Angus Wall, ACE, and Kirk Baxter, editors of the David Fincher-directed The Social Network, won the Association of Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Award for best edited dramatic feature at the 61st annual ACE Eddie Awards ceremony on Saturday (2/19) at the Beverly Hilton.
Wall and Baxter, who cut commercials and branded content via editorial house Rock Paper Scissors, are also in the running for an editing Oscar on the strength of The Social Network. Winning the ACE honor bodes well for their Academy Award prospects as four out of the last five years the Eddie winner has gone on to earn the Oscar.
Wall and Baxter topped an Eddie field of nominees that also consisted of: Tariq Anwar for The King’s Speech; Pamela Martin for The Fighter; Lee Smith, ACE, for Inception; and Andrew Weisblum, ACE, for Black Swan. All these Eddie nominees–except for Smith–have also been nominated for this year’s editing Oscar. Editor Jon Harris is the other Academy Award nominee for the movie 127 Hours.
Chris Lebenzon, ACE, topped the feature film, comedy or musical category for Alice in Wonderland. Ken Schretzmann and Lee Unkrich, ACE, earned best animated feature film distinction for Toy Story 3.
And best edited documentary honors went to Tom Fulford and Chris King for Exit Through the Gift Shop.
The winning half-hour series for TV was the “Family Portrait” episode of Modern Family, cut by Jonathan Schwartz. The best edited one-hour series for commercial television was The Walking Dead‘s “Days Gone Bye” edited by Hunter Via.
The best edited one-hour series for non-commercial television was the Treme episode “Do You Know What It Means” cut by Kate Sanford, ACE, and Alexander Hall.
Temple Grandin was named best edited miniseries or motion picture for TV, the editor being Leo Trombetta, ACE.
And the best edited reality series was If You Really Knew Me‘s “Colusa High,” cut by Rob Goubeau, Jeremy Gantz, Hilary Scratch, Ken Yankee, Mark S. Andrew, ACE, Heather Miglin, John Skaare and Paul J. Coyne.
The Eddie student competition was topped by Ruben Jacques Sebban of the American Film Institute.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More