On February 27 the Oscars will take place with the British movie , The Kings Speech leading for this years Academy Awards with 12 nominations. Colin Firth goes up against Javier Bardem for Biutiful, Jeff Bridges for True Grit and James Franco for Danny Boyle’s rock climbing 127 Hours , for the best actor award. The actor who played Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg ,Jesse Eisenberg is also nominated.
The supporting actor nominees in The Speech are Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush ,they were his friends he was celebrating with and Firth said,”Not used to this much joy or much champagne at this hour.” The Australian and Co star Rush said it was,Very exciting to have your work honored by your industry peers,” he played the kings speech therapist and commented ,”the film had struck such a rich resonant chord with audience s of all ages.”Rush also won best actor Oscar in 1996 for Shine . The Kings Speech is about King George VI and his battle to overcome his stammer.
Other’s nominated was the Coen brothers Western remake , True Grit ,taking 10 nods , The Social Network and Inception each have 8 nods, The Fighter 7 , 127 Hours 6 , Black Swan 5 , Toy Story 3-5 , The Kids Are All Right 4 , Winter’s Bone 4 , Alice in Wonderland 3 , Biutiful 2 , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow’sPart 1 2 , and How to Train Your Dragon 2 . For best actress awards are the Golden Globe winner Natalie Portman for the ballet thriller Black Swan, Annette Bening for the gay parenting movie, The Kids Are All Right and Nicole Kidman ,for Rabbit Hole. also nominated for Rabbit Hole is Jennifer Lawrence. For the romantic drama Blue Valentine is Michelle Williams. Among the acting prizes for the supporting actress for the Oscar could prove to be the most competitive .
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