Oscar Nods

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the Oscar nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. The Oscar Nominations include 10 movies in the Best Picture Category this year. The 82nd Oscars will be presented March 7th on ABC. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will host. The major nominees:



Best Picture: “Avatar,” “The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “A Serious Man,” “Up” and “Up in the Air.”

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - “Crazy Heart,” George Clooney - “Up in the Air,” Colin Firth – “A Single Man,” Morgan Freeman – “Invictus” and Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker.”

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side,” Helen Mirren – “The Last Station,” Carey Mulligan – “An Education,” Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia.”

Best Supporting Actor: Matt Damon – “Invictus,” Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger,” Christopher Plummer – “The Last Station,” Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones” and Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds.”

Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz – “Nine,” Vera Farmiga – “Up in the Air,” Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart,” Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air” and Mo’Nique – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.”

Best Director: James Cameron – “Avatar,” Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker,” Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds,” Lee Daniels – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and Jason Reitman – “Up in the Air.”

Best Foreign Language Film: “Ajami” – Israel, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” – Argentina, “The Milk of Sorrow” – Peru, “Un Prophit” – France and “The White Ribbon” – Germany.

Best Animated Feature: “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “The Princess and the Frog,” “The Secret of Kells” and “Up.”

Best Original Screenplay: “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “The Messenger,” “A Serious Man” and “Up.”

Best Adapted Screenplay: “District 9,” “An Education,” “In the Loop,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and “Up in the Air.”

Best Documentary Feature: “Burma VJ,” “The Cove,” “Food, Inc.,” “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” and “Which Way Home.”

Best Documentary Short: “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province,” “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,” “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant,” “Music by Prudence” and “Rabbit a la Berlin.”

Best Original Score: “Avatar,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “Up.”

Best Original Song: “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog,” “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog,” “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36,” “Take It All” from “Nine” and “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart.”

Best Animated Short: “French Roast,” “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty,” “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte),” “Logorama” and “A Matter of Loaf and Death.”

Best Live Action Short: “The Door,” “Instead of Abracadabra,” “Kavi,” “Miracle Fish” and “The New Tenants.”

Best Visual Effects: “Avatar,” “District 9” and “Star Trek.”