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The Social Network’s Michael De Luca: ‘We’ve Kind of Thought of Ourselves as an Underdog from the Beginning’

With eight nominations , perhaps The Social Network isn’t the slam dunk runaway Best Picture favorite everyone thought it was, but that doesn’t mean producer Michael De Luca ( Boogie Nights , Magnolia ) is disappointed with what transpired this morning. In fact, trailing The King’s Speech and True Grit in total noms just plays into Team Social Network ‘s wheelhouse.

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The Social Network’s Michael De Luca: ‘We’ve Kind of Thought of Ourselves as an Underdog from the Beginning’

Your Favorite Was Robbed: The 6 Biggest Oscar Snubs

Let’s just get this out of the way up front: Great job, Academy ! That the AMPAS found room for everything from Winter’s Bone to Toy Story 3 to the ferocious performance given by Movieline favorite Jacki Weaver means they deserve a bit of kudos. (If you’re one of those, “Yawn, I’m too cool for the Oscars!” people, just go back to bed today.) Of course that doesn’t mean many, many deserving nominees were left out in the cold this morning. Ahead, the six biggest from the major categories.

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Your Favorite Was Robbed: The 6 Biggest Oscar Snubs

VIDEO: New Oscar Nominee James Franco Takes On Social Network, Touts ‘Perfect’ 127 Hours

James Franco has been an Academy Award nominee for a little less than two hours now, but he’s already fired his first shot across the bows of The Social Network and other “classically made” but utterly conventional Hollywood offerings — Oscar front-runners or not. And he let it rip exclusively in conversation with Movieline.

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VIDEO: New Oscar Nominee James Franco Takes On Social Network, Touts ‘Perfect’ 127 Hours

Andrew Garfield Silent & Mute at ArcLight

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Acting as if he’s Zac Efron, The Social Network actor Andrew Garfield remains silent and mute when asked a few simple questions at ArcLight Theatre complex.

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Andrew Garfield Silent & Mute at ArcLight

Zuckerberg Would Destroy MySpace Guy In Swordfight

Filed under: Mark Zuckerberg , Armie Hammer , Facebook As if crushing MySpace wasn’t enough … Mark Zuckerberg could also dominate their creator in a swordfight … so says ” The Social Network ” star Armie Hammer . Read more

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OMG: The Breaking Dawn Title Treatment Arrives; Wait, What?

At the risk of being a jerk: Has anyone actually seen the phrase “title treatment” before? “Title card,” sure; but “treatment”? It just seems like we’re in new territory here — one similar to the place where that Transformers: Dark of the Moon announcement trailer lives. (And looks awesome; what can I tell you?) Anyway, click ahead to see your first look at the title treatment for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part I . There’s no butter-colored sex , but there is some fancy, curly typeface. So, win!

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Latest Awards Hurdle for The Social Network: Is Mark Zuckerberg the New Bernie Madoff?

The Social Network ‘s ride to status as Oscar front-runner has been a fairly smooth one — not even the charges that Aaron Sorkin’s script too sexist and/or too fabricated has been able to knock the film off the tracks. But perhaps this will do the trick: Is Mark ” Time Magazine Person of the Year ” Zuckerberg running his billion dollar company like Bernie Madoff?

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Latest Awards Hurdle for The Social Network: Is Mark Zuckerberg the New Bernie Madoff?

Banksy’s Oscar March Continues, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Social Network principals try lunar Sex … Anthony LaPaglia has a Bridge to sell you… Ricky Gervais blowback from an unlikely source… Your offbeat critical reading of the day… and more…

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Banksy’s Oscar March Continues, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Banksy’s Oscar March Continues, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Social Network principals try lunar Sex … Anthony LaPaglia has a Bridge to sell you… Ricky Gervais blowback from an unlikely source… Your offbeat critical reading of the day… and more…

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Banksy’s Oscar March Continues, and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Friday Box Office: Green Hornet Has Sallow Opening Night, Dilemma Self-Destructs

On the weekend of the Golden Globes, a couple of prize turkeys were trotted out at the box office to little effect. Seth Rogen’s long-delayed Green Hornet opened at a weak number one, while Vince Vaughn’s Dilemma barely made a splash at number two. But hey, The King’s Speech opened wide at number four and did okay! Your Friday box office is here.

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