SA Film & Television Awards Winners 2011

Its award season were we crown the craftsmen who bring us nothing but the best at what they do. The South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTA's) is were every talented actor/actress; producer; director; scriptwriter want to see them selves. Unfortunately not everybody can walk away with a award- a nomination is no doubt an honour!

This years' SAFTA Winners are:

TELEVISION

DRAMA

Best TV Drama
Erfsondes (Imani Media)

Best Actress in a TV Drama
Maggie Benedict (The Mating Game, Uhuru Productions)

Best Actor in a TV Drama
Vusi Kunene (Soul City)

Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama
Kere Nyawo (Zone 14, Glo Films)
Thulani Didi (Zone 14, Glo Films)

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama
Theresa Benade (Home Affairs, Penguin Films)

Best Ensemble in a TV Drama
The Mating Game (Uhuru Productions)

Best Director in a TV Drama
Amanda Lane (4Play, Curious Pictures)

Best Writer / Writing Team in a TV Drama
Henrietta Gryffenberg (Erfsondes, Imani Media)

Best Editor in a TV Drama
Melanie Janks Golden (4Play, Curious Pictures)

Best Art / Production Design in a TV Drama
Marlene Ming (4Play, Curious Pictures)

Best Cinematographer in a TV Drama
Rory O’Grady (One Love, Curious Pictures)

SOAP

Best Soapie
7de Laan (public vote)

Best Director in a TV Soap
Isidingo Directing Team (Endemol South Africa)

Best Writer / Writing Team in a TV Soap
Isidingo Writing Team (Endemol South Africa)

Best Ensemble in a TV Soap
Rhythm City (Curious Pictures)

Best Lead Actor in a TV Soap
Tshepo Maseko (Isidingo, Endemol South Africa)

Best Lead Actress in a TV Soap
Moshidi Motshegwa (Rhythm City, Curious Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor in a TV Soap
Thami Mngqolo (Generations, Morula Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Soap
Tebogo Khalo (Rhythm City, Curious Pictures)

TV COMEDY

Best Director in a TV Comedy
Bobby Heaney (Konsternasie Oppie Stasie, Imani Media)

Best Writer / Writing Team in a TV Comedy
Meren Reddy and Luke Rous (City Ses’la, Rous House Productions)

Best Lead Actor in a TV Comedy
David Clatworthy (Konsternasie Oppie Stasie, Imani Media)

Best Lead Actress in a TV Comedy
Busi Lurayi (City Ses’la, Rous House Productions)

Best Ensemble in a TV Comedy
Proesstraat (Richter Medien)

SPECIAL AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting: Winston Ntshona
Lifetime Achievement for Casting: Moonyeen Lee
Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting and Social Activism: Lilian Dube

MOVIES

FILM

Best Director in a Feature Film
Oliver Schmitz (Life, Above All, Local Motion Pictures)

Best Writer / Writing Team in a Feature Film
Oliver Schmitz (Life, Above All, Local Motion Pictures)

Best Ensemble in a Feature Film
Life Above All (Local Motion Pictures)

Best Cinematographer in a Feature Film
Dewald Aukema (Skin, Moonlighting Films)

Best Editor in a Feature Film
Megan Gill (Spud, Rogue Star Films)

Best Sound Designer in a Feature Film
Sound Team (The Incredible Adventures of Hanna Hoekom, kykNET/Spookasem Films)

Best Production Designer in a Feature Film
Karel Flint (Hopeville, Curious Pictures)

Best Music Composition in a Feature Film
Music by Restless Natives, supervised by Kesvian Naidoo (Visa Vie, Big World Cinema)

Best Costume Designer in a Feature Film
Nadia Kruger (Life, Above All, Local Motion Pictures)

Best Make-Up / Hairstylist in a Feature Film
Debra Nicol (Shucks Tshabalala, Indigenous Films)
Tanya Kenny (Shucks Tshabalala, Indigenous Films)

Best Feature Film
Life, Above All (Local Motion Pictures)

Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film
Themba Ndaba (Hopeville, Curious Pictures)

Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film
Khomotso Manyaka (Life, Above All, Local Motion Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film
Lionel Newton (Jozi, VideoVision)

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film
Harriet Manamela (Life, Above All, Local Motion Pictures)

53rd Grammy Nominations Are

The 2011 53rd Grammy Awards will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles California on Sunday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. on CBS be sure to check them out, but for now the Nominees are:


