The Academy Awards 2010

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Here are the top nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards to be held March 7 at the Kodak Theatre.
Besides increasing its nomination list for best picture, the academy also is featuring two hosts at the Oscar ceremony: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, who just starred together in "It's Complicated."


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 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 and 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 Director
James Cameron, "Avatar"
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
Lee Daniels, "Precious"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"


Best Animated Feature
"Coraline"
"The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"
"Up"

Best Foreign Language Film
“Ajami," Israel
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina
“The Milk of Sorrow," Peru
“Un Prophète," France
“The White Ribbon," Germany

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, “The Messenger”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man”
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter and story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, “Up”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, “District 9”
Nick Hornby, “An Education”
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell,Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche,“In the Loop”
Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”

 

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Art Direction:
“Avatar”Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
“Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
“Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray


Cinematography:
“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger


Costume Design:
“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Documentary (Feature)
“Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Nominees to be determined
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)
"China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra


Film Editing:
“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz


Make-Up:
“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore


Music (Original Score)
“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino


Music (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

Sound Editing:
"Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
“Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
“Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers


Sound Mixing:
"Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
“Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson


Visual Effects:
Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

 

[anitram]

WTF is up with the 10 movies?

I hope Kathryn Bigelow takes it (and The Hurt Locker too). Far better film than Avatar.

 

[waynetravis]

oooh 'UP' got a Best Picture nod

 

[lauramullen]

Good nominees this year. Should be interesting to see what takes best picture. I like Inglorious Basterds out of the movies that I saw.

 

[Gabi_Clayton]

I can't help myself but I really like Avatar.

 

[LMP]

Precious getting anything aside from the acting categories is a joke, let alone Picture, Directing, and Editing. The Hurt Locker has an original score? At least Mr. Fox and Sherlock Holmes made it on there. Up's gonna win there.

The only BP nom, I haven't seen is The Blind Side, which may stay that way. Meh. Also, In the Loop getting an Adapted Screenplay nom has me going over the moon. Also,

 

[Hewson]

10 Best Picture nominees is ridonkulous. I mean, District 9? Really?

 

[corianderstem]

WTF is up with the 10 movies?

Not sure if that's a general wtf, or if you hadn't heard the news last year - they wanted to try 10 movies. I think the gist of the reasoning was that if they opened it up a bit, they could nominate more "popular" movies and therefore get more people to watch.

I'm not 100% sure if that's right, but that's what I got out of it. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

But if that is the case, I think it's a ridiculous idea. But whatever.

 

[Daddysgonnapay]

Thanks for posting these Lila

 

[mikal]

wow, so no "Winter" then, huh?

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

What is District 9 about? Out of the ten I've seen Up (loved it), Up In The Air, Avatar, and Blind Side.

I have to see Hurt Locker, it's on my On Demand and I still haven't seen it. I would love to see a woman finally get best director. She's an ex wife of James Cameron and he showed her Avatar several times to get her opinion.
I would actually like to see Sandra Bullock win-it's like an f you to the pretentiousness of some people in Hollywood. And she was good in that movie. I'm sure there have been worse performances that have won best actress and actor.

 

[OrARoundabout]

The Blind Side...for best picture? Sure Sandra Bullock was very good and will probably win Best Actress...but the film is far from Oscar material


Yay for Star Trek with 4 nominations...


But if I had my way....I.B wud sweep

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

You knew that would happen when they have to fill ten spots. Bad idea

 

[deep]

Not sure if that's a general wtf, or if you hadn't heard the news last year - they wanted to try 10 movies. I think the gist of the reasoning was that if they opened it up a bit, they could nominate more "popular" movies and therefore get more people to watch.

I'm not 100% sure if that's right, but that's what I got out of it. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

But if that is the case, I think it's a ridiculous idea. But whatever.

I think that is about right

they had 10 best pic noms until 1943? I think.

There have been years when I thought 5 was too few.

This year 10 seems like too many.

7 might have been better.

 

[corianderstem]

What is District 9 about?

