Can he act? Thus far I only know him as Miley Cyrus' boyfriend.

It definitely skews your opinion of Bruce Dern, since I don't think he was ever cast that likable before or since.

It's hard to hate his character in Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte. But it isn't like he has much time to make himself hate-able.

For Hollywood, it was a tough 2010

Sales of DVDs, CDs, video games and theater tickets all declined in 2010. And swift changes in technology will make it difficult for Hollywood to capture pre-recession levels of revenue.

The industry that was supposed to be immune to economic downturns looks like it's going to have some re-entry problems as the economy begins to recover.

Broad swaths of the entertainment business declined in 2010. DVD sales were off 13%. Music CD purchases plummeted 19%. Video game sales as well as concert and theater attendance also fell. Even the turnout for America's favorite pastimes — baseball and NASCAR — was down. And swift changes in technology will make it difficult for Hollywood to capture pre-recession levels of revenue.

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But perhaps most ominously, last summer the pay-television industry suffered an unprecedented net loss — for the first time — of customers, a yellow warning light that consumers may no longer regard cable TV as a must-have utility on par with electricity and phone service.

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This is interesting: Orson Welles's unseen masterpiece set for release

Major Oscar noms:

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams, The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
• Melissa Leo, The Fighter
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
• Jackie Weaver, The Animal Kingdom

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale, The Fighter
• John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
• Jeremy Renner, The Town
• Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Best Actress

• Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
• Natalie Portman, The Black Swan
• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Actor

• Javier Bardem, Biutiful
• Jeff Bridges, True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• Colin Firth, The King's Speech
• James Franco, 127 Hours

Best Director

• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
• David O. Russell, The Fighter
• Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit

Best Original Screenplay

• Another Year - Mike Leigh
• The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• Inception - Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• The King's Speech - David Seidler

Best Adapted Screenplay

• 127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
• Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt
• True Grit - Joel & Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rossellini

Best Foreign Film

• Biutiful (Mexico)
• Dogtooth (Greece)
• In a Better World (Denmark)
• Incendies (Canada)
• Outside the Law (France)

Best Animated Film

• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Toy Story 3

Best Picture

• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• 127 Hours
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

I'm surprised Nolan didn't get nominated for director. It's also so weird still to see so many Best Picture nominations. Too many choices!

I still need to see a lot of those movies.

Me, too. So far I've only seen Inception, Black Swan, and Toy Story 3, which is just sad.

I'm not sure I can sit through Rabbit Hole, though, although it's supposed to be fantastic.