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It's Oscar season! That means there's going to be a bunch of screeners available for download! Of course, you'd probably prefer to see the best films of the year in the theaters, the way God intended, but screeners are pretty cool too, if you're into that kinda thing. Anyway, the sting of Ricky Gervais's Golden Globe jokes has worn off and now it's time to start talkin' contenders.
<ul>
	<li><em>The King's Speech</em> got 12 nominations. British royalty + speech impediment is clearly a formula for Oscar gold!</li>
	<li><em>Social Network</em> got eight nominations. Thank God Timberlake wasn't one of them. Sorkin's got to be a lock for Best Adapted Screenplay.</li>
	<li><em>The Fighter </em>got seven total nominations and one major snub. We won't have to worry about lines like "starring Academy Award  winner Mark Wahlberg" anytime soon.</li>
	<li><em>Toy Story 3 </em>got five nominations, including Best Picture! This was a surprisingly brilliant film and I hope it gets some lovin' from the Academy.</li>
	<li><em>Inception</em> got a Best Picture nod, but there's no nomination for Christopher Nolan in the Best Director category. Ouch.</li>
	<li><em>The Town</em> is up for an Academy Award (for Best Supporting Actor Jeremy      Renner)? Not bad for a moderately entertaining Ben Affleck flick. <em>Heat </em>was still way better though, and I don't remember the Academy showing any love for that awesome film.</li>
</ul>
Here's a full list of the 2011 Academy Award Nominations:

<strong>Actor in a Leading Role</strong>
<ul>
	<li>Javier      Bardem in “Biutiful”</li>
	<li>Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”</li>
	<li>Jesse      Eisenberg in “The Social      Network”</li>
	<li>Colin      Firth in “The King's Speech”</li>
	<li>James      Franco in “127 Hours”</li>
</ul>
<strong>Actor in a Supporting Role</strong>
<ul>
	<li>Christian      Bale in “The Fighter”</li>
	<li>John      Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”</li>
	<li>Jeremy      Renner in “The Town”</li>
	<li>Mark      Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”</li>
	<li>Geoffrey      Rush in “The King's Speech”</li>
</ul>
<strong>Actress in a Leading Role</strong>
<ul>
	<li>Annette      Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”</li>
	<li>Nicole      Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”</li>
	<li>Jennifer      Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”</li>
	<li>Natalie      Portman in “Black Swan”</li>
	<li>Michelle      Williams in “Blue      Valentine”</li>
</ul>
<strong>Actress in a Supporting Role</strong>
<ul>
	<li>Amy      Adams in “The Fighter”</li>
	<li>Helena      Bonham Carter in “The King's      Speech”</li>
	<li>Melissa      Leo in “The Fighter”</li>
	<li>Hailee      Steinfeld in “True Grit”</li>
	<li>Jacki      Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”</li>
</ul>
<strong>Animated Feature Film</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“How to      Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders      and Dean DeBlois</li>
	<li>“The      Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet</li>
	<li>“Toy      Story 3” Lee Unkrich</li>
</ul>
<strong>Art Direction</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Alice      in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara</li>
	<li>“Harry      Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan</li>
	<li>“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug      Mowat</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr</li>
	<li>“True      Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh</li>
</ul>
<strong>Cinematography</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Black      Swan” Matthew Libatique</li>
	<li>“Inception”      Wally Pfister</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech” Danny Cohen</li>
	<li>“The      Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth</li>
	<li>“True      Grit” Roger Deakins</li>
</ul>
<strong>Costume Design</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Alice      in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood</li>
	<li>“I Am      Love” Antonella Cannarozzi</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech” Jenny Beavan</li>
	<li>“The      Tempest” Sandy Powell</li>
	<li>“True      Grit” Mary Zophres</li>
</ul>
<strong>Directing</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Black      Swan” Darren Aronofsky</li>
	<li>“The      Fighter” David O. Russell</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech” Tom Hooper</li>
	<li>“The      Social Network” David Fincher</li>
	<li>“True      Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</li>
</ul>
<strong>Documentary (Feature)</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Exit      through the Gift Shop” Banksy and      Jaimie D'Cruz</li>
	<li>“Gasland”      Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic</li>
	<li>“Inside      Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs</li>
	<li>“Restrepo”      Tim Hetherington and Sebastian      Junger</li>
	<li>“Waste      Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley</li>
</ul>
<strong>Documentary (Short Subject)</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Killing      in the Name” Nominees to be      determined</li>
	<li>“Poster      Girl” Nominees to be determined</li>
	<li>“Strangers      No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon</li>
	<li>“Sun      Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger</li>
	<li>“The      Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and      Thomas Lennon</li>
</ul>
<strong>Film Editing</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Black      Swan” Andrew Weisblum</li>
	<li>“The      Fighter” Pamela Martin</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech” Tariq Anwar</li>
	<li>“127      Hours” Jon Harris</li>
	<li>“The      Social Network” Angus Wall and      Kirk Baxter</li>
</ul>
<strong>Foreign Language Film</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Biutiful” Mexico</li>
	<li>“Dogtooth” Greece</li>
