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More Awards: The Social Network Will Not Settle for 2nd Place

You know what’s better than winning most of the best picture awards? Winning all of them . Or so it would seem. The San Francisco Film Critics and The Toronto Film Critics have both announced their awards and The Social Network came out on top again, right on the heels of its Best Picture awards from

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Social Network, Kids Are All Right Get Awards Boost From NY Critics Circle

More awards! Hoo-ahhh ! This time it’s the august New York Film Critics circle doing the laurel-fitting, delivering its best-of-2010 prize to the redoubtable Social Network . Like their peers out in Los Angeles , the NYFCC also went with best director David FIncher and best actor Colin Firth; The Kids Are All Right took over from there, winning three prizes including best actress for Annette Bening. Jacki Weaver was cruelly stiffed in supporting actress once again in favor of The Fighter ‘s Melissa Leo, though Animal Kingdom did win best first feature for David Michod. So that’s nice. Click through for the full list of winners.

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Exclusive: One Tree Hill Recruits Blind Side Star

Quinton Aaron, who portrayed destined NFL star Michael Oher in the 2009 sports biopic The Blind Side , has been recruited by The CW’ s One Tree Hill for a guest-starring role, Movieline has learned exclusively. In this season’s 14th episode, Aaron will play Tommy, a student in Nathan’s (James Lafferty) business class who is singled out by Professor Kellerman (Peter Reigert) for being an athlete. As such, Tommy goes on to form a bond with former hoops star Nathan.

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John Wells on Directing The Company Men and Being Fired Because of Jay Leno

John Wells, the director of the recession drama The Company Men , knows very well what it’s like to be fired. In 2009, the creator/producer/director of TV institutions like ER and The West Wing lost his new prized show, the critically praised Southland , when NBC made the decision to remove five hours of prime-time per week in favor of Jay Leno.

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John Wells on Directing The Company Men and Being Fired Because of Jay Leno

Sarah Palin’s Alaska Recap: Sarah and Kate Plus Fate

Kate Gosselin joined Sarah Palin on her show Temptation Yukon (AKA Sarah Palin’s Alaska ) last night, and the bleary-eyed TLC vet sent a message to the Palin family with a single stare: “This is what you want, Sarah? A reality show? I have a reality show, and I am downtrodden . I am a seething divorcee with a haircut like a circular saw. I am a sack of quilted vests. You don’t want to do this, Annie Oakley. Get out while you can. Use your optimism to fly away. Move quickly. Or I’ll crash this floatplane with all of us in it. Ahehe! Oh, let me .” Let’s review.

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Ronni Chasen Mystery Persists, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Gwyneth Paltrow makes a return engagement to Glee … Lindsay Lohan has her widdle feewings hurt… Dan Aykroyd sells his heart out… Sarah Palin went to Haiti… and more…

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Ronni Chasen Mystery Persists, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Help Movieline Caption These Pictures of Oprah Winfrey and Russell Crowe Sailing in Australia

Now that she’s seen — and reportedly eradicated — Australia’s famous golliwog “washerwoman” dolls, what else could Oprah Winfrey do during her victory tour of Australia besides go sailing with Russell Crowe? The strange friendfellows took their Oprah-adorned sailboat (!) around Sydney Harbour over the weekend with some of Lady O’s biggest fans. Naturally, there are photos. Ahead, help Movieline caption the latest bit of Oprahype.

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Awards, Awards, Awards: Critics Choice Blacks Out, NY Critics Weighing In

Awards! So many awards. What will we do with all these awards? Awards everywhere! Awards in your refrigerator, awards in your morning coffee. Awards clogging the 405 and the Holland Tunnel. Sarah Palin shot and killed an award last night on TV. The Metrodome roof didn’t collapse under the weight of snow, as you’ve heard; it was actually from a storm that dumped 17 inches of awards on Minneapolis. And now look: More awards!

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11 Best Holiday Movies and Their Subtle Green Messages (Slideshow)

Screenshot: YouTube You might not realize it when you watch them again and again year after year, but some classic holiday films are sending messages above and beyond ‘don’t be a Scrooge.’ If you look a little closer at these 11 great films — from Gremlins to A Christmas Carol — you’ll see subtle green messages on invasive species, over-the-top electricity usage, public transportation and more.

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Gift Guide: The Frederico Fellini Horror Film You Haven’t Seen

From Movieline’s 2010 Holiday Gift Guide In 1968, filmmaking giants Frederico Fellini, Louis Malle and Roger Vadim all contributed an Edgar Allen Poe adaptation to a mostly-forgotten horror omnibus called Spirits of the Dead . It’s been unavailable in the U.S. for a long time, but Arrow Films has finally released a new region-free Blu-ray of the film. And while Malle and Vadim’s entries are a bit underwhelming, Fellini’s psychedelic, totally insane take on Never Bet the Devil Your Head starring Terence Stamp makes this Blu-ray an essential for cinephiles and horror buffs alike.

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