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Today is the last day of the rest of your life that you will not be inundated with hype about the 2011 Oscar nominees, which will be announced tomorrow morning and which have been preceded by an avalanche of predictions.

The only things I care about (that aren't already a lock, like a Best Actress nomination and likely win for Natalie Portman):

*Best supporting actress nomination for True Grit's Haylee Steinfeld!
*Best supporting actress nomination for Black Swan's Mila Kunis!
*And while it's certain that Colin Firth will be nominated for Best Actor for his work in The King's Speech, I DO NOT WANT HIM TO WIN. He should've won last year for A Single Man, but he's probably going to win this year for playing a wimpy king that stutters and then stops stuttering. It's cool how Firth learned to stammer for the role, but the climactic scene where he gets his stammer under control? CEASING A MANUFACTURED STAMMER SHOULD NOT BE CAUSE FOR AWARDS.

Check back for a whiny post-nomination-announcement AA Meeting tomorrow.