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The Oscars: Best picture
The best picture category was expanded this year to 10 nominees, partly because the Academy wants to attract more viewers to its telecast.
The “little movie that could” has to be the extremely low-budget “Winter’s Bone,” which played at last year’s South by Southwest.
The other nominees were expected. They are: “Black Swan,” “The Fighter,” “Inception,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “The King’s Speech,” “127 Hours,” “The Social Network,” “Toy Story 3” and “True Grit.”
“The Social Network” is one of the big favorites, since it has won many early critical awards. But “The King’s Speech” is also a leading contender. It led all movies in Oscar nominations, with 12.
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