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Kyle Chandler, Super 8 If studio estimates are correct, J. J. Abrams' Super 8, a Spielbergian horror flick co-produced by Steven Spielberg himself, performed better than expected at the North American box office this weekend (June 10-12), raking in $38m — including $1.5m from Thursday sneak/midnight screenings — at 3,379 locations, according to estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Starring Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, and [...]

What a difference a day makes. Sandra Bullock went from a Razzie nod to an Oscar nod in less than 24 hours. Bullock is up for a Razzie for the year's Worst Actress for All About Steve (top photo, with Bradley Cooper). She's up for an Oscar for the year's best actress for The Blind Side (above, lower photo). Her performance in The Proposal earned [...]

Avatar (top) and The Hurt Locker (above, lower photo, with Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie) are the leaders at the 2010 Academy Awards. James Cameron's sci-fi adventure and Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War drama received nine nominations apiece, including best picture, best director, and best original screenplay. Curiously, Cameron and Bigelow were married for a couple of years about two decades ago. The other best picture [...]

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (top); James Cameron, Sam Worthington on Avatar set (middle, upper); J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (middle, lower); Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend in The Young Victoria (bottom) Oscar 2010 Predictions: The Winners The 2010 Academy Award nominations will be announced in a few hours. So we're wrapping up our list of predictions in every category we can think of, from best cinematography [...]