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The team from Australia are at it again. By now it is widely known that our very own Drover will be hosting the Hollywood night of nights. However an added bonus for Australia fans comes in the news that Jackman’s co-workers have been asked to lend their unique touch to staging the event!
Hugh’s long standing, reputable time on stage and hosting of awards shows such as the Tonys means that he is not only an ideal choice to host the Academy Awards, but that they’d be crazy to let him leave the stage without performing a song or two. Thankfully the powers that be have harnessed his talent and are bringing in the big guns to ensure that everything is dazzling. Who better to ask for assistance than Oscar award winner Catherine Martin and musical director Baz Luhrmann? The creative duo were asked to choreograph and produce a big musical number which will appear at some point during the evening’s telecast.
Without a doubt Hugh Jackman is in safe hands; in addition to Moulin Rouge! the pair have also had ample success on stage through their Bazmark production of La Boheme in both its Australian and Broadway incarnations.
source: fox news
February 1st, 2009
Congratulations to
Catherine Martin on receiving an
Academy Award nomination for her outstanding work in the field of Costume Design for
Australia. In a successful career with many accolades, this marks CM’s fourth Oscar nomination, having previously been nominated for Art Direction with her work on
Romeo + Juliet, and following through to win in the categories of Art Direction and Costume Design for the 2001
Luhrmann film
Moulin Rouge!
Though the film itself is not nominated, with Hugh Jackman as the evening’s dashing host and CM amongst the glamorous nominees, you can be sure Australia will be on the minds of many.
If you too are a fan of Catherine’s work, be sure to take a look at her original costume design sketches as featured in our gallery, or even visit her website to purchase a CM original of your own!
January 22nd, 2009
Australia may have been snubbed by the Golden Globes, but regardless the awards and nominations continue to steadily roll in and deservedly so!
SATELLITE AWARDS (WINNERS):
- Cinematography: Mandy Walker
- Visual Effects: Chris Godfrey, James E. Price and Diana Giorgiutti
- Art Direction and Production Design: Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy and Beverly Dunn
With Special achievement awards given to Baz Luhrmann as Best Auteur and Brandon Walters as Outstanding New Talent!
ST LOUIS FILM CRITIC AWARDS (WINNERS):
- Best Cinematography – Mandy Walker
CHICAGO FILM CRITIC (NOMINATIONS):
- Best Cinematography – Mandy Walker
- Most Promising Performer – Brandon Walters
sources: Satellite Awards, awardsdaily, Chicago Film Critics
December 16th, 2008
Unfortunately Catherine Martin did not come away with an Academy Award this year but Australia definitely was in the spotlight, and host Hugh Jackman certainly couldn’t let them forget that mentioning the film in his opening dialogue and generally doing the movie and the country proud as a great host. In addition to Catherine Martin’s nomination, Australia star and Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman was on hand to help pass torch in the Best Actress category.