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Academy Awards Nominees announced...

The 83rd ceremony is set for February 27th in Los Angeles, co-hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Here is the list of this morning's announced nominees. My picks are in bold.

BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)

BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

BEST SONG
"Coming Home" (Country Strong) - Gwyneth Paltrow
"I See the Light" (Tangled) - Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi
"If I Rise" (127 Hours) - A R Rahman and Dido
"We Belong Together" (Toy Story 3) - Randy Newman

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Golden Globes

The Social Network was the big winner at last night's Golden Globes. The tale of Facebook's founding nabbed Best Drama, Best Director for David Fincher, Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, and Musical Score for Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Glee was the big winner in the TV categories, with awards for the show, and stars Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer.

HOST HIGHLIGHTS

• With a pint of beer in hand, host Ricky Gervais got right into the Charlie Sheen jabs. Gervais promised a night of "partying and heavy drinking, or as Charlie Sheen calls it, breakfast." Gervais also targeted the Johnny Depp-Angelina Jolie bomb The Tourist, introduced Bruce Willis as "Ashton Kutcher's dad, Robert Downey, Jr. as best known from rehab and county jail, and let us know that Sandra Bullock hates poor people. The stars were largely not thrilled with the Brit's brutal jokes, including his implication that Tom Cruise is gay. Downey told the audience, "Aside from the fact that [Gervais has] been mean-spirited with mildly sinister undertones, I'd say the vibe of the show has been pretty good." Tom Hanks and Tim Allen opined at the podium. "We recall when Ricky Gervais was a slightly chubby and kindly comedian," said Hanks. "Neither of which he is now," added Allen. Gervais closed the night by thanking God for making him an atheist.

MOVIES

• Natalie Portman won for Black Swan in the drama category. Annette Bening was the comedy winner for The Kids Are All Right, setting up an inevitable Oscar fight in the Best Actress category. Portman thanked her co-star, Mila "Sweet Lips" Kunis, in accepting her win.
• Christian Bale took the night's first trophy, for his supporting role in The Fighter. His co-star Melissa Leo followed suit.
• Colin Firth won Best Actor in a drama for The King's Speech.
• The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin semi-apologized to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, noting Zuckerberg's business achievements and philanthropic efforts.
• Robert DeNiro did a bit of uncharacteristic stand-up comedy as he read from a teleprompter to accept his lifetime achievement award from presenter Matt Damon.
• Michael Douglas, who presented an award to The Social Network, got an extended standing ovation for having cancer. Mark Wahlberg could be seen rolling his eyes in the audience. Douglas quipped, "There's gotta be an easier way to get a standing ovation."

TV

• Chris Colfer said he dropped his heart between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore on the way to accepting his win for Glee. Co-star Jane Lynch said she's "nothing if not falsely humble," in accepting her supporting actress win.
• Steve Buscemi complained about the music cut-off, and got an extra-long acceptance time for Best Actor in Boardwalk Empire. The orchestra backed off for the rest of the night. The HBO Prohibition-era series also nabbed Best Drama, ending Mad Men's run as the awards show darlings.
• Katey Sagal won Best Actress in the drama category for Sons of Anarchy. She was previously nominated for Married with Children.
• Al Pacino picked up a trophy for the HBO assisted-suicide drama You Don't Know Jack.
• Jim Parsons followed his recent Emmy with a comedy win for The Big Bang Theory.

TWITTER

• Justin Bieber: "Halle Berry was at my table."
• Eva Longoria: "Yes I am sitting next to Zac Efron. I'm sure millions of young girls are very jealous right now!"
• Sarah Silverman: "The way Christian Bale's arm is around his wife reads like she probably can't take a [crap] without his okay."
• Chris Colfer: "I'm not sure how much my shaky hands can tweet, but thank you so much!"
• Sharon Osbourne: "Ricky Gervais is so irreverent and rude and I absolutely adore him. He says what people are thinking."
• Sofia Vergara: "Me robaron la corona." (They stole the crown from me.)
• Ryan Seacrest: "Some [celebrities] are eating. More are drinking."
• Patton Oswalt: "Is NO ONE going to thank [Marky Mark's] The Funky Bunch?"
• Jane Fonda: "Whew! Did my part to intro to Burlesque clip. Was backstage with Helen Mirren. We were both nervous."
• Tyra Banks: "I love how you can really see what the actors are feeling on their faces. Any disappointments? Who do you wish won?"
• Kim Kardashian: "So many beautiful women at the Golden Globes! Everyone looked stunning! My favs -- January Jones, Mila Kunis, J-LO, Angelina Jolie."

Furry Friday!

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Even though they're on a 4-game win streak...this is fantastic.

Thanks to Kenny M. for this gem...

My Blackberry isn't working...

BBC's show "The One Ronnie" did an awesome job with this sketch, I thought you'd like it. A customer returns to a produce market to complain about his blackberry not working...

Happy New Year!

As we gear up for 2011...the world population has officially grown to seven-billion people. That's many a people. To help put that number into perspective; National Geographic Magazine has created quiet a little video...check it out.