THE 1ST GOLDEN MOON AWARDS CEREMONY

It all finally happened last night. The best of the best of Hollywood met at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles to honour the 24 movies already released by Crazy Moon Pictures in the first Golden Moon Awards Ceremony. The Studio put up a spectacular show to celebrate its successful first season with the main stars of their past and future movies. It was a night of glamour, joy and suspense, as everybody wanted to know who would finally be the winners of the night.

Here’s a brief summit of what went on last night, some quotes from the speeches, pics and, of course, the complete list of winners!

THE RED CARPET

Hundred of fans were waiting for their idols at the entrance of the theatre. As stars started to walk down the red carpet, the crowd just went crazy. Flashes, whistles and shouts created the ordinary spirit of this kind of events as the guests were coming in to join the show.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Villain Nominee for ‘Vorhees: The Early Years’

And from 'Bill and the Rocket Man', Kate Winslet

THE STAGE

The Kodak Theatre was beautifully decorated for the night.

THE CEREMONY

As the lights turned off, a clip with images from all the CMP’s movies was shown at a giant screen. After that, Jennifer Garner (‘Tales of the Jedi’) and Jennifer Lopez (‘Dirty Sanchez’), masters of ceremonies, appeared through the screen like two ghosts, enveloped in a golden halo.

Jennifer Lopez: “Well, this is a strange night. A movie Studio has set up a ceremony to reward its own movies. I’m afraid this may sound as senseless as having sex with yourself, but that’s just the way it is”.

Jennifer Garner: “Who said that having sex with yourself is senseless? Probably everyone at the room has done it some time… ”

Jennifer Lopez: “Just don’t ask…”

THE AWARDS

The couple of Jennifers introduced the hosts for each category as the ceremony went on.

The award for Best Marketing was presented by Lopez and Garner themselves.

Jennifer Lopez: ‘Posters, adds, teasers, trailers… everything is needed to attract audiences. And tonight’s nominees for Best Marketing did all that in an effective way so people was seduced by the movies even before they had watched them’

Jennifer Garner:
The nominees for Best Marketing are:

Alice In Wonderland
Dark
Bill and the Rocket Man

And the Golden Moon goes to…

DARK

Sheilah Winslow, marketing director for the movie, came up to the stage to take her award.

Hugh Jackman (‘Ace Banner’) and Dakota Fanning (‘Fear The Darkness’, ‘Alice In Wonderland’) introduced the award for Most Wanted Sequel.

Hugh Jackman; ‘This peculiar award honours the movie that has left the audiences with the anxiety to see something more, to know more about the story or the characters in it. But Harry Stark, our President, has told me to advice you that winning this award won’t mean that the sequel will be produced some day for sure. You know how tough this guy is…’

Dakota Fanning:
The nominees for Most Wanted Sequel are:

Corsairs
The Crusades
The Heirs

And the Golden Moon goes to…

THE CRUSADES

Winston Claypool, producer of The Crusades, took the award.

Jennifer Connelly (‘The Crusades’) presented the nominees for Best Cast.

Jennifer Connelly:
‘The movies nominees for having the best cast as a whole, the more adapted and appealing for the story they were telling are:

Bill and the Rocket Man
Deadly Sins
The Heirs – Part 2

And the Golden Moon goes to…

THE HEIRS – PART 2

Rick Carpenter, Director of Casting for the movie, took the award.

Sean Penn and Robin Wright-Penn (‘The Heirs’ and ‘The Heirs – Part 2’) hosted the award for Best Starring Couple.

Sean Penn: ‘Being a starring couple is like being a marriaged couple. It’s got it all: jealousy, fights, bad words…and some times you just need a rest from the other one’

Robin Wright-Penn: ‘Mr. Wright, you are getting in trouble…’

Sean Penn: Ok, let’s go with the nominees…

Ben Stiller and Steve Martin for ‘The Perfect Candidate’
Paul Giamatti and George Clooney for ‘Bill and the Rocket Man’
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts for ‘Court Appeal’

And the Golden Moon goes to…

PAUL GIAMATTI AND GEORGE CLOONEY – BILL AND THE ROCKET MAN

Both winners came up to the stage.

Paul Giamatti: ‘As Dustin Hoffman one said about the Academy Award, this figure hasn’t got a penis either or at least it’s got a microscopic one. Just like you, George’

Halle Berry (‘Dark’) introduced the award for Best Villain.

Halle Berry: 'Harry Stark wanted me to come out here with my back nude again. I just had to tell him: enough, Harry! Now, the nominees for making such a difficult work as creating a good and solid villain are…

Anthony Hopkins for ‘Captain America’
Jamie Lee Curtis for ‘Vorhees: The Early Years’
Viggo Mortensen for ‘Ace Banner’

And the Golden Moon goes to…

ANTHONY HOPKINS – CAPTAIN AMERICA

Anthony Hopkins: ‘Do I have any chance that anybody will remember me for my role in ‘Captain America’ instead of Hannibal Lecter? Well, at least I got this nice figure…’

Pierce Brossnan and Reese Witherspoon, both from ‘The Women Club’, introduced the Best Screenplay award.

