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15th Empire Awards

The15th Empire Awardsceremony (officially known as theJameson Empire Awards), presented by the Britishfilm magazineEmpire,honored the bestfilms of 2009and took place on 28 March 2010 at theGrosvenor House HotelinLondon,England.[1]During the ceremony,EmpirepresentedEmpire Awardsin 11 categories as well as four honorary awards. TheDone In 60 Seconds competitionwas opened for the first time to international entries from this year.[2]Irish comedianDara Ó Briainhosted the show for the second consecutive year.[1]The awards were sponsored byJameson Irish Whiskeyfor the second consecutive year.[1][3]

15th Empire Awards
The logo for the 15th Empire Awards
Date28 March 2010(2010-03-28)[1]
SiteGrosvenor House Hotel,London,England[1]
Hosted byDara Ó Briain[1]
Highlights
Best FilmAvatar
Best British FilmHarry Brown
Most awardsAvatar(3)
Most nominationsAvatarandInglourious Basterds(5)

In related events,Empireand Jameson Irish Whiskey held the 1st Done In 60 Seconds Competition Global Final[2]on 26 March 2010[4]at24 Club,London, England.[5]The team of judges consisted ofEmpireeditor-in-chiefMark Dinning,[6]EnglishactorJason Issacs[6]and Englishfilm directorandtelevision directorEdgar Wright,[6]which selected from a shortlist of 20 nominees[4][5]the fiveDone In 60 Seconds Awardfinalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.[4][5][6][7]

Avatarwon the most awards with three includingBest FilmandBest DirectorforJames Cameron.Other winners includedHarry Brown,In the Loop,Inglourious Basterds,Let the Right One In,Nowhere Boy,Sherlock HolmesandStar Trekwith one.Jude Lawreceived theEmpire Hero Award,Ian McKellenreceived theEmpire Icon Award,Andy Serkisreceived theEmpire Inspiration AwardandRay Winstonereceived the Outstanding Contribution to British Film award. Mark Wong from the United Kingdom won theDone In 60 Seconds Awardfor his 60-second film version ofTop Gun.

Empire employee Kat Brown pioneered photolurking in the background of a picture withRupert Grint.[8]

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted inboldface.[9]

Finalists:[5][a]

Honorary Awards

Notes

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  1. ^The official website for the 15th Empire Awards only lists the United Kingdom nominees and finalists and not the global finalist list. The global finalist list was taken from an independent source.[5]

Multiple awards

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The following film received multiple awards:

Awards Film
3 Avatar

Multiple nominations

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The following 13 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Film
5 Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
4 District 9
3 An Education
Harry Brown
Nowhere Boy
Star Trek
The Hurt Locker
2 In the Loop
Sherlock Holmes
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Up in the Air

Done In 60 Seconds films

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  1. ^Done In 60 Seconds:Top Gunby Mark WongonYouTube
  2. ^Done In 60 Seconds:There Will Be Bloodby Tom RowleyonYouTube
  3. ^Done In 60 Seconds:True Liesby Andrew AkulinaonYouTube
  4. ^Done In 60 Seconds:The Evil Deadby Lee HardcastleonYouTube
  5. ^Done In 60 Seconds:Who Framed Roger Rabbitby Michael WhaiteonYouTube

References

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  1. ^abcdef"Jameson Empire Awards Announce 2010 Nominees"(Press release).Bauer Consumer Media.February 25, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon February 27, 2010.
  2. ^abHampton, Mark (March 28, 2014)."Done In 60 Seconds Part 2: Winning".hammyactor.Archived fromthe originalon November 12, 2014.RetrievedNovember 12,2014.
  3. ^Hall, Tom (April 1, 2010)."Jameson creates Movie Mania Tour for Empire Awards".Eventmagazine.co.uk.Haymarket Media Group.RetrievedOctober 1,2014.
  4. ^abcSztypuljak, David (November 13, 2009)."Jameson / Empire Awards 2010 – Done in 60 Seconds".HeyUGuys.RetrievedOctober 5,2014.
  5. ^abcdeBreen, Emily (March 27, 2010)."Exclusive: Done in 60 Seconds Shortlist Party".HeyUGuys.RetrievedOctober 5,2014.
  6. ^abcdSztypuljak, David (February 15, 2010)."Jameson / Empire Film Awards 2010 Nominations Announced".HeyUGuys.RetrievedOctober 5,2014.
  7. ^"The Jameson Empire Awards: Done in 60 seconds".independent.co.uk.Independent Print Ltd.November 13, 2009.Archivedfrom the original on May 1, 2022.RetrievedOctober 5,2014.
  8. ^"Throwback to the 2010 Empire Awards".Twitter.
  9. ^Reynolds, Simon (February 25, 2010)."In Full: Empire Awards 2010 nominees".Digital Spy.Hearst Magazines UK.Archived fromthe originalon May 5, 2010.RetrievedSeptember 27,2014.
  10. ^"Best Film".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  11. ^"Best British Film".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  12. ^"Best Director".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  13. ^"Best Actor".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  14. ^"Best Actress".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  15. ^"Best Comedy".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  16. ^"Best Horror".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  17. ^"Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  18. ^"Best Thriller".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  19. ^"Best Newcomer".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  20. ^"Done In 60 Seconds Award".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  21. ^"Empire Hero Award".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  22. ^"Empire Icon Award".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  23. ^"Empire Inspiration Award".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
  24. ^"Outstanding Contribution to British Film".Empireonline.Bauer Consumer Media.2010.RetrievedSeptember 20,2011.
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