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Sandra Bullock, more popularly known as Hollywood’s sweetheart, admitted to being scared after the Oscar nominations were announced.

“It scares me more than anything, because you think, ‘What do I do now? What do I do now that I don’t step backwards – I step forward’,” she told Access Hollywood. “I feel like because of this honor and what I’ve been given these last couple of months, I really have an obligation not to step back even the smallest bit.”

However, unlike other actresses who lose sleep over their red-carpet gowns Bullock seemed pretty chilled out about her Academy Awards gown saying, “I’m relaxed about it because it’s someone else’s job to finely stitch thousands of pleats into a gorgeous thing to make you look divine,” at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon.

With less than three weeks to go until the Oscars, the ever-laid back Sandra Bullock admits she still isn’t sure what she’s going to wear — not that she’s stressed about it.

“Look, if I have to wear a trash bag I’ll belt it with rhinestones and I’ll make it work, but I’m not panicking for some reason because there are so many beautiful things out [there] that someone will not want to wear and I’ll get it. But there’s one I saw that’s just a work of art.”

Avatar took home the award for Best Film Drama, while Cameron won Best Director.

The Best Actress prizes went to Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep, while Robert Downey Jr and Jeff Bridges took home the equivalent male awards.

The ceremony was hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais. Read a full list of winners and red carpet pictures below.

Film:

Best Motion Picture (Drama) – Avatar
Best Actress (Drama) – Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Best Actor (Drama) – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Pictuer (Comedy or Musical) – The Hangover
Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) – Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) – Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes
Best Animated Feature – Up
Best Foreign Language Film – The White Ribbon (Germany)
Best Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Director – James Cameron, Avatar
Best Screenplay -  Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Best Original Score -  Michael Giacchino, Up
Best Original Song – The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart), Crazy Heart

TV:

The City of Miami Florida is another place in the world where efforts are underway to help the nation of Haiti recovers from the earthquake that left it devastated.

The Magic City Casino will be hosting a concert in order to raise funds for the victims of the Haitian Earthquake. The concert will feature the following artists such as Cuban American Singer, Model and Actress Maria Lourdes, Cuban Rap Star Rey El Vikingo, Cuban Salsa Stars Hansel and Raul. The concert will also feature the Colombian American Actress, Model and Television Presenter Adriana Cata~no, Cuban Model Sissi, Cuban Salsa Star Rey Ruiz, and the Celia Cruz All Stars. The Magic City Casino Event will be taking place on the 24th of January 2010.

The Latin Stars that also participated in a seperate effort for the cause of the Haitian people was Juanes, Rudy Perez of Calle 13, and Fanny Lu. Fanny Lu wrote an article titled “God Bless Haiti, My Heart Is With Your People”, while Alejandro Sanz and Ricky Martin sent their messages of support via Twitter.

The mud-slinging at NBC over its late-night debacle is getting increasingly vicious, with reports that the network is threatening to bar Conan O’Brien from television over his refusal to take his show to a 12:05 time slot.

Reports also state that part of bad blood is due to a deep personal resentment between O’Brien and Jay Leno. NBC wants Leno to take over the 11:35 time slot traditionally held by The Tonight Show, which O’Brien currently hosts. It wants Leno to host a half-hour show, which would move The Tonight Show back to 12:05.

After O’Brien declared he wouldn’t do that on Wednesday, NBC honcho Jeff Zucker “is threatening to ice Conan,” sources told Nikki Fine at deadline.com.

Zucker’s people told Fine: “Zucker said, ‘I’ll keep you off the air for 3 1/2 years.’ Which doesn’t have a chance in hell of happening. What I really think Zucker wants is to hold him off the market for at least six months to a year until the dust settles and Leno is secure and Conan is squelched.”

Like so many of Terry Gilliam’s films The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is one that is going to need multiple viewings to truly form an opinion on.  The film is of marvelous spectacle yet unprofound simplicity but limitless. It’s along the lines of his magnificent visual storytelling as in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, leaving out the subtext like Brazil and Twelve Monkeys.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus tells the story of the immortal Dr Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) and his magical Imaginarium, a travelling show in which a volunteer from the audience gets to experience their greatest need in vivid forms and then has to choose between two paths.

The score is great. Nothing ground-breaking but the music disappears and becomes a part of the scene. A great touch is when whenever Mr Nick appears, the score changes to something jazzy or bluesy.

It is basically a story about a father protecting his daughter. But what makes it unique is the fact that is it layered with metaphors and references about religion, the battle between good and evil, choices people made, impression people put up and morality behind each of our action.