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WEEKLY WRAP: ‘Network’ sweep, Globes outrage, best of 2010

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• Kris listed his 10 favorite films of 2010 in black-and-white, later adding his dream Oscar ballot and winners list.

• The critics’ award beat turned into a “Social Network” landslide, as New York, Los Angeles, Boston and many, many other groups lined up behind the film.

• Away from the critics’ circuit, Team Fincher didn’t have it all their own way, as “The King’s Speech” led a widely derided list of Golden Globe nominees.

• When it was the Screen Actors’ Guild’s turn to announce their nominees, however, the royal biopic had to settle for sharing the lead with “The Fighter.”

• Meanwhile, it was “Black Swan” that came out tops when the Broadcast Film Critics Association announced their nominees.

• Guy joined Kris and Anne in this week’s episode of Oscar Talk to mull over that flood of precursors.

• This week’s Long Shot column wondered if a spoiler could emerge in the wake of the “Social Network” blitz.

• We kicked off our annual Tech Support Interview series with a look at the craftsmen behind “Inception.”

• Kris, meanwhile, got chatting with some guys you may have heard of called Joel and Ethan Coen.

• Guy’s First-Half FYC series continued, casting a spotlight on worthy early-2010 candidates in both the Best Screenplay categories.

• Once again, Chad’s Life Without Oscar column took us temporarily out of the season to survey Oscar-slighted titles from a decade ago.

• Taking us forward in time, meanwhile, was the online premiere of a trailer for Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life.”

• Just when its profile couldn’t get any higher, TIME gave “The Social Network” a further boost by naming Mark Zuckerberg their 2010 Person of the Year.

• The Academy’s music branch narrowed down (well, so to speak) the Best Original Song race with a 41-name longlist.

• We received word of the first confirmed Oscar presenters, including, obviously, the reigning Best Actor and Actress champs.

• In another bit of early Oscar-night prep, we got our first look at this year’s official Oscarcast posters.

• While the latest installment in the “Narnia” franchise topped the box-office, it was a robust limited-release gross for “Black Swan” that got folks excited.

[Photo: Columbia Pictures]

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4 responses to “WEEKLY WRAP: ‘Network’ sweep, Globes outrage, best of 2010”

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  2. Jacob S. Avatar
    Jacob S.

    Time isn’t alone. The Onion also named Zuckerberg a notable person of the year.

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/mark-zuckerberg-gotta-hand-it-to-the-little-fucker,18633/

  3. Pete Avatar
    Pete

    Jesse Eisenberg acting like himself gets him an Oscar nod. Michael Cera must be pissed.

  4. Maxim Avatar
    Maxim

    The heck he did. Go watch Roger Dodger.