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Artist, Meryl Streep Win Big at BAFTA Awards

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Artist made off with Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and and fistful of other hardware at tonight BAFTA Awards ceremony in London, its final stop before the silent film’s Oscar express pulls into the Kodak Theater terminus on Feb. 26. Meryl Streep also won a key awards-race victory as the institute’s Best Actress, while Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer continued their own hot streaks in the supporting categories. Read on for all of 2012’s winners, and drop back by Movieline on Wednesday to find out how the latest developments affect our Oscar Index . BEST FILM THE ARTIST OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER TYRANNOSAUR — Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer) DIRECTOR Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST LEADING ACTOR Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST LEADING ACTRESS Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY SUPPORTING ACTOR Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS SUPPORTING ACTRESS Octavia Spencer, THE HELP FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE SKIN I LIVE IN DOCUMENTARY SENNA ANIMATED FILM RANGO ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY ORIGINAL MUSIC Ludovic Bource, THE ARTIST CINEMATOGRAPHY Guillaume Schiffman, THE ARTIST EDITING Gregers Sall and Chris King, SENNA PRODUCTION DESIGN Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, HUGO COSTUME DESIGN Mark Bridges, THE ARTIST MAKE UP & HAIR Marese Langan, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, THE IRON LADY SOUND Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman, John Midgley, HUGO SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS Tim Burke, John Richardson, Greg Butler and David Vickery, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 SHORT ANIMATION A MORNING STROLL SHORT FILM PITCH BLACK HEIST THE ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) ADAM DEACON ### [Top photo of (L-R) Artist star Jean Dujardin, producer Thomas Langmann and director Michel Hazanavicius via AFP/Getty Images]

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Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer Argue With Tavis Smiley About “The Help” [Video]

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Five Metallic Shoes That Are Sure to Shine Bright and Turn Heads

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Rack City Beyotch… Octavia Spencer Is Geeked To Floss Her Tig Ole Bitties At The Oscars

Racks on racks on racks, racks on racks on racks, racks on racks on racks she got racks on racks on racks! We were very happy to hear Octavia Spencer has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “The Help.” Apparently her racks are also excited because they will also be having a big night as well. “It’s numbing!” Spencer, who won a Golden Globe for her role as Minny Jackson in “The Help”, told PEOPLE of her Oscar nomination. “There were no guarantees. I didn’t think I was in it and then they said my name and it was just a sigh of relief.” Once it sinks in and she has time to congratulate fellow nominee Melissa McCarthy – “I’m just going to call her and do a drive-by today,” she says. “I’m thrilled for her!” – Spencer, 42, will have some decisions to make about what to wear on her big night. “For me, it’s about comfort and looking good for you,” she says of her approach to fashion. “I don’t need to wear a dress that a size-two woman can wear. I don’t need to show a lot of skin. I have more skin than a size-two woman!” Spencer also believes in dressing to flatter her fuller figure. “It’s just about accentuating the positives and blurring the negatives,” she says. “I want to accentuate the positive which would be cleavage – even though it’s saggy cleavage, it’s cleavage! – and give myself an hourglass.” So which designers are on her short list? Tadashi, David Meister and Adrianna Papell, to name a few. Add accessories designer Judith Leiber and jeweler Neil Lane. “I’m all about being loyal to the people who gave me free clothes for the publicity tour when there was nothing in it for them. … I love it that the other people are clamoring but when I needed something, they weren’t there,” says Spencer, who appreciates that these designers “really know how to cut for more soft figures.” “My mom always taught us to dance with the one that brought you,” she adds, “so I’m going to dance with the ones that brought me.” The 84th Annual Academy Awards will air live from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre on ABC, Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. ET. Billy Crystal, returning for the first time in eight years, will serve as host, for the ninth time. We loved Octavia’s character Minnie in “The Help”. If you haven’t seen the film yet, try and check it out before the awards, you will really appreciate her performance. And now ‘Tavia got us all excited to see what she wears to the Oscars! Source More On Bossip! Put On Blast: Amber Rose’s Former Publicist Goes H.A.M. On Twitter! Says She And Yeezy Broke Up Cuz She’s A Lyin’ Thievin’ A$$ Beyotch!!! X-Rated Bangers: The Hottest Black Adult Movie Stars In The Biz…Would You Wife Any Of Them? Part 4 “The Money Shot” Woosah, Woosah: Do You Live In One Of The 10 Most Stressful Cities In America? More To Love: A Gallery Of Plus-Sized Women Making It Rain…Who Would You Wife?

