82nd Academy Awards Oscar Nominations 2010: Oscar Nominees List

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The Oscar nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards have been announced today celebrating the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' top picks for achievement in film the past year. The 2010 Oscars will be co-hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. The Oscars live telecast will take place Sunday, March 7 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.

Leading the Oscar nominations count this year are "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" which have nine nominations each. Other top Oscar nominees are "Precious," "Up In The Air," "Inglorious Bastered," "Up," and " A Serious Man." Film critics and movie buffs seem to have "Avatar" pegged as the film that will win the most awards at this year's Oscars.

Complete list of 2010 Oscar Nominees:

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; Lyrics 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 à 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

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