And the Academy Award goes to...

In case you missed the Academy Awards last night, here are a list of the winners:

Best Art Direction – ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Best Cinematography – INCEPTION
Best Supporting Actress – MELISSA LEO (THE FIGHTER)
Best Animated Short Film – THE LOST THING
Best Animated Feature – TOY STORY 3
Best Adapted Screenplay – AARON SORKIN (THE SOCIAL NETWORK)
Best Original Screenplay – THE KING’S SPEECH
Best Foreign Language Film – IN A BETTER WORLD
Best Supporting Actor – CHRISTIAN BALE (THE FIGHTER)
Best Original Score – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Achievement in Sound – INCEPTION
Best Sound Editing – INCEPTION
Best Achievement in Makeup – THE WOLF MAN
Best Achievement in Costume Design – ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Best Documentary Short – STRANGERS NO MORE
Best Live Action Short – GOD OF LOVE
Best Documentary Feature Film – INSIDE JOB
Best Visual Effects – INCEPTION
Best Film Editing – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Best Original Song – RANDY NEWMAN (TOY STORY 3)
Best Director – TOM HOOPER (THE KING’S SPEECH)
Best Actress – NATALIE PORTMAN (BLACK SWAN)
Best Actor – COLIN FIRTH (THE KING’S SPEECH)
Best Picture – THE KING’S SPEECH

New DVD Releases February 22, 2011

The following DVDs are being released today, February 22,2011

• Get Low
• Due Date

You may place a hold on either of these titles by coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/

Best New Artist

If you were watching the Grammy's last Sunday, you may have had the same reaction I did when they announced the winner for Best New Artist..."Who is Esperanza Spalding?"  Well the library can help you out with that.  We own Ms. Spalding's first CD entitled Esperanza and have just ordered her second CD Chamber Music Society.  If you would like to get know this year's Best New Artist, you may place a hold on either of these titles by either coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/ .

'Glee' breaks Elvis' chart record

The cast of the television show Glee has broken one of Elvis's chart records.  To read more about this feat, click on the link below

'Glee' breaks Elvis' chart record - Entertainment News, Music News, Media - Variety

Browser's Guide to Music

Have you ever come into the library looking for a music CD and not known how to find it?  If you know the title or artist of the CD, you can look it up on our catalog (http://www.khcpl.org/) like you would a book. (You would do an author search for the artist).  But what if you don't know a title or artist but just want a particular type of music.  The library has a lot of CDs so this can be a daunting task.  The following is a list of music genres and the dewey numbers they are under.  Hopefully this will make finding music in the library much easier for you.

BLUES/R&B                                                         781.643

CHRISTMAS                                                         781.723

CLASSICAL                                                           784’S

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL             781.71

COUNTRY                                                            781.642

JAZZ                                                                     781.653

MUSICALS                                                           782.14

NEW AGE                                                            781.64

POPULAR                                                            781.63

RAP                                                                      781.649

ROCK                                                                   781.66

SOUL                                                                   781.644

SOUNDTRACKS                                                   781.542

New DVD Releases February 15, 2011

The following DVDs are being released today, Februrary 15, 2011

• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
• Waiting for "Superman"
• Kites - The Remix (Hindi)
• Unstoppable

The library has purchased all of theses titles.  You may place a hold on any of them by coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/

And the BAFTA goes to

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) held their annual awards show yesterday.  The winners were:

Best Film
The King's Speech


Outstanding British Film
The King's Speech


Director
David Fincher - The Social Network


Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Chris Morris - Four Lions


Leading Actor
Colin Firth - The King's Speech


Leading Actress
Natalie Portman - Black Swan


Supporting Actor
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech


Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech


Original Screenplay
The King's Speech - David Seidler


Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin


Film Not In The English Language
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


Animated Film
Toy Story 3


Original Music
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat


Cinematography
True Grit - Roger Deakins


Editing
The Social Network - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter


Production Design
Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowa


Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood


Sound
Inception - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick


Special Visual Effects
Inception - Corbould, Franklin, Lockley, Bebb


Make Up & Hair
Alice in Wonderland - Valli O'Reilly, Paul Gooch


Short Animation
The Eagleman Stag - Michael Pleas


Short Film
Until the River Runs Red - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis


Orange Wednesdays Rising Award
Tom Hardy

And the Grammy Goes To...

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were held last evening.  In case you missed it, some of the big winners were:

• Pop Duo or Group – TRAIN
• Female Country Vocal – Miranda Lambert (“The House That Built Me”)
• Best Rock Album – Muse (“The Resistance”)
• Best Pop Vocal Album – Lady Gaga (“The Fame Monster)
• Best Country Album – Lady Antebellum (“Need You Now”)
• Best Song – Lady Antebellum (“Need You Now”)
• Best New Artist – Esperanza Spalding
• Best Rap Album – Eminem (“Recovery”)
• Record of the Year – Lady Antebellum (“Need You Now”)
• Album of the Year – Arcade Fire (“The Suburbs”)

Will Next Week Bring The Billboard Hot 100's 1000th No. 1?

Next week history might be made on the Billbard Hot 100 Songs chart. If there is a new No. 1 song, it will be Billboard's 1000th No. 1. To read more about this, click on the following link.

Will Next Week Bring The Billboard Hot 100's 1000th No. 1? Billboard.com

New DVD Release February 8, 2011

The following DVDs are being released today, February 8:

• You Again
• It's Kind of a Funny Story
• Paranormal Activity 2
• My Soul to Take
• Life as We Know It
• For Colored Girls

The library has purchased all of these titles.  You may place a hold on any of them by either coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/

Overdrive Help

More and more people are discovering the vast array of books they can download over the library's Overdrive database.  The actual process of downloading the books may be confusing to some.   People can come into or call the library for help, but what do you do when the library is closed.  A good source for people to go to is Youtube( http://www.youtube.com/).  Several libraries across the country are downloading videos on how to download these books.  The following is an example of one that the Greater Phoenix Digital Library did on how to download an audiobook to an MP3 player:





You can also find instructional videos on how to download Overdrive books to your Nook, Sony Reader, Ipad and many others.  Just do a search on Youtube for "Overdrive download books".  This is just another way to get assistance when you want to download an audiobook

Entertainment Weekly's 10 Movies that Changed Hollywood

Entertainment Weekly recently put together a list of the 10 movies that changed Hollywood.  There films include:

• Hoop Dreams (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Clerks (1994)
• Toy Story (1995)
• Billy Madison (1995)
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• The Matrix (1999)
• Memento (2000)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
• Ocean's Eleven (2001)

The 10 Best Films From Sundance 2011 :: Paste

The 2011 Sundance Film Festival, a yearly film festival showcasing independent films, came to a close at the end of January.  Paste magazine chose their top 10 films from this year's festival.  Click on the link below to find out what they chose.


The 10 Best Films From Sundance 2011 :: Blogs :: List of the Day :: Paste

New DVD Releases February 1, 2011

The following DVDs are being released today, February 1, 2011:

• Let Me In
• Conviction
• Never Let Me Go
• Welcome to the Rileys

The library has purchased these DVDs.  You may place a hold on any of these titles by either coming into or calling any library location or by visiting the library's website at http://www.khcpl.org/