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Black Swan:
Only Darren Aronofsky could have taken this much emotional turmoil and turned it into a surprise holiday hit. Not that I'm complaining. With one brilliant acting performance, at least three other very good acting performances and a brilliant score that samples heavily from Tchaikovsky, Black Swan is, by all accounts, too sadistic and weird for most of America; yet, the whole thing somehow caught on to the point of a Best Picture nomination. Stranger things have happened, but barring two independent, out of nowhere epic scandals for The Social Network and The King's Speech, it's unlikelyBlack Swan has any real hope of winning. Still, it's got a better shot than seven other films, and something tells me no one involved is complaining about those odds.

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5 iPad and iPhone apps to enhance the Oscars

With the 83rd annual Academy Awards quickly approaching, media junkies will be hurrying to see this year’s latest nominees, while catching up on the latest buzz and predictions.

Just in time for the Oscars, we’ve rounded up five apps designed to fill your insatiable hunger for Hollywood’s most important awards show.

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The Academy award for Best Original Screenplay brings to the fore visionaries whose vital creations are the clay into which the magic of Hollywood breathes life. This year's nominations include a variety of genres such as science fiction, sports films, period films, comedy and drama. But, the story, they say, is the only thing that really matters.

The King's Speech (1)
Before King Edward VIII's announcement of abdication in the wake of the Wallis Simpson scandal and with the rising shadow of the crooked cross making itself apparent across the face of Europe, there was the duke of York with big shoes to fill and a mortifying speech impediment. Enter the unconventional methods employed by Australian doctor Lionel Logue. We are amused. Very amused.

The Fighter (2)
The Fighter would have been rendered superfluous by the existence ofRaging Bull, Rocky and Cinderella Man. But the film holds its own as a gripping drama in its own right. Set in the 1980s in blue-collared Lowell, Massachusetts, the script details the travails of Micky Ward, a soft-spoken brawler with an infamous losing streak. Mismanaged by his family which barely conceals its vested interest in his success, Micky learns the ropes from half-brother Dicky Eklund, a fallen local hero and boisterous crackhead who chooses to rest upon his laurels, having, in his prime, knocked out world champion Sugar Ray Leonard.

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