Actress Helena Bonham Carter is also shortlisted for her supporting role in period drama The King's Speech, while Tom Hooper gets a best director nod.

BBC: Colin Firth leads British charge at Academy Awards

The same was not true in film categories when compared with last year when Colin Firth won best actor in a drama for The King's Speech - a precursor to his Oscar success.

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The 15-minute film features Mr Oyelowo, who appeared in the film Last King of Scotland and the BBC drama Spooks.

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"Titanic" director James Cameron hopes to show TV who's king with the Fox science-fiction drama "Dark Angel, " about a "genetically enhanced human prototype" who's on the run from her handlers.

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His other works include The Last King Of Scotland and The Deal, a TV drama about Gordon Brown and Tony Blair's complex relationship.

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The serialized drama from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel of the same name, will premiere on the CBS Television Network on June 24, 2013.

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