Hello, everybody. The keyword in President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday night was "civility", as he urged a divided Congress to "move forward together or not at all." Of course, he noticed that one empty chair usually reserved for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who is still recovering in Texas from that horrific assassination attempt in Tucson a few weeks ago. Her husband, astronaut Mark Kelley, was watching from her bedside.

During the speech, Obama said America was facing a new "Sputnik moment", as just like the showdown for space between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, the economy and jobs are in dire need for an boost to keep up with the other countries. Though his approval rating is back up again after months of decline, the president also called for a replacement of No Child Left Behind, which hasn't been working as far as our education is concerned.

Another thing that was touched on: Energy, as he wants 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 and 80 percent of clean electricity from clean energy sources such as wind, coal, and even solar. Obama also went on the defensive of his health care overhaul law, saying he's mustering to improve it.

By the way...though Rep. Don Young was in attendance in his first State of the Union in 37 years, Sen. Lisa Murkowski had to leave during the speech as her youngest son was in the hospital for appendectomy surgery. Also, the seating arrangements had an unusual twist: Republicans and Democrats sitting together.

Now...presidential speeches are not award-worthy, but earlier this morning, it was about "The King's Speech" as it leads the 83rd Academy Awards nominations with 12 including Best Actor (Colin Firth), Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and, along with "Black Swan", "The Fighter", "Inception", "The Kids Are All Right", "127 Hours", "The Social Network", "Toy Story 3", "True Grit", and "Winter's Bone", Best Picture of 2010.

Speaking of "The Social Network", it picked up Best Actor (Jesse Eisenberg), Director (David Fincher), and Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin) nods as expected. And fresh off both her Golden Globe win and "No Strings Attached" tops at the box office, Natalie Portman is also up for Best Actress in "Black Swan", though she'll be in for a showdown with Annette Bening ("The Kids Are All Right"), newcomers Jennifer Lawrence ("Winter's Bone") and Michelle Williams ("Blue Valentine"), and 2003 winner Nicole Kidman ("Rabbit Hole") for that prize.

But then there were those whose phones weren't ringing, like Leonardo DiCaprio ("Inception"), Mila Kunis ("Black Swan"), Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network"), Gwyneth Paltrow ("Country Strong", though it picked up Original Song) or Julianne Moore ("The Kids Are All Right").

"The Social Network" seemed to be the early favorite to take Best Picture after their Golden Globes victories, but it may or may not be the case now as "The King's Speech" came away the winner at the Producers Guild of America awards. But at the Oscars, there are no guarantees; see 2006 when heavy favorite "Brokeback Mountain" lost to "Crash" in an upset.

We'll see which film is liked the most when Anne Hathaway and Best Actor nominee James Franco front the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, February 27. So long and stay strong.