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Oscar Index: Inception, ‘Steak Eaters’ on the Move

Well, here we go: Nomination ballots are in Academy voters’ mailboxes as of this week, meaning that the ” [m]ost over-covered, over-considered Oscar season ever ” just became that much more over-covered and over-considered. How can we ever hope to break it down? To the Index!

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Oscar Index: Inception, ‘Steak Eaters’ on the Move

Oscar Index: Inception, ‘Steak Eaters’ on the Move

Well, here we go: Nomination ballots are in Academy voters’ mailboxes as of this week, meaning that the ” [m]ost over-covered, over-considered Oscar season ever ” just became that much more over-covered and over-considered. How can we ever hope to break it down? To the Index!

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Oscar Index: Inception, ‘Steak Eaters’ on the Move

Enough, Already, About Natalie Portman’s ‘Norbit’

Listen, let’s just make this quick: Friends With Benefits is not Natalie Portman’s Norbit . Don’t let anybody tell you differently. Of course, they won’t tell you per se — they’ll ask or insinuate or poll (or offer some epic, perverse combination of the three), pretending to be on the forward edge of a significant moral-cultural quandary that will define this year’s Oscar race for Best Actress, advancing and attempting to rationalize a conversation with no rational foundation in the first place. We’re better than this, folks, and now is the time to eradicate this non-issue from the Oscar 2010 books.

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Enough, Already, About Natalie Portman’s ‘Norbit’

Rejoice! Grown-Ups Officially Qualifies for Best Picture Campaign

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 248 feature films have qualified for this year’s Best Picture Oscar race — a surprising downturn from recent years. (To wit, 274 films in 2009, and 281 in 2008.) But let’s face it: Like everything in Hollywood, we are dealing in quality, not quantity. With this in mind, let’s hear it for the official 2010 nomination ballot wherein the likes of Grown-Ups , The Bounty Hunter , Furry Vengeance and Hot Tub Time Machine will share space with The Social Network , The King’s Speech , Black Swan and the rest of the cognoscenti’s informally sanctioned seasonal darlings. They’re all after the jump if you want to see anything in particular you want to launch a dark-horse campaign for. [ Why Did I Get Married Too , FTW. ]

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Rejoice! Grown-Ups Officially Qualifies for Best Picture Campaign

Oscar Favorites Find Their Scores Ineligible for Oscar

When the Academy Award nominations are announced next month, it is expected that Black Swan , The Fighter , True Grit and The Kids Are All Right will be among the most recognized films. Just not in the Best Original Score category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences music branch has ruled that all four Oscar contenders are ineligible for the award.

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Oscar Favorites Find Their Scores Ineligible for Oscar

Oscar Index: Social Network, King’s Speech Commence Steel-Cage Death Match

Welcome back to Movieline’s Oscar Index, your weekly, foolproof guide to the competition in the Academy Awards’ six major categories. Er, maybe not “foolproof”; this is Oscar season we’re talking about, when fools reign and underdogs crouch behind virtually every corner. Let us once again browse their ranks, yes?

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Oscar Index: Social Network, King’s Speech Commence Steel-Cage Death Match

Movieline Open Thread: What Are You Thankful For This Year?

Happy Thanksgiving! Or, you know, Happy pre-Thanksgiving. However you want to commemorate the day before our nation’s oldest original holiday ritual, remember to count your blessings — be they loved ones, health, wealth, Anne Hathaway salvaging SNL ‘s season … you name it. They’re in your life and in your culture, often interfacing in powerful ways. Let’s all gather now to give thanks. The turkey won’t get cold, I promise.

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The Every Day Trailer: Indie Movies Head to the Lifetime Channel

Because not enough indie movies tackle martial ennui, here comes the trailer for Every Day , a dysfunctional family dramedy designed to remind you how dysfunctional families operate, just in time for Thanksgiving. Pass the cranberry sauce!

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The Every Day Trailer: Indie Movies Head to the Lifetime Channel

Oscar Index: King’s Speech Will Be Heard; Jacki Weaver in Peril?

Welcome back to another week of Movieline’s Oscar Index, a comprehensive survey of hype, hubris and other standard-issue awards-season happenings. This week it’s The King’s Speech ‘s turn in the spotlight — but the competition isn’t so far behind. Let’s break it down.

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Oscar Index: King’s Speech Will Be Heard; Jacki Weaver in Peril?

Geoffrey Rush Talks King’s Speech, the MPAA and Completing his EGOT

Geoffrey Rush is well aware that he is one letter (the “G”) away from winning an EGOT — the acronym popularized on the television show 30 Rock meaning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Of course, this awards season, a Grammy win for Rush seems about as unlikely a bet as it would be to bet against his nomination for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in The King’s Speech — which is about as close to a sure thing as there can be. Not bad for a performance that that was inspired indirectly, of all things, by Crocodile Dundee .

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Geoffrey Rush Talks King’s Speech, the MPAA and Completing his EGOT