It's that time of year again when Hollywood hopefuls come together in the hopes of snatching the great prize... Oscar. This year it seems to be a battle between The Artist and Hugo. Who will win? Truth is... this year hasn't been a fantastic year and seeing that only 2 songs have been nominated, The Academy Awards taking place Sunday, February 26, 2012 may end up being the most boring one yet but like always, we'll have to watch to find out.

And the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards are...

Best Picture

This year's Oscar nominations are in. While most the nominations weren't surprising for the most part, there are a few odd choices that were unexpected. Rather than go into who I think will win, who I want to win, etc. etc. I'll just put an asterix beside those that I'd like to see take the category (even if it's unlikely they will).

And the nominees are...

Instead of getting behind on this award show I thought I'd get right into it from the start. The following is a list of all the nominations for this years Oscars.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Well the nominees were announced back at the beginning of December but I've been asleep at the wheel it seems. There is a wide selection to make your pics from. There are even some genre releases nominated!

And the nominees are:

Best Feature
* 500 Days Of Summer
* Amreeka
* Precious
* Sin Nombre
* The Last Station

The nominees for the 25th annual Independent Spirit Awards are in. There is a wide selection to make your pics from. There are even some genre releases nominated!

And the nominees are:

Best Feature

* 500 Days Of Summer
* Amreeka
* Precious
* Sin Nombre
* The Last Station

Best Director(s)

* Ethan and Joel Coen – A Serious Man
* Lee Daniels – Precious
* Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
* James Gray – Two Lovers
* Michael Hoffman – The Last Station

And in our final installment before we tell you who the winners were, we take a look at the music category.  This being more “pop” music, I can’t say I follow most the nominees but I’ll make my pics anyways. If you haven’t already, you can vote for them here.

Favorite Male Artist
Eminem
Jason Mraz
John Mayer
Keith Urban
Tim McGraw

Continuing with our coverage of the 2010 People’s Choice Awards we move into the television categories. I don’t get to catch a lot of television with my hectic life but I do try and catch some tv time whenever I can. If you haven’t already, you can vote for them here.

Favorite TV Drama
CSI
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Lost
NCIS

The nominees for the People’s Choice Awards are out and here’s a breakdown of the movie nominees.  You can vote for them here.

Favorite Movie Actor
Brad Pitt
Hugh Jackman
Johnny Depp
Robert Pattinson
Ryan Reynolds

My pick goes to Johnny Depp with Pitt coming in a close second.  I don’t think the others really measure up when it comes to these two actors.