Pierce Brossnan: ‘In my opinion, the success of CMP is based in the wonderful screenwriters the Studio has. And I want to say hello now to Jack Hammer, writer of my upcoming CMP’s picture ‘Uncommon Valour’ and a sure bet for the next edition of these awards…’

Reese Witherspoon: ‘Matt Kubrick, James Bradley, Tom Figgs, Steve Connors, Brian Kelley… are some of the writers that deserve to be remembered tonight. But the screenplays nominees are:

Deadly Sins
The Crusades
The Heirs

And the Golden Moon goes to…

DEADLY SINS

Brian Kelley took the award.

Bill Murray (‘Deadly Sins’, ‘The Tempting Diamond’) came out to the stage to present the Best Supporting Actress Award.

Bill Murray: ‘I love supporting roles. I love women. Both provide intense and unforgettable pleasure and make you better as a human being… So this is the perfect place for me. The nominees:

Demi Moore for The Heirs – Part 2
Kirsten Dunst for Singles
Susan Sarandon for Deadly Sins

And the Golden Moon goes to…

SUSAN SARANDON – DEADLY SINS

Susan Sarandon took the award and specially thanked Sidney Pollack and Brian Kelley for choosing her to be part of the movie.

Antonio Banderas (‘Corsairs’) and Hillary Swank (‘Taurus 3’) shared the michrophone to present the Best Supporting Actor award.

Antonio Banderas: ‘Corsairs didn’t win the Most Wanted Sequel. So, any director willing to give me a job down there?’

Hillary Swank: The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are…

Gene Hackman – Deadly Sins
Ben Kingsley – The Crusades
Jude Law – Alice In Wonderland

And the Golden Moon Goes to…

BEN KINGSLEY – THE CRUSADES

Ben Kingsley: ‘I won the Oscar for playing an Indian in Gandhi. Now I’ve won this award for playing a muslim in The Crusades. I just keep my little dream of winning something some day for playing a man of my own race. That would be the real challenge.’

Denzel Washington takes the stage to introduce the Best Actress award.

Denzel Washington: ‘Halle, I wanted to come up here tonight with my back nude. But that damned Harry Stark didn’t let me do it. The nominees for Best Actress are:

Dakota Fanning for ‘Alice In Wonderland’
Halle Berry for ‘Dark’
Nicole Kidman for ‘The Heirs’

And the Golden Moon goes to…

NICOLE KIDMAN – THE HEIRS

Nicole got to the stage and emotionally expressed her gratitude to her cast mates, director Martin Scorsese and everyone involved in the Heirs saga.

Merryl Streep (‘Cathedral’) host the award for Best Actor.

Merryl Streep: ‘I was going to present this together with Russell Crowe. But I think he’s gone hunting again… Nominees are:

Ethan Hawke – The Crusades
Paul Giamatti – Bill and the Rocket Man
Robin Williams – Deadly Sins

And the Golden Moon goes to…

ROBIN WILLIAMS – DEADLY SINS

Robin Williams: ‘And know be ready for the sequel: Deadly Sins 2. The Mean Rabi Strikes Back!’

Steven Spielberg (‘Alice In Wonderland’) and Peter Jackson (‘Tales Of The Jedi’) presented both the awards for Best Director and Best Picture.

Peter Jackson: The nominees for Best Director are:

Martin Scorsese – The Heirs
Paul Verhoeven – The Crusades
Wes Anderson – Bill and the Rocket Man

And the Golden Moon goes to…

MARTIN SCORSESE – THE HEIRS

Martin Scorsese took the award and acknowledged the wonderful work of all the talents involved in the picture.

Steven Spielberg: The nominees for Best Picture are:

Deadly Sins
The Crusades
The Heirs

And the Golden Moon goes to…

THE CRUSADES

Winston Claypool, producer of The Crusades, took the award together with director Paul Verhoeven.

At the end of the ceremony, a family picture was taken at the stage with all the winners and hosts. Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner wished the best to everyone, expecting to see everybody back in the 2nd edition of the CMP’s Awards.

THE PRESS ROOM GALLERY

Best Villain Winner Anthony Hopkins

Best Supporting Actor Winner Ben Kingsley

Best Supporting Actress Winner Susan Sarandon

Best Starring Couple Winners Paul Giamatti and George Clooney

Best Actor and Best Actress Winners Robin Williams and Nicole Kidman

…and THE AFTERWARDS PARTY PICS

From ‘T.Y.M.’ and ‘Deep Silence’, Jessica Alba

From ‘Alice In Wonderland’, Queen Latifah

From 'Court Appeal', Julia Roberts. And from ‘Sam & Twitch’, Salma Hayek

From ‘Deadly Sins’ and ‘The Heirs’, Robin Williams and Robert De Niro

From here to eternity…, Pamela and Paris

THE HALL OF FAME