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Partial list of the 85th annual Academy Award winners announced Sunday in Los Angeles: 1. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained." 2. Animated Short Film: "Paperman." 3. Animated Feature Film: "Brave." 4. Cinematography: "Life of Pi." 5. Visual Effects: "Life of Pi." 6. Costume: "Anna Karenina." 7. Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables." 8. Live Action Short Film: "Curfew." 9. Documentary (short subject): "Inocente." 10. Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man."

This year's MTV Movie Awards will be a showdown between a bevy of bridesmaids and a cast of killer kids....

The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are out and below is the full list. This year, nine films are contending for BEST PICTURE instead of the usual five. Hugo leads all contenders with 11 nominations; The Artist has 10 nominations; Moneyball and War Horse both have 6 noms; The Descendants and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo tie with five noms; The Help and Midnight in Paris have four each.

It's Martin Scorsese vs. Steven Spielberg, and George Clooney going against himself -- that's one way to look at the nominations for best dramatic film at the 69th annual Golden Globes, where the rich visual epics "Hugo" and "War Horse" will vie for the prestigious trophy along with two films starring Clooney: "The Ides of March" and "The Descendants."

The vampire franchise scoops five awards, including best movie for the third year running. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse took home five awards, including best male and female performance for stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

Celebrity watchers won't need to dress up to feel like they're at the Oscars this year....

The Facebook tale "The Social Network" won top honors Sunday at the Golden Globes with four prizes, including best drama and director, solidifying its prospects as an Academy Awards favorite.

The King's Speech, the acclaimed historical drama about King George VI's triumph over a speech disorder at the brink of World War II, received the most nominations — seven — for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards announced this morning.

Out with the old, in with the young: James Franco and Anne Hathaway will co-host the 83rd Academy Awards in February, an apparent bid to attract younger viewers to the telecast.

Eight short documentary films have cleared the first hurdle on the way to an Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards.