The Academy Awards named its expanded list of the 10 best-picture contenders on Tuesday. The first five were easy: “Avatar,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Up In The Air,” “Inglourious Basterds,” and “Precious.” The second five are debatable: “District 9,” “The Blind Side,” “Up,” “A Serious Man,” and “An Education.” Missing: “The Hangover,” “Star Trek,” “Invictus,” “Nine.”
“Avatar” [...]

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“Up in the Air” — surprise, it’s in the drama category — led the way with six nominations, recognizing George Clooney, Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga. “Nine” seems to be the comedy/musical to beat with five noms, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Penelope Cruz. Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep doubled their pleasure. Bullock scored [...]

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The Globies are Gleeks. The rookie sensation led TV nominations with four — Best Comedy/Musical, Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele and Jane Lynch. “Modern Family” was also nominated but didn’t receive any individual recognition. “Mad Men,” TV’s best drama, earned nods for Jon Hamm and January Jones. “Big Love” is in the drama race and earned [...]

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Beyonce… Taylor Swift… Lady Gaga. The three divas were front and center as the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday night. Beyoncé (10 noms), Swift (8) and Gaga (5) are all in the running for Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. The awards will be broadcast on [...]

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The People’s Choice Awards nominations have been announced, and wouldn’t you know what movie led the pack. Twilight was nominated for favorite movie, franchise and on-screen team (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner). Stewart and Pattinson were nominated in favorite actor and actress categories as well, while Lautner is in contention for breakout movie [...]

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Miley Cyrus is a star but she’s lost her status as a role model, according to the Just So You Know Awards on AOL. Maybe it was the pole dancing, but Cyrus was named Worst Celeb Influence by the website which is aimed at tweens. Cyrus easily outpaced Britney Spears, who finished second, and Kanye [...]

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How stupid is this: on this year’s Emmys (Sept. 20), CBS is teaming up with Vaseline to sponsor “Breakthrough Performance of the Year,” which allows viewers to vote on memorable moments.
OK, check the 15 candidates:
-David Letterman’s Interview with Joaquin Phoenix
-Edie’s Death on Desperate Housewives
-Meredith Discovers the Patient is George on Grey’s Anatomy
-Warrick Dies on CSI
-Jason [...]

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