Avatar and The Hurt Locker lead list of Oscar nominees
Oscar nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced this morning from Beverly Hills, California, with James Cameron’s Avatar and war thriller The Hurt Locker leading the way with nine nominations each. The ceremony will take place March 7. Check out the full list of nominees below:
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope 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
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Best Foreign Film
Israel – ‘Ajami
Argentina – ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos
Peru – ‘The Milk of Sorrow
France – ‘Un Prophete
Germany – ‘The White Ribbon
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The Messenger
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education
Jesse Armstron, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘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
Which Way Home
Best Original Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Best Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Best Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
