The 2011 Oscar Race: TIME Picks the Winners

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Academy Awards

Who will win this year's Oscars, and why? Each day this week, TIME examines every category, from Best Picture to Sound Mixing, to help you ace your office-pool ballot. Check back tomorrow for more categories! More »

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Photos: Best Picture Nominees 2011

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25 Best Movie Sound Tracks

As any serious music fan knows, it's the songs that make good films great. Just in time for the Oscars, TIME runs down the best movie sound tracks ever More »
25 Best and Worst Oscar Gowns

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Great Performances

The actors we celebrate here are sorcerers who, by pouring self into story, created indelible characters worth admiring or reviling — and always worth treasuring More »
Photos: Great Performers

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Movie Special Effects

TIME takes a look at Hollywood's long affair with screen trickery More »
One Theater, 10 Films, 24 Hours: Can I Survive the Oscar Challenge?

TIME's Gilbert Cruz prepares to watch all 10 of this year's Best Picture nominees in a single day More »
Best Director & Best Picture

TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss predicts the Oscar winner for Best Director and Best Picture. More »
Best Actor

TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss predicts the Oscar winner for Best Actor More »
Best Actress

TIME movie critic Richard Corliss predicts the Oscar winner for Best Actress More »
Best Supporting Actor

TIME movie critic Richard Corliss predicts the Oscar winner for best supporting actor More »
Best Supporting Actress

TIME movie critic Richard Corliss predicts the Oscar winner for best supporting actress More »
Why the Oscar Race Is Already Over

Cancel the office pool and forget the Vegas bookmakers. The King's Speech looks set to be the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards More »
Photos: Top 10 Post-Oscar Busts

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Photos: Oscar's Youngest Best Actress Nominees

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Top 10 Oscar-Nomination Snubs

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Two is Better Than One

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