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Here is a complete list of nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards:
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”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
BEST DIRECTOR:
“Black Swan”  –  Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter”  –  David O. Russell
“The King’s Speech”  –  Tom Hooper
“The Social Network”  –  David Fincher
“True Grit”  –   Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Biutiful” (Mexico)
“Dogtooth” (Greece)
“In a Better World” (Denmark)
“Incendies” (Canada)
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” (Algeria)
MUSIC (SCORE)
“How to Train Your Dragon”  –  John Powell
“Inception”  –  Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech”  –  Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”  –  A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”  –  Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MUSIC (SONG)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3″
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3″ Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter’s Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“True Grit”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland”
“I Am Love”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Tempest”
“True Grit”
MAKEUP
“Barney’s Version”
“The Way Back”
“The Wolfman”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Day & Night”
“The Gruffalo”
“Let’s Pollute”
“The Lost Thing”
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The Confession”
“The Crush”
“God of Love”
“Na Wewe”
“Wish 143″
FILM EDITING
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
SOUND EDITING
“Inception”
“Toy Story 3″
“Tron: Legacy”
“True Grit”
“Unstoppable”
SOUND MIXING
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“Salt”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″
“Hereafter”
“Inception”
“Iron Man 2″

All the Dude wanted to do was abide.

Public television in America,known as PBS, will open it’s 25th season of it’s highly respected series, American Masters with an episode devoted to the work of veteran actor, Jeff Bridges.  With 40 years on the big screen, Bridge’s reputation is that of a consummate leading man and superior character actor, elevated to the rarefied air of Oscar winner just last year for his turn as Bad Blake in “Crazy Heart”.

The American Masters series is notable for the elevated caliber of it’s subjects. Past subjects have been includes profiles of such American artists as Charlie Chaplin, Andy Warhol, Charlie Parker, Martha Graham, Eugene O’Neill, Paul Simon, and Leonard Bernstein. Clearly the Dude has done well.

The 90-minute film, which will be aired nationally on Wednesday, January 12 comes with Bridges having two movies out in the theaters. He’s in the 3-D cartoon Tron Legacy – reprising a role he played back in 1982, and as Rooster Cogburn in the Coan Brother’s remake of “True Grit”, a film mentioned several times here at DailyHelping.

Shown here is a clip from PBS’s American Masters, Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides. In what must have felt completely surreal for everyone involved, the cameras follow Bridges into a small Greenwich Village shop that caters to everything Lebowski. The proprietor in keeping with the flavor of this claustrophobic shrine to the cult hit, attends to the register in flip-flops, bathrobe and shades.  What makes watching this clip so enjoyable is the obvious amusement of this remarkably mellow celebrity.  Enjoy.

Ordinarily the staff would provide a yuletide image of some sort, contributing to the holiday atmosphere found on the web. This year, in an effort to capture more attention than the ‘next guy’, we’ve opted for something more naughty than nice.

This little pictorial from the good people at SapphicErotica.com should provide just enough Ho, Ho, Hoes.  Click on the picture of Salma and Karie and you should be able to see all the holiday cheer a person could ask for…Merry Christmas.

A rogue animator has taken a swipe at the obligatory plot line:  Yogi and Boo Boo must team up with their sworn enemy, Ranger Smith in order to save Jellystone National Park from development into more profitable housing. projects.

Featured below is a “revised” ending for the Yogi Bear movie and could be best described as NSFK (Not Safe For Kids).

Enjoy….

Kim Kardashian is a high profile member of a family found on the E Network, called, “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, has given us a good reason. She got naked and was then painted in silver.

Kim is perhaps the most exposed of the Kardashian brood.  (Her step-father, Olympic great Bruce Jenner, tends to wander about with a perplexed look on his heavily botoxed face).  Kim has recently done a fairly racy pictorial for W magazine and given the silver coating…DailyHelping would like to share these pictures with it’s discerning readership.

Click on the picture to see the entire pictorial.