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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the
nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards.
Following is a list of the main Oscar
contenders.
The awards will be handed out in Hollywood on March 7.
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
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: Based on the Novel 'Push' by
Sapphire
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 in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
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
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami - Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos - Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow - Peru
Un Prophete - France
The White Ribbon - Germany
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
BEST ART DIRECTION
Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair -
Avatar
Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith -
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim - Nine
Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer - Sherlock
Holmes
Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray - The Young
Victoria
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mauro Fiore - Avatar
Bruno Delbonnel - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker
Robert Richardson - Inglourious Basterds
Christian Berger - The White Ribbon
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Janet Patterson - Bright Star
Catherine Leterrier - Coco before Chanel
Monique Prudhomme - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Colleen Atwood - Nine
Sandy Powell - The Young Victoria
BEST 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
BEST 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 - Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin - Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
BEST FILM EDITING
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron - Avatar
Julian Clarke - District 9
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis - The Hurt Locker
Sally Menke - Inglourious Basterds
Joe Klotz - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Ajami - Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos - Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow - Peru
Un Prophète - France
The White Ribbon - Germany
BEST MAKEUP
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano - Il Divo
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow - Star Trek
Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore - The Young Victoria
BEST 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
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Almost There - The Princess and the Frog
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Down in New Orleans - The Princess and the Frog
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Loin de Paname - Paris 36
Music by Reinhardt Wagner
Lyric by Frank Thomas
Take It All - Nine
Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) - Crazy Heart
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
BEST IN SOUND EDITING
Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle - Avatar
Paul N.J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker
Wylie Stateman -Inglourious Basterds
Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin - Star Trek
Michael Silvers and Tom Myers - Up
BEST IN SOUND MIXING
Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson -
Avatar
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett - The Hurt Locker
Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano - Inglourious
Basterds
Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin - Star Trek
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson -
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
BEST IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R.
Jones - Avatar
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken -
District 9
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton - Star
Trek
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell - District 9
Nick Hornby - An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche - In
the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by
Sapphire
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
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, Tom McCarthy - Up
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