1.  And for once there is no lack of likely names for the final two best picture slots.

2.  If an animated film was nominated as best picture, it would be a first.

3.  In this eccentric Oscar year, will the simple virtues prevail when it comes to the best picture category?

4.  Lee must win best foreign-language picture Oscar this spring-or indeed best picture.

5.  All the photographers vied to get the best pictures.

6.  All voting members nominate for best picture.

7.  Among its many distinctions is the fact it was the first foreign-language film to ever be nominated for a best picture Oscar.

8.  An Oscar tradition seems to be that each year, a movie must be nominated for best picture without its director being nominated for best director.

9.  And for best picture in the field of New York movie, a nonexistent Oscar category begging to be created, the envelope, please.