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There's been some debate over how well Gabourey Sidibe's career will continue to develop after her Oscar nominated role in "Precious." Fortunately for her, this weekend is Gabourey's chance to blow all those haters out of the water. She will be hosting this Saturday's episode of "Saturday Night Live" and, if the promos are any judge, it's going to be hilarious.

NBC has the four promos on their website in one video, and we really hope that the first one means there's going to be a "The Sambergs" sketch. Andy Samberg and Gabourey really have a nice chemistry going on, but we're kind of concerned why in two of the four skits Gabourey ends up holding a gun.

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Tags Andy Samberg, Gabourey Sidibe, Precious, Saturday Night Live, Video

The Oscar buzz machine might explode if the rumored film "Violet and Daisy" actually comes to fruition: Carey Mulligan (Oscar-nominated for "An Education") and Saoirse Ronan (Oscar-nominated for "Atonement") are set to star in a movie from Oscar-winning "Precious" screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher.

According to Showbiz411, the two leading ladies will most likely team up for Geoffrey's feature-length directorial debut, which he also wrote. (Though, this is Hollywood we're talking about, so nothing is set in stone.)

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Tags Carey Mulligan, Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious, Saoirse Ronan, Violet and Daisy

By George Loomis III

Howard Stern continues to insist that his comments on Gabourey Sidibe, via his Sirius radio show, served no other purpose than to raise concern over obesity in the U.S.

In defense of his comments, he declared that Gabby should not be considered a role model for other overweight women to love their bodies, because what they really should be doing — according to Howard — is dropping the pounds.

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Tags Gabourey Sidibe, Howard Stern, Precious

With Robin Thicke sharing his tips on Valentine's Day and how he's planning his big day with his wife "Precious" star Paula Patton, it's no surprise that Paula is gushing about her hubby to Women’s Health, where she's the cover girl. And, as it turns out Robin is so awesome at being her husband he even sent flowers to the photo shoot. Lucky girl!

“He makes me feel beautiful," she shared. "That’s the best thing about having a partner — there is someone to tell you, ‘Stop it. You look great!’ Of course, he can’t say anything else — he’s been trained.”

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Tags Paula Patton, Precious, Robin Thicke, Women's Health

There are very few certainties in life, but waking up today it was fairly safe to say that the groundhog would see his shadow condemning us with more winter and that "Avatar" was going to be nominated for Best Picture. James Cameron's blue-centric blockbuster lead the pack for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards with 9 nominations, tied with "The Hurt Locker." And while there were a few disappointments (No "(500) Days of Summer" nominations broke our heart as much as the movie did — but we'll muse more about that later on today!) and surprises this morning (Maggie Gyllenhaal for Best Supporting Actress, for one, and hey, "The Blind Side", how the heck did you get on the Best Pic list? Pretty sneaky...) it was a rather predictable list of nominees.

Besides the impending "Oceans 11" reunion on the red carpet (George Clooney and Matt Damon are up for acting awards, while Brad Pitt's film "Inglourious Basterds" is in the Best Picture race) there are a few Oscar nominations that Hollywood Crush is particularly excited about. It was only a matter of time for one of the "Twilight" stars to break through and capture the attention of the Academy, Anna Kendrick took the initiative and became a Best Supporting Actress nominee for her funny and raw performance in "Up in the Air." We sure would have loved to heard her congratulatory phone calls this morning!

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Tags An Education, Anna Kendrick, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, Harry Potter, Jeremy Renner, Oscars 2010, Precious, Up, Up In The Air

The 82nd Academy Awards is just about a month away (March 7), so start getting your own ballots and score cards ready by perusing through the entire list of nominees, which were just announced bright and early this morning. In case you're wondering, the movies with the most noms are "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" (both got nine!), while while "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" and "Up in the Air" collected six.

Best Picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

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Tags Avatar, Oscars 2010, Precious, The Hurt Locker, Up In The Air