2011 Academy Award Nominations

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Awards,

Academy Award winner Mo'Nique (Precious) and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' President Tom Sherak had the honor of announcing the nominees for the 2011 Annual Academy Awards early Tuesday morning.

The King's Speech lead all films this morning with 12 nominations total. True Grit came in second with 10 nods. Meanwhile, The Social Network and Inception both tied with 8 nominations.

Here are some of the noteworthy omissions and inclusions from today’s press conference:

• Best Director: No Christopher Nolan (Inception). Seriously?? (Even James Cameron has to say something about that!)
• Best Movie: No for Blue Valentine, yes for Winter's Bone and Toy Story 3 (also nominated in Animation category)
• Best Actor: No Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)!!! Also, no Mark Wahlberg (Fighter), no Leo DiCaprio (Inception), no Aaron Eckhart (Rabbit Hole), no Paul Giamatti (recent Golden Globe winner for Barney's Version). Javier Bardem, though, gets a yes for Biutiful.
• Best Actress: No Julianne Moore (The Kids are All Right), no Halle Berry (Frankie & Alice)
• Best Supp. Actor: No Andrew Garfield or Justin Timberlake (The Social Network), but a big YES for Jeremy Renner (The Town) and John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)

You can find a list of the nominees from the major Oscar categories after the jump.

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: January 18, 2011

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Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:

• Animal Kingdom: DVD, Blu-ray
• Buried: DVD/Blu-ray combo
• Death Race 2: DVD, Blu-ray
• Freakonomics: DVD, Blu-ray
• Jack Goes Boating: DVD, Blu-ray
• Lebanon: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Naked Kiss: DVD, Blu-ray
• Paper Man: DVD, Blu-ray
• Shock Corridor: DVD, Blu-ray
• Stone: DVD, Blu-ray
• Takers: DVD, Blu-ray

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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2011 Golden Globe Nominations (Film)

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Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel and Blair Underwood helped kick off the 2010-11 awards season Tuesday morning by formally announcing the latest round of Golden Globe contenders.

In the film category, The King's Speech -- starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush -- lead all nominees with a total of six nods. (The Fighter and The Social Network tied for second with six each.)

Although the Academy Awards will not necessarily mirror the choices made by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, there were some notable inclusions/omissions in this year's list of Globe nominees:

• Justin Timberlake did not earn an acting nomination for The Social Network.
• Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp were both recognized for their work in The Tourist, a movie that has been panned by critics. (BTW - they were nominated in the "Comedy" category.)
• Speaking of Depp, he will be running against himself. (He was also nominated for Alice in Wonderland.)
• Wall Street's Michael Douglas has now received another Golden Globe nod for his role as Gordon Gekko. (He won for Best Actor in 1987.)
• Gwyneth Paltrow did not earn a nomination for her role in Country Strong.
• 127 Hours was left out of the Best Movie category -- so was True Grit. (The Coen Brothers western received zero nominations.)

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards -- hosted again by Ricky Gervais -- will air Jan. 16 on NBC.

(You can find the full list of nominees after the jump. Click here for the TV nominations.)

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In Theaters This Weekend: August 13, 2010

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Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:

• Eat Pray Love (PG-13): starring Julia Roberts, James Franco, Billy Crudup (directed by Ryan Murphy)
• The Expendables (R): starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li (directed by Sylvester Stallone)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (PG-13): starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead (directed by Edgar Wright)

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