"The King's Speech" reigned1 supreme2 in Hollywood on Tuesday as Oscar voters bestowed3 12 nominations4 on the British drama, including best picture, actor and director.
奥斯卡提名本周二揭晓,英国影片《国王的演讲》获得包括最佳影片、最佳男主角、最佳导演在内的12项提名,在好莱坞大放异彩。
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The nominees for best actress and actors for the 83rd Academy Awards are shown in this combination of file photographs January 25, 2011.
The film,
revolving6 around wartime
monarch7 King George VI's struggle to overcome a crippling
stammer8(口吃,结巴) , led a field packed with commercial and critical hits.
"True Grit9," a Western remake about a young girl's brave quest to track down her father's killer10, received 10 nominations despite performing poorly in key critics awards. The film's writers/directors/producers, Joel and Ethan Coen, accounted for three of those nominations.
The Facebook drama, "The Social Network," the early favorite during awards season, received eight nominations, tying with the groundbreaking sci-fi thriller11 "Inception," one of 2010's biggest movies.
All will vie for best picture, a 10-film field rounded out by "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "The Kids Are All Right," "127 Hours," "Toy Story 3" and "Winter's Bone."
Initial consensus12(一致,舆论) among critics indicated a tight race for the top prize between Columbia's "Social Network" and Weinstein Co's "King's Speech," with Paramount's "True Grit" a possible spoiler.
The films' respective studios will ramp13 up(增加) their campaigning in the lead-up to the 83rd annual awards show on February 27. Actor Kevin Spacey, a "Social Network" executive producer, said talk of a bitter contest was "a silly conversation."
"You guys like the horse race. I enjoy the work," he told the reporters.