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What Was This Year's Biggest Oscar Snub?




The 84th Annual Academy Awards nominations were announced this morning and Hollyweird is already buzzing about the snubs! While A-list hunks Brad Pitt and George Clooney both received Best Actor nods this year (for Moneyball and The Descendants respectively), their peers Leonard DiCaprio (J. Edgar), Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo) and Ryan Gosling (Drive) didn't make the cut.

Some critics had hoped Bridesmaids would overcome the academy's snobbery about comedies to take home a Best Picture nod. No such luck. What about Mary Kate and Ashley's kid sister Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene?  Many thought she'd be a shoe-in. You tell us, though.

Who was the biggest snub from the 84th Annual Academy Award nominations?

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From Heartthrobs to Thespians: Clooney and Pitt to Face Off at 84th Annual Academy Awards!

A-list besties Brad Pitt and George Clooney will be squaring off at this year's 84th Annual Academy awards. The nominations were announced this morning, with Pitt and Clooney both receiving Best Actor Oscar nods for Moneyball and The Descendants respectively. Demián Bichir (A Better Life), Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) rounded out the Best Actor in a Leading Role category.

Proving she's without a doubt the most successful Dawson's Creek alum, Michelle Williams was nominated for Best Actress for her turn as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn. The Help's Viola Davis also took home a nod for her work as a courageous, black maid in the 1960's South. Glenn Close was nominated for portraying a woman who pretends to be a man to gain employment in Albert Nobbs. Rooney Mara is up for Best Actress for her title work in action thriller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Meryl Streep received her 17th Academy Award nomination for embodying former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

Other notable nods went to funny ladies Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy, who were nominated in the Supporting Actress category for The Help and Bridesmaids respectively; and Jonah Hill for his Supporting Actor work in Moneyball. Check out the complete list of nominees after the jump! 
 

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LL Cool J to Host 54th Annual Grammy Awards

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NCIS: Los Angeles and Grammy winner LL Cool J has been nabbed by the Grammy Awards to host their 54th annual celebration, according to Zap2it. The rapper-turned TV star is the first person to host the Grammys since 2005, when Queen Latifah hosted. Music’s biggest award show airs on CBS on February 12. 

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The Artist Leads BAFTA Nominations

The BAFTA nominations were presented Tuesday by The Borgias' Holliday Grainger and Boy Wizard himself, Daniel Radcliffe.  Big winner from Sunday's Golden Globes, The Artist, leads with 12 nominations.  See below for a full list of fan favorites, frontrunners and underdogs.  

Best Film:
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Leading Actor:
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney - The Descendants
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
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LIVE BLOGGING: 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Welcome to Pop Confidential’s liveblog of the 69th Annual Golden Globes ceremony!  This is always one of my favorites during Awards Season since you've got the crème de la crème of both the movie and TV worlds (except for the criminally robbed Friday Night Lights—but that's for another blog post). 
 
Broadcast from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the infamous awards show, known for allowing our favorite celebs to eat, drink, and schmooze during the ceremony, will again be hosted by controversial funnyman Ricky Gervais.  The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will also be honoring the renowned Morgan Freeman with the Cecil B. DeMille Award. 
 
Are your favorites nominated?  Be sure to keep refreshing the page, and don’t forget to hit the comments with your predictions and reactions!

Ricky Gervais’ red suit made me giggle.  (The color of the devil?  Hmm…)
 
GASP!  Helen Mirren’s there and looks stunning—she is my #1 girl crush, FYI.
 
I bet where ever Eddie Murphy is, he’s throwing a hissy fit right now.
 
Ha!  I’m liking the opening.  Gervais is funny!  I don’t care whose feathers he ruffles…but it’s funny to see which celebs are frowning on their close-ups, and which laughing along!

…You go Jodie Foster!
 
I literally LOLed at the Bieber jokes.  Faboosh!
 
Helen Mirren mention!  Gervais loves her too.
 
What do you guys think—do NBC jokes ever get old?
 
Johnny Depp presenting the Hugo best pic clip  …That’s an interesting tan there.  Ha! Depp admits to Gervais he still hasn’t seen last year’s box office bomb The Tourist!  Depp actually produced this movie, and in case you haven’t read my review—I thought Scorsese did a great job!  Um, but what’s with his new accent?!
 
Gerard Butler and Mila Kunis presenting the first award of the night—Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.  I’m still not used to skinny Jonah Hill.  Give the boy some Twinkees!  I predicted Christopher Plummer for BeginnersAnd the winner is… Plummer!  Score one for the blogger!  I’m having a hard time understanding his acceptance speech, he’s kind of mumble-y, but he’s a legend…so I’ll allow it…I guess. 

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TV’s Leading Ladies Sparkle at 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards

From the night’s big winners–including Mike & Molly’s Melissa McCarthy and Modern Family’s Julie Bowen pictured above–to Emmy host and Glee star Jane Lynch, TV’s leading ladies shimmered at the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 18.  See more photos from the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards after the jump! READ MORE