In your household, the day after Christmas might be a time for sitting on the couch watching old movies or heading to the mall to return gifts. But in the movie world, it's the official start of Oscar season. What, you ask, the announcement of People's Choice nominees in December doesn't count as a kick-off? Hardly. In the high-stakes Oscar world, the clock starts ticking once the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mails out its nomination ballots, which it did on December 26. Then the speculation starts in earnest about who will be walking down the red carpet on February 25, and that's when the winners of the other awards, like the Golden Globes comes into play. So who's on top for now? Take a stroll through our gallery of hopefuls...