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Academy awards, usa.

• Best Motion Picture of the Year
• Iain Canning
• Emile Sherman
• Gareth Unwin

• Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
• Colin Firth

• Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
• Geoffrey Rush

• Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
• Helena Bonham Carter

• Best Achievement in Directing

American Cinema Editors, USA

• Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
• Tariq Anwar

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

• Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
• Danny Cohen

Aspen Filmfest

• Audience Favorite Feature

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

• Best Foreign Film - English Language

Bodil Awards

• Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Bafta awards.

• Best Leading Actor
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Director

• Best Screenplay (Original)
• David Seidler

British Independent Film Awards

• Best Screenplay

British Society of Cinematographers

• Feature Film
• Zac Nicholson (camera operator)

Critics Choice Awards

• Best Screenplay, Original
• Main Competition

Casting Society of America, USA

• Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Drama
• Nina Gold (Casting Director)

César Awards, France

• Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

• Best Picture

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

• Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)

Costume Designers Guild Awards

• Excellence in Period Film
• Jenny Beavan

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

David di donatello awards.

• Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)

Directors Guild of America, USA

• Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
• Erica Bensly (production manager) (plaque)
• Martin Harrison (first assistant director) (plaque)
• Chris Stoaling (second assistant director) (plaque)

European Film Awards

• European Actor
• European Editor

• European Composer
• Alexandre Desplat
• European Film

Evening Standard British Film Awards

• Best Technical/Artistic Achievement

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

Golden globes, usa.

• Best Motion Picture - Drama
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
• Best Director - Motion Picture

Satellite Awards

• Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• Best Costume Design
• Best Motion Picture, Drama

Goya Awards

• Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)

Hamptons International Film Festival

Humanitas prize.

• Feature Film Category

Film Independent Spirit Awards

• Best Foreign Film

Irish Film and Television Awards

• Best International Actress

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

• Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo)

Awards of the Japanese Academy

• Best Foreign Language Film

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

Las vegas film critics society awards, london critics circle film awards.

• Film of the Year
• British Film of the Year
• Actor of the Year
• British Actor of the Year
• British Actress of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

• Best Production Design
• Eve Stewart

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

• Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film
• Lee Walpole (supervising sound editor)
• Andre Schmidt (supervising dialogue editor)
• Matthew Skelding (dialogue editor)

National Board of Review, USA

• Top Ten Films

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

New york film critics circle awards, online film critics society awards.

• Best Original Screenplay

Palm Springs International Film Festival

• Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

Rembrandt Awards

• Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film)
• Best International Actor (Beste Buitenlandse Acteur)

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

• Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)

Russian Guild of Film Critics

San diego film critics society awards, santa barbara international film festival.

• Best Motion Picture Ensemble of the Year
• Anthony Andrews
• Claire Bloom
• Jennifer Ehle
• Michael Gambon
• Derek Jacobi
• Timothy Spall

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
• Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Art Directors Guild

• Period Film
• Eve Stewart (production designer)
• David Hindle (supervising art director)
• Leon McCarthy (art director)
• Netty Chapman (standby art director)
• Amy Merry (graphic designer)
• Douglas Ingram (storyboard artist)
• Judy Farr (set decorator)

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

Toronto film critics association awards, toronto international film festival, world soundtrack awards.

• Soundtrack Composer of the Year
• Best Original Soundtrack of the Year

AFI Awards, USA

Empire awards, uk.

• Best Actress
• Best British Film

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Vancouver film critics circle, amanda awards, norway.

• Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)

Polish Film Awards

• Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)

Sant Jordi Awards

Phoenix film critics society awards.

• Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Chlotrudis Awards

Central ohio film critics association, austin film critics association, nikkan sports film awards, washington dc area film critics association awards, golden eagle awards, russia, national movie awards, uk.

• Best Drama Film
• Performance of the Year

Gaudí Awards

• Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea)
• Tom Hooper (director)
• David Seidler (writer)

International Cinephile Society Awards

North texas film critics association, us.

• Best Cinematography

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

Alliance of women film journalists, detroit film critics society awards.

• Colin Firth (actor)

New York Film Critics, Online

• Top Films of the Year

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

Iowa film critics awards, african-american film critics association (aafca), denver film critics society, jupiter award.

• Best International Actor

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

• Film Score of the Year
• Best Original Score for a Drama Film

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

Galeca: the society of lgbtq entertainment critics.

• Film Performance of the Year

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

Oklahoma film critics circle awards, houston film critics society awards, online film & television association.

• Best Ensemble

Village Voice Film Poll

International online film critics' poll, awards circuit community awards.

• Best Motion Picture

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

• Best Picture (Miglior film)
• Best Director (Miglior regia)
• Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista)
• Best Supporting Actor (Miglior attore non protagonista)
• Best Supporting Actress (Miglior attrice non protagonista)

Golden Schmoes Awards

• Best Actor of the Year
• Best Supporting Actor of the Year

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

• Best Male Images in a Movie

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

• Best Art Direction

Internet Film Critic Society

Indiewire critics' poll.

• Best Supporting Performance

Gold Derby Awards

• Supporting Actor
• Original Screenplay

• Art Direction
• Costume Design

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

• Best Movie for Grownups
• Best Screenwriter

Russian National Movie Awards

• Best Foreign Drama of the Year

Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra

• Best Male Voice
• Luca Biagini
• Best Supporting Voice
• Laura Romano

Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio

• Best Leading Voice Actor
• Best Supporting Voice Actor
• Francesco Vairano
• Best Supporting Voice Actress
• Best dubbing mixing
• Marco Coppolecchia

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Oscar Winners: 'King's Speech,' Colin Firth and Natalie Portman Win Top Awards

Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Tom Hooper and 'Toy Story 3' also win awards.

Feb. 28, 2011— -- "The King's Speech" continued its winning momentum going into the 83rd annual Academy Awards , taking home the big prize of best picture, while its star Colin Firth received the Oscar for best actor; "Black Swan" star Natalie Portman snagged the award for best actress.

Tom Hooper, the director of "The King's Speech," pulled off a surprising win over "The Social Network" director David Fincher. "Speech," which led the number of nominations with 12, received a total of four Oscars , including best original screenplay. "The Fighter" co-stars Melissa Leo and Christian Bale were among the early winners, receiving Oscars for best supporting actress and best supporting actor.

In a self-deprecating and emotional speech, Firth joked, "I have a feeling my career has just peaked." With his typical British reserve, he said he was "experiencing stirrings" that were "threatening to turn into dance moves."

Firth thanked his wife, Livia, for the award and "everything good in my life," while the pregnant Portman thanked "my love," her fiancee and "Black Swan" choreographer Benjamin Millipied for giving "me my most important role of my life."

Leo got the night off to a raucous beginning, when she dropped the F-bomb during her speech.

This morning, she told 'Good Morning America,' "I learned my lesson loud and clear. I've always had a filthy mouth and there's a time and a place and I do know that and network television is not a good time or place for that language."

When Bale accepted his award, he told the audience, "I'm not going to drop the F-bomb, like she did. I've done that plenty before."

Both were expected to win after taking home the same award at the Golden Globes. But some doubt had been cast on Leo, after the ads she took out in the Hollywood trades promoting herself backfired.

The race was opened up to competitors Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit"), Helena Bonham Carter ("The King's Speech"), her fighter co-star Amy Adams and Jacki Weaver ("Animal Kingdom").

Still, Leo pulled off the win in the end.

Kirk Douglas, who walked on stage with a cane, dragged out the announcement of the Leo's name. On stage, Leo bowed to Douglas and asked him to pinch her as the two flirted.

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"The category gets called and there [Kirk Douglas] is and I had enough time to think, 'Oh my gosh, if I go up there that means I'm going to get an Oscar from Kirk Douglas? …I haven't been to bed since," Leo said on 'GMA.'

When asked if she had her Oscar with her, Leo said, "He's a little drunk but he's here."

"I'm shaking in my boots here," Leo said, taking a deep breath. As she waved to the audience sitting in the rafters, she dropped the F-bomb, prompting co-host Anne Hathaway to exclaim later, "It's the young and hip Oscars."

Recovering, Leo thanked the Academy.

"This has been an extraordinary journey," she said about the award season. "It's about selling motion pictures and respecting the work."

