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The 25 Best Movie Performances of 2011

Award season won't begin in earnest for a few more weeks, but regardless of who takes home statues, these were our favorite performances—lead, supporting, or in one case, motion-captured—of 2011.  read more

Viola Davis to Get Dramatic With David Schwimmer, Zach Galifianakis

Viola Davis, who first earned mainstream attention after an Oscar nod for her supporting role in last year’s Doubt, appears to be pursuing a career in psychiatry. That, or she’s just working really hard at getting type-cast....  read more

Michael Cera, Tyler Perry, Other Unlikely Folks Invited to Join Academy of Motion Picture Arts

Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Paul Rudd and writer-director Tyler Perry are some of the more unlikely of the 134 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year, according to a list released by the Academy. ...  read more

Oscar nominees announced: Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and Benjamin Button amongst highlights

Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took their anointed places and talk of a populist uprising was silenced with The Dark Knight largely snubbed as the Oscar nominations were announced this morning. ...  read more

Oscar Buzz: Who's ahead in this year's key races?

There's a surprisingly gargantuan Internet faction dedicated to predicting who will be up for film's most coveted prize, the Academy Award. Publications like Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and New York Times all have Oscar blogs that obsessively trail the fluctuations in buzz amongst the year's top films. That's not to mention stand-alone sites like Awards Daily and In Contention, or well-known bloggers like Jeff Wells, Dave Poland and Anne Thompson. Even Roger Ebert has devoted a wealth of recent ink on the subject. But, the truth is, no matter how much someone knows, it's still...  read more