Album Of The Year
The Suburbs — Arcade Fire
Recovery — Eminem
Need You Now — Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster — Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream — Katy Perry

Record Of The Year
“Nothin’ On You” — B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
“Love The Way You Lie” — Eminem Featuring Rihanna
“F*** You” — Cee Lo Green
“Empire State Of Mind” — Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
“Need You Now” — Lady Antebellum

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding

Song Of The Year
“Beg Steal Or Borrow” — Ray LaMontagne (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
“F*** You” — Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars (Cee Lo Green)
“The House That Built Me” —Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert)
“Love The Way You Lie” — Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers (Eminem Featuring Rihanna)
“Need You Now” — Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum)
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
“Airplanes II” — B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
“Imagine” — Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
“If It Wasn’t For Bad” — Elton John & Leon Russell
“Telephone” — Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
“California Gurls” — Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
“Don’t Stop Believin’” — Glee Cast
“Misery” — Maroon 5
“The Only Exception” — Paramore
“Babyfather” — Sade
“Hey, Soul Sister” — Train

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
“Ready To Start” — Arcade Fire
“I Put A Spell On You” — Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
“Tighten Up” — The Black Keys
“Radioactive” — Kings Of Leon
“Resistance” — Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance
“A Looking In View” — Alice In Chains
“Let Me Hear You Scream” — Ozzy Osbourne
“Black Rain” — Soundgarden
“Between The Lines” — Stone Temple Pilots
“New Fang” — Them Crooked Vultures

Best Rock Song
“Angry World” — Neil Young (Neil Young)
“Little Lion Man” — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston (Mumford & Sons)
“Radioactive” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon)
“Resistance” — Matthew Bellamy (Muse)
“Tighten Up” — Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)

Best Alternative Music Album
The Suburbs — Arcade Fire
Infinite Arms — Band Of Horses
Brothers — The Black Keys
Broken Bells — Broken Bells
Contra — Vampire Weekend

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
“Take My Time” — Chris Brown & Tank
“Love” — Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
“You’ve Got A Friend” — Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
“Shine” — John Legend & The Roots
“Soldier Of Love” — Sade

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Graffiti — Chris Brown
Untitled — R. Kelly
Transition — Ryan Leslie
The ArchAndroid — Janelle Monáe
Raymond V Raymond — Usher

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Nothin’ On You” — B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
“Deuces” — Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
“Love The Way You Lie” — Eminem & Rihanna
“Empire State Of Mind” — Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
“Wake Up! Everybody” — John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

Best Rap Song
“Empire State Of Mind” — Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane’t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
“Love The Way You Lie” — Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers (Eminem & Rihanna)
“Not Afraid” — M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels (Eminem)
“Nothin’ On You” — Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr. (B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars)
“On To The Next One” — Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)

Best Rap Album
The Adventures Of Bobby Ray — B.o.B
Thank Me Later — Drake
Recovery — Eminem
The Blueprint 3 — Jay-Z
How I Got Over — The Roots

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
“Bad Angel” — Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
“Pride (In The Name Of Love)” — Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
“As She’s Walking Away” — Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
“Hillbilly Bone” — Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
“I Run To You” — Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best Country Song
“The Breath You Take” — Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon (George Strait)
“Free” — Zac Brown (Zac Brown Band)
“The House That Built Me” — Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert)
“I’d Love To Be Your Last” — Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate (Gretchen Wilson)
“If I Die Young” — Kimberly Perry (The Band Perry)
“Need You Now” — Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum)

Best Country Album
Up On The Ridge — Dierks Bentley
You Get What You Give — Zac Brown Band
The Guitar Song — Jamey Johnson
Need You Now — Lady Antebellum
Revolution — Miranda Lambert

Metro Fm Award 2010 Winners

The winners of the 2010 Metro FM Awards that took place at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. are:

CATEGORY – BEST AFRICAN POP
MALIK – MTHULISE

CATEGORY – BEST PRODUCED ALBUM
1 BLACK COFFEE – HOME BREWED

CATEGORY – BEST DANCE ALBUM
BLACK COFFEE – HOME BREWED

CATEGORY – BEST FEMALE ARTIST
SIMPHIWE DANA – KULTURE NOIR

CATEGORY – BEST URBAN GOSPEL
JOYOUS CELEBRATION – JOYOUS 14

CATEGORY – BEST GROUP ALBUM
LIQUIDEEP – FABRICS OF THE HEART

BEST – HIP-HOP ALBUM
HIP HOP PANTSULA – DUMELA

CATEGORY – BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM
SIMPHIWE DANA – KULTURE NOIR