A humbled Bale took the stage saying, "What the hell am I doing here?" Among those he thanked was Dicky Ecklund, the washed-up fighter he played in "The Fighter."

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Later in the telecast, Randy Newman, who has been nominated 20 times and won once previously, received the Oscar for "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3."

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The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler which won four Academy Awards and was nominated for an additional eight. Colin Firth plays King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush . The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the throne, the new King relies on Logue to help him make a radio broadcast on Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939.

• 2 Nominations
• Best Actor — Colin Firth
• Best Director — Tom Hooper
• Best Original Screenplay — David Seidler
• Best Picture — Iain Canning , Emile Sherman , Gareth Unwin

Nominations

• Best Art Direction — Eve Stewart , Judy Farr
• Best Cinematography — Danny Cohen
• Best Costume Design — Jenny Beavan
• Best Film Editing — Tariq Anwar
• Best Original Score — Alexandre Desplat
• Best Sound Mixing — Paul Hamblin , Martin Jensen , John Midgley
• Best Supporting Actor — Geoffrey Rush
• Best Supporting Actress — Helena Bonham Carter

After the death of his father King George V and the scandalous abdication of Prince Edward VII's, Bertie who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth, the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue. After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family, his government and Winston Churchill, the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle.

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‘The King’s Speech,’ ‘True Grit’ top Academy Award nominations

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“The King’s Speech” dominated the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning, earning 12 nods including best picture and best lead actor for Colin Firth as King George VI, who battles to eradicate his stammer before he unexpectedly takes the throne.

Joel and Ethan Coen’s spirited remake of the western “True Grit” followed with 10 nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards, including best picture. “The Social Network” and “Inception” scored eight apiece.

Those four films are in the running for best picture with six other movies: “Black Swan,” “The Fighter,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “127 Hours,” “Toy Story 3” and “Winter’s Bone.” “Toy Story 3” is also nominated in four more categories, including best animated feature.

The academy shared the wealth this year, doling out nominations in the major categories to movies big and small. Nominated alongside blockbusters such as “Inception,” “Toy Story 3” and “True Grit” are such tiny indies as “Winter’s Bone” and “Animal Kingdom” -- two films that received acclaim but had limited release.

Firth, who won the Golden Globe for his lead role in “The King’s Speech,” is joined in the lead actor race by Franco for “127 Hours,” surprise nominee Javier Bardem for “Biutiful,” Jesse Eisenberg for “The Social Network” and Jeff Bridges, who won last year in this category for “Crazy Heart,” for “True Grit.”

Natalie Portman, Golden Globe winner and mom-to-be, is nominated for lead actress in “Black Swan” along with fellow Globe winner Annette Bening for “The Kids Are All Right,” Nicole Kidman for “Rabbit Hole,” Jennifer Lawrence for “Winter’s Bone” and Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine.”

Supporting actor nominees are Christian Bale in “The Fighter,” surprise nominee John Hawkes for “Winter’s Bone,” Jeremy Renner in “The Town,” Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” and Geoffrey Rush for “The King’s Speech.”

On the supporting actress side, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo will duke it out for their roles in “The Fighter.” Helena Bonham Carter is nominated for “The King’s Speech,” 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld for “True Grit,” and Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom.”

Although many of the nominees are no stranger to Oscar, Tuesday’s nominations show a notable infusion of first-time nominees including Eisenberg, Lawrence and Steinfeld.

Notably missing from the performance list of nominees: Ryan Gosling for lead actor in “Blue Valentine,” Andrew Garfield for supporting actor in “The Social Network,” Mark Wahlberg for lead actor in “The Fighter” and Mila Kunis for supporting actress in “Black Swan.”

There was also a surprise in the directing category. Christopher Nolan, who is nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for “Inception,” failed to earn an Oscar nomination in that category. He did receive a nod for his screenplay for the surreal thriller.

Competing in the directing category are: Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan,” David O. Russell for “The Fighter,” Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech,” David Fincher for “The Social Network” and brothers Joel and Ethan Coen for “True Grit.” The siblings also were nominated for their adapted screenplay of Charles Portis’ novel.

Two of the best picture nominees -- “The Kids Are All Right” and “Winter’s Bone” -- were directed by women, neither of whom made the roster.

The dearth of women in the directing category is sure to disappoint those who saw Kathryn Bigelow’s win last year for “The Hurt Locker” -- she became the first woman ever to win in the directing category -- as a sign that women would be more welcome in that marquee category.

Other nominations of note:

In contention for the foreign language film Oscar are “Biutiful” from Mexico, “Dogtooth” from Greece, Golden Globe winner “In a Better World” from Denmark, “Incendies” from Canada and “Outside the Law” from Algeria.

Joining “Toy Story 3” in the animated feature film category are “How to Train Your Dragon” and “The Illusionist.”

In the adapted screenplay category, the nominees are “127 Hours,” “The Social Network,” “Toy Story 3,” “True Grit” and “Winter’s Bone.” Original screenplay contenders are “Another Year,” “The Fighter,” “Inception,” “The Kids Are All Right” and “The King’s Speech.”

With Tuesday’s nominations, the talk in Hollywood shifts to who will win the big prizes.

Though “The Social Network” has been a front-runner this awards season, it’s now looking over its shoulder.

The period drama “The King’s Speech” is picking up momentum: It won the Producers Guild of America award on Saturday night over “The Social Network” and also leads the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards with 14 nominations. Now, it leads the Oscar nominations with 12. And “True Grit” is also coming on strong with its 10 nominations. That said, the academy and westerns are like oil and water. Only three sagebrush sagas have ever won the best picture Oscar, the last being 1992’s “Unforgiven.”

There’s another bit of awards-season speculation that is already pinging about the Internet, centered on the documentary feature nominee “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” That film was directed by the infamous British graffiti artist Banksy, whose identify is a closely guarded secret. Is he ready to step out of the shadows to attend the Oscars? Or will he show up in disguise? Or skip it altogether?

All will be answered -- or not -- when the 83rd Academy Awards airs live at 5 p.m. Feb. 27 on ABC from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. Lead actor nominee Franco and Anne Hathaway are the hosts.

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‘The King’s Speech’ tops Oscar noms | Nominees list | Scorecard | Reactions

The Academy’s push to expand the Oscar best-picture race has paid dividends again. In the second year in which contenders number 10 instead of the traditional five, the field includes more films with proven mainstream appeal.

Just as last year’s lineup of nominees, led by Fox’s juggernaut “Avatar,” dominated the box office, 2010’s contenders have earned more than $2.5 billion, with Disney-Pixar’s “ Toy Story 3 ” and Warner Bros.’ “Inception” among the top five worldwide grossers last year. Even the specialty films in best-pic contention have found wider audiences, with the Weinstein Co.’s “The King’s Speech” currently closing in on the $100 million mark.

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The contenders offer a decided contrast to a few years ago, when darker-themed, less widely seen films dominated the Oscar race. The more mainstream vibe should prove good news for producers of the 83rd Academy Awards , who are hoping to attract younger viewers to ABC’s Feb. 27 kudocast (they’ve already set James Franco and Anne Hathaway to serve as co-hosts).

Sony’s “The Social Network” had been the presumptive favorite based on other kudos-season wins heading into Tuesday’s nominations, which were presented by Academy prexy Tom Sherak and last year’s supporting actress winner, Mo’Nique. But the filmmakers behind the story of Facebook’s launch now find themselves facing renewed competition from “Speech,” which leads the Oscar race with 12 noms .

Paramount’s “ True Grit ” also emerged a strong contender, with 10 bids, after having been shut out of the Golden Globes. Warner Bros.’ “Inception” and “The Social Network” garnered eight noms apiece.

The film with the most noms has won the best picture prize in 14 of the past 20 years. But recent results — the top noms earner has won only twice in the past five years — suggest that this year’s race is far from over.

Oscar voters spread the nominations across a mix of films from the majors and indies — and not just titles that bowed during the fourth quarter of 2010. “Inception,” “Toy Story 3” and Focus Features’ “ The Kids Are All Right ” were released during the summer sesh, and “Alice in Wonderland” bowed in March.

