The British monarchy saga
The King's Speech
leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture and acting honors for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush.
Also nominated for best picture Tuesday were the psychosexual thriller
Black Swan
; the boxing drama
The Fighter
; the sci-fi blockbuster
Inception
; the lesbian-family tale
The Kids Are All Right
; the survival story
127 Hours
; the Facebook chronicle
The Social Network
; the animated smash
Toy Story 3
; the Western
True Grit
; and the Ozarks crime thriller
Winter's Bone
.
True Grit
ran second with 10 nominations, including acting honors for Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld.
The favorites in the male-acting categories both were nominated, Globe winners Firth as best actor for
The King's Speech
and Christian Bale as supporting actor for
The Fighter
. The best-actress field shapes up as a two-woman race between Annette Bening for
The Kids Are All Right
, who won the Globe for actress in a musical or comedy, and Natalie Portman for
Black Swan
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Melissa Leo won the Globe for
The Fighter
, but she faces strong challenges from that film's co-star Amy Adams and 14-year-old newcomer Steinfeld, who missed out on a Globe nomination for
True Grit
but made the cut for supporting actress at the Oscars.
The Feb. 27 Oscar ceremony will be televised live on ABC from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.