2002

Best Picture: 

Chicago
City of God
Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers
Minority Report
Road to Perdition

The BMA goes to:  Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers

The Brandon Academy Award for Best Picture:

Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers
The Pianist

And the BAA goes to:  Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers

Best Actor:

Adrien Brody--The Pianist
Daniel Day-Lewis--Gangs of New York
Leonardo DiCaprio--Gangs of New York
Tom Hanks--Road to Perdition
Ed Norton--The 25th Hour

The BMA goes to:  Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York

Adrien Brody--The Pianist
Nicolas Cage--Adaptation
Michael Caine--The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis--Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson--About Schmidt

The BAA goes to:   Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York.  But the Academy's choice of Adrien Brody isn't bad.   

Best Actress:

Cate Blanchett--Heaven
Jodie Foster--Panic Room
Nia Vardalos--My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Naomi Watts--The Ring
Renee Zellweger--Chicago

And the BMA goes to:  Renee Zellweger. 

Salma Hayek--Frida
Nicole Kidman--The Hours
Diane Lane--Unfaithful
Julianne Moore--Far From Heaven
Renee Zellweger--Chicago

And the BAA goes to:   Renee Zellweger.  I've only seen her performance out of all of these.  

Best Supporting Actor:

Jude Law--Road to Perdition
Paul Newman--Road to Perdition
John C. Reilly--Chicago
Andy Serkis--Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers
Christopher Walken--Catch Me if You Can

And the BMA goes to:  Andy Serkis for Lord of the Rings!!!!!!!!!

Chris Cooper--Adaptation
Ed Harris--The Hours
Paul Newman--Road to Perdition
John C. Reilly--Chicago
Christopher Walken--Catch Me if You Can

And the BAA goes to:    Paul Newman for Road to Perdition

Best Supporting Actress:

Judi Dench--The Importance of Being Earnest
Cameron Diaz--Gangs of New York
Queen Latifah--Chicago
Meryl Streep--Adaptation
Catherine Zeta-Jones--Chicago

And the BMA goes to:   Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago

Kathy Bates--About Schmidt
Queen Latifah--Chicago
Julianne Moore--The Hours
Meryl Streep--Adaptation
Catherine Zeta-Jones--Chicago

The BAA goes to:  Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago

Best Ensemble: 

Chicago
City of God
Gangs of New York
Road to Perdition
Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers

The BMA goes to: City of God.  Duh. 

Best Poster:

Big Bad Love
Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers
One Hour Photo
Road to Perdition
The Tracker

And the BMA goes to:  Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers.  But seriously, how awesome are these posters?  Good year. 

Brandon A. Nowalk Award for Creativity:   

Adaptation gets this award because I had to move Y Tu Mama Tambien to 2001 since that's actually when it premiered (my mistake), and Adaptation had the next coolest innovation, it's script.  I didn't really love the movie though and you can be very sure I'm going to be looking for innovative movies from 2002 to take its place. 

For a quick recap, for the Oscars, I pulled for Lord of the Rings for Best Picture, but I picked Chicago for two awards, Best Actress and Supporting Actress for Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.  Following that, I rooted for Gangs of New York to win Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and Road to Perdition to win Best Supporting Actor for Paul Newman. 

As for the BMAs, Lord of the Rings won Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Andy Serkis.  Chicago tied it with two wins, Best Actress for Renee Zellweger and Best Supporting Actress for Catherine Zeta-Jones, while Gangs of New York scored only Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. 

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