike Ashley
  • The SF Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition, edited by John Clute, Peter Nicholls, & David Langford
  • Review of Arslan, by M.J. Engh & Abigail Nussbaum
  • SF Mistressworks, edited by Ian Sales
  • Pornokitsch, edited by Jared Shurin & Anne Perry,
  • The Unsilent Library: Essays on the Russell T. Davies Era of the New Doctor Who, by Graham Sleight, Tony Keen, & Simon Bradshaw

Best Art

  • cover for The Noise Revealed, by Dominic Harman
  • cover for A Monster Calls, by Jim Kay
  • cover for Osama, by Pedro Marques
  • cover for A Glass of Shadow, by Anne Sudworth

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/26/crawford-winner-announced-2/feed/ 0 Obituary: Nicol Williamson http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/25/obituary-nicol-williamson/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/25/obituary-nicol-williamson/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:35:53 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1847 Actor Nicol Williamson (b.1938) died on December 16. Williamson, who hasn’t appeared on film since 1997, is best known for his role as Merlin in John Boorman’s 1981 film Excalibur, has appeared in numerous genre films over the years, including Venom, Spawn, Return to Oz, and The Exorcist III. Williamson also took great pride in a recording of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. He also played Little John in Robin and Marion and Sherlock Holmes in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/25/obituary-nicol-williamson/feed/ 1 Obituary: James Farentino http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/obituary-james-farentino/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/obituary-james-farentino/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:40:53 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1846 Actor James Farentino (b.1938) died on January 24. Farentino appeared in two episodes of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, the film The Final Countdown, and horror films Dead & Buried, The Possessed.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/obituary-james-farentino/feed/ 0 Obituary: Norman Edmund http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/obituary-norman-edmund/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/obituary-norman-edmund/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:33:38 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1845 Norman Edmund (b.1916) died on January 16. Following World War II, Edmund began a catalog company as a reseller of military lenses rendered obsolete by the invention of radar. The company grew into Edmund Scientific, which sold telescopes, microscopes, chemistry kits, robot parts, gyroscopes, and the famous drinking bird among other scientific equipment and supplies.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/obituary-norman-edmund/feed/ 0 Oscar Nominations Announced http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/oscar-nominations-announced/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/oscar-nominations-announced/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:23:59 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1844 The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards have been announced and winners will be presented on February 26. The science fiction film Hugo received the most nominations, with 11 nods. Nine films were nominated in the Best Picture category. Categories with nominees of genre interest are listed below.

Best Picture

  • The Artist
  • The Descendants
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  • The Help
  • Hugo
  • Midnight in Paris
  • Moneyball
  • The Tree of Life
  • War Horse

Best Director

  • Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
  • Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
  • Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
  • Alexander Payne for The Descendants
  • Martin Scorsese for Hugo

Animated Feature

  • A Cat in Paris
  • Chico & Rita
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Puss in Boots
  • Rango

Animated Short Film

  • Dimanche/Sunday
  • The Fantastic Flying Books o fMr. Morris Lessmore
  • La Luna
  • A Morning Stroll
  • Wild Life

Writing, Adapted Screenplay

  • The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
  • Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan
  • The Ides of March, Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
  • Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Written, Original Screenplay

  • The Artist, by Michael Hazanavicius
  • Bridesmaids, by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
  • Margin Call, by J.C. Chandor
  • Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
  • A Separation, by Asghar Farhadi

Art Direction

  • The Artist, Laurence Bennett (Production Design) and Roubert Gould (Set Decoration)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Stuart Craig (Production Design) and Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
  • Hugo, Dante Ferretti (Production Design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
  • Midnight in Paris, Anne Siebel(Production Design) and Hélène Dubreuil (Set Decoration)
  • War Horse, Rick Carter (Production Design) and Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Cinematography

  • The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth
  • Hugo, Robert Richardson
  • The Tree of Life, Emanuel Lubezki
  • War Horse, Janusz Kaminski

Achievement in Costume Design

  • Anonymous, Lisy Christl
  • The Artist, Mark Bridges
  • Hugo, Sandy Powell
  • Jane Eyre, Michael O’Connor
  • W.E., Arianne Phillips

Achievement in Film Editing

  • The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion & Michael Hazanavicius
  • The Descendants, Kevin Tent
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
  • Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Moneyball, Christopher Tellefsen

Achievement in Makeup

  • Albert Nobbs, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, and Matthew W. Mungle
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  • The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

  • The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
  • The Artist, Ludovic Bource
  • Hugo, Howard Shore
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
  • War Horse, John Williams

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

  • “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
  • “Real in Rio” from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Achievement in Sound Editing

  • Drive, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
  • The Girls with the Dragon Tattoo, Ren Klyce
  • Hugo, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
  • War Horse, Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Achievement in Sound Mixing

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, and Bo Persson
  • Hugo, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
  • Moneyball, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, and Ed Novick
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Peter J. Devlin
  • War Horse, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in Visual Effects

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, and John Richardson
  • Hugo, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, and Alex Henning
  • Real Steel, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, and Swen Gillberg
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, and John Frazier

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/24/oscar-nominations-announced/feed/ 0 Obituary: Dick Tufeld http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/23/obituary-dick-tufeld/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/23/obituary-dick-tufeld/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:50:11 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1842 Voice actor Dick Tufeld (b.1926) died on January 22. Tufeld may be best known as the voice of the robot on Lost in Space, a role he reprised for the film and in various homages to the series, such as an episode of The Simpsons. He had numerous other voice over roles, often uncredited, on shows including Space Patrol, The Amazing Spider-Man and His Friends, The Fantastic Four, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and many more.

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/23/langford-recuperating/feed/ 0 Obituary: Lister Matheson http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/22/obituary-lister-matheson/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/22/obituary-lister-matheson/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:15:52 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1840 Lister Matheson (b.1949) died on January 19. Matheson served as director for Clarion East and worked at Michigan State University as a professor of English and Medieval Studies. Matheson’s works include Popular and Practical Science of Medieval England, Icons of the Middle Ages: Rulers, Writers, Rebels, and Saints, and Robin Hood: The Early Poems, 1465-1560, Texts, Contexts, and Ideology.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/22/obituary-lister-matheson/feed/ 0 Obituary: Phyllis MacLennan http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/21/obituary-phyllis-maclennan/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/21/obituary-phyllis-maclennan/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:34:01 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1839 Author Phyllis MacLennan (b.1920) died on January 8. MacLennan worked in Military Intelligence during World War II and began publishing science fiction in 1963 with the story “A Contract in Karasthan” in Fantastic. Her only science fiction novel, Turned Loose on Irdra, was published in 1970 and she published six more stories by 1980, including “Thus Love Betrays Us ,” which was reprinted in three different “Best of” collections.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/21/obituary-phyllis-maclennan/feed/ 0 Obituary: Jenny Tomasin http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/20/obituary-jenny-tomasin/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/20/obituary-jenny-tomasin/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:10:57 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1838 Actress Jenny Tomasin (b.1936) died the week of January 8. Although best known for portraying Ruby on Upstairs, Downstairs, Tomasin also appeared in the 1985 Doctor Who serial “Revelations of the Daleks” as Tasambeker and in 2000 appeared in a made-for-television adaptation of Cinderella.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/20/obituary-jenny-tomasin/feed/ 0 Obituary: Bob Lovell http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/20/obituary-bob-lovell/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/20/obituary-bob-lovell/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:05:36 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1837 Fan Robert Lovell (b.1947) died on January 15. Lovell was involved in Baltimore-Washington fandom from the late 1970s until 1983 and was involved with the bid that landed the 1983 Worldcon, Constellation, for Baltimore. Lovell supported the bids by offering “Backrubs for Baltimore.”

