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"The Hunger Games" devoured the competition at the People's Choice Awards, emerging the top victor with five trophies....

Steven Spielberg's Civil War saga "Lincoln," the Victor Hugo musical adaptation "Les Miserables" and the lost-soul romance "Silver Linings Playbook" lead the Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nominations each....

Sandra Bullock was recently asked to return the Razzie she picked up for her rather ignominious turn in "All About Steve."

I've been recently reminded that the BAFTA's were this weekend, and so I bring to you the complete list of winners from the British award show below.
THE HURT LOCKER stormed its competition with six wins, and British actors Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan beat out their American competition. A little home field bias perhaps?
I'm glad to see MOON pop up on the list, even if it is just "Best British Debut." AVATAR...
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"Honey" by Semih Kaplanoglu, which won the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday, has closed deals for several major territories.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Science-fiction adventure "Avatar" and war movie "The Hurt Locker" on Tuesday earned nine Oscar nominations each, including best movie, to lead the field in the competition for the world's highest film honors.

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" made a fortune. "Land of the Lost" tanked. Both films are equal earners at the Razzies, though, grabbing seven nominations each on Monday, including worst picture of 2009 and worst-acting slots for Will Ferrell and Megan Fox.

The science-fiction blockbuster "Avatar" won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honor for James Cameron on Sunday, raising the "Titanic" filmmaker's prospects for another Academy Awards triumph.

Science-fiction scored big with the Producers Guild of America, with "Avatar," "Star Trek" and "District 9" taking three of the 10 nominations Tuesday for the group's top film honors....

Best Picture honors from group gives Kathryn Bigelow film clean sweep of three biggest movie-reviewer groups; see full list of winners.