The King's Speech
TRENDING UP as of Dec. 16, 2010:
We're still kinda bored by its dominance, but now we're also scared by it. We figure it's best to get on its good side.
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Justin Timberlake
TRENDING DOWN:
The Yogi Bear dude? Wait... He's in The Social Network?! Sorry. Owing to his lack of Globe or individual SAG noms, we keep forgetting.
Nicole Kidman's Forehead
TRENDING UP:
Its notices are almost as good as the actress' for Rabbit Hole. Good for her, er, it!
The Town
TRENDING DOWN:
Jeremy Renner saves. Sorta. Without the Supporting Actor contender, Ben Affleck's crack thriller would be all but done after failing to make an impression with either Globe or SAG voters.
Jesse Eisenberg
TRENDING UP:
What's the ultimate Oscar ad? Having the guy you played in a movie land on Time's cover as its Person of the Year.
Leonardo DiCaprio
TRENDING DOWN:
For a guy with three career Oscar nominations, why does it seem like he's always not getting nominated?
Blue Valentine
TRENDING UP as of Dec. 10, 2010:
If the Weinstein brothers can get the ratings board to retreat from NC-17 (which they did this week), maybe, just maybe, they can get Oscar voters to give Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams a shot at Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively.
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Halle Berry
TRENDING DOWN: Seen the ad touting this onetime winner for Best Actress consideration for Frankie & Alice? That's the only place you'll see Berry or the film in the Oscar mix.
Matt Damon
TRENDING UP: Dude tells NY Times he filmed True Grit with his tongue wrapped up in a "hair tie." Oh, yeah, pencil him in for the Best Supporting Actor field.
Roman Polanski
TRENDING DOWN: With his Ghost Writer ruling the European Film Awards, the filmmaker will be arriving in Hollywood any day to stump for Oscars. Er, no, he won't.
Natalie Portman
TRENDING UP: Ms. Black Swan scored the cover of the NY Times Magazine. Now if only she'd kissed herself, too...
The King's Speech and The Social Network
TRENDING DOWN: Truth be told, these Best Picture contenders haven't budged from their spots atop the prognosticators' leaderboards at Gold Derby and Movie City News.
We're just down on them because we're bored with them. So, really, this is more our problem.
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