Oscar Buzz???????

I was reading a blog called CORRECT OPPINION and there was mention of Oscar Buzz around The Hurt Locker.

Here is the exerpt:

...but come award seasons, there will be a splurg of Oscar Baiting movies, like The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Reader, The Changeling, Australia, Revolutionary Road, Che, Milk, Miracle At St. Anna, The Hurt Locker…… and thats just for starters, off the top of my head.