Based on nothing but pure conjecture, fandom and the musings of a few celebrities on red carpets over the last week, it seems to me that The Fighter has leapfrogged The King's Speech in the race to see which film will lose to The Social Network on Oscar night. So while the BAFTA nominations don't mean anything with regard to the Academy Awards, it's got to be nice for Team Weinstein to see such love for The King's Speech across the pond. Not that anything less was expected; after all, it's about Brits! Click ahead for the full list of BAFTA nominations, and enjoy a world where Javier Bardem gets named among the five Best Actors of the year.
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Now you've done it, celebrities. You're pretending that Ricky Gervais's zingers were anything but expected at Sunday's Golden Globes, and now he's never coming back. You malnourished spazzes! Would you prefer he can-can in front of a Best Picture montage like Billy Crystal? Wear Pleasantville costumes and flash Oda Mae side-eyes like Whoopi Goldberg? Jesus. Now we're screwed for the awards show we actually care about: The Oscars.
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The jury is still out on whether Ricky Gervais conquered last night's monologue or if Glee deserved to win Best Comedy Series, but there was one group that unquestionably swept last night's 68th Annual Golden Globes: Bedheaded celebrities. Take a look at some of the most (expertly) tousled tresses that traveled in limos to the Beverly Hilton last night and then please, let me know: Are Hollywood hair stylists on strike? Thanks.
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People who care about fashion -- and even plenty of those who don't -- usually tune in early to the awards shows to catch the red-carpet pregame, a scary ritual historically hosted by puppets. Celebrities may think they can scurry past the likes of Carson Daly and Natalie Morales as they make a mad dash for the rubber chicken, but they're fooling themselves: These overdressed, glassy-eyed semi-personalities have an important job to do, which is to corner said celebrities and assault them with the pressing questions of the day, which consist chiefly of "How are you feeling tonight?" and "Who are you wearing?" But last night's Golden Globe Arrival Special -- even the name sounds molded out of plastic -- was different. Daly and Morales did everything expected of them: They flapped their mouths and sounds came out. But who was that third mysterious creature, a brunette minx in a messy, slept-in bun and a simple red chiffon dress with a bow neck that caused one Twitter user to exclaim, somewhat ungrammatically but nevertheless enthusiastically, "My sex is on fire in her grandma dress"?
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The biggest shock about the Golden Globes? That they exceeded our expectations here at Movieline HQ and were actually enjoyable. Unprecedented. But don't think it was all perfection; we also had our reservations. Join us for a recap of Sunday's five most disappointing victories.
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Last night the Broadcast Film Critics Association doled out their yearly accolades for the best acheivements in film, with many of the usual suspects getting the gold. The Social Network won best picture, Natalie Portman best actress, Colin Firth best actor, and so on (although Inception cleaned up fairly well in the technical categories. Might this be a portent for bigger things?). At this rate, the Golden Globes might be a bit of snoozefest. The full list of winners after the jump.
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Three reasons to be excited for the Golden Globes: 1.) Tina Fey may give a speech; 2.) Ricky Gervais may enjoy the longest broadcast chucklefit since Ed McMahon left the air; 3.) Every once in awhile, the Golden Globes award the right people and the Oscars don't. Join us for a stroll into Golden Globe past, where it turns out the HFPA sometimes -- sparingly, mind you -- executes better judgment than AMPAS.
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Even more bad news for Team True Grit. Yet another guild has snubbed the Coen Brothers mostly excellent Western, meaning the chances of a Best Picture upset win seem even more unlikely than before. (That the Oscar nominations haven't come out yet is neither here nor there, amirite?) The American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced their selections this morning, and "Roderick Jaynes" (nyuck) didn't make the cut (nyuck). Who did? The usual suspects! Click ahead for the full-list -- though you could probably guess it right now without even looking -- and feel free to read these tea leaves in the comments section.
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It was a busy, busy week in Movieline's Oscar bureau, where a few key guild nominations and one of the smartest campaign tricks in years in years left us sorting through the Best Picture-race implications. Plenty more turbulence -- and a Jacki Weaver sighting -- trickled down through Actress and Supporting Actress. What does it all mean? To the Index!
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With awards season dragging on for months, it's no wonder that people with even a passing interest in "the race" become Harry Caul-like in their conspiracy-searching intensity. It's this mindset that leads us to "Steak Eaters," Norbit, and all the other close reads of theories and questions which we probably wouldn't care much about otherwise. Like these! Is Tila Tequila the latest star to put her weight behind The Social Network? And is the release of an eight-month old book in paperback underwritten by Harvey Weinstein?
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Disney's been leading the charge on Toy Story 3's Best Picture gambit in recent weeks, arguing on behalf of its strong reviews (now, Golden Tomato-winning), and box office success, but is it time for Oscar statisticians (e.g. the Movieline readership) to take up the fight too? It lacks the blunt-force topicality of The Social Network and the historical grandeur of The King's Speech, but does Toy Story 3's expensive commercial triumph warrant a grassroots movement?
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Awards-season slump aside, 127 Hours is on a roll in at least one of Hollywood's most closely watched demographics: Illegal downloaders. A new report has the James Franco film way out in front of Oscar competition True Grit and Inception; the revelation follows word that distributor Fox Searchlight will eschew SAG screeners for 127 and Black Swan in favor of secure iTunes downloads. Of course this whole thing royally screws up Movieline's 127 Hours Fainting Tracker, but that's the biz. Congrats? [THR]
With the Golden Globes just six days away, I've had a revelation: I can't wait. It's easy to argue that the HFPA's multiplatform award cavalcade spoils the fun of the Oscars, but it can't be denied that Golden Globe winners have long given fantastic speeches. Maybe it's the genuine shock of winning? Or all the on-screen champagne? Ah, right. That.
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There was a time when critics and Oscar pundits thought Danny Boyle's 127 Hours was a lock to nab one of the coveted 10 Best Picture slots -- if not in the top three, at least landing somewhere in the comfy middle of the pack. Then came the infamous faintings and those sluggish box-office receipts, and the jaunty amputation biopic started slipping downward in the weekly charts into the dark nether regions of the awards-season landscape, pinned between its rock-solid 93 percent Tomatometer and a very hard place: the outliers of the Best Picture 10.
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Despite what Todd Phillips might think, that's not a snarky headline -- it's a legitimate question for you as Monday draws to an end. So, upon hearing that he'd been nominated by peers in the Directors Guild, which director welled up with tears?
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