CELEBRITY BUZZ: The 24-year-old An Education star is the new Hollywood It girl, thanks to Oscar buzz and the unfortunate choice of Shia LaBeouf as a boyfriend. Aside from Shia, she's smart and charming and a fashionplate and all that you want from an ingenue (with a pixie haircut to boot).

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1. Her current Oscar odds are 5-1 to win Best Actress.
2. Carey on IMDB
3. Carey with Shia (ugh) and on the set of Wall Street 2
4. Carey on Letterman
5. ‘An Education’ trailer
6. She also starred with Peter Sarsgaard in “The Seagull” last year on Broadway
7. T Magazine Screen Test
8. She was also Kitty in the Keira Knightley ‘Pride & Prejudice’ (an underrated remake, if you were curious, HI JACK!!)
9. Her likes include cursing and take-out.
10. Yet another Audrey comparison (and a good interview)
11. the inevitable Audrey Hepburn comparison
12. Fashionplate: Example No 1

MOVIE BUZZ: And the nominees are…

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CELEBRITY BUZZ: Recently nominated for her supporting role in Doubt , the Julliard-trained Rhode Island native has hit the ground running, earning endless praise for a role that keeps Davis onscreen for less than ten minutes. Dame Judi Dench took home gold for an eight minute-long appearance in Shakespeare In Love , so it doesn't appear that Academy members are necessarily watching the clock.

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The Best Links:

1. Is Viola Davis Stealing Meryl Streep’s Thunder?
2. In a Scene That Clocks in at Under Ten Minutes, Viola Davis Gives One of “The More Potent Performances of the Year”
3. “Viola Davis Rises to the Occasion”
4. “Davis Goes to the Front of the Line in the Oscar Balloon Right Now, Dammit.”
5. Viola Davis Shines
6. Viola Davis Named One of Time Magazine’s Top 10 Movie Performances of 2008
7. Viola Davis, “One of the Best Kept Secrets in Hollywood”

MOVIE BUZZ: Michelle Williams' latest film is about a girl, a dog, and a depressing road trip to Alaska. It's in the running for Indie flick of the year and might very well earn Williams her second Oscar nomination. It also looks as silent and sad as a pet's funeral (please don't let that sentence jinx Lucy.)

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The Best Links:

1. Wendy and Lucy trailer
2. Interview with director Kelly Reichardt
3. Wendy and Lucy on IMDB
4. Michelle nominated for Indie Spirit Award
5. An indie chick, her dog and the 2008 depression
6. “An ‘Into the Wild’ About A Chick?”
7. “Michelle williams wants to make you cry”
8. AV Club Review: A-
9. NYT loves it

MOVIE BUZZ: The independent critical darling about a desperate trailer mom who gets involved with immigrant smuggling is gaining major buzz as the Oscar race tightens. Star Melissa Leo could very well be this year's Amy Ryan , but, like Ryan, does that mean she'll join the cast of The Office ? You never know.

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The Best Links:

1. The Critics Love Them Some ‘Frozen River’
2. ‘Frozen River’ Dominates the Gotham Awards
3. ‘Frozen River’ an Independent’s Spirit Awards Best Feature Nominee
4. “I Found Leo’s Work in Frozen River to Be the Kind of Once-in-a-lifetime Performance That Stays With You.”
5. For Your Consideration: Melissa Leo for Best Actress

Welcome back, Mickey Rourke. Watch the trailer for his much-anticipated comeback flick, “The Wrestler” — the actor's attempt at an Oscar. Mickey, you're so fine with that long blond hair, jacked body, and stripper girlfriend. Coupled with Bruce Springsteen ballads in the background, this is definitely a hit in the making.

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1. The Wrestler Trailer

MOVIE BUZZ: A comeback film for Mickey Rourke and director Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler is already generating lots of Oscar buzz. Personally, I just want to see if for the head stapling scene, but I’ve got issues that I can only work out via cinema. (The movie opens December 19th.)

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The Best Links:

1. Time’s Richard Corliss Falls For “The Wrestler,” Hard
2. “When you get hit by a chair, it hurts.”
3. Movie Review: “The Wrestler” Works Because of Rourke
4. The Wrestler (2008)
5. Mickey Rourke Comeback - Featured on BuzzFeed

A trailer for the much-anticipated film . The Times of Harvey Milk, a documentary about the San Francisco city supervisor who was the first openly gay man to hold public office, won an Academy Award in 1984 — this film seems primed for awards season, too.

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The Best Links:

1. Picturing Harvey Milk
2. Harvey Milk Biopic - Featured on BuzzFeed

MOVIE BUZZ: As more reviews of The Dark Knight keep rolling in, Heath Ledger as the Joker is getting all the attention. Peter Travers’ review in Rolling Stone kicked off the Oscar chatter, but most other people who’ve seen the movie seem to agree that Leger is amazing in the role.

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The Best Links:

1. Rolling Stone Signs Up For the Heath Ledger Posthumous Oscar Campaign
2. Even His Castmates Are Pushing For It
3. “Ledger’s performance that clearly completes the movie.”
4. Kevin Smith Thinks Heath Will Get An Oscar Nod
5. Whispering Campaign For Heath As the Joker
6. Ledger Even Overshadows Christian Bale

MOVIE BUZZ: Someone’s compiled a video of the best moments from this biopic, starring Willa Ford. In the grand tradition of Oscar-worthy biopics like Ray and Walk the Line , this is pretty much the most anticipated movie of the year.

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The Best Links:

1. I Watched the Biopic. Here Are the Highlights.
2. YouTube - The Cliff Notes Version of the Anna Nicole Biopic
3. It’s the Best Way to Celebrate the One Year Anniversary of Her Death
4. What’s YOUR Favorite Part??
5. Willa Ford to star in ‘Anna Nicole’ film
6. A Movie That Went Straight to Bit Torrent