Hollywood Gets Ready for Oscars

February 24, 2011

The Red Carpet for the 83rd Academy Awards is rolled out on Hollywood Blvd outside the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California, February 23, 2011Scene from "The King's Speech"

The King’s 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

"I’m 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 doesn’t count on winning an Oscar.

"If it doesn’t happen, that’s fine. We still made the work, and it’s a film that I’m 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. It's the story of a young girl’s search for her father’s killer with help from a gritty lawman named Rooster Cogburn, played in the new film by Jeff Bridges.