Aliens who have been stuck on Earth for years (broken-down spaceship hovering in the air over the city) are segregated into one big ghetto (District 9) in Johannesburg. The citizens of Jo'burg are fed up with it, and then come some attempts at forced evictions and relocation of the aliens and their ghetto.

Bad shit goes down from there.

I totally loved it.

 

[deep]

I would actually like to see Sandra Bullock win-it's like an f you to the pretentiousness of some people in Hollywood.

I agree

she has a wide body of work, a lot of it is not very good.

I have yet to see Blind Side but if she does good work in it,
I would much rather see her win than Streep.

 

[LMP]

I think that is about right

they had 10 best pic noms until 1943? I think.

There have been years when I thought 5 was too few.

This year 10 seems like too many.

7 might have been better.

I wish it was treated more like a minimum of 5, max of 10 nominees, but widening the field means that more people will see something like District 9, An Education, or A Serious Man than may have been aware of it, or give them incentive to see it.

 

[lazarus]

I'm still not a fan of the 10 nominees, and hope they go back to 5 sooner rather than later.

But this whole experiment was worth it just so history will show:

A Serious Man, Best Picture nominee

Thank the maker!

A real shame about the lack of attention for Bright Star, but at least it got something.

 

[lauramullen]

I don't like the 10 nominees either. Way too many too choose from.

 

[Imperor]

How in the hell did Underdog, Racially-tinged Sports Drama #283 get a Best Picture nomination? Hopefully A Serious Man takes that one down. If Bullock wins Best Actress, my head is going to explode.

And again, the presence of [Papyrus]AVATAR[/Papyrus] is a joke.

 

[lazarus]

How in the hell did Underdog, Racially-tinged Sports Drama #283 get a Best Picture nomination?

Well, it was either that or the other UR-TSD that was going to get in, and I'd rather see Clint Eastwood get snubbed.

Of course, my head will explode as well. It's like like the beginning of the last decade, where a popular actress won for work that wasn't very impressive considering the rest of the contending performances that year.

Spoiler

Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich

 

[Imperor]

Well the most shocking news of all is the Big Hurt penning the lyrics to an Oscar nominated song.

 

[Irvine511]

the move to 10 nominees is a reaction to the "snub" of The Dark Knight from last year -- the hopes that a colossal moneymaker being in contention for an award will make many more tune in for the broadcast so they can cheer and keep score, i.e. Return of the King and Titanic.

that said, Avatar would have been nominated had there been just 5 pictures, and Avatar > TDK.

anyway, the acting categories are pretty boring because it's pretty much known who's going to win. Bridges, Monique, and Waltz. i have a soft spot in my heart for Firth, and he has one scene in "Single Man" that's transcendent and heartbreaking, but everyone seems to want to abide by The Dude this year. which is fine, i guess.

Streep vs. Bullock is interesting, but that's about it.

it's less about the performances and more about the horse race. just like politics.

and, for me, Bigelow > Cameron.

 

[deep]

I agree with everything you said

I am glad Firth got in over The Serious Man

and I think it is proper that The Serious Man got the noms it did get.

Freeman and Damon may be my least favorite noms.
Invictis should have been an after school special

 

[OrARoundabout]

I will break something if Waltz doesn't win

 

[deep]

If I had to pick one sure win, he would be it.

Next would be Bridges.

 

[deep]

so lets go with predictions - for the big 5 or 6 categories



Best Actor:

Best Actress:

Best Supporting Actor:

Best Supporting Actress:

Best Director;

Best Picture;

 

[deep]

Best Actor: BRIDGES

Best Actress: BULLOCK

Best Supporting Actor: WALTZ

Best Supporting Actress: MO'NIQUE

Best Director; BIGELOW

Best Picture; AVATAR

 

[LMP]

Picture: The Hurt Locker
Director: Bigelow
Actor: Bridges
Actress: Bullock
Supp. Actor: Waltz
Supp. Actress: Mo'Nique
Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds
Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air