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Celebs Hit The 2012 Golden Globes Red Carpet & After Parties [PHOTOS]

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The 2012 Golden Globe Awards went down this weekend and while few celebs were actually up for an award, they made sure to hit the parties and red carpets anyway, dressed their best. Check out what Paula Patton, Mary J. Blige, Diddy, Kim Kardashian, Tracee Ellis Ross and more wore on the big day! Mary J Blige Dazzles At The Golden Globes & Idris Elba Wins Big! [PHOTOS] Octavia Spencer Wins “Best Supporting Actress” At Golden Globe For “The Help”

Celebs Hit The 2012 Golden Globes Red Carpet & After Parties [PHOTOS]

Sober Golden Globes Winner Botches Tradition

“I’m sorry ya’all, I love you but I have to kick these shoes off. This is the ultimate party and I’m living the dream of so many young actors and actresses out there and I’m having my Diet Pepsi alongside Hollywood’s best and brightest.” Or maybe Octavia Spencer was just being modest? Or introducing the evening’s best euphemism for unlimited buckets of HFPA-brand bubbly? As in, “Someone take away Emily Blunt’s Diet Pepsi ,” etc. etc. [ LAT ]

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Congratulations! Idris “Drisy” Elba And Octavia Spencer Make It Rain By Winning Their Golden Globes, Morgan Freeman Honored For Lifetime Achievement

Yay! Our boo Drisy won him a Golden Globe!!! This year had to be one of our favorite Golden Globes. Not only did our favorite man banger pick up an award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for his role on “Luther” but our girl Octavia Spencer also won for Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for The Help . Morgan Freeman also picked up the Cecil B. DeMille for his lifetime body of work — definitely well deserved. We were a bit disappointed that Mary J. Blige missed out on winning Best Original Song for “Living Proof” the jawn she did for The Help . Madonna picked up that one instead, but we’re gonna post the video for “Living Proof” cuz we think it’s the perfect tribute for our Golden Globe winners anyway. Check out some pictures of the winners below: WENN More On Bossip! Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner: Here Are Some Current And Future Celebrity Stepdads Handling Their Biz With The Kids Out Of Pocket Old Heads: Mama Jones Starts Twitter War With Olivia???? Canada Dry: Tattoo Artist Claims That Drake Waited In His Car And Sent His Bodyguards To Confront Him Elsewhere In The World: J.R. Smith’s Sister Goes H.A.M. In The Stands At Chinese Game, Choking Out Broads And Catching Fade With An Old Head!

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Can Bill O’Reilly, Ridley & Tony Scott Top These Other Past and Future Retellings of Lincoln’s Assassination?

In 1865, actor and Confederate loyalist John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in the balcony of Ford’s Theatre, committing one of the most notorious crimes in American history. In 2013, Fox News talking head Bill O’Reilly will team up with Tony and Ridley Scott for a two-hour National Geographic documentary exploring the events surrounding Lincoln’s death, adapted from Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever , co-written by O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. But with so many previous Lincoln assassination projects in the ether, what new ground can O’Reilly and the Scott brothers tread in Killing Lincoln ? Lincoln’s death, of course, was so violent, tragic, and significant an event that it inspired many a filmmaker over the years. D.W. Griffith made a film in 1930 — his second screen depiction of the act — entitled simply Abraham Lincoln , that examined the president’s life, taking a few creative liberties along the way. (You can watch it here in its entirety, if you’re so inclined.) In the same decade, John Ford made two movies with ties to Lincoln: The Prisoner of Shark Island , about the doctor who tended to Booth after the attack on Lincoln, and Young Mr. Lincoln , which focused on the future president’s career as a young lawyer. And as the decades went on, scores more depictions of Lincoln’s life and death were committed to celluloid as generation after generation of filmmakers sought to mine the event for the social and historical significance it bore to the shaping of America. Unfortunately, other attempts, like Robert Redford’s recent The Conspirator , proved downright snoozeworthy. Hence, it seems, O’Reilly and the Scott brothers’ attempt to jazz up the Lincoln saga with “feature-like re-enactments, rare historical archives and CGI.” CGI! O’Reilly and Dugard’s 2011 nonfiction book promised “history that reads like a thriller.” Set your DVRs for high intrigue at Ford’s Theatre! (And if that’s not enough Honest Abe for ya, there’s also Steven Spielberg ‘s Daniel Day-Lewis-starring Lincoln biopic and the promising Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter coming up later this year.) Regardless of how much adrenaline the O’Reilly factor pumps into recreating Booth’s dastardly attack in Killing Lincoln , I’m not sure it could stand up to the rollicking menace of this recreation, as seen in the major motion picture National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets : Or: Might it unearth new theories regarding what motivated Booth to pull the trigger, a la Family Guy ? In any case, there’s no way Killing Lincoln can capture the truth of the event quite like this sketch from The Whitest Kids U Know . I’m pretty sure this is totally historically accurate .

