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Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"

12 nods for 'King's Speech' stirs up Oscar race

In the weeks leading up to Oscar nomination day, David Fincher's Facebook movie "The Social Network" had all but been anointed the winner of this year's best picture Academy Award, racking up nearly every critic's prize across the country, in addition to taking the top Golden Globe.

 (CHRIS PIZELLO/The Associated Press) Melissa Leo (left), nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in "The Fighter," accepts applause from the crowd after being saluted from the stage at the 2011 Teachers Making a Difference event during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City on Tuesday.

It's Sundance's year at the Oscars

PARK CITY -- In most years, covering the Sundance Film Festival in the cold and snow when the Oscar nominations are being announced in balmy Southern California might seem like an exile of the cruelest sort. But 2011 is not most years: 2011 is the year that Sundance ruled.

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