Studio tallies of nominations numbers are always tricky, thanks to split rights, overseas deals and production partners. But in terms of domestic distribution, Paramount has 20 nominations, spread among “True Grit,” “The Fighter” and “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Iron Man 2.” “Fighter” also bears the Relativity brand, “Dragon” was produced by DreamWorks Animation, “True Grit” with Skydance Prods. and “Iron Man 2” with Marvel. Sony earned 17 (counting its Columbia, Classics and Screen Gems labels), while Warner Bros. and Disney came up with 12. Universal scared up one for the makeup work in “ The Wolfman .”

Among the indies, the Weinstein Co. led with 13 noms, for “King’s Speech” and “ Blue Valentine ,” followed by 11 for Fox Searchlight, seven for Sony Pictures Classics, six for Roadside Attractions and four for Focus Features. Lionsgate garnered one for “Rabbit Hole,” while Magnolia Pictures landed one for “I Am Love.” Miramax’s “The Tempest” was released by Disney.

Either way, the noms should help smaller films like toon “ The Illusionist ” and docu “Inside Job” get discovered by a broader audience “in a major way,” said Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics.

“The Kids Are All Right” producer Celine Rattray expressed a similar sentiment. “It took seven years, 13 financiers, and a 23-day shoot to make our film a reality,” Rattray said. “By recognizing ‘Kids,’ the Academy has not only honored us but has given hope and inspiration to the independent film community.”

“Kids Are All Right,” Fox Searchlight’s “Black Swan” and Roadside Attractions’ “Winter’s Bone” were femme-dominated films that managed to hold their own among a more testosterone-heavy lineup of pics that muscled their way into the major categories, with boxers (“The Fighter”), cowboys (“True Grit”), a rock climber (“127 Hours”), mind-bending businessmen (“Inception”) and nerds (“The Social Network”) duking it out with the stuttering monarch of “The King’s Speech.”

Focus Features chief James Schamus was among those to point out the male-dominated year in film kudos. But, he said, “In a macho year, there were extraordinarily accomplished creative women driving the engine for ‘Kids.'”

Echoing last year’s race in which the toon “Up” made it into the best-picture race, Disney’s “Toy Story 3” made the final cut for the main category this year, but the Academy has yet to include a documentary or foreign-language film in its top 10.

As always, the awards season stirs buzz as to how films will perform at the Oscars, but voters of the Academy Awards always have surprises up their tuxedo sleeves.

Notable among the twists this year are the noms for Javier Bardem and John Hawkes in the acting categories for “Biutiful” and “Winter’s Bone,” respectively. There were also some surprise omissions, such as “Inception” helmer Christopher Nolan’s exclusion from the directing category (see separate story).

Scott Rudin is a double nominee in the picture race, for “The Social Network” and “True Grit.” It’s the first time since Francis Ford Coppola and Fred Roos enjoyed that status for 1974’s “The Conversation” and “The Godfather Part II.” (Before 1951, individual producers weren’t cited in the noms.) Among the year’s other double nominees are Nolan (as producer and co-screenwriter), Danny Boyle (“127 Hours”), Lee Unkrich (“Toy Story 3”) and Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey (“True Grit”). Joel and Ethan Coen are triple nominees, as writers, directors and producers of “True Grit.”

Of the 10 best-picture nominees, nine include at least one producer getting his or her first nom in that category. Only the trio of Rudin and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen are all vets with previous best-film bids.

The acting races also include a long list of first-timers, such as Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”), James Franco (“127 Hours”), Christian Bale (“The Fighter”), Mark Ruffalo (“The Kids Are All Right”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”), Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit”) and Aussie thesp Jacki Weaver. Weaver’s perf in “Animal Kingdom” first made a splash at Sundance last year.

“I’m in Sundance right now, and everything comes full circle,” said Sony’s Barker. “A year later, she is getting nominated.”

Nine of the top 10 best picture nominees also nabbed writing nods. The only pic left out of the original or adapted screenplay race was “Black Swan,” which lost out to “Another Year.” Last year, eight of the 10 best pic contenders nabbed screenplay noms.

Greg P. Russell scored his 14th nom, with the “Salt” sound team. He’s aiming for his first win this year.

The animation category wound up with just three pics — “Toy Story 3,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “The Illusionist” — because the Academy ruled in November that just 15 pics were eligible. Five films fill out the category when 16 films or more are considered eligible. This year marks the third year that a toon is competing for the best picture prize, after 1991’s “Beauty and the Beast” and “Up.”

Music from toons took up half of the four song slots, with “Toy Story 3’s” “We Belong Together” and “Tangled’s” “I See the Light” up against “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” and “If I Rise” from “127 Hours.”

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and collaborator Atticus Ross are first-time nominees for their score for “The Social Network.” However, this is Randy Newman’s 20th nomination and Alan Menken’s 19th. Each were nominated for animated films.

“Salt,” “Hereafter,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” “Unstoppable,” “Tron: Legacy” and “Iron Man 2” received bids in various tech categories.

Franco’s “127 Hours” best actor nom and official duties as Oscar host put him in rare company. The last person to be both an honoree and host in the same year was Paul Hogan, who was a contender for original screenplay for 1986’s “Crocodile Dundee.”

Final Oscar ballots will be mailed Feb. 2 and are due back at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ offices Feb. 22.

The Oscarcast is set for Feb. 27 at Kodak Theater.

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Oscars 2011: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

'king's speech' leads oscar field in a year with somewhat less to squabble about.

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Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter were all nominated for their work in The King's Speech , which led this morning's Oscar nominations with 12. /The Weinstein Co. hide caption

Last year's Academy Award nominations were contentious in some quarters — making room for 10 Best Picture nominees led to claims that some didn't belong there, while others argued that worthy pictures (everything from Star Trek to A Single Man) had been unfairly overlooked.

There will be less of a flap about this year's nominations, which went largely as expected this morning. Those 10 Best Picture slots went to 127 Hours , The Kids Are All Right , The King's Speech , Black Swan , The Social Network , Inception, The Fighter , Winter's Bone , Toy Story 3 , and True Grit . Still, for a set of nominations that delivered so few surprises, they managed to do a reasonably good job of recognizing very fine films and actors. ( Here's a list of the major nominees .)

The King's Speech led with 12 nominations, including major-category nods for its screenplay; actors Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, and Geoffrey Rush; and its director, Tom Hooper. Behind it were True Grit with 10 nominations, and Inception and The Social Network , both with eight.

Also making a strong showing was the Boston boxing film The Fighter , which had seven nominations, all in prominent categories — three for its acting (Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams, all in supporting categories — nothing for lead Mark Wahlberg), one for its screenplay, one for its director, and one for its editing, in addition to Best Picture.

In particularly good news, the marvelous, disquietingly still Ozarks-based drama Winter's Bone , a film that seemed at risk of being nudged out of a bunch of different categories and forgotten, wound up earning four nominations. And they're all big ones: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress (for near-rookie Jennifer Lawrence), and Best Supporting Actor candidate John Hawkes — an intriguing actor you may well know from a large backlog of character work on television (including a late run on Lost ), whether you recognize his name or not.

One minor surprise was that Joel and Ethan Coen were nominated for Best Director for True Grit , alongside David O. Russell ( The Fighter ), Darren Aronofsky ( Black Swan ), David Fincher ( The Social Network ), and Hooper. That nudged out expected nominee Christopher Nolan, who directed the infernally complex Inception . Also showing up a little less than some expected was Ben Affleck's film The Town , which pulled in only a Supporting Actor nomination for Jeremy Renner after being talked up for a possible Best Picture spot.

The much-discussed "fifth spot" for Best Actor — after Firth, James Franco ( 127 Hours ), Jeff Bridges ( True Grit ) and Jesse Eisenberg ( The Social Network ) — went to Javier Bardem for Biutiful , which was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. That left out possible contenders like Robert Duvall ( Get Low ) and Ryan Gosling ( Blue Valentine ).

Nominees for Best Actress, meanwhile, are Annette Bening ( The Kids Are All Right ), Natalie Portman ( Black Swan ), Michelle Williams ( Blue Valentine ), Nicole Kidman ( Rabbit Hole ), and Jennifer Lawrence ( Winter's Bone ).

The least familiar acting nominee to the audience watching on Oscar night may be Jacki Weaver, nominated as Best Supporting Actress for Animal Kingdom , an Australian crime film. She'll face Helena Bonham Carter, Adams and Leo from The Fighter , and Hailee Steinfeld from True Grit — but back to that in a bit.

