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VIRAL VIDEO: Admiral General Aladeen addresses the Oscar Awards on the Today Show

Oh that Sasha Baron Cohen! 

OSCAR WATCH: the foreign film noms whittled down to 9 - (YAAAY to bullhead, pina and a separation - wtf to taiwan’s seediq bale!)
Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe Falardeau, director
Denmark, “Superclásico,” Ole Christian Madsen, director
Germany, “Pina,” Wim Wenders, director
Iran, “A Separation,” Asghar Farhadi, director
Israel, “Footnote,” Joseph Cedar, director
Morocco, “Omar Killed Me,” Roschdy Zem, director
Poland, “In Darkness,” Agnieszka Holland, director
Taiwan, “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale,” Wei Te-sheng, director

THE LIST: 50 movies you MUST see before Oscar Night

The 50 films you MUST see before Oscar Night 2012

(Based on critics awards and industry buzz )

1.     The Artist

2.     The Descendants

3.     The Help

4.     Hugo

5.     War Horse 

6.     Midnight in Paris 

7.     Moneyball

8.     Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

9.     The Tree of Life

10.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

11.  The Ides of March

12.  Drive

13.  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

14.  Bridesmaids

15.  J. Edgar

16.  The Iron Lady

17.  My Week with Marilyn

18.  Beginners

19.  Albert Nobbs

20.  Shame

21.  We Need To Talk About Kevin

22.  Young Adult

23.  Rise of the Planet of the Apes

24.  Martha Marcy May Marlene

25.  50/50

26.  Take Shelter

27.  Warrior

28.  A Dangerous Method

29.  A Better Life

30.  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

31.  The Adventures of Tintin

32.  Coriolanus

33.  Rango

34.  Melancholia

35.  Like Crazy

36.  A Separation

37.  Transformers: Dark of the Moon

38.  Super 8

39.  The Muppets

40.  Rampart

41.  Jane Eyre

42.  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

43.  Win Win

44.  Gnomeo & Juliet

45.  Thor

46.  Margin Call

47.  W.E.

48.  Capitan America

49.  The Skin I Live In

50.  Cars 2

Awards Show Schedule:

People’s Choice Awards - Wednesday, January 11th (CBS)
Critics Choice (BFCA) Awards - Thursday, January 12th (VH1)
Golden Globes - Sunday, January 15th (NBC) 
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Sunday, January 29th (TNT / TBS) 
BAFTA AwardsSunday, February 12th (BBC America)
The Grammys - Sunday, February 12th (CBS)
Independent Spirit Awards - Saturday, February 25th (IFC)
Academy Awards - Sunday, February 26th (ABC)

MOVIE WATCH: The Descendants featurette

one of the front runners of the oscar campaign, check out this lovely featurette of the lovely film

OSCAR WATCH: The 15 docs chosen to be in the running for best DOC!
”Battle for Brooklyn” (RUMER Inc.)
”Bill Cunningham New York” (First Thought Films)
”Buck” (Cedar Creek Productions)
”Hell and Back Again” (Roast Beef Productions Limited)
”If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (Marshall Curry Productions, LLC)
”Jane’s Journey” (NEOS Film GmbH and Co. KG)
”The Loving Story” (Augusta Films)
”Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” (@radical.media)
”Pina” (Neue Road Movies GmbH)
”Project Nim” (Red Box Films)
”Semper Fi: Always Faithful” (Tied to the Tracks Films, Inc.)
”Sing Your Song” (S2BN Belafonte Productions, LLC)
”Undefeated” (Spitfire Pictures)
”Under Fire: Journalists in Combat” (JUF Pictures, Inc.)
”We Were Here” (Weissman Projects, LLC)

MOVIE WATCH: The Iron Lady

Oscar watch!!!!!!!

MOVIE WATCH: The Flowers of War (dir: Zhang YiMou)

Christian Bale stars in this official entry from China for the Oscars foreign film category. Um… it looks draaaaahmaaaa!