The15th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as theJameson Empire Awards ), presented by the Britishfilm magazine Empire , honored the bestfilms of 2009 and took place on 28 March 2010 at theGrosvenor House Hotel inLondon ,England .[ 1] During the ceremony,Empire presentedEmpire Awards in 11 categories as well as four honorary awards. TheDone In 60 Seconds competition was opened for the first time to international entries from this year.[ 2] Irish comedianDara Ó Briain hosted the show for the second consecutive year.[ 1] The awards were sponsored byJameson Irish Whiskey for the second consecutive year.[ 1] [ 3]
In related events,Empire and 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 ofEmpire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning ,[ 6] Englishactor Jason Issacs [ 6] and Englishfilm director andtelevision director Edgar Wright ,[ 6] which selected from a shortlist of 20 nominees[ 4] [ 5] the fiveDone In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Avatar won the most awards with three includingBest Film andBest Director forJames Cameron . Other winners includedHarry Brown ,In the Loop ,Inglourious Basterds ,Let the Right One In ,Nowhere Boy ,Sherlock Holmes andStar Trek with one.Jude Law received theEmpire Hero Award ,Ian McKellen received theEmpire Icon Award ,Andy Serkis received theEmpire Inspiration Award andRay Winstone received the Outstanding Contribution to British Film award. Mark Wong from the United Kingdom won theDone In 60 Seconds Award for 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 [ edit ] Winners are listed first and highlighted inboldface .[ 9]
Finalists: [ 5] [ a]
Honorary Awards
^ 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] The following film received multiple awards:
Multiple nominations [ edit ] The following 13 films received multiple nominations:
Done In 60 Seconds films [ edit ] ^a b c d e f "Jameson Empire Awards Announce 2010 Nominees" (Press release).Bauer Consumer Media . February 25, 2010. Archived fromthe original on February 27, 2010.^a b Hampton, Mark (March 28, 2014)."Done In 60 Seconds Part 2: Winning" .hammyactor.com . Archived fromthe original on November 12, 2014. RetrievedNovember 12, 2014 . ^ Hall, Tom (April 1, 2010)."Jameson creates Movie Mania Tour for Empire Awards" .Eventmagazine.co.uk .Haymarket Media Group . RetrievedOctober 1, 2014 . ^a b c Sztypuljak, David (November 13, 2009)."Jameson / Empire Awards 2010 – Done in 60 Seconds" .HeyUGuys . RetrievedOctober 5, 2014 . ^a b c d e Breen, Emily (March 27, 2010)."Exclusive: Done in 60 Seconds Shortlist Party" .HeyUGuys . RetrievedOctober 5, 2014 . ^a b c d Sztypuljak, David (February 15, 2010)."Jameson / Empire Film Awards 2010 Nominations Announced" .HeyUGuys . RetrievedOctober 5, 2014 . ^ "The Jameson Empire Awards: Done in 60 seconds" .independent.co.uk .Independent Print Ltd . November 13, 2009.Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. RetrievedOctober 5, 2014 .^ "Throwback to the 2010 Empire Awards" .Twitter .^ Reynolds, Simon (February 25, 2010)."In Full: Empire Awards 2010 nominees" .Digital Spy .Hearst Magazines UK . Archived fromthe original on May 5, 2010. RetrievedSeptember 27, 2014 . ^ "Best Film" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best British Film" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best Director" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best Actor" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best Actress" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best Comedy" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best Horror" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best Thriller" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Best Newcomer" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Done In 60 Seconds Award" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Empire Hero Award" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Empire Icon Award" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Empire Inspiration Award" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .^ "Outstanding Contribution to British Film" .Empireonline.com .Bauer Consumer Media . 2010. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2011 .
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