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Award Season Contenders

Wall-e • Can a toon nab a best picture nomination?
Lasseter wants to break out of animation category • Artisty trumps tech in vfx Oscar race
Beauty, not breakthroughs, likely to lure kudos • Changes to foreign-language committee
Selection process tweaked after controversy • Deadline trips up documentary hopefuls
Cut-off date impacts B.O., release sked See list of movies in contention:
22 films that Variety's pros deem to have a shot at two major Oscar nominations. See all

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More Oscar Watch
Jerry Lewis to be honored at Oscars
AMPAS to give comedian Humanitarian Award
Scribes earn their shot at Oscar gold
Are original and adapted scripts so different?

Almost every year, the contenders for Oscar's original-screenplay kudo include one or more newcomers making a splash with their first produced script. At the same time, the adapted-screenplay category is typically a race among veteran scribes, who often have plenty of award pedigree.
 
Vets cast dubious eye on rewriting
Eric Roth, David Hare wary of lucrative practice

Can Hugh Jackman revive Oscars?
Producers planning on new-look telecast

15 films on Oscar's visual effects list
'Journey to the Center of the Earth' makes cut

Jerry Lewis to be honored at Oscars
AMPAS to give comedian Humanitarian Award

Every year has its frontrunner and dark horse possibilities. While we have a good idea of who the contenders will be, we don't pretend to know the winners. Here's our take on these categories. All Contenders | Best Picture | Best Director Best Screenplay | Best Actor | Best Actress

From Your Couch: The 80th Annual   Academy Awards
Chalk it up perhaps to truncated prep time, but the strike-threatened Oscars yielded a sleek and workmanlike telecast....
From the Kodak Theater: The 80th Annual   Academy Awards
The usual Oscar buzz was in the air at the Kodak Theater Sunday night, but there was also an undercurrent of serene relief...
Picture Winner: No Country for Old Men
Click on the Oscar nominee to view complete profile fors each contender in the 80th Academy Awards.
Award Central Poll
Comic book films are steadily gaining credibility in critical circles. What's been this year's best comic book-inspired performance?
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Aaron Eckhart in "The Dark Knight"
Charlize Theron in "Hancock"
Robert Downey Jr. in "Iron Man"