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Animated Film

  • The Adventures of Tintin
  • Arthur Christmas
  • Rango

Director

  • Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
  • Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
  • Martin Scorsese for Hugo
  • Tomas Alfredson for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • Lynne Ramsay for We Need to Talk About Kevin

Original Screenplay

  • Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
  • Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids
  • John Michael McDonagh for The Guard
  • Abi Morgan for The Iron Lady
  • Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris

Original Music

  • Ludovic Bource for The Artist
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Howard Shore for Hugo
  • Alberto Iglesias for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • John Williams for War Horse

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]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/16/damon-knight-grandmaster-recipient-announced/feed/ 0 Obituary: Carlo Fruttero http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/16/obituary-carlo-fruttero/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/16/obituary-carlo-fruttero/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:57:36 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1829 Italian author Carlo Fruttero (b.1926) died on January 15. Much of his work was done in collaboration with Franco Lucentini and the two men edited the science fiction magazine Urania from 1964 through 1985. The men also wrote science fiction, humor, and other genres. From 1972 to 1975 they also edited the comic Il Mago.

]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/16/obituary-carlo-fruttero/feed/ 0 Obituary: Howard Hopkins http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/16/obituary-howard-hopkins/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/16/obituary-howard-hopkins/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:18:26 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1828 Author Howard Hopkins (b.1961) died on January 12 while shoveling snow. Hopkins edited the anthology Dark Harbors and wrote the novels Night Demons, Grimm, and The Dark Riders. He wrote the The Nightmare Club series for children and has also written for comics.

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Movies

  • Best Director: Martin Scorsese Hugo
  • Best Animated Film: The Adventures of Tintin
  • Best Screenplay: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris

    Television

  • Best Supporting Actor, TV Series, Mini-Series, or Movie: Peter Dinklange in Game of Thrones

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    ]]> http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/16/golden-globe-winners-2/feed/ 0 Obituary: Barbara Stuart http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/14/obituary-barbara-stuart/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/14/obituary-barbara-stuart/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:10:50 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1826 Actress Barbara Stuart (b.1930) died on May 15. Stuart appeared in episodes of several genre television shows, including Otherworld, The Twilight Zone, Out of This World, and Batman. She also appeared in the film Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills.

    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/14/obituary-barbara-stuart/feed/ 0     Kitchies Shortlist Announced http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/kitchies-shortlist-announced/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/kitchies-shortlist-announced/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:53 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1822 The Kraken Rum has announced the nominees for the 2011 Kitschies, presented for the most progressive, intelligent, and entertaining works of genre fiction. Winners will receive a cash prize, a trophy, and a bottle of Kraken Rum. The winners will be announced on February 3 at the SFX Weekender 3.

    Red Tentacle (Novel)

    • The Enterprise of Death, by Jesse Bullington
    • Embassytown, by China Miéville
    • A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd
    • The Testament of Jessie Lamb, by Jane Rogers
    • Osama: A Novel, by Lavie Tidhar

    Golden Tentacle (Debut)

    • Among Thieves, by Douglas Hulick
    • God’s War, by Kameron Hurley
    • The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
    • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
    • The Samaritan, by Fred Venturini

    Inky Tentacle (Cover art)

    • Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovitch; illustration by Stephen Walter, design by Patrick Knowles
    • The Last Werewolf, by Glen Duncan; design by Peter Mendelsund
    • The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco; design by Suzanne Dean, illustration by John Spencer
    • Equations of Life, by Simon Morden; design by Lauren Panepinto
    • A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd; illustration by Jim Kay

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    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/kitchies-shortlist-announced/feed/ 0     Critics Choice Awards http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/critics-choice-awards/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/critics-choice-awards/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:58:42 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1825 The Critics Choice Awards were presented on January 12 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Although The Artist and The Help dominated the awards, four films of genre interest did receive awards.

    • Best Animated Feature: Rango
    • Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris
    • Best Makeup: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    • Best Sound: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/critics-choice-awards/feed/ 0     Penumbra Adopts Some Realms of Fantasy Subscribers http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/penumbra-adopts-some-realms-of-fantasy-subscribers/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/penumbra-adopts-some-realms-of-fantasy-subscribers/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:50:57 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1824 Musa Publishing has announced that they will assume the electronic subscription obligations of Realms of Fantasy with issues of their new digital magazine of speculative fiction, Penumbra. Penumbra is offering print subscribers our November, December and January issues immediately as well as our February issue for free. Print subscribers need to contact Penumbra in order to get put on our mailing list for those issues. In addition, Space and Time will provide copies of their magazine to print Realms of Fantasy subscribers.

