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Hollywood Gets Ready for Oscars The stars will be out on Sunday in Hollywood for the movie industrys biggest event of the year, the Academy Awards. This years Oscar contest pits a film about the British royal family,?The Kings Speech, against the Internet tale?The Social Network?and the re-make of a classic Western,?True Grit. Scene from The Kings Speech The Kings Speech, based on the real-life story of a stuttering monarch, is a tale of friendship between the man who became King George VI and his speech therapist.DUKE OF YORK?Im not here to discuss personal matters.THERAPIST?Why are you here, then?DUKE OF YORK?Because I bloody well stammer.The film has 12 nominations, including Oscar nods for lead actor Colin Firth, supporting actress Helena Bonham Carter, supporting actor Geoffrey Rush and director Tom Hooper. It has already won key awards from the Screen Actors Guild and the Directors Guild of America.?But Rush, who spoke with journalists at a recent lunch for nominees, says he doesnt count on winning an Oscar.If it doesnt happen, thats fine. We still made the work, and its a film that Im very, very proud of, Rush said. Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld star in True Grit True Grit?is a re-make of a Western made famous by movie star John Wayne in 1969. Its the story of a young girls search for her fathers killer with help from a gritty lawman named Rooster Cogburn, played in the new film by Jeff Bridges.COURTROOM LAWYER?Mr. Cogburn, in your four years as US Marshall, how many men have you shot?COGBURN?Shot, or killed?COURTROOM LAWYER?Let us restrict it to killed so we may have a manageable figure.Bridges has been nominated for best actor. And his 14-year-old costar, Hailee Steinfeld, is an Oscar nominee for her supporting role. Merrick Morton Jesse Eisenberg stars in Columbia Pictures The Social Network. The Social Network, which chronicles the rise of the Internet phenomenon Facebook, earned a best actor nomination for Jesse Eisenberg, who plays F