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Weird that the presenters somehow foreshadow the eventual winners. Round one of indiewood versus hollywood goes to the indiewood. Smells like a Best Picture win for The Hurt Locker...?

This year's nominees have been announced with Kathryn Bigelow being the clear favorite among a field of noms that also include: James Cameron for Avatar; Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire; Jason Reitman for Up in the Air; and Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds.

Let's just say they ain't trading coffee beans at this trading post. Almost guaranteed to be among the Oscar shortlist for their set in the Iraq, edge-of-your-seat thriller, the pairing of director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal will now go into dense, snake infested back country - a very particular spot on the globe.

How many Iraq-war related films does this make now? In the trenches, fighting overseas and/or fighting demons back on home turf, I’m seriously losing...

An ode to last year's big winner Kathryn Bigelow, the 20th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were announced this afternoon and Debra Granik’s backwoods drama “Winter’s Bone” leads all the nominations with a total of three, while Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture) and Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) each end up with a pair of noms reminding us that there is some definite indiegrrrl power rising to the occasion this year.