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    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/13/penumbra-adopts-some-realms-of-fantasy-subscribers/feed/ 0     Duane Hit By Scammers http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/duane-hit-by-scammers/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/duane-hit-by-scammers/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:09:58 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1821 Author Diane Duane, who wrote the “Young Wizards” series, numerous Star Trek novels, and has recently been publishing the “Omnitopia” series discovered that scammers have managed to get into her bank account, leaving her with a balance of nothing. Although the bank will eventually be able to restore his account, until that time, she is having a cash flow problem for bills and is asking people to visit her on-line store, offering a 20% discount, as well.

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    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/duane-hit-by-scammers/feed/ 0     Alpha Auction http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/alpha-auction/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/alpha-auction/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:50:02 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1820 The Alpha Young Writers Workshop is holding an auction to raise money for its scholarship fund. The auction, which will begin on Friday, January 13, includes titles by George R.R. Martin, Elizabeth Bear, Patrick Rothfuss, Cory Doctorow, Catherine Asaro, and critiques by Theodora Goss, Bruce Holland Rogers, Leslie What, and more.

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    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/alpha-auction/feed/ 0     Ursa Major Nominations Open http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/ursa-major-nominations-open/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/ursa-major-nominations-open/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:39:59 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1819 Nominations are open for the Ursa Major Awards, presented to recognize the best works published in the field of anthropomorphics in 2011. Fans may nominate up to five works in each category until the nomination deadline of February 29. Voting will run from March 15-May 4 with the awards presented at CaliFur VIII in Irvine, CA the weekend of June 1 – 3, 2012.

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    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/ursa-major-nominations-open/feed/ 0     People’s Choice Awards http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/peoples-choice-awards-3/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/peoples-choice-awards-3/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:36:25 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1818 Genre shows and films, as well as actors who often appear in genre works, were very successful at the People’s Choice Awards on January 11. Below is a listing of winners of genre interest.

    • Favorite Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    • Favorite Movie Actor: Johnny Depp
    • Favorite Movie Icon: Morgan Freeman
    • Favorite Action Film: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    • Favorite Action Movie Star: Hugh Jackman
    • Favorite Movie Stars Under Age 25: Chloe Moretz
    • Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    • Favorite Animated Movie Voice: Johnny Depp as Rango in Rango
    • Favorite Movie Superhero: Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern
    • Favorite Book Adaptation: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    • Favorite Network TV Drama: Supernatural
    • Favorite Network TV Drama Actor: Nathan Fillion
    • Favorite Network TV Drama Actress: Nina Dobrev
    • Favorite TV Comedy Actor: Neil Patrick Harris
    • Favorite SF/Fantasy Show: Supernatural

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    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/12/peoples-choice-awards-3/feed/ 0     World Fantasy Award Judges Names http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/11/world-fantasy-award-judges-names/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/11/world-fantasy-award-judges-names/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:01:19 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1817 The judges for this year’s World Fantasy Awards have been announced. The World Fantasy Awards are presented at World Fantasy Con on November 4 in Toronto, Canada. This year’s judges include John Berlyne, James P. Blaylock, Stephen Gallagher, Mary Kay Kare, and Jacques Post.

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    ]]>     http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/11/world-fantasy-award-judges-names/feed/ 0     New Magazine Launched by MIT http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/10/new-magazine-launched-by-mit/ http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/10/new-magazine-launched-by-mit/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:07:46 +0000 Steven H Silver http://www.sfsite.com/news/?p=1816 Technology Review, MIT’s science magazine for consumers, has announced the launch of a fiction magazine, TRSF. The magazine will have stories with ties to the parent magazine and will include works by authors including Joe Haldeman, Pat Cadigan, Vandana Singh, Ma Boyong, Gwyneth Jones, and Cory Doctorow. It is edited by Stephen Cass.

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