Perhaps the biggest shocker was over in Best Documentary, where one of the most-discussed docs of the year, Waiting For Superman , didn't make it, although two other buzzed-about films, Exit Through The Gift Shop and Restrepo , did.

As for snubs, there are a couple of things I found disappointing, but none of them are at all unexpected: I'd have liked to see more recognition for Blue Valentine , but the nomination for Williams is something. I also hoped Tangled might grab a Best Animated Feature nomination, but since I can't argue with Toy Story 3 and didn't see the other two ( How To Train Your Dragon and The Illusionist ), I'm in no position to complain. Furthermore, for the second year in a row, the expanded field allowed the big Pixar animated film of the summer to be nominated for Best Picture — last year, it was Up , this year, it was Toy Story 3 .

I'd certainly have put Andrew Garfield up for Best Supporting Actor in The Social Network , but that's smaller and less aggressive acting, which, especially from a new-ish actor, can easily and not particularly objectionably be outshone by bigger performances (like Bale in The Fighter ) or ones from actors who have been around longer (like Rush in The King's Speech ). Matt Damon did some very nice work in True Grit , but if I could only have that nomination or the one for Hawkes in Winter's Bone , I'd take the nominations we got.

It does seem a little odd that Nolan was snubbed for Inception , but other than my sneaking sense that The Fighter is not quite the film it's made out to be aside from a couple of very big performances, I'm not sure who I'd bump out. I was not entirely sold on Black Swan , but I can't take anything away from the careful buildup of its creepy/ridiculous tone, which I do think is well-controlled, and that's partly to the credit of the director. (Interestingly, Black Swan was the one Best Picture nominee not to see its screenplay nominated.)

There's also the fairly dopey decision to shove young Hailee Steinfeld into Best Supporting Actress for what is unambiguously a leading performance in True Grit , but Academy politics being what they are, perhaps that was her best shot at being nominated at all. I wouldn't have had any trouble with her taking the Best Actress spots held by Portman or Bening, both of whom were very good but not as interesting as Steinfeld for my money, but neither of those things was ever going to happen.

You can always sit back and find oddities in the nominations — Blue Valentine has the same number of nominations as Tron: Legacy ! — but while both The Social Network and Inception have their detractors, neither of them seems to have as many as The Blind Side and (to a lesser extent) Avatar did last year.

Bottom line? These nominations are likely to be significantly less controversial than the ones that came out a year ago — and to do more to advance the idea that this 10-contender Best Picture field may turn out to be a pretty good idea after all.

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Oscar nominations: ‘king’s speech’ leads with 12.

"True Grit" earned 10; "The Social Network" and "Inception" nabbed eight.

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“He’s a man struggling for dignity when in fact he feels humiliated and very exposed by his speech problem.”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences might as well have broken out the tea and scones Tuesday morning as it rewarded The King’s Speech with 12 nominations to make it the dominant player at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. True Grit , set on the edge of the American frontier in the 19th century, placed second with 10 nominations. And the dreamy thriller Inception and the computer-savvy The Social Network followed close behind with eight nominations each.

The nominations represented a victory for a resurgent Weinstein Co., which boarded  the $14 million Speech , a drama about King George VI’s efforts to overcome a speech impediment on the eve of World War II, when it was still at the script stage. The movie, which received a standing ovation when it was first unveiled at the Telluride Film Festival, has found a receptive U.S. audience, having grossed $57.3 million domestically to date. PHOTOS: Oscar hosts through the years.

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“I can honestly say, when you make a movie for $14 million, it was about the twelve actors who came together to create an ensemble, a repertory company on film,” said Weinstein Co. co-head Harvey Weinstein of the movie’s appeal. “[Director] Tom Hooper is brilliant visually, but he also knows how to work with actors. Everyone called in favors — myself, Colin Firth , Tom — to get that cast.”

Earning nominations for all of its three principal actors — Firth , Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter — bested the competition. Sony’s Social , a critical favorite which many handicappers have been predicting will be Speech ’s main rival for best picture honors come Oscar night on Feb. 27, had to settle for eight noms, since it scored only one acting nomination — for Jesse Eisenberg , who plays Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — and did not figure in the art direction and costume design where Speech , as a period movie, had an edge.

True Grit , a late starter this awards season since the Paramount/Skydance production wasn’t unveiled until shortly before it was released Dec. 14, made up for lost time with a particularly strong showing. The fraternal filmmaking team of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen , who took home multiple Oscars three years ago with their best picture winner No Country for Old Men , were back in the saddle, picking up adapted screenplay, directing and best picture noms. Jeff Bridges, last year’s best actor for Crazy Heart , secured a back-to-back nomination for stepping into the boots of Rooster Cogburn, a role that first proved Oscar-worthy when John Wayne played it in 1969; and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld earned her spurs in the supporting actress category for playing the spunky Mattie Ross.

But certainly the man who had the most to celebrate once the noms were revealed was producer Scott Rudin , who earned two best picture nominations for both Social and Grit . It’s only the second time since 1951, when individual producers rather than companies were first cited in the best picture nominations, that a producer has done that in the same year. In 1974, Francis Ford Coppola and Fred Roos were similarly honored for  The Conversation and the eventual winner, The Godfather: Part II .

Still, for others, the morning had to be bittersweet. While Inception , widely hailed as a thinking-man’s blockbuster, amassed eight nominations including best picture and best original screenplay for Christopher Nolan , he was not included among the best director nominees, a surprise given that he has been nominated by the Directors Guild of America. And the movie’s editor, Lee Smith , was also overlooked. PHOTOS: Oscars snubs

Others that must have found themselves waiting by phones that didn’t ring with celebratory news included Another Year ’s Lesley Manville , who began awards season with a best actress citation from the National Board of Review but then failed to gain further traction; Robert Duvall, who was nominated by the Screen Actors Guild for his ornery recluse in Get Low but then ignored by the Academy; Social ’s supporting players Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake ; Paul Giamatti , despite winning the best comedy actor Golden Globe for Barney’s Version ; and other Globe acting nominees like The Kids Are All Right ’s Julianne Moore ,  The Fighter ’s Mark Wahlberg,   Wall Street: Money Never Sleep ’s Michael Douglas,   Blue Valentine ’s Ryan Gosling  and Black Swan ’s Mila Kunis .

By nominating ten pictures for the second year in a row since the 1940s, the 5,755 voting members of the Academy did embrace a wide range of motion pictures, which ran the gamut from Toy Story 3, the top-grossing picture of 2010 with more than $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales — it was also nominated in the animated feature category along with French film The Illusionist , distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, and DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon — down to feisty indie Winter’s Bone .

Bone, which debuted at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and was released last summer by Roadside Attractions, clearly made a big impression even though it grossed just $6.3 million domestically. The austere drama collected four nominations — best actress for Jennifer Lawrence , best supporting actor for John Hawkes , best picture and best screenplay for writer-director Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini .

For Roadside, which also picked up two nominations for Biutiful , Mexico’s foreign-language film entry, it was a particularly heartening morning. Javier Bardem ‘s best actor nomination for Biutiful “is really a credit to the campaign,” said Roadside co-head Howard Cohen . “The movie got a mixed reception in Cannes, and as of mid-December, we were nowhere. But we poured it on with two key screenings — one with Sean Penn and the other with Julia Roberts — which really reverberated. People noticed. In the case of Winter’s Bone , which opened over the summer, once we started getting the critics’ awards, we were able to get Academy members to watch the movie, and they really responded.”

In addition to T oy, Bone, Speech, Social, Grit and Inception , the ten best picture nominees also include Black Swan, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right and 127 Hours .

The Academy’s directing branch once again looked more like an exclusive boys club with its nominations. In addition to the Coens and Hooper, the directing nominees are Swan’s Darren Aronofsky, Fighter’s David O. Russell and Social’s David Fincher.

But two movies that can be credited to women directors, who also served as co-writers, made it into the best ten: Kids, directed by Lisa Cholodenko, and Bone, directed by Granik.

Observed Focus Features CEO James Schamus, who acquired Kids exactly one year ago at Sundance, “In a year of very muscular movies, it’s nice to see that some of the muscles being flexed come from a female-centric creative team.”

