Updated at: 01/17/2013 11:37 AM The Hollywood Reporter’s list of its 10 best stories of the week: SUNDANCE 2013: THE 10 MOST BUZZED-ABOUT FILMS From the most anticipated titles to potential breakouts and must-see docs, everything buyers need to get shopping in Park City. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/sundance-2013-10-hot-films-412960 THR COVER: NICOLE KIDMAN ON SEX SCENES, SCIENTOLOGY AND SAYING NO TO STUDIOS Now 45 and happily married, the star of Sundance horror movie "Stoker" proclaims: "My heart is independent." http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nicole-kidman-sex-scenes-scientology-412752 `LINCOLN’ GETS TWEAKED FOR OVERSEAS RELEASE The world has heard of the 16th President but not about his role in ending slavery, as a Steven Spielberg preamble and custom footage hope to lure in foreign audiences. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielbergs-lincoln-gets-tweaked-412843 `LINCOLN’ SCORES SECOND `60 MINUTES’ PIECE AS `ZERO DARK THIRTY’ REBUFFED CBS News’ Bill Owens says the show was "pitched hard," but selling the Bin Laden manhunt as breaking news didn’t fly: "It’s not a documentary; it’s a movie." http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielbergs-lincoln-scores-second-412844 `ZERO DARK THIRTY’S’ SURPRISING TOP 10 THEATERS - DESPITE DIANE FEINSTEIN Despite Senator’s slam, Bin Laden manhunt pic plays well in her backyard of Washington. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/zero-dark-thirtys-surprising-top-412846 HOW TO FIX OSCAR’S BAFFLING SNUB OF BEN AFFLECK (ANALYSIS) A write-in vote -- not used since the 1930s -- could add a mind-boggling twist to the most unpredictable Oscar race in memory. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/argo-director-ben-afflecks-oscar-412794 4 WAYS OSCAR’S SETH MACFARLANE CAN OUT-FUNNY TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER The Globes hosts are a tough act to follow _ but MacFarlane can still raise the bar if he follows this advice. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/4-ways-oscars-seth-macfarlane-412603 INSIDE TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER’S PRIVATE GOLDEN GLOBES AFTER-PARTY Louis C.K. and Damian Lewis praised their performance as 200 A-listers rubbed shoulders at L.A.’s Soho House. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/inside-tina-fey-amy-poehlers-412606 TV’S $200 MILLION CHARLIE SHEEN EXPERIMENT Meet the two men who are trying to change the business with "Anger Management" -- and make FX, Lionsgate and Sheen very rich in the process. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anger-managements-charlie-sheen-tvs-412160 HOW LANCE ARMSTRONG’S OPRAH CONFESSION COULD LEAD TO HIS BANKRUPTCY (ANALYSIS) Legal experts tell THR that the filing may be the only way to escape a tidal wave of millions of dollars in legal claims. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/lance-armstrongs-oprah-interview-how-412883
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