	<li>“In a      Better World” Denmark</li>
	<li>“Incendies” Canada</li>
	<li>“Outside      the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria</li>
</ul>
<strong>Makeup</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Barney's      Version” Adrien Morot</li>
	<li>“The Way      Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory      Funk and Yolanda Toussieng</li>
	<li>“The      Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey</li>
</ul>
<strong>Music (Original Score)</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“How to      Train Your Dragon” John Powell</li>
	<li>“Inception” Hans Zimmer</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech” Alexandre      Desplat</li>
	<li>“127      Hours” A.R. Rahman</li>
	<li>“The      Social Network” Trent Reznor      and Atticus Ross</li>
</ul>
<strong>Music (Original Song)</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Coming      Home” from “Country Strong” Music and      Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey</li>
	<li>“I See      the Light” from “Tangled”      Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater</li>
	<li>“If I      Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R.      Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong</li>
	<li>“We      Belong Together” from “Toy Story      3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman</li>
</ul>
<strong>Best Picture</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Black      Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and      Scott Franklin, Producers</li>
	<li>“The      Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman      and Mark Wahlberg, Producers</li>
	<li>“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher      Nolan, Producers</li>
	<li>“The      Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert,      Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech” Iain Canning,      Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers</li>
	<li>“127      Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and      John Smithson, Producers</li>
	<li>“The      Social Network” Scott Rudin,      Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers</li>
	<li>“Toy      Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer</li>
	<li>“True      Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel      Coen, Producers</li>
	<li>“Winter's      Bone" Anne Rosellini      and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers</li>
</ul>
<strong>Short Film (Animated)</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Day      &amp; Night” Teddy Newton</li>
	<li>“The      Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and      Max Lang</li>
	<li>“Let's      Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe</li>
	<li>“The      Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and      Andrew Ruhemann</li>
	<li>“Madagascar,      carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois</li>
</ul>
<strong>Short Film (Live Action)</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“The      Confession” Tanel Toom</li>
	<li>“The      Crush” Michael Creagh</li>
	<li>“God of      Love” Luke Matheny</li>
	<li>“Na      Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt</li>
	<li>“Wish      143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite</li>
</ul>
<strong>Sound Editing</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Inception” Richard King</li>
	<li>“Toy      Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers</li>
	<li>“Tron:      Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and      Addison Teague</li>
	<li>“True      Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey</li>
	<li>“Unstoppable”      Mark P. Stoeckinger</li>
</ul>
<strong>Sound Mixing</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo      and Ed Novick</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech” Paul Hamblin,      Martin Jensen and John Midgley</li>
	<li>“Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P.      Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin</li>
	<li>“The      Social Network” Ren Klyce,      David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten</li>
	<li>“True      Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg      Orloff and Peter F. Kurland</li>
</ul>
<strong>Visual Effects</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Alice      in Wonderland” Ken Ralston,      David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips</li>
	<li>“Harry      Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim      Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi</li>
	<li>“Hereafter”      Michael Owens, Bryan Grill,      Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell</li>
	<li>“Inception”      Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould,      Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb</li>
	<li>“Iron      Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright      and Daniel Sudick</li>
</ul>
<strong>Writing (Adapted Screenplay)</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“127      Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle &amp; Simon      Beaufoy</li>
	<li>“The      Social Network” Screenplay by      Aaron Sorkin</li>
	<li>“Toy      Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt;      Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich</li>
	<li>“True      Grit” Written for the screen by Joel      Coen &amp; Ethan Coen</li>
	<li>“Winter's      Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra      Granik &amp; Anne Rosellini</li>
</ul>
<strong>Writing (Original Screenplay)</strong>
<ul>
	<li>“Another      Year” Written by Mike Leigh</li>
	<li>“The      Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and      Paul Tamasy &amp; Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington &amp; Paul Tamasy &amp; Eric Johnson</li>
	<li>“Inception”      Written by Christopher Nolan</li>
	<li>“The      Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa      Cholodenko &amp; Stuart Blumberg</li>
	<li>“The      King's Speech” Screenplay by      David Seidler</li>
</ul>