'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead expanded Oscar parade (AP

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100307/ap_on_en_mo/us_oscars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100307/capt.76af8c830b5f49f984ad6fcacf264186.oscar_countdown_caas112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=nUhLPd4Fr6R7f.YdHRl3Yg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Pictured is the Governors Ball engraving station ready for award winners to arrive following the 82nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 6, 2010. Traditionally, Oscar winners are given unengraved statues, which they send back tot he Academy at some later date to have the plaques attached. But this year, winners can come to this station at the Governors Ball with one guest and have their engraved name plaque attached to their Oscar. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Academy Awards voters are expected to go very big or very small on their best-picture winner at Sunday's Oscars. The two favorites in the expanded field of 10 best-picture nominees are the as-big-as-it-gets blockbuster "Avatar" and the critical darling "The Hurt Locker," which drew a tiny fraction of the audience its mammoth competitor pulled in.</p><br clear="all"/>

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