Viola Davis, Jean Dujardin
Fun fact: No movie about movie-making has won Best Picture at the Oscars. Will The Artist break that tradition at the 84th Academy Awards? We'll have to wait until Sunday (8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT, ABC) to find out, but in the meantime, let's make some predictions. Check out the nominees here, print out your ballot, make your picks and compare them to ours below.
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Kirsten Wiig
Is Bridesmaids on its way to a Best Picture Oscar nomination? The hit comedy was nominated Tuesday for a Producers Guild of America Award — one of the best Oscar predictors.
Also nominated for best feature: Oscar front-runner The Artist, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help...
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Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy
Puss in Boots defended its spot atop the box office and held off new releases Tower Heist and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Box Office Mojo reports.
In its second week of release, Puss in Boots grossed an estimated $33.04 million. The Shrek spin-off easily beat Tower Heist which opened to $25.1 million to take second place. The third Harold & Kumar film followed at No. 3 with...
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Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots clawed its way to the top of the box office straight out of the gate, Hollywood.com reports.
The Shrek spin-off grossed an estimated $34 million in its opening weekend. Last weekend's No. 1 film, Paranormal Activity 3, scared up another...
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Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 3 didn't just beat its two predecessors in its debut weekend — it beat every other horror movie in history to become the best horror movie opening ever, Box Office Mojo reports.
The film scared up an estimated $54 million in its opening weekend, also topping last year's Jackass 3D as the highest...
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Footloose
In its second week, Real Steel still packed a punch and narrowly beat the Footloose remake, Box Office Mojo reports.
The Hugh Jackman-starring film grossed an estimated $16.3 million. The new Footloose was hot on Jackman's steps, taking in $16.1 million in its first weekend. Another remake...
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Real Steel
Real Steel beat up the weekend competition at the box office, grossing an estimated $27.3 million in its debut, Box Office Mojo reports.
The Hugh Jackman-starring family film was followed by the weekend's other major new release, George Clooney's latest directorial effort, The Ides of March. The political film, headlined by Ryan Gosling, drew...
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