Oscar Nominations to be Announced
NGUYEN: All right, it is news that Hollywood and all the rest of us have waited for all year to hear, especially</s>T.J. HOLMES: Yes. Big Oscar party, every year.</s>NGUYEN: Every year. He gets all decked out. Oscar nominations are coming right up.</s>HOLMES: The 82nd annual Academy Awards is going to be coming up on March the 7th, but nominations coming out on Tuesday. We had to bring in somebody to help us with this thing. There he is, "Entertainment Tonight" anchor Kevin Frazier. Kevin, good morning. Good to see you this morning.</s>KEVIN FRAZIER, "ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT" ANCHOR: Good morning. How is everything in Atlanta?</s>HOLMES: Everything is great. But your town is the place that's hopping right now.</s>NGUYEN: Yes.</s>FRAZIER: Even for a person that's not into it that much, what's the buzz?</s>NGUYEN: The buzz this year when it comes to Oscars. What are what names are being thrown around?</s>FRAZIER: Well, first of all, I think that this is going to be Monique's year and Sandra Bullock, and Christophe Wallace. But I think that at the end of the day, it's all about Monique and Sandra Bullock, and those are the two names and I think those are the two women who I believe are shoo-ins to walk away with Oscar gold. Monique in "Precious," her portrayal of Mary Jones, it was one of those movies that kind of stunned the world and one of those performances that made everyone everybody stand up. And then Sandra Bullock, it was finally her time and her turn. And she was great in "The Blind Side." And the thing about Sandra Bullock's performance is if you ever meet the real lady that she portrays, Lee Ann Touhy, Sandra nails it. It's incredible. It freaks you out.</s>NGUYEN: Yes, because a lot of times when you see the buzz about a specific actor, it's because they've given this really dramatic performance and they really had to get into the role, which she did, but this is kind of an upbeat character with a little feistiness to her. But it's nothing like what we saw with Monique's role.</s>FRAZIER: No. They are very, very opposite characters. The Mary Jones character Monique played, it scares you. You know what, it took me back to one of those movies like "A Menace to Society" by the Hughes brothers, one of those movies that you see that shocks America, and I think that's what you got with "Precious."