But despite the wide variety of films, there was a marked lack of diversity among the acting nominees. For the first time since the 73rd Oscars 10 years ago, there were no black actors nominated — a fact that reflects a 2010 release schedule that came up short as far as seriously themed movies about African-American were concerned.

In the best actress category, Lawrence will find herself up against a field that encompasses Annette Bening , who plays a lesbian mom protecting her family in Kids ; Natalie Portman , who steps in the pointe shoes of a ballerina descending into madness in Swan ; Nicole Kidman , who stars as a mother dealing with grief in Rabbit Hole ; and Michelle Williams , who portrays a young woman whose marriage is falling apart in Blue Valentine .

Along with Bridges, Eisenberg and Firth, the best actor lineup consists of Bardem, who plays a dying man putting his life in order in the Spanish-language Biutiful,  and James Franco , who is co-hosting the Oscars with Anne Hathaway and who was nominated for his trapped hiker in 127 Hours .

Christian Bale led off the list of best supporting actors for his performance as a meth-addled ex-boxer in The Fighter . Hawkes, for his tough backwoodsman in Bone ; Jeremy Renner , for his hopped-up street tough in The Town ; Mark Ruffalo , for his sperm donor of a dad in Kids ; and Speech ’s Rush.

In addition to Bonham Carter and Steinfeld, the best supporting actress nominees are  Amy Adams , for her feisty girlfriend in The Fighter, and Melissa Leo , who plays a formidable mom in the same movie; and Aussie actress Jacki Weaver , who plays an equally monstrous matriarch in Animal Kingdom .

All the 10 best picture nominees, with the exception of the genre-defying Swan , also collected nominations in the two screenwriting categories.

In the category of original screenplay, Swan , which was nominated by the Writers Guild of America, lost its spot to Mike Leigh’s Another Year. It’s the seventh nomination for the British writer-director. The other nominees are Fighter , screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson , story by Keith Dorrington & Tamasy & Johnson; Inception , written by Nolan; Kids, written by Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg ; and Speech , screenplay by David Seidler.

For adapted screenplay, the nominees are: 127 Hours, screenplay by Danny Boyle (who, like Nolan, missed out on a directing nom) & Simon Beaufoy ; Social , screenplay by Aaron Sorkin ; Toy , screenplay by Michael Arndt , story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich ; Grit , written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen ; and Bone , adapted for the screen by Granik & Rosellini.

While the Academy validated 3D animated hits like Toy and Dragon , it also found room for the two-dimensional The Illusionist, from French director Sylvain Chomet, who also earned a feature animation nomination seven years ago for The Triplets of Belleville.

“Do you know what it means to get one of those three nominations up against those big quality films? It should give us the really good box office we saw with Triplets, where the nomination doubled the gross,” said Michael Barker, co-head of Sony Pictures Classics, which garnered noms across seven different categories.

While the SPC execs were pained by the omissions of Duvall and Manville, they scored one supporting actor nom ( Kingdom’s Weaver) and Leigh’s screenwriting nom.

Additionally, SPC is releasing Charles Feguson’s Inside Job , which documents the 2008 financial crisis and made it into the circle of feature documentary nominees. This weekend, it will expand to about 200 screens. The documentary feature category also includes Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic’s Gasland , Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger’s Restrepo , Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley’s Waste Land and Exit Through the Gift Shop, directed by Jaimie D’Cruz and guerrilla artist Banksy — raising the intriguing possibility that Banksy’s graffiti could grace the Kodak Theatre come Oscar night.

Surprisingly, though, Davis Guggenheim’s critique of the U.S. educational system, Waiting for Superman , which won an award from the Producers Guild of America on Saturday night, was among the missing.

SPC also fielded two of the foreign-language film nominees: Denmark’s In a Better World and Canada’s Incendies . The other nominees are Mexico’s Biutiful , Greece’s Dogtooth and Algeria’s Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi).

With the nominations now revealed, the wait until the big show on Feb. 27 begins. At Academy headquarters Tuesday morning, president Tom Sherak, who announced the nominations with last year’s supporting actress winner, Mo’Nique , predicted that hosts Franco and Hathaway will “bring that youthful glamour and talent, and the show is going to be about the idea of young Hollywood meeting old Hollywood, and the history of who we are. I think you’re going to see that come out on Oscar night.”

Meanwhile, as the Oscar bandwagon began to pull out of the station, everyone was clamoring to jump on board and claim a piece of the action. Paramount announced it had a hand in 20 nominations: Seventeen from Grit and Fighter ; two from Dragon , which it distributed for DreamWorks Animation; and one for Iron Man 2 , which it distributed for Marvel. Sony Pictures pointed to the fact that its three labels — Columbia, SPC and Screen Gems — collected 17 noms. The Weinstein Co. had 13. Disney and Warners both had 12 each.

The Independent Film & Television Alliance applauded the multiple nominations earned by companies like the Weinstein Co. and Roadside. And the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which kicks off Jan. 27, happily pointed out that it will be hosting dozens of nominees — among them, Firth, Rush, Bonham Carter, Bening, Kidman and Nolan — as Oscar season enters its final, critical round.

A complete list of nominees can be found on the next page.

Performance by an actor in a leading role Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions) Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount) Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company) James Franco in “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount) John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions) Jeremy Renner in “The Town” (Warner Bros.) Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features) Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features) Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate) Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions) Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight) Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in “The Fighter” (Paramount) Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company) Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount) Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”(Paramount) Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best animated feature film of the year “How to Train Your Dragon” (Paramount), Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois “The Illusionist” (Sony Pictures Classics), Sylvain Chomet “Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney), Lee Unkrich

Achievement in art direction “Alice in Wonderland” (Walt Disney), Production Design: Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” (Warner Bros.), Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan “Inception” (Warner Bros.), Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Production Design: Eve Stewart, Set Decoration: Judy Farr “True Grit” (Paramount), Production Design: Jess Gonchor, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Achievement in cinematography “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight), Matthew Libatique “Inception” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Danny Cohen “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), Jeff Cronenweth “True Grit” (Paramount), Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design “Alice in Wonderland” (Walt Disney), Colleen Atwood “I Am Love” (Magnolia Pictures), Antonella Cannarozzi “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Jenny Beavan “The Tempest” (Miramax), Sandy Powell “True Grit” (Paramount), Mary Zophres

Achievement in directing “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky “The Fighter” (Paramount), David O. Russell “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher “True Grit” (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best documentary feature “Exit through the Gift Shop” (Producers Distribution Agency), A Paranoid Pictures Production, Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz “Gasland”, A Gasland Production, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic “Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Representational Pictures Production, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs “Restrepo” (National Geographic Entertainment), An Outpost Films Production, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger “Waste Land” (Arthouse Films), An Almega Projects Production, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Best documentary short subject “Killing in the Name”, A Moxie Firecracker Films Production, Nominees to be determined “Poster Girl”, A Portrayal Films Production, Nominees to be determined “Strangers No More”, A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon “Sun Come Up”, A Sun Come Up Production, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger “The Warriors of Qiugang”, A Thomas Lennon Films Production, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Achievement in film editing “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight), Andrew Weisblum “The Fighter” (Paramount), Pamela Martin “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Tariq Anwar “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight), Jon Harris “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Best foreign language film of the year “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions), A Menage Atroz, Mod Producciones and Ikiru Films Production, Mexico “Dogtooth” (Kino International), A Boo Production, Greece “In a Better World” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Zentropa Production, Denmark “Incendies” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Micro-Scope Production, Canada “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” (Cohen Media Group), A Tassili Films Production, Algeria

Achievement in makeup “Barney’s Version” (Sony Pictures Classics), Adrien Morot “The Way Back” (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment), Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng “The Wolfman” (Universal), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) “How to Train Your Dragon” (Paramount), John Powell “Inception” (Warner Bros.), Hans Zimmer “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)), Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey “I See the Light” from “Tangled” (Walt Disney), Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Glenn Slater “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney), Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best motion picture of the year “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight), A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers “The Fighter” (Paramount), A Relativity Media Production, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers “Inception” (Warner Bros.), A Warner Bros. UK Services Production, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features), An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production, Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight), An Hours Production, Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), A Columbia Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers “Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney), A Pixar Production, Darla K. Anderson, Producer “True Grit” (Paramount), A Paramount Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions), A Winter’s Bone Production, Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Best animated short film “Day & Night” (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Teddy Newton “The Gruffalo”, A Magic Light Pictures Production, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang “Let’s Pollute”, A Geefwee Boedoe Production, Geefwee Boedoe “The Lost Thing”, (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment), A Passion Pictures Australia Production, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”, A Sacrebleu Production, Bastien Dubois

