The 82nd Annual Academy Award Nominations!
Here is the full list of Oscar nominees, just announced…leading the field for all nominations: both Avatar and
The Hurt Locker with nine nominations apiece (and, to make things interesting, directed by former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow)
Best Motion Picture of the Year
• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air
Achievement in Directing
• James Cameron, Avatar
• Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
• Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
• Lee Daniels, Precious
• Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
• Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• George Clooney, Up in the Air
• Colin Firth, A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman, Invictus
• Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
• Matt Damon, Invictus
• Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
• Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
• Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
• Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren, The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan, An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
• Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
• Penélope Cruz, Nine
• Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
• Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
• Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Up
Original Screenplay
• The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger, Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
• A Serious Man, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Up, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson
Adapted Screenplay
• District 9, Neil Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• An Education, Nick Hornby
• In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
• Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
• Ajami (Israel)
• El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
• The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
• Un Prophete (France)
• The White Ribbon (Germany)
Original Score
• James Horner, Avatar
• Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker
• Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes
• Michael Giacchino, Up
Original Song
• “Almost There,” Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman (The Princess and the Frog)
• “Down in New Orleans,” Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman (The Princess and the Frog)
• “Loin de Paname,” Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyric by Frank Thomas (Paris 36)
• “Take It All,” Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine)
• “The Weary Kind,” Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)
Achievement in Art Direction
• Avatar
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Nine
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Young Victoria
Achievement in Cinematography
• Avatar
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• The White Ribbon
Achievement in Costume Design
• Bright Star
• Coco Before Chanel
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Nine
• The Young Victoria
Best Documentary Feature
• Burma VJ
• The Cove
• Food, Inc.
• The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
• Which Way Home
Best Documentary Short Subject
• China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
• The Last Campaign of Booth Gardner
• The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
• Music by Prudence
• Rabbit a la Berlin
Achievement in Film Editing
• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
Achievement in Makeup
• Il Divo
• Star Trek
• The Young Victoria
Best Animated Short Film
• French Roast
• Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
• The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
• Logorama
• A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Live Action Short Film
• The Door
• Instead of Abracadabra
• Kavi
• Miracle Fish
• The New Tenants
Achievement in Sound Editing
• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek
• Up
Achievement in Sound Mixing
• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Achievement in Visual Effects
• Avatar
• District 9
• Star Trek
The Oscars airs on Sunday, March 7th 2010 and there is sure to be some exciting moments.