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Lightning Round: Let’s Predict the 2012 Golden Globe Award Winners! (Plus Livetweet Details)

As yet another incredible season begins to gradually wind down, we’re roughly 48 hours away from one of the year’s most closely watched, hotly competitive high-stakes all-star showdowns to date. But enough about the New York Giants’ journey on Sunday to battle their NFC-rival Green Bay Packers. We’ve got the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards to predict! While Jen Yamato and I invite you to join us Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT for Movieline’s Golden Globe livetweet extravaganza, now’s the time to apply everything you’ve divined through the Oscar Index , our 2012 Golden Globe subplots , your bum knee and/or any other reliable awards barometers you might have at your disposal. We’re focusing on the movie categories only at this time (*: carefully calibrated predictions from Movieline’s Institute For the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics); weigh in with yours in the comments. And we’ll see you back here on Sunday! BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA The Descendants The Help* Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL 50/50 The Artist Bridesmaids* My Week With Marilyn Midnight in Paris BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help * Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA George Clooney, The Descendants * Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Michael Fassbender, Shame Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March Brad Pitt, Moneyball BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jodie Foster, Carnage Charlize Theron, Young Adult Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids * Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn Kate Winslet, Carnage BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jean Dujardin, The Artist Brendan Gleeson, The Guard Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love * Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50 Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Arthur Christmas Cars 2 Puss In Boots Rango * BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Separation (Iran) The Flowers Of War (China) The Kid With The Bike (Belgium) In The Land Of Blood and Honey (USA)* The Skin I Live In (Spain) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer, The Help * Shailene Woodley, The Descendants BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Albert Brooks, Drive Jonah Hill, Moneyball Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method Christopher Plummer, Beginners * BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris * George Clooney, The Ides of March Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, The Descendants Martin Scorsese, Hugo BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE The Artist The Descendants The Ides of March Midnight in Paris* Moneyball BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE Ludovic Bource – The Artist * Abel Korzeniowski – W.E. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Howard Shore – Hugo John Williams – War Horse BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE “Hello Hello” – Gnomeo & Juliet – Elton John “Lay Your Head Down” – Albert Nobbs – Sinead O’Connor “The Living Proof” – The Help – Mary J. Blige “The Keeper” – Machine Gun Preacher – Gerard Butler “Masterpiece” – W.E. – Madonna*

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Lightning Round: Let’s Predict the 2012 Golden Globe Award Winners! (Plus Livetweet Details)

Lightning Round: Let’s Predict the 2012 Golden Globe Award Winners! (Plus Livetweet Details)

As yet another incredible season begins to gradually wind down, we’re roughly 48 hours away from one of the year’s most closely watched, hotly competitive high-stakes all-star showdowns to date. But enough about the New York Giants’ journey on Sunday to battle their NFC-rival Green Bay Packers. We’ve got the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards to predict! While Jen Yamato and I invite you to join us Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT for Movieline’s Golden Globe livetweet extravaganza, now’s the time to apply everything you’ve divined through the Oscar Index , our 2012 Golden Globe subplots , your bum knee and/or any other reliable awards barometers you might have at your disposal. We’re focusing on the movie categories only at this time (*: carefully calibrated predictions from Movieline’s Institute For the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics); weigh in with yours in the comments. And we’ll see you back here on Sunday! BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA The Descendants The Help* Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL 50/50 The Artist Bridesmaids* My Week With Marilyn Midnight in Paris BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help * Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA George Clooney, The Descendants * Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Michael Fassbender, Shame Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March Brad Pitt, Moneyball BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jodie Foster, Carnage Charlize Theron, Young Adult Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids * Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn Kate Winslet, Carnage BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL Jean Dujardin, The Artist Brendan Gleeson, The Guard Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love * Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50 Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Arthur Christmas Cars 2 Puss In Boots Rango * BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Separation (Iran) The Flowers Of War (China) The Kid With The Bike (Belgium) In The Land Of Blood and Honey (USA)* The Skin I Live In (Spain) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer, The Help * Shailene Woodley, The Descendants BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Albert Brooks, Drive Jonah Hill, Moneyball Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method Christopher Plummer, Beginners * BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris * George Clooney, The Ides of March Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, The Descendants Martin Scorsese, Hugo BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE The Artist The Descendants The Ides of March Midnight in Paris* Moneyball BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE Ludovic Bource – The Artist * Abel Korzeniowski – W.E. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Howard Shore – Hugo John Williams – War Horse BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE “Hello Hello” – Gnomeo & Juliet – Elton John “Lay Your Head Down” – Albert Nobbs – Sinead O’Connor “The Living Proof” – The Help – Mary J. Blige “The Keeper” – Machine Gun Preacher – Gerard Butler “Masterpiece” – W.E. – Madonna*

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