Oscar oversights include some Hollywood heavyweights

In writer-director Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller "Inception," Leonardo DiCaprio portrays a dream-time cat burglar who smuggles ideas in and out of people's minds. But on Tuesday, many Oscar prognosticators felt that "Inception" itself had gotten hijacked — with Nolan passed over for a widely expected best director nomination even as the movie found itself in the best picture category.

By Chris Lee, Los Angeles Times

January 26, 2011