pNow that award season has kicked off with the announcement of the a title=Independent Spirit Award nominations href=http://www.moviefanatic.com/2011/11/the-artist-the-descendants-leads-independent-spirit-award-nomina/Independent Spirit Award nominations/a; the Movie Fanatic Oscar Watch now takes a look at the women primed to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar nomination. 2011 proved to be an astounding year for stellar performances by lead actresses and they ran the gamut in terms of new to the Oscar buzz and veterans used to the spotlight of the Academy Awards

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Oscar Watch: Can Meryl Streep Finally Win Another Best Actress Trophy?

A Game of Shadows.

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Final Official Poster for WB’s ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’

With a stellar cast including Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter and Eddie Redmayne already lined up for Tom Hooper’s new big screen version of the classic musical Les Miserables , there are only a handful of major roles left to be cast. Two of the biggest roles, Eponine and Cosette, are for some young female actresses, and a shortlist as just been revealed for the former role. The NY Post reports a wide array of talents including “Glee” and Broadway star Lea Michele , singer-turned-actress Taylor Swift , Scarlett Johansson and Evan Rachel Wood are all in the running for the part.  ..

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‘Glee’ Star Lea Michele, Taylor Swift More Up for ‘Les Miserables’

pemBreaking Dawn/em, the penultimate story in Stephenie Meyerrsquo;s emTwilight/em series, is making money hand over fist globally. The Robert Pattinson, a title=Kristen Stewart interview href=http://www.moviefanatic.com/2011/11/breaking-dawns-diva-dishes-the-movie-fanatic-kristen-stewart-int/Kristen Stewart/a and Taylor Lautner starring flick has just gone over $500 million in international box office, in only 12 days. /p pa href=http://www.moviefanatic.com/gallery/breaking-dawn-part-1-honeymoon-photo/img src=http://static.moviefanatic.com/images/gallery/breaking-dawn-part-1-honeymoon-photo_500×333.jpg style=display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width=500 alt=Breaking Dawn Part 1 Honeymoon Photo height=333 //abr /Thus far, emBreaking Dawn/em has earned $223.4 million in the U.S

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Breaking Dawn Raking in the Money

Just over a week ago we learned that A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas director Todd Strauss-Schulson was going to direct Final Girls , a horror comedy that would use the genre element of The Final Girl to drive the story about a young girl trapped in the world of her scream queen mother’s horror films. Now Variety reports music video director and photographer Tyler Shields will make his feature directorial debut with Final Girl , another horror film utilizing the same horror staple but with a different story. In this straight horror film, a pack of feral teenage boys choose the wrong girl to be the victim of their final “initiation.”  …

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Photographer Tyler Shields to Helm Different ‘Final Girl’ Horror Film

pMichael Fassbender stars in his latest collaboration with director Steve McQueen in a title=Shame trailer href=http://www.moviefanatic.com/videos/shame-trailer/emShame/em/a.

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pWould you leave Jonah Hill of emThe Sitter/em alone with your children? Judging by the first moments of the new trailer for emThe Sitter/em, the answer is: probably not

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The Sitter Trailer: New Teaser for Jonah Hill’s R-Rated Comedy

pFresh off of the release of a title=New John Carter images href=http://www.moviefanatic.com/2011/11/six-new-john-carter-images-on-a-mars-adventure/new images from emJohn Carter/em/a, Disney has unleashed the filmrsquo;s new poster./p pa href=http://www.moviefanatic.com/gallery/john-carter-movie-poster/img src=http://static.moviefanatic.com/images/gallery/john-carter-movie-poster_400×592.jpg style=display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width=400 alt=John Carter Movie Poster height=592 //abr /Donrsquo;t you just love the red permeating through the new emJohn Carter/em poster? It is employed to reflect the landscape of Mars, where our hero has been mysteriously transported from his Civil War era home on Earth

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Lost in our world, found in another. Disney has debuted the second official trailer for Andrew Stanton’s John Carter on Good Morning America (via YouTube ), which we’ve pulled to watch for now.

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Must Watch: Andrew Stanton’s ‘John Carter’ Second Official Trailer

Our initial report on the first feature film from Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim stars Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” had a wide array of comedic talent lining up for the aptly named Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie .

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Watch: Wacky Teaser Trailer for ‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’