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The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is set to honor the best films of 2010 Sunday from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California starting at 8:30 p.m. It will be televised on ABC, locally on Channel 7.

Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the show. Franco will be making his second appearance on an Oscars telecast and it will be Hathaway’s fifth appearance. In 2008, she was nominated for an Oscar for her lead performance in “Rachel Getting Married.” This year, Franco is nominated for Best Actor for his performance in the taut drama “127 Hours.”

Nominations for the were announced on January 25. “The King’s Speech” received the most nominations with twelve. “True Grit” followed with ten with “The Social Network” and “Inception” snagging eight each. “Toy Story 3,” the highest grossing film of 2010, became the third animated film to be nominated for Best Picture. It’s also nominated for four other awards including Best Animated Feature. We will be live blogging the event from Sunday. Check back at 8:30 p.m.

The complete nominee list is as follows:

Best Picture
Producers : Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin.
Producers : The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg.
Producers : Inception – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan.
Producers : The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray.
Producers ; The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin.
Producers : 127 Hours – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson.
Producers : The Social Network – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán.
Producers : Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson.
Producers : True Grit – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.
Producers : Winter’s Bone – Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin.

Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem  – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges  – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg  – The Social Network
Colin Firth  – The King’s Speech
James Franco  – 127 Hours

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale  – The Fighter
John Hawkes  – Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner  – The Town
Mark Ruffalo  – The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush  – The King’s Speech

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening  – The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman  – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence  – Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman  – Black Swan
Michelle Williams  – Blue Valentine

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter  – The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo  – The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld  – True Grit
Jacki Weaver  – Animal Kingdom

Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon -  Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist -  Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich

Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Cinematography
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
Inception – Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech – Danny Cohen
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins

Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland,” Colleen Atwood
I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech – Jenny Beavan
The Tempest – Sandy Powell
True Grit” Mary Zophres

Director
Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter – David O. Russell
The King’s Speech – Tom Hooper
The Social Network – David Fincher
True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)
Exit through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Inside Job – Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

Foreign Language Film
Biutiful – Mexico
Dogtooth – Greece
In a Better World – Denmark
Incendies – Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) – Algeria

Makeup
Barney’s Version – Adrien Morot
The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
Coming Home – from “Country Strong,” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light – from “Tangled,” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise – from “127 Hours,” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together – from “Toy Story 3,” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)
Day & Night – Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo – Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) – Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession – Tanel Toom
The Crush – Michael Creagh
God of Love – Luke Matheny
Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 – Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing
Inception – Richard King
Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable – Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing
Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours – Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network – Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 – Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit – Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone – Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original Screenplay
Another Year – Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter – Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception – Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right – Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech – Screenplay by David Seidler

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'Tanu Weds Manu' gives positive response

'Tanu Weds Manu' gives positive response: This Friday’s release Tanu Weds Manu has taken a decent start at the box office while the last week’s release 7 Khoon Maaf is going down.

Tanu Weds Manu, starring Kangana Ranaut as a rebellious small-town girl dead against arranged marriage and Madhavan as a possible suitor hand-picked by her parents, has opened to a fairly good 40 percent response at ticket windows. Though the response was more heartening in north India than elsewhere, the film is expected to perform well over the weekend and the coming weeks because it doesn’t any stiff competition at box office.

Vishal Bhardwaj’s much hyped 7 Khoon Maaf has turned out to be a colossal disappointment. It rounded off its first week with a collection of Rs. 15 crore nett.

Likewise, Patiala House completed its two-week run at box office with a total business of Rs. 30.50 crore so far. It’s being labelled a flop.

The coming month would see no big releases from Bollywood due to the ongoing cricket world cup and also because of the examinations in schools and colleges. It’s that time of the year when the box office goes into doldrums.

Shahrukh Khan's 'Zor Ka Jhatka' show rejected

Shahrukh Khan's 'Zor Ka Jhatka' show rejected: It’s Shahrukh Khan who has got Zor Ka Jhatka, that too for the second time on boob tube.

The television show Zor Ka Jhatka hosted by Shahrukh and shot in Argentina has been getting dismally low TRPs ever since it went on air on Feb 1. It’s TVR on the opening day was 2.6, which is shockingly low for any show hosted by a major Bollywood star on TV. But more shocking is how the show’s TVR has dipped steadily to the range of 1.3 to 0.8.

This is the second time Shahrukh has faced rejection on the small screen after his show Kya Aap Panchvi Paas Se Tez Hai flopped three years ago.

In fact, Zor Ka Jhatka has got even lesser viewership than Rakhi Ka Insaaf.

Some feel that Shahrukh has not fully committed himself to the show. He did not fly to Argentina to shoot with the contestants but rather shot his portions in a studio. His shots were added to the Argentina shoot on the editing table to give the impression that he was on location.

Vidyabalan plans for engagement with her boyfriend Siddharth Roy Kapoor

Vidya Balan to plane for an engagement with Siddharth Roy Kapoor?: Vidya Balan and her rumoured boyfriend Siddharth Roy Kapur are said to be thinking of getting engaged.

The actress has been spotted with the head honcho of UTV Motion Pictures on more occasion than one, thereby sparking the rumours that something is indeed brewing between them. The latest was their outing together on the sandy beaches of Goa. The duo was clicked in casual beach wear while holidaying together.

Apparently, Sid and Vid have been friends for some time since he stays in her neighbourhood.

But the couple are wary of being linked together because Siddharth’s divorce from his wife is yet to come through. Naturally, they are likely to play down the reports of their engagement.

Vidya’s spokesperson says just because Vidya is friendly with someone doesn’t mean she will get engaged to him.

We, however, will wait to see how this ‘love story’ unfolds.

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