Best live action short film “The Confession” (National Film and Television School), A National Film and Television School Production, Tanel Toom “The Crush” (Network Ireland Television), A Purdy Pictures Production, Michael Creagh “God of Love”, A Luke Matheny Production, Luke Matheny “Na Wewe” (Premium Films), A CUT! Production, Ivan Goldschmidt “Wish 143”, A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Achievement in sound editing “Inception” (Warner Bros.), Richard King “Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney), Tom Myers and Michael Silvers “Tron: Legacy” (Walt Disney), Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague “True Grit” (Paramount), Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey “Unstoppable” (20th Century Fox), Mark P. Stoeckinger

Achievement in sound mixing “Inception” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley “Salt” (Sony Pictures Releasing), Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten “True Grit” (Paramount), Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Achievement in visual effects “Alice in Wonderland” (Walt Disney), Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” (Warner Bros.), Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi “Hereafter” (Warner Bros.), Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell “Inception” (Warner Bros.), Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb “Iron Man 2” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount), Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin “Toy Story 3” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt, Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich “True Grit” (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original screenplay “Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh “The Fighter” (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson “Inception” (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

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Oscars set up best picture showdown between favourites "the king's speech" and "the social network".

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) - The British monarchy saga "The King's Speech" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture and acting honors for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush.

Also nominated for best picture Tuesday were the psychosexual thriller "Black Swan"; the boxing drama "The Fighter"; the sci-fi blockbuster "Inception"; the lesbian-family tale "The Kids Are All Right"; the survival story "127 Hours"; the Facebook chronicle "The Social Network"; the animated smash "Toy Story 3"; the Western "True Grit"; and the Ozarks crime thriller "Winter's Bone."

"True Grit" ran second with 10 nominations, including acting honors for Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld.

The Feb. 27 Oscars set up a best-picture showdown between two favorites, "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network." "The Social Network" won best drama at the Golden Globes and was picked as the year's best by key critics groups, while "The King's Speech" pulled an upset last weekend by winning the Producers Guild of America Awards top prize, whose recipient often goes to claim best picture at the Oscars.

"I've been texting people in between interviews and there's a lot of excitement going on across the globe from our team. It's really wonderful. It's sort of like 'Ben-Hur' proportions. It all seems a bit crazy, you know?" Rush said from Sydney.

The favorites in the male-acting categories both were nominated, Globe winners Firth as best actor for "The King's Speech" and Christian Bale as supporting actor for "The Fighter."

The best-actress field shapes up as a two-woman race between Annette Bening for "The Kids Are All Right," who won the Globe for actress in a musical or comedy, and Natalie Portman for "Black Swan," who received the Globe for dramatic actress.

The supporting-actress Oscar could prove the most competitive among acting prizes. Melissa Leo won the Globe for "The Fighter," but she faces strong challenges from that film's co-star Amy Adams and 14-year-old newcomer Steinfeld, who missed out on a Globe nomination for "True Grit" but made the cut for supporting actress at the Oscars.

"The Social Network" casts Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who's depicted as an interpersonal lout in one-on-one relations but a genius for the masses, creating an online hangout where half a billion people now keep connected with friends.

"The King's Speech" stars Firth as Queen Elizabeth II's father, the stammering George VI, who reluctantly came to the throne after his brother abdicated in 1936, a terrible time for a stuttering monarch as British subjects looked to their ruler for inspiration via radio as World War II approached.

The two films represent a showdown between classy, traditional Oscar bait and edgy, youthful, up-to-the-minute drama.

With its aristocrats, statesmen and perilous times, "The King's Speech" is a throwback to the majestic, eye-filling costume pageants that dominated film awards in Hollywood's earlier decades. Its nominations also include best director for Tom Hooper and supporting-acting slots for Bonham Carter as the king's devoted wife and Rush as his wily speech therapist.

"The Social Network" is an immediate story, set not in palaces but college dorm rooms, cluttered start-up space and anonymous legal offices where Zuckerberg battles former associates over the proceeds of his invention.

David Fincher is the best-directing favorite for "The Social Network" after winning that prize at the Globes.

"My recommendation to anybody who wants to get an Oscar nomination is, work with David Fincher. It was just a triumph of teamwork," Aaron Sorkin, nominated for best adapted screenplay for "The Social Network," said on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Along with Firth and Eisenberg, best-actor contenders are Javier Bardem as a dying father in the Spanish-language drama "Biutiful," which also is up for best foreign-language film; Bridges as boozy lawman Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit," a role that earned John Wayne an Oscar for the 1969 adaptation of the Western novel; and James Franco in the real-life tale of a climber trapped in a crevasse after a boulder crushes his arm in "127 Hours."

Bening was nominated for best actress as a lesbian mom whose family is thrown into turmoil after her teenage children seek out their sperm-donor father in "The Kids Are All Right." Portman was nominated as a ballerina losing her grip on reality in "Black Swan."

Other best-actress nominees are Nicole Kidman as a grieving mother in "Rabbit Hole"; Jennifer Lawrence as a teen trying to find her missing father amid the Ozark Mountains' criminal underbelly in "Winter's Bone"; and Michelle Williams as a wife in a failing marriage in "Blue Valentine."

"What an extraordinary journey this film has taken me on! 'Rabbit Hole' has been a labor of love and I'm so thankful to John Cameron Mitchell, David Lindsay-Abaire and the brilliant cast. This nomination reflects all of the heart and soul that these people have put into it and I can't thank them enough," Kidman said in a statement.

Joining Fincher among best-director picks are Darren Aronofsky for "Black Swan"; Joel and Ethan Coen for "True Grit"; Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech"; and David O. Russell for "The Fighter."

One notable snub was the omission of director Christopher Nolan for "Inception," though he got a nod for original screenplay. Nolan also missed out on a directing Oscar nomination for "The Dark Knight," which was famously not nominated for best picture.

The directing category is back to an all-male lineup after Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win that prize last year for "The Hurt Locker," which also claimed best picture.

Bale, the star of Nolan's "Batman" franchise, is a strong favorite to win supporting actor as former boxer Dicky Eklund, who helps his half-brother to a title shot after his own career unraveled amid drugs and crime in "The Fighter." The film's star, Mark Wahlberg, missed out on a nomination as Eklund's half-brother, boxer Micky Ward.

Two years ago, Bale's "Batman" co-star, the late Heath Ledger, was on the same awards track as he won a posthumous Oscar for supporting actor for "The Dark Knight."

"The Fighter" offers two sterling supporting-actress performances from Leo as Ward and Eklund's doting but domineering mother and Adams as Ward's tough, defiant girlfriend. Steinfeld, who was just 13 when she shot her debut performance in "True Grit," also is a strong contender as a girl who hires lawman Cogburn to track down her father's killer.

"Toy Story 3," the top-grossing film released in 2010, also is nominated for animated feature and is expected to become the fourth-straight winner in that category from Disney's Pixar Animation, following "Up," "WALL-E" and "Ratatouille." Pixar has won five of the nine animation Oscars since the category was added.

The other animation nominees are "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Illusionist."

While two of the three animated categories are huge commercial successes, the best-picture race is a mix of big commercial hits and smaller critical darlings, which is what academy organizers wanted when they expanded the competition to 10 films.

Like "Toy Story 3," "Inception" is a blockbuster, coming from director Nolan, whose "The Dark Knight" missed out on a best-picture nomination two years ago, contributing to the decision to double the number of contenders so that acclaimed popular movies would have a better chance.

"True Grit" is the first $100 million Western hit since the 1990s, "The Social Network" climbed to about $95 million in revenue, and "Black Swan" is closing on $100 million. At the other end are "Winter's Bone" with $6.3 million and "127 Hours" with $11 million, respectable returns for lower-budgeted independent films but small change next to big studio productions.

