The 2013 Oscar Nominations, Ryan Gosling and Hugh Jackman Interviews, New Trailer For Danny Boyle's Trance, 10 Things You'll See In The Hobbit 2 And 3

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This Week... Oscars! BAFTAs! Awards season got underway in earnest this week with the announcement of the nominations for the two biggest awards shows on the calendar. All eyes are now on Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which leads the field at both awards in terms of nominations - but will that translate into wins? Could Pi's tiger hunt down the President's prizes? Might Silver Linings Playbook run away with the night (wearing a bin bag as it does so)? Will Les Misérables hit the high notes? We'll be keeping a close eye on the race over the next month-and-a-bit, but in the meantime you can familiarise yourself with the list and take a gander at our handy Oscar infographics to get the skinny on this year's nominees. Warning: contains slavery, pirates, and Bengal tigers. Helen O'Hara Deputy Online Editor, Empire

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Oscar Nominations 2013 Announced! Lincoln leads the charge with 12. Christopher Nolan Goes Interstellar He's in talks for the sci-fi script. First Pic Of Michael Fassbender In Frank Gyllenhaal! Gleeson! Fassb... Big Head!

New Trailer For Danny Boyle's Trance Lord Danny of Boyleshire - as he definitely doesn't want to be called - is such a national treasure these days that he could easily be spending the year watching his beloved Bury FC and taking the plaudits of his public. Pah. Instead, he's made Trance, a noodle-twisting thriller with hypnosis on its mind, and you can watch its first trailer after the click. More new videos to watch: Trailer For 42 Steps Up To The Plate Jackie Robinson story gets fresh promo. First Hemlock Grove Trailer Online Eli Roth brings horror thrills to TV. New UK Robot & Frank Trailer 'YOU'RE for children, stupid'. The Last Exorcism 2 Trailer Arrives More southern Satanic shenanigans. Second Pacific Rim Trailer Stomps In Apocalypse still cancelled.

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Getting toothpaste in your eye is worse than giving birth, and I don't need to have a baby to know that. Ally presents her pain scale.

Why I Love Django Unchained I was surprised when it turned out Sony Pictures had pitched the hardest to release Quentin Tarantino's new film internationally, since I remember all too well the last time that studio released a spaghetti western featuring Leonardo DiCaprio: it died a death. I haven't seen Sam Raimi's The Quick And The Dead since it came out in 1995, but back then it was considered toxic. I, on the other hand, loved it; a kind of berserk, ultra-heightened Sergio Leone pastiche - as made by the Three Stooges - it nevertheless maintained the genre's grim sense of anarchy, albeit by making that point in a wildly literal way.

10 Things You'll See In The Hobbit 2 And 3 When we left Bilbo, Thorin and his band of dwarves they were perched on top of a cliff after Gandalf dialled 1-800-EAGLE. The next stage of their adventures sees them tackling vengeful orcs, a helter-skelter barrel ride and a fire-breathed dragon bastard called Smaug, before careering towards an apocalyptic finale at the Battle of Five Armies. Only five armies, you ask? Well, there's more to the story. A lot more - and much of it never appeared in Tolkien's original novel. Here are ten things to prepare for. The Empire Podcast #43 What are the curveballs thrown out by this week's Oscars nominations? Who's likely to trade blows (not literally) with Lincoln on the night itself? Empire kicks off the new year with an avalanche of analysis, chatter and Sebastian the Hedgehog references. (Yes, we're still doing that.) That isn't all this week, though. If you have a trip to Les Misérables planned then catch a fascinating chat with director Tom Hooper and Toby Jones talking about his portrayal of Hitchcock in The Girl. Vote For The Jameson Empire Awards 2013 And Enter The Done In 60 Seconds Competition! It's the day you've always dreamed of - Tom Hiddleston wants YOU... to upload your Done In Sixty Seconds entries to this year's competition. For proof, check out his video right over here and listen to the former Loki explain why it's awesome and why you should get involved. We promise this won't get you on the wrong side of the Avengers. As a bonus, there's still time to vote for your films of the year at the Jameson Empire Awards and decide which of Hollywood's great and good gets to mount the stage this year. Ryan Gosling Talks Gangster Squad From the man who brought you Zombieland and 30 Minutes Or Less comes another entirely different genre movie: Gangster Squad, which - would you believe it - is a gangster movie. Talking Bogie and Bacall are stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Josh Brolin, as well as Fleischer himself. P.S. Look out for a top notch Christmas jumper from Mr. Gosling... Hugh Jackman Talks Les Misérables Musical of musicals Les Misérables finally makes it to the screen this year thanks to the hard work of King Speech director Tom Hooper and his team, recreating the sung-through musical for cinema-going audiences with the acting and singing talents of Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and many more. Here below are some video interviews with both the director and Redmayne and Jackman, touching on such topics as the catchiest Les Mis song and what it's like to sing with earpieces in their lugholes. Empire's Giant 2013 Movie Preview Assuming the Mayan-inspired doomsayers are wrong, 2013 is going to be a heck of a year for film. We have huge new releases all year long, from the high notes of Les Misérables to the high explosives of Iron Man 3 to the high drama of Zero Dark Thirty. So that you can prepare yourself for it all and stand ready to explain what's coming to friends down the pub, we've prepared a massively thorough, hugely sweeping preview of the films out next year that will be hitting your cinemas. Broken down thematically, here's what's coming... Gerard Butler On Football And Playing For Keeps A uni footballer of some talent, Gerard Butler has put the game aside in recent years to train dragons, tear the Persians a new one and bring his celtic charms to bear in a variety of rom-coms. But he's taken the boots down again for this year's Soccer-Aid and new romantic-drama Playing For Keeps. What could we do but ask him a whole load of questions about football? There was a surprising scoop about that England win at Old Trafford along the way.

The latest Peter V. Brett novel, which anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy literature will know is inordinately exciting. It's out on February 11 - buy it, read it, love it.

The next end-of-the-world shouldn't be for a while. The World's End, from Wright and Pegg et al, finished shooting on December 21, 2012, just in case the Mayans were right. They're actually working on an invisibility cloak and freakin' holodeck. Ben Affleck's middle name is Geza. Carrie Fisher wrote to Princess Leia.

All the Stan Lee cameos. The Office: An Unexpected Journey. Now THESE are woolly hats. Dissent among the Avengers. If you have any timewasters to share, then e-mail them in to us.

A mandala meditation kit for the Samsara / Bakara blu-ray release on Monday. We're not sure if you blow up the sand or eat it in order to meditate, but then we haven't read the instructions yet.

Les Miserables Occasionally, like its characters, ragged around the edges, this nevertheless rings with all the emotion and power of the source and provides a new model for the movie musical. Also Out Midnight Son The Skin I Live In. May I Kill You? Cold fuzz. What Richard Did Hard-hitting Irish gem. Underground 1920s romance restored. Gangster Squad The Untouchables with a tan. Jiro Dreams Of Sushi Return of the maki. This week's video trailers and clips. Every week, our video player will update to show trailers and clips from the week's movie releases listed above.

The Imposter The year's most fascinating and frightening doc so far, The Imposter delves far beneath the hysterical tabloid headlines. Also Out Jackpot I want Scandi. Take This Waltz High infidelity.

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