CATEGORY – BEST KWAITO ALBUM
PROFESSOR – UNIVERSITY OF KALAWA

CATEGORY – BEST MALE ALBUM
ZAKES BANTWINI – LOVELIGHT & MUSIC

CATEGORY – BEST NEWCOMER
DJ FISHERMAN – FISH TANK

CATEGORY – BEST R & B
BRYCE ANDERSON – MUSIC IN MY LIFE

CATEGORY – SONG OF THE YEAR
PROFESSOR – JEZEBEL

CATEGORY – BEST STYLED ARTIST/GROUP
PHILA – MY FIRST LOVE

CATEGORY – HIT SINGLE OF THE YEAR
DJ KENT – LETS FALL INLOVE AGAIN

CATEGORY – BEST COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
DJ KENT & RELO – LETS FALL INLOVE AGAIN

CATEGORY – BEST MUSIC VIDEO
SKWATTA KAMP – HEY

CATEGORY – BEST COMPILATION ALBUM
LULO CAFÉ – WHAT ABOUT SOUL

Channel O Music Video Awards 2010

You know what they say, better late than never!..

Well if you don't know what went down with this year's Channel O Music Video Awards that took place at held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa tonight on Thursday 4 November, well let me put you on!..

The ceremony wasn't all that bad but the perfomances weren't the best (the Teargas perfomance) all in all Channel O came thru!.. The Winners of that night are as follows..

Most Gifted Video of the Year went to South African hip-hop trio, Teargas with “Party 101”.
Most Gifted Female of the Year went to Nigerian artist Mo’Cheddah for her song featuring a guest spot by Othello, “If You Want Me”.
Most Gifted Male of the Year went to World Record Holding Dj, producer, and solo artist Black Coffee for his track “Juju” featuring Zakes Bantwini.
Most Gifted Newcomer of the Year went to Glitz Gang member L-Tido for his video featuring Tee-Pee for the track “Calling”
Most Gifted Duo/Group/ or feauring was taken by Nigeria’s P-Square for “E No Easy” featuring J-Martins.
Most Gifted Afro Pop went to (Yes another Nigerian Artist) D’Banj for “Fall In Love

Most Gifted Hip Hop Video went straight to Nigeria with Naeto C for the track “Ako Mi Ti Poju”.
Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall added to Nigeria's collection when Pype’s took it for “Champion (Remix)” featuring Naeto C., Vector, Sasha, the late Da Grin and GT

Most Gifted Dance Video went to Liquideep for their 2010 hit, “Fairytale”

I don't know about yall but the Nigerian's came out hard this time around, they gave every artist a run for their money!

Most Gifted Kwaito went to Big Nuz featuring DJ Tira for the killer hit, “Umlilo”
Most Gifted R&B went to Urban Reign for “Addicted”
Most Gifted Southern Video going to South African Pro for “Sekele"
Most Gifted West Video being snatched by Nigeria’s 2Face with his video for “Implications
Most Gifted East Video being won by Ugandan-born Obita for his video featuring Loyiso, “Everybody Dance”.

Shoosh the competition was intense no lies. Its time to go home and sharpen those video's for next year's awards.. Big up's to every nominee but BIGGER Up's to those who won!

MTV VMA Winners

If you were wondering who scooped what at this years MTV VMA's, wonder no more..

MTV VMAs 2010 - Winners List:

Best Female Video: Lady Gaga - ‘Bad Romance’
Best Male Video: Eminem - ‘Not Afraid’
Best Hip Hop Video: Eminem - ‘Not Afraid’
Best New Artist: Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris - ‘Baby’
Best Collaboration: Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé - ‘Telephone’
Best Pop Video: Lady Gaga - ‘Bad Romance’
Best Rock Video: 30 Seconds to Mars - ‘Kings and Queens’
Best Dance Music Video: Lady Gaga - ‘Bad Romance’
Video Of The Year: Lady Gaga - ‘Bad Romance’
Best Art Direction: Florence + The Machine - ‘Dog Days Are Over’ Best Choreography: Lady Gaga - ‘Bad Romance’
Best Cinematography: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - ‘Empire State of Mind’
Best Direction: Lady Gaga - ‘Bad Romance’
Best Editing: Lady Gaga - ‘Bad Romance’
Best Special Effects: Muse - ‘Uprising’