Composer Alan Menken, winner of eight Academy Awards for best song or score, earned his 19th nomination for writing the music for the song "I See the Light" from the animated film "Tangled," a modernizing of the "Rapunzel" fairy tale. "If you get out of your own way, somehow more comes to you," Menken said. "Just let the characters sing what needs to be sung and let the score inform the story."

Besides Leo, Adams, Bonham Carter and Steinfeld, Jacki Weaver earned a supporting-actress nomination as a crime family matriarch in the Australian thriller "Animal Kingdom."

Rounding out the supporting-actor field with Bale and Rush are John Hawkes as a backwoods tough guy in "Winter's Bone"; Jeremy Renner as a holdup man in the bank-heist thriller "The Town"; Mark Ruffalo as a sperm-donor dad in "The Kids Are All Right."

The Oscar ceremony will be televised live on ABC from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

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• "The Social Network" is up for eight awards
• "The King's Speech" gathered 12 Oscar nominations
• The cowboy remake "True Grit" is nominated 10 times

The countdown to Hollywood's biggest night is on. Join "Showbiz Tonight's" A.J. Hammer and Brooke Anderson for live red carpet access at the Oscars on "Road to Gold" this Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on CNN.

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A film about a stuttering British monarch, a movie about the founder of Facebook, a sci-fi thriller and a John Wayne classic remake topped the list of movies honored with Oscar nominations announced Tuesday.

"The King's Speech," about Britain's King George VI, gathered 12 nominations, including for best picture and in three of the four acting categories.

"True Grit," based on the same book as the 1969 John Wayne film, was nominated 10 times, including for Jeff Bridges for best actor, Hailee Steinfeld for best supporting actress and in the best movie competition.

"The Social Network," which told the story of how a college student created Facebook, is up for Academy Awards in eight categories, including best picture and Jesse Eisenberg's nomination for best actor.

"Inception," a film that explores the human mind and dreams, got eight nominations, including for best picture.

The nominees for best picture are "The Social Network," "The King's Speech," "The Fighter," "True Grit," "Black Swan," "The Kids Are All Right," "Inception," "Toy Story 3," "127 Hours" and "Winter's Bone."

The best actor nominees are Javier Bardem, who starred in "Biutiful," Bridges for "True Grit," Eisenberg for "The Social Network," Colin Firth for "The King's Speech" and James Franco for "127 Hours."

The best actress nominees are Annette Bening for "The Kids Are Alright," Nicole Kidman for "Rabbit Hole," Jennifer Lawrence for "Winter's Bone," Natalie Portman for "Black Swan" and Michelle Williams for "Blue Valentine."

"What an extraordinary journey this film has taken me on," Nicole Kidman said. "'Rabbit Hole' has been a labor of love and I'm so thankful to John Cameron Mitchell, David Lindsay-Abaire and the brilliant cast. This nomination reflects all of the heart and soul that these people have put into it, and I can't thank them enough."

Nominees for best supporting actress are Amy Adams for "The Fighter," Helena Bonham Carter for "The King's Speech," Melissa Leo for "The Fighter," Steinfeld for "True Grit" and Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom."

Best supporting actor nominees include Christian Bale for "The Fighter," John Hawkes for "Winter's Bone," Jeremy Renner for "The Town," Mark Ruffalo for "The Kids Are All Right" and Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech."

Australian actor Rush learned about his best supporting actor nomination after performing in a stage play in Sydney, Australia. "Suddenly at the end they gave us this roaring standing ovation," Rush said.

"This story has struck such a rich, resonant chord with audiences of all ages, which is very exciting," Rush said. "To have your work honored by your industry peers is even better."

"Inception," a film that explores the human mind and dreams, was nominated for eight Oscars, mostly in the technical categories.

Other best movie contenders that received multiple nominations include "The Fighter" with seven, "127 Hours" with six, and "Black Swan" with five.

"The Kids Are All Right," "Toy Story 3" and "Winter's Bone" each received four Oscar nominations.

The winners will be announced in a live broadcast from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on February 27.

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January 25, 2011 / 8:19 AM CST / CBS Texas

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The British monarchy saga "The King's Speech" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture and acting honors for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush.

Also nominated for best picture Tuesday were the psychosexual thriller "Black Swan"; the boxing drama "The Fighter"; the sci-fi blockbuster "Inception"; the lesbian-family tale "The Kids Are All Right"; the survival story "127 Hours"; the Facebook chronicle "The Social Network"; the animated smash "Toy Story 3"; the Western "True Grit"; and the Ozarks crime thriller "Winter's Bone."

"True Grit" ran second with 10 nominations, including acting honors for Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld.

The Feb. 27 Oscars set up a best-picture showdown between two favorites, "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network." "The Social Network" won best drama at the Golden Globes and was picked as the year's best by key critics groups, while "The King's Speech" pulled an upset last weekend by winning the Producers Guild of America Awards top prize, whose recipient often goes to claim best picture at the Oscars.

"This story has struck such a rich resonant chord with audiences of all ages, which is very exciting -- to have your work honored by your industry peers is even better," Rush said in a statement.

The favorites in the male-acting categories both were nominated, Globe winners Firth as best actor for "The King's Speech" and Christian Bale as supporting actor for "The Fighter."

The best-actress field shapes up as a two-woman race between Annette Bening for "The Kids Are All Right," who won the Globe for actress in a musical or comedy, and Natalie Portman for "Black Swan," who received the Globe for dramatic actress.

The supporting-actress Oscar could prove the most competitive among acting prizes. Melissa Leo won the Globe for "The Fighter," but she faces strong challenges from that film's co-star Amy Adams and 14-year-old newcomer Steinfeld, who missed out on a Globe nomination for "True Grit" but made the cut for supporting actress at the Oscars.

"The Social Network" casts Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who's depicted as an interpersonal lout in one-on-one relations but a genius for the masses, creating an online hangout where half a billion people now keep connected with friends.

"The King's Speech" stars Firth as Queen Elizabeth II's father, the stammering George VI, who reluctantly came to the throne after his brother abdicated in 1936, a terrible time for a stuttering monarch as British subjects looked to their ruler for inspiration via radio as World War II approached.

The two films represent a showdown between classy, traditional Oscar bait and edgy, youthful, up-to-the-minute drama.

With its aristocrats, statesmen and perilous times, "The King's Speech" is a throwback to the majestic, eye-filling costume pageants that dominated film awards in Hollywood's earlier decades. Its nominations also include best director for Tom Hooper and supporting-acting slots for Bonham Carter as the king's devoted wife and Rush as his wily speech therapist.

"The Social Network" is an immediate story, set not in palaces but college dorm rooms, cluttered start-up space and anonymous legal offices where Zuckerberg battles former associates over the proceeds of his invention.

David Fincher is the best-directing favorite for "The Social Network" after winning that prize at the Globes.

"My recommendation to anybody who wants to get an Oscar nomination is, work with David Fincher. It was just a triumph of teamwork," Aaron Sorkin, nominated for best adapted screenplay for "The Social Network," said on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Along with Firth and Eisenberg, best-actor contenders are Javier Bardem as a dying father in the Spanish-language drama "Biutiful," which also is up for best foreign-language film; Bridges as boozy lawman Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit," a role that earned John Wayne an Oscar for the 1969 adaptation of the Western novel; and James Franco in the real-life tale of a climber trapped in a crevasse after a boulder crushes his arm in "127 Hours."

Bening was nominated for best actress as a lesbian mom whose family is thrown into turmoil after her teenage children seek out their sperm-donor father in "The Kids Are All Right." Portman was nominated as a ballerina losing her grip on reality in "Black Swan."

Other best-actress nominees are Nicole Kidman as a grieving mother in "Rabbit Hole"; Jennifer Lawrence as a teen trying to find her missing father amid the Ozark Mountains' criminal underbelly in "Winter's Bone"; and Michelle Williams as a wife in a failing marriage in "Blue Valentine."

Joining Fincher among best-director picks are Darren Aronofsky for "Black Swan"; Joel and Ethan Coen for "True Grit"; Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech"; Christopher Nolan for "Inception"; and David O. Russell for "The Fighter."

The directing category is back to an all-male lineup after Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win that prize last year for "The Hurt Locker," which also claimed best picture.

