The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony — which is better known as the Oscar Awards — will award the finest films of 2009 and is all set to take place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
According to reports, the Academy Awards ceremony will be aired live in the US on ABC with actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin being the hosts.
The nominees for the Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday Feb 2, 2010 by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway.
The nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards are as follows:
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Mo’nique – Precious
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Cristoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Best 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
Best 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
Best Director
James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels – Precious
Jason Reitman – Up In The Air
Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