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The excitement of the Oscars nears, and while predictions are pouring in, you still have time to catch the honored movies online before they go down in film history. Though many best picture nominees, including Amour, Les Misérables, Django Unchained, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty aren't yet available for digital purchase, there are plenty of other Oscar-nominated flicks to watch before Sunday's event.

• Argo — Nominated for best picture, Argo follows Ben Affleck's CIA agent character as he must free American diplomats from Iran during the Iranian Revolution. Watch the film on Google Play ($4 rent), Amazon Instant ($15 buy), or iTunes ($5 HD rent, $20 HD buy).
• Anna Karenina — Based on the classic novel by Leo Tolstoy, the film adaptation of Anna Karenina is nominated for best costume design. Available on Google Play ($5 rent, $13 buy), Amazon Instant ($5 rent, $13 buy), and iTunes ($6 HD rent, $15 HD buy).
• Brave — The Scottish princess who refuses to follow tradition and pick a suitor is up for best animated feature. Watch the Pixar film on Google Play ($4 rent, $15 buy), Amazon ($4 rent, $15 buy), and iTunes ($5 HD rent, $20 HD buy).
• Beasts of the Southern Wild — This fantastical bayou tale of a 6-year-old girl with a wild imagination has snagged best picture, best director, best actress, and best adapted screenplay nominations. Watch on Google Play ($5 rent, $13 buy), Amazon Instant ($4 rent, $13 buy), and iTunes ($6 HD rent, $15 HD buy).
• Flight — Denzel Washington is up for best actor for his role as a pilot that makes a miraculous landing. Available on Google Play (45 rent, $13 buy), Amazon Instant ($5 rent, $13 buy), and iTunes ($6 HD rent, $15 HD buy).
• Life of Pi — The surreal tale of survival based on a bestselling book is in the running for best picture, best director, and best adapted screenplay. Watch the film on Google Play ($15 HD buy), Amazon Instant ($15 HD buy), and iTunes ($15 HD buy).

Where to watch more films being honored on Sunday, including James Bond and a video game bad guy turned good after the break.

Google introduced Google Play today, which wirelessly syncs and stores all of your music, movies, apps, and ebooks that you buy from the Android market, Google Music, and the Google eBookstore across numerous devices. Google Play will make it insanely simple to streamline your media experience. For example, you can start a book on your Android tablet and pick up where you left off via your phone, or start a movie on your Chromebook and watch it later on your Internet-connected TV. If you download a song from Google Music, it will be instantly available across all of your devices, without storage or membership fees.

There will be some changes you need to know about though — as of today, the Android Market, Google Music, and Google eBookstore will become part of Google Play, changing their app names to the Google Play Store, Google Play Music, Google Play Books, and Google Play Movies, but you can access all of these in one place online through the Google Play website. You'll still have access to your purchased apps and media, store up to 20,000 songs for free, and be able to log in with your Google account. You can even pay for your purchases through Google Wallet.

Check out Google's cool demo video of the service and tell us what you think of the new Google media ecosystem after the break.