The Envelopes!
TRENDING UP: As of Feb. 11, 2011
They're all cool and blonde now! Just like Beyoncé!
Whoopi Goldberg
TRENDING DOWN
She apologized for calling a New York Times article on African-Americans and the Oscars "sloppy journalism."
The Hosts!
TRENDING UP
James Franco and Anne Hathaway's new Oscar promo is the best romantic comedy we've seen all year.
The New York Times
TRENDING DOWN
Goldberg also called the article "really confusing," and for that she didn't apologize ('cause it kinda was).
The Losers!
Reverting to latter-day tradition, presenters will say, "And the Oscar goes to..." (as opposed to last year's tough-love return to, "And the winner is...")
Lobsters
TRENDING DOWN
As our own Marc Malkin is reporting, they're on the menu for the Wolfgang Puck-produced Governors Ball feast. Sorry 'bout that, fellas.
Melissa Leo
TRENDING UP: As of Feb. 11, 2011
The presumptive Best Supporting Actress front-runner takes out her own "For Your Consideration" ads. Spunky!
Melissa Leo
TRENDING DOWN
The presumptive Best Supporting Actress front-runner takes out her own "For Your Consideration" ads. Fatal miscalculation!
Annette Bening
TRENDING UP
She may lose Best Actress to Natalie Portman, but she's not losing without a fight.
Natalie Portman
TRENDING DOWN
That Bening lady "stole [her] thunder" at the Oscar nominees luncheon!
Helena Bonham Carter
TRENDING UP
The Best Supporting Actress contender promises a red-carpet "catastrophe." Tune-in alert!
The Academy
TRENDING DOWN
The no-fun powers-that-be want Banksy, the reclusive graffiti artist, who's the subject of the nominated doc, Exit Through the Gift Shop, to remain reclusive on Oscar night.
Gwyneth Paltrow
TRENDING UP: As of Feb. 4, 2011
She's so back that we liked it when we heard she's gonna sing at the Oscars.
Mark Zuckerberg
TRENDING DOWN
Next time he wants to bury the hatchet with Jesse Eisenberg, he should do it off-camera. We'll all wince less that way.
James Franco & Anne Hathaway
TRENDING UP
May the Oscar telecast be as entertaining as the promo...
Jesse Eisenberg & Andrew Garfield
TRENDING DOWN
The good news: The Social Network stars made the cover of Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue! The bad news: They're in the folded-over part.
Secretaries
TRENDING UP
Oscar ballots were mailed out Wednesday, and you know what that means: It's time for assistants, secretaries and dog-walkers the industry over to start voting for their too-busy bosses.
David Fincher
TRENDING DOWN
He lost the Directors Guild Award; The Social Network lost every remaining bit of mojo it had.
The King's Speech
TRENDING UP, as of Jan. 28, 2011
Remember when we said the Best Picture race was over? Well, it may be. Just not the way we thought.
Keep clicking to see what's trending up (and down) in the 2011 Oscar race!
Razzie Voters
TRENDING DOWN
Was Eclipse really one of the worst movies of 2010? Does Kristen Stewart ever give anything but a first-rate performance? The Razzies are a necessary reality check, but they didn't keep it real this time.
True Grit
TRENDING UP
Got eight more nominations than the John Wayne version.
Golden Globe Voters
TRENDING DOWN
So much for the hope that your Burlesque nods wouldn't look so crazy once the Academy ratified them with its own noms...
Christopher Nolan
TRENDING UP
The Academy didn't give the director his due—it didn't even give Inception an editing nod (the real killer for its Best Picture shot). So we're going to correct that right now. So there!
Academy Voters
TRENDING DOWN
The Nolan snub was only the beginning. No acting nom for Ryan Gosling?! Or Andrew Garfield?! Seriously?!