Bale, the star of Nolan's "Batman" franchise, is a strong favorite to win supporting actor as former boxer Dicky Eklund, who helps his half-brother to a title shot after his own career unraveled amid drugs and crime in "The Fighter." The film's star, Mark Wahlberg, missed out on a nomination as Eklund's half-brother, boxer Micky Ward.

Two years ago, Bale's "Batman" co-star, the late Heath Ledger, was on the same awards track as he won a posthumous Oscar for supporting actor for "The Dark Knight."

"The Fighter" offers two sterling supporting-actress performances from Leo as Ward and Eklund's doting but domineering mother and Adams as Ward's tough, defiant girlfriend. Steinfeld, who was just 13 when she shot her debut performance in "True Grit," also is a strong contender as a girl who hires lawman Cogburn to track down her father's killer.

"Toy Story 3," the top-grossing film released in 2010, also is nominated for animated feature and is expected to become the fourth-straight winner in that category from Disney's Pixar Animation, following "Up," "WALL-E" and "Ratatouille." Pixar has won five of the nine animation Oscars since the category was added.

The other animation nominees are "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Illusionist."

While two of the three animated categories are huge commercial successes, the best-picture race is a mix of big commercial hits and smaller critical darlings, which is what academy organizers wanted when they expanded the competition to 10 films.

Like "Toy Story 3," "Inception" is a blockbuster, coming from director Nolan, whose "The Dark Knight" missed out on a best-picture nomination two years ago, contributing to the decision to double the number of contenders so that acclaimed popular movies would have a better chance.

"True Grit" is the first $100 million Western hit since the 1990s, "The Social Network" climbed to about $95 million in revenue, and "Black Swan" is closing on $100 million. At the other end are "Winter's Bone" with $6.3 million and "127 Hours" with $11 million, respectable returns for lower-budgeted independent films but small change next to big studio productions.

Besides Leo, Adams, Bonham Carter and Steinfeld, Jacki Weaver earned a supporting-actress nomination as a crime family matriarch in the Australian thriller "Animal Kingdom."

Rounding out the supporting-actor field with Bale and Rush are John Hawkes as a backwoods tough guy in "Winter's Bone"; Jeremy Renner as a holdup man in the bank-heist thriller "The Town"; Mark Ruffalo as a sperm-donor dad in "The Kids Are All Right."

The Oscar ceremony will be televised live on ABC from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

( © Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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Oscar Nominations: The King's Speech Leads, Nolan Snubbed

The 83rd Annual Academy Award nominations were announced today. The King's Speech (which was quite exceptional) leads the pack with 12 nominations. But the real story of the day is the Academy's snubbing of Christopher Nolan as Best Director for Inception . And while The Social Network and True Grit were fine movies, neither of them featured a freight train running through the middle of a Manhattan intersection or folding buildings. But by all means, Academy, give the nomination to David O. Russel, director of The Fighter instead. Lord knows Hollywood just doesn't churn out enough films based in Boston. And it must be a real pain in the ass to get actors to talk to each other in Bostonian accents all day long. "Look ah me, Tawwmmy! I'm ah fightah! And I'm nawt fightin' fah you, you, ohah you! Let's go Sawks!!" See the list of nominees and our thoughts after the jump.

Of note was two of the films being screened at this year's Miami International Film Festival , Canada's Incendies , and Denmark's In A Better World , were nominated for Best Foreign Language film. Nominations  Best Picture Black Swan (A long shot, but Hollywood loves crazy) The Fighter (All movies baaased in Bawhstaaan ah tha wicked greatest movies evah!) Inception (Nice try, Academy... but it doesn't make up for Nolan's snub!) The Kids Are All Right (A decent flick but Oscar worthy? Not really) The King's Speech (Our favorite to win... plus the Academy loves stories about overcoming obstacles! They also love 3D movies about blue aliens and their love-tree, so you never really know) 127 Hours (More like five minutes of carnage! He cuts off his arm with a pocket knife! Gack!) The Social Network (A movie that'll be relevant for years to come, because Facebook will be with us forever. Just like the MySpace!) Toy Story 3 (Pixar never fails to make us cry, so kudos. Damn your cartoon portrails of sentimentality, Pixar!) True Grit (Good movie. But if this spurs Hollywood to remake The Wild Bunch , we will punch some one square in the dick.) Winter's Bone (Didn't see it. Heard good things. Has no chance.) Actor  Javier Bardem, "Biutiful" (What is the most you have lost on a coin toss?) Jeff Bridges, "True Grit" (The Dude gets his second-straight nod. We abide.) Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network" (Smarmy nerd!) Colin Firth, "The King's Speech" (Great performance, and the clear favorite. The Academy loves performances like this. A speech impediment? WINNER!) James Franco, "127 Hours." (A fine actor. But also the evening's host. So, no chance)   Actress Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right" (This lady makes a movie, and ping ! Nominated for an Oscar. It's uncanny.) Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole" (Really?) Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"  Natalie Portman, "Black Swan" (Might lose out if Colin Firth wins, just to keep the whole thing balanced) Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine."    Supporting Actor Christian Bale, "The Fighter" (The favorite to win. "THINK FOR ONE FUCKING SECOND!" ) John Hawkes, "Winter's Bone" Jeremy Renner, "The Town" (This guy again? HAWKEYE!) Mark Ruffalo, "The Kids Are All Right" (He gets to bone Julliane Moore and gets nominated for it? Well played, Ruffalo.) Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech." (Great performance. Also, it's not the Oscars without a proper Englishman being nominated) Supporting Actress Amy Adams, "The Fighter" (She should win just by virtue of how ugly she made herself in this flick. The hell, Amy Adams?). Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech" (Good to see her in a movie not directed by Tim Burton) Melissa Leo, "The Fighter" Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit" (We loved her in this movie. And not in a creepy lurchy way) Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom."    Directing Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan" (I WANT MORE INTENSITY FROM MY CRAZY BALLERINA! Also, he got Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman to make out. WIN!) David O. Russell, "The Fighter" (Let's go Red Sawxs!!) Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"  David Fincher, "The Social Network" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "True Grit." (Brilliant film makers. But since True Grit only has one scene where someone gets shot in the face, they are automatically disqualified) Full list here .  You can watch the Oscars live on ABC on February 27 at 8:00 p.m.

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The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC announced on Wednesday.

This continues the trend of holding the Academy Awards ceremony in March, following a three-year streak of increased viewership. Notably, it will no longer overlap with Austin's SXSW festival, a conflict that occurred in the past two years. The ceremony will also once again begin one hour earlier than usual, at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT, from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, reaching audiences in over 200 territories.

Key dates for submissions and voting are outlined: the general entry and best picture submission deadline is Thursday, Nov. 14. Preliminary voting for shortlists in ten categories will take place from Dec. 9-13, with results announced on Dec. 17. The nominations voting period is set for Jan. 8-12, and the official nominations will be revealed on Friday, Jan. 17, which is a new developement as its typically held earlier in the week.

The timeline between nominations and final voting spans nearly four weeks, with winners to be determined from Feb. 11-18, which will make winning the major guild awards - such as DGA, PGA and SAG - even more crucial.

The 2024 Oscars was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and honored Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" with seven prizes, including best picture, director, actor for Cillian Murphy, and supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr.

While the potential lineup for this year's contenders remains fluid, there are highly anticipated movies expected to make waves, including Warner Bros.' "Joker: Folie à Deux" starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, and George Miller's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," which is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The studio's already released blockbuster "Dune: Part Two" is also expected to have a presence at the kudocast. Others could include Steve McQueen's "Blitz," Edward Berger's "Conclave" and Malcolm Washington's "The Piano Lesson."

Below are the full list of key dates for the 2025 Oscars season. All dates are subject to change.

General entry, best picture, RAISE submission deadline: Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024

Governors Awards: Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024

Preliminary voting begins: Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, at 9 a.m. PT

Preliminary voting ends: Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, at 5 p.m. PT

Oscar Shortlists Announcement: Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024

Eligibility period ends: Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024

Nominations voting begins: Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 at 9 a.m. PT

Nominations voting ends: Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 at 5 p.m. PT

Oscar Nominations Announcement: Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Monday, Feb. 10, 2025

Final voting begins: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 at 9 a.m. PT

Final voting ends: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 at 5 p.m. PT

Scientific and Technical Awards: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025

97th Oscars: Sunday, March 2, 2025

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