It seems strange that there was ever a time where Anna Kendrick was not heading a movie musical. In fact, so impossible to realize is that this is the girl that first landed in the general public's consciousness for starring in the dreadful "Twilight" movies as the equally dreadful best friend of Kristen Stewart's character. Fast forward to when she won a wave of critical acclaim for her performance in Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air", which won her accolades from various critics groups and her first Academy Award nomination. If that hadn't been the year of Mo'Nique in "Precious", you can bet that Kendrick would have left the ceremony as the winner.
