Oscar Award Nominees

List of 2011 Oscar nominees topped by The King's Speech with 12 nominations. Academy Awards 2011 nominations complete list.

Who was in the running and who took the Oscar home.

Gallery of photos from the dramatic film "Winter's Bone" starring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, and Dale Dickey.

Discussion from the cast of this Academy Award nominated film.

The "Toy Story" saga comes full circle with an installment that’s easily as compelling and consistently involving as both "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2."

"The Social Network" is the perfect meshing of screenwriter, director, actors and subject matter. David Fincher's visual genius combined with Aaron Sorkin's brilliant script combined with the best performances from a group of 20-something actors this year, and backed by Trent Reznor's remarkable score, meld together to create an unforgettable, conversation-provoking, ballsy film.

In our exclusive interview for the Columbia Pictures film, Armie Hammer explained how he came to be cast as twins. "I think initially they were looking for twins. The story that I've been told is that they were having a meeting and Sorkin turned to Fincher and said, 'Okay, here's what we need to do. We need to call in all of the 6'5" twins who look like they went to Harvard, who seem like they're educated, who can row, and who are great actors.'"

James Franco talks about "127 Hours," losing weight for the role, acting with one arm pinned behind his back, and working with Danny Boyle.

Gallery of photos from the dramatic movie "The King's Speech" starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, and Geoffrey Rush.

Interview Date: June 2010, Subjects: "The Kids Are All Right," playing one half of a lesbian couple, the appeal of the script, and Lisa Cholodenko's work.

Interview Date: July 2010, Subjects: "The Kids Are All Right," playing the son of a lesbian couple, and the appeal of the project.

"Inception" is so spectacularly entertaining you'll want to see it twice, and so mind-bendingly original you'll need to see it more than once to get all the intricacies of the story. Writer/director Christopher Nolan cements his place as one of our top living filmmakers with this trippy sci-fi action thriller/romance that more than lives up to its hype.

What makes The Fighter more than an average boxing film (of which there have been so many), is the fact the story isn't confined to the ring. The action in the boxing ring is merely a supporting player to the drama played out in Micky and Dicky's family life.

Mark Wahlberg and director David O Russell on "The Fighter," training for a boxing film, getting the movie into production, casting Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo, and the real Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund.

Director Darren Aronofsky ("The Wrestler," "The Fountain," "Requiem for a Dream") is once again earning Oscar buzz for one of this films, this time with the surreal psychological thriller "Black Swan. Natalie Portman (also an early fav for Oscar recognition) stars as a talented and troubled ballerina who obsesses over getting and then keeping the lead role in her ballet company's production of Swan Lake. And while "Black Swan" is one of the few films to show the artistry of ballet and the athletic abilities of ballet dancers, it hasn't done so without ruffling a few feathers.

Tackling the role of a ballerina didn't come easy for Mila Kunis who admits making the dancing scenes look both sensual and effortless was extremely difficult. "It was three months of training beforehand," revealed Kunis. "I was not a ballet dancer. I think most of the training, you can only fake so much, the physicality, and so you have to kind of immerse yourself in this world in a way that somebody walks and talks and handles themselves."

Toy Story 3 is up for best picture, and the director discusses his unintentional habit of making us cry at Pixar movies.

A video interview about the award season buzz around the film The Social Network.

Rebecca Murray's review of the Coen brother remake of True Grit.

Interview Date: July 2010, Subjects: "Inception," Christopher Nolan's vision, and the action.