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Variety abounds in Hollywood's holiday seasons as studios pack the schedule with Oscar hopefuls, action flicks, comedy and music-themed tales.

Variety abounds in Hollywood's fall and holiday seasons as studios pack the schedule with Oscar hopefuls, action flicks, comedy and music-themed tales. Surely to be one of the season's blockbuster hits, the Twilight saga continues with "Breaking Dawn - Part 1." Marriage enters the world of vampire romance as Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner near the franchise's end. Release date: Nov. 18. © 2011 Summit Entertainment

Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an ensemble of swindle victims plotting a caper against the crook who bilked them out of their pensions. Release date: Nov. 4. © 2011 - Universal Pictures

John Cho and Kal Penn reunite as the whip-smart party guys stumble through the holidays. Release date: Nov. 4. © 2011 New Line Productions, Inc.

Leonardo DiCaprio has the title role in Clint Eastwood's saga of FBI kingpin J. Edgar Hoover. With Naomi Watts, Judi Dench. Release date: Nov. 9. Warner Bros. Entertainment

Adam Sandler plays two roles as a successful family man and his bothersome twin sister. With Katie Holmes. Release date: Nov. 11. SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.

An animated adventure answers the question: How does Santa deliver all those presents in one night? Voice cast includes James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie. Release date: Nov. 11. © 2011 - Sony Pictures

Gods and heroes of ancient Greece duke it out as a power-mad king unleashes an army. With Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto, Mickey Rourke. Release date: Nov. 11. © 2011 - Relativity Media

John Le Carre's spymaster George Smiley (Gary Oldman) tries to ferret out a Cold War Soviet mole in British intelligence. Release date: Nov. 18. © 2011 - Working Title

Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon lead the voice cast in the 3-D follow-up to the animated penguin hit. Release date: Nov. 18. © 2011 - Warner Bros.

Marriage enters the world of vampire romance as Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner near the franchise's end. Release date: Nov. 18. © 2011 Summit Entertainment

Marriage enters the world of vampire romance as Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner near the franchise's end. Release date: Nov. 18. © 2011 Summit Entertainment

Kermit, Miss Piggy and pals reunite for a telethon to save their theater from a greedy oilman. With Jason Segel, Amy Adams. Release date: Nov. 23. © Disney Enterprises,

Kermit, Miss Piggy and pals reunite for a telethon to save their theater from a greedy oilman. With Jason Segel, Amy Adams. Release date: Nov. 23. © Disney Enterprises,

Martin Scorsese shoots his first 3-D film with this tale of an orphan living in the walls of a Paris train station who searches for answers about his late father. Release date: Nov. 23. © 2011 - Paramount Pictures

The downfall of a silent-film star (Jean Dujardin) in the talkies era is told through a black-and-white silent film. With John Goodman. Release date: Nov. 23. © 2011 The Weinstein Company

Leonardo DiCaprio has the title role in Clint Eastwood's saga of FBI kingpin J. Edgar Hoover. With Naomi Watts, Judi Dench. Release date: Nov. 9. Warner Bros. Entertainment

A production assistant (Eddie Redmayne) hangs with Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) during filming of "The Prince and the Showgirl." With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Watson. Release date: Nov. 4. The Weinstein Co.

Ralph Fiennes directs and stars in a Shakespeare adaptation about an exiled Roman hero who teams with an enemy (Gerard Butler) to take revenge on the city. Release date: Dec. 2. Magna Films

An ensemble including Halle Berry, Robert De Niro, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher and Sarah Jessica Parker maneuver through the last night of the year. Release date: Dec. 9. © 2011 - Warner Bros. Pictures

The world's worst babysitter (Jonah Hill) takes on three kids during a one-night prowl through New York City. Release date: Dec. 9. Twentieth Century Fox

Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher in a drama about the conservative prime minister who changed the face of Britain. With Jim Broadbent. Release date: Dec. 16. © 2011 - The Weinstein Co.

The talking rodents find themselves shipwrecked on an island during a luxury cruise. Release date: Dec. 16. Fox 2000 Pictures

Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Watson (Jude Law) square off against criminal mastermind Moriarty (Jared Harris). Release date: Dec. 16. © 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

A neglectful dad (George Clooney) struggles with choices about his daughters, his ancestral Hawaiian land and his wife, who was injured in a boating accident. Release date: Dec. 16. © 2011 - Fox Searchlight Pictures

Tom Cruise goes rogue after his Impossible Missions Force becomes the scapegoat for a Kremlin bombing. Release date: Dec. 21. © 2011 - Paramount Pictures

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Variety abounds in Hollywood's fall and holiday seasons as studios pack the schedule with Oscar hopefuls, action flicks, comedy and music-themed tales. Surely to be one of the season's blockbuster hits, the Twilight saga continues with "Breaking Dawn - Part 1." Marriage enters the world of vampire romance as Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner near the franchise's end. Release date: Nov. 18. © 2011 Summit Entertainment

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