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Oscar predictions 2011: Keep your eye on The King's Speech

Oscar predictions 2011: The Monitor's film critic Peter Rainer picks which movies, and which actors, should win in five major Oscar categories. Best picture, best director, best actor, best actress, and best documentary. Do you agree?

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SAG Awards' unexpected winners: 'The Help,' Dujardin win

The Screen Actors Guild Awards featured some unexpected winners, including 'The Help' for best overall cast performance and French actor Jean Dujardin for best actor in 'The Artist.'
"The Artist" leads the Golden Globes in nominations, but others not far behind

The Hollywood Foreign Press Asssociation's annual awards are considered strong predictors for Oscar glory.
Doritos: Can Lonely Island boost the cheesy snack's image?

Doritos launches sixth Super Bowl ad contest with a twist. Comic music group The Lonely Island will be competing to produce the winning Doritos ad.
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Emma Stone may star in 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'

‘Amazing Spider-Man’ actress Emma Stone has been offered the role of Elizabeth Bennet in director Craig Gillespie’s ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ adaptation. Bradley Cooper and James McAvoy are rumored to be potential Mr. Darcys to Emma Stone's Ms. Bennet.
Ashton Kutcher joins 'Two and a Half Men.' Will the show do better or worse?

Ashton Kutcher replaces Charlie Sheen, but it’s unlikely that he’ll play the same character. Several TV shows that have made key changes in the cast have done well – but not all.
'Thor' comes to the big screen: What's a Norse god doing in a Marvel comic?

The summer's first blockbuster, 'Thor,' takes a character from the Norse pantheon to the big screen – by way of the Marvel stable of superheroes.
Thor: movie review

Marvel Comics starts another franchise as the superhero Thor gets tongue-in-cheek treatment.
Natalie Portman is a warrior in 'Your Highness': movie review

Lowbrow comedy 'Your Highness' is a spoof on period dramas but elicits few laughs.
Mila Kunis says Natalie Portman did most of her own dance moves in Black Swan

Mila Kunis, the 'Black Swan' co-star of Natalie Portman, and director Darren Aronofsky, have rushed to the defense of the Best Actress Oscar-winner Natalie Portman. Mila Kunis makes ballerina dance double Sarah Lane's accusations appear petty.
In Pictures: Great dance movies
Endive endeavors

The delicate green is often classed as gourmet fare, but a few simple recipes can bring it into the mainstream.
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Natalie Portman aside, is Mike Huckabee right about single mothers?

On Facebook, Mike Huckabee says he didn't 'slam' or 'attack' single and pregnant Natalie Portman. His remarks, he said, were about the 'statistical reality' single moms face. How are his numbers?
In Pictures: Galliano's strange designs
In Pictures: Oscar's red carpet runway
In Pictures: Oscar winners 2011
Oscar predictions 2011: Keep your eye on The King's Speech

Oscar predictions 2011: The Monitor's film critic Peter Rainer picks which movies, and which actors, should win in five major Oscar categories. Best picture, best director, best actor, best actress, and best documentary. Do you agree?
In Pictures: America's dark movie heroes past and present
The Other Woman: movie review

Director Don Roos has transformed the book 'Love and Other Impossible Pursuits' into a marital melodrama that resembles a Woody Allen movie but lacks humor.
In Pictures: Oscar nominees 2011
Academy Award nominees include Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush for 'The King's Speech'

Academy Award nominees were announced Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. Natalie Portman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Bale, and Helena Bonham Carter are also Academy Award nominees for acting.
No Strings Attached: movie review

‘No Strings Attached’ takes up the old question of when does playing around slip into love.
5 unusual gift ideas for booklovers

Any booklover on your list will appreciate the classic, timeless gift of a book. For lists of the best nonfiction, fiction, and children’s book titles recommended by the Monitor, click on the links above. But if your gifts have gotten so predictable that you no longer need to wrap them, you might want to try giving one of these more unusual non-book gifts for booklovers.
Golden Globe nominations 2011

Golden Globe nominations 2011: The King's Speech and The Social Network took the most nominations.
In Pictures: Golden Globe nominees
Thor and Transformers trailers come with the hammer and Alpha Trion

Some long-awaited glimpses of blockbusters for 2011, including Thor, Transformers Dark of the Moon, and Real Steel, debuted this week.