• Getting ready for the Daytime Emmys to be telecast on Sunday at 8 p.m. PDT/ EDT on the CW network? Here are two primer articles to check out: our curtain-raiser here at The Envelope plus the report in Variety.

• If Scott Feinberg is correct, the 10 Oscar nominees for best picture will be the following, listed here in order of likelihood of winning: "Invictus," "Nine," "Amelia," "Up in the Air," "Precious," "Avatar," "The Lovely Bones," "An Education," "Capitalism: A Love Story" and "The Hurt Locker." In the derbies for best actor and actress, he puts Morgan Freeman ("Invictus") and Carey Mulligan ("An Education") out front. And the Winner Is. . . .

• Beyonce is not only up for nine Moonmen on Sept. 13, she'll also perform at the MTV Video Music Awards crooning "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." Other performers include hubby Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Green Day, Pink and Muse. This will be the third time she's sung on the show. She did "Crazy in Love" in 2003 and "Ring the Alarm" in 2006. MTV

• Sept. 1 is the deadline for documentary filmmakers to submit their work for Oscar consideration. Oscars.org

• Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, has just won the Grand Prix bestowed by the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci). It's also been named Germany's entry to the Oscars. Previous champs were Oscar ponies "Volver" and "There Will Be Blood."  Variety

• Below is the trailer to quirky Oscar contender "The Men Who Stare at Goats," a film about a secret U.S. military unit devoted to exploring psychic power. It not only stars George Clooney, but it's directed by Grant Heslov, who cowrote "Good Night, and Good Luck" with Clooney, and co-produced and costarred in "Leatherheads" with him too. Oh, yeah, "Goats" also stars Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey. It's based upon Jon Ronson's 2004 book.

Photo: Warner Bros.

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