The King's Rule

The King’s Speech, the story of King George VI’s conquest of a stutter, eloquently spoke Oscar’s language tonight, capturing the Best Picture Oscar. Colin Firth won for Best Actor, Tom Hooper for Best Director.

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Why The Social Network faded well before the wire

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Patrick Goldstein: A triumph of Hollywood’s conservative values

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The winners

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Photo: © 2010 The Weinstein Company

Yo! MC Hathaway is talkin’ Oscars

Anne Hathaway plays against her princess mein in this just-released promo for Sunday’s Academy Awards on ABC. Not your usual Oscar pre-game. But with Ricky Gervais writing the opening script for Hathaway and co-host/best actor nominee James Franco (127 Hours), all bets are off. We may be about to see an Oscars ceremony as off-the-hook as the Golden Globes usually are.

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Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences via The Hollywood Reporter

Handicapping Oscar, statistically

The horse race for the 2011 Oscars continues, and it will right up until the ABC broadcast on Feb. 27. But the betting window is far from closed. Nate Silver of the New York Times offers predictions based less on passion than on probability. More in Movies

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Graphic: The New York Times