Harry Potter's Last Chance for Oscar

6:00 AM PST 11/20/2011 by Gregg Kilday

How the top-grossing franchise might actually end its long streak of Academy snubs.

During the course of J.K. Rowling's seven novels and the eight movies that have been adapted from them, Harry Potter has managed to get his hands on any number of magical objects -- the Marauder's Map, the three Deathly Hallows, even the seven Horcruxes. But there's one object of desire that so far has eluded the makers of the Harry Potter films: the almighty Oscar.