best picture 2011
– 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. [1]
‘The Social Network’ won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Drama, but ‘The King’s Speech’ is up for twelve awards, including Best Picture. [...] As Hollywood readies for Sunday night’s Academy Awards, movie fans around the world wonder who will take home the Oscar for Best Picture. [2]
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I discover two decades ago that the persons casting the ballots are not required to have seen the movies that they are balloting for. [2]
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. [...] 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.” [...] 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. [...] “True Grit” ran second with 10 nominations, including acting honors for Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld. [1]
Here’s some movie math to guide the way. [3]
James Franco & Anne Hathaway: ‘Grease’ at the Oscars! [1]
If Natalie Portman doesn’t win Best Actress, the Academy should never be allowed to give out awards again. [...] Facebook isn’t what I consider news worthy. [2]
Matt Wilstein: The Top 10 Most Embarrassing Projects from the 2011 Oscar Nominees While some of this year’s Oscar nominees have never been in a bad film or are too young to have any stains on their careers, several others have had some missteps along the way. [...] 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.” [1]
Sources:
[1] Oscars 2011 Nominations List: Academy Awards Nominees
[2] Oscar Best Picture 2011: Who Should Win? (PHOTOS)
[3] Oscars 2011: The Best Picture Cheat Sheet from The ‘Shop Shop