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We probably wouldn't have been able to come up with the right words a few months ago if you told us a New Mooner was going to be nominated for an Academy Award. We would have been wrong, of course, and now it's Anna Kendrick's turn to grasp for a few syllables.

"I'd love to say that 140 characters couldn't cover how I'm feeling right now but I'm honestly speechless :)," she wrote on Twitter after receiving a nod for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Up in the Air.

Of course, she's not the only celeb to tweet her reactions to this morning's announcements. Some are congratulating their pals, some are cracking jokes and one director is going off!

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Avatar and The Hurt Locker lead all Academy Award nominees with nine nominations apiece, including Best Motion Picture and his and hers Best Directing nods for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. Inglourious Basterds is close behind with eight, followed by Precious and Up in the Air with six.

Meryl Streep, up for Best Actress for Julie & Julia, extends her reign as the most nominated performer in Academy history, with her 16th nod.

The Oscars will be handed out March 7 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Here's the complete list of nominees:

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What with all the fuss over which stars did us—and their careers—proud over the last 12 months, it's easy to lose sight of those who, well, sucked.

But while the critics seem to be in agreement that Sandra Bullock could very well be the best actress of the year, a slightly different group of tastemakers happens has a contrary view: namely, that Sandra Bullock could also very well be the worst actress of the year.

And don't even get them started about Robert Pattinson.

Ain't showbiz grand?

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George Clooney isn't the only "G" working to raise funds for the Haiti relief efforts. The Grammys are getting in on the action too.

The music awards show—airing live this Sunday night on CBS—is putting together a special segment dedicated to helping the earthquake-torn nation. And they're getting some seriously heavy hitters to collaborate on the mission.

Nine-time winner Mary J. Blige and übertenor Andrea Bocelli will be singing Simon & Garfunkel's classic "Bridge Over Troubled Water," on the 40th anniversary of that classic track's Grammy wins for Record, Album and Song of the Year.

Blige and Bocelli's sure-to-be-moving cover will be available for download in iTunes following the telecast, with all proceeds benefiting the Red Cross.

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Who knew that stuffing your junk in a box and then singing about it constituted a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment"? Other than the brain boxes over at Harvard, that is.

The Ivy League university has selected artiste extraordinaire Justin Timberlake, whom the group deemed "one of our generation's greatest entertainers," as Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year and will honor him with a roast—and the famous Pudding Pot—on Feb. 5.

The cross-dressing troupe's Woman of the Year, Anne Hathaway, will be honored this Thursday with a parade through Cambridge and a roast of her own.

The duo follows in the footsteps of last year's recipients James Franco and Renée Zellweger.

Here's hoping Justin likes pineapple.

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The French Riviera isn't just the playground of the stars, it's also their Wonderland.

Tim Burton has been selected to head up the jury at the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival, thereby making and/or breaking the Hollywood hopes of auteurs everywhere by deciding which film will take home the coveted Palme d'Or.

Though any films featuring stop-motion animation, Gothic themes, men in eyeliner or Johnny Depp just got a bit of an edge. (OK, anything with Johnny Depp probably doesn't need any more of an edge, but still.)

"After spending my early life watching triple features and 48-hour horror movie marathons, I'm finally ready for this," the director said.

The question is, is Cannes? The fest runs May 12-23.

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The numbers don't lie—moviegoers are loving Avatar just as much as the Hollywood Foreign Press.

So it would stand to reason that a sequel to James Cameron's opus is in the works, right?

Right.

"We always planned on continuing the world and continuing the characters," the director told E! News at the Producers Guild of America Awards Sunday night. "In fact, that was part of the original pitch to 20th Century Fox."

All the necessary elements, he says, are already in place.

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The Hurt Locker maintains its lead in the Oscar race, but the critical darling's definitely looking over its shoulder at some blue people.

Coming off a pair of big wins at the Golden Globes, Avatar joins the war flick and the considerably smaller An Education on the leader board for the Orange British Film Academy Awards nominations, announced this morning. The trio of films is up for eight BAFTAs each.

District 9 follows close behind with seven and Up in the Air and Inglourious Basterds stay near the top with six each.

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A cursory three-second mention in the "In Memoriam" portion of the Grammy Awards is tribute enough for some artists. Michael Jackson is not some artists.

Instead, the Recording Academy has risen to the unenviable challenge of finding a way to pay sufficient tribute to the King of Pop on Jan. 31, celebrating the game-changing artist not only with a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award but with all-star performances and a special 3-D film.

Hey, if it's good enough for Avatar (and Captain EO), it's good enough for Michael Jackson.

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Susan Boyle may have won the hearts of millions internationally, but she can't seem to score any prizes on the home front.

First she loses on Britain's Got Talent, and, now the record sales champ gets completely shut out of the country's Grammys equivalent, the Brit Awards.

Apparently, when push comes to vote, the U.K. simply isn't ready to invite Cinderella to the ball.

Instead, Lily Allen, Lady Gaga and Leona Lewis will reign over the big event Feb. 16.

Other nominees include Taylor Swift, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen and Shakira. Robbie Williams will receive a special award for outstanding contribution to music.

Get the full list of Brit Awards nominations right here.

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We let our stars perform as the nominations were anounced. Relive the big event in our 2010 Grammys: Nominations Concert gallery!

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Oscar could be shaping up for one helluva Hangover.

The hugely popular summer comedy could be shaking up the Academy Awards after scoring a big nomination today for the Writers Guild of America Awards, one of Hollywood's key tune-ups for the Oscars.

The script for The Hangover, by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, was one of five nominees for Best Original Screenplay, where it will go head to head with another blockbuster popcorn flick, James Cameron's Avatar. Rounding out the field are the screenplays for critical darling The Hurt Locker, the Coen brothers' A Serious Man and the indie charmer (500) Days of Summer.

Star Trek, meanwhile, beamed into the Adapted Screenplay race, where it will face off with usual suspects Precious and Up in the Air, along with a couple of more left-field nods: Crazy Heart and Julie & Julia.

But where was Inglourious Basterds? District 9? Up? The simple answer to the snubs is this...

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Well, this should certainly make for some interesting seating arrangements.

The Directors Guild of America today announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film and there was one major surprise buried in the list—namely, that the DGA's penchant for drama isn't limited to the big screen.

Avatar's James Cameron, fresh off the news that his latest epic is now the No. 3 grosser of all time, scored a nomination, as did The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow, Inglourious Basterds mastermind Quentin Tarantino, Up in the Air's Jason Reitman and Precious champagne-enabler Lee Daniels, the first African-American to be nominated.

For those unfamiliar with the love lives of those behind the camera, the potential awkwardness comes from the fact that Cameron—who won the DGA Award in '98 for Titanic—and Bigelow—who could potentially be the first woman to win the award—used to be married. To each other.

Still, the duo better get used to playing nice for the next few months, as they seem destined to log quite a bit of face time together. Let the battle of the plus-ones begin!

The battle for the DGA Award, meanwhile, will be decided Jan. 30, when the 62nd annual dinner gala is held in Los Angeles.

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