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"Avatar and The Hurt Locker are set to duke it out for Best Picture honors at Sunday&amp;apos;s Academy Awards in one of the most hotly contested showdowns for this year&amp;apos;s trophy.\r\nEarning $2 billion in the months since its Dec. 2009 release, James Cameron&amp;apos;s 3-D CGI spectacle Avatar has broken box office records to become the most successful (and most expensive!) film to date. It&amp;apos;s closest competition, The Hurt Locker, is just the opposite: a low-budget war indie starring Jeremy Renner as an Iraq soldier.\r\n\r\nPrior to the official ceremony&amp;apos;s 8:30 p.m./ET kick-off, TV icon Barbara Walters will sit down with nominees Sandra Bullock and Mo&amp;apos;Nique for her annual Oscar special (ABC, 7 p.m.). Topics on the agenda for Walters&amp;apos; last show after a 30-year-run include Mo&amp;apos;Nique&amp;apos;s frank discussion of her open marriage to actor Sidney Hicks.\r\n\r\nIf red carpets aren&amp;apos;t your thing, head to the theater this weekend for the rich big screen retelling of Alice in Wonderland.\r\nStarring Anne Hathaway and Johnny Depp, the 3-D, candy-colored flick earns raves from Us critic Thelma Adams. Tim Burton&amp;apos;s version ages Alice (Mia Wasikowska) to her late teens and sends her down a bunny hole into an eccentric dreamscape. However, Adams cautions that the trippy tale may divide audiences. &amp;quot;Burton&amp;apos;s version remains a children&amp;apos;s story, though some may find it too over-the-top and idiosyncratic,&amp;quot; says Adams.\r\nFor more must-see weekend moments, check out Us&amp;apos; Movies, TV and Music channel now!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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