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The producer, director and star of the story set in Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis says it doesn't matter that he didn't get an Oscar directing nomination, since his movie was nominated for best picture.

"Les Miserables" sets records in the U.K. while "Gangster Squad" kicks off its international run.

The show's producers and stars talk about young Carrie Bradshaw losing her virginity, sporting big hair, and explaining (a little bit) about why Carrie went for Big instead of Aiden.

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To the surprise of absolutely nobody familiar with either the literary or cinematic source material, "Battle Royale" isn't moving forward at The CW.

Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" had an excellent expansion grossing $24million over the weekend while "A Haunted House" and "Gangster Squad" took the second and third slots.

Fun stuff to know about Thursday's Oscar nominations:

The film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden takes in $24 million over the weekend.

Expect 'Battle Royale,' 'Arrow' and 'Vampire Diaries' spinoff questions as HitFix's Daniel Fienberg live-blogs the Sunday, January 13 Television Critics Association Press Tour panel with CW President Mark Pedowitz.

The controversial Osama bin Laden pic is among a handful of films seeing a boost after scoring an Oscar nomination for best picture; despite a star-studded cast, "Gangster Squad" falters.

"Lincoln," "Homeland," "Les Miserables," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Modern Family" should all fare well with the HFPA at the 70th Golden Globes Awards.

It's never to late to review the lessons the Academy's membership have taught us following the nominations announcement for the 85th Academy Awards.

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is striking out on his own, his first solo album "Regions of Light and Sound of God" widely reported to be directly inspired by "God's Man," a 1929 woodcut novel by Lynd Ward. But, ju...