Excitement builds over Oscar nominations
Bollywood Gossips, Oscar Award 2011, Oscar nominations 5:18 AM
British actor Colin Firth is expected to receive an Oscar nod later when the nominees for this year's Academy Awards are announced.
His film, historical drama The King's Speech, is one of the main contenders for this year's accolades.
Comedienne Mo'Nique, winner of last year's best supporting actress award, will join Academy president Tom Sherak to reveal the nominations at 1330 GMT.
The 2011 Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on 27 February.
This year's hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, could conceivably be up for awards themselves for their roles in 127 Hours and Love and Other Drugs respectively.
Firth, nominated for a best actor Oscar in 2010 for A Single Man, is considered by many to be a shoo-in for this year's award.
Natalie Portman, meanwhile, is favourite to be named best actress for her role as a driven ballet dancer in the psychological thriller Black Swan.
Welsh-born actor Christian Bale has emerged as a front-runner for the best supporting actor prize, for his work in boxing drama The Fighter.
With 10 films set to be nominated for the best picture award, however, opinions are divided over the title most likely to win.
Facebook movie The Social Network - named best film drama at the Golden Globes earlier this month - is many pundits' tip for the Academy's highest honour.
Yet The King's Speech's chances were boosted at the weekend when it was named film of the year at the influential Producers Guild awards.
Both titles are expected to be nominated for a slew of awards later.
So are Black Swan, The Fighter and hi-tech thriller Inception, while Toy Story 3 is expected to be one of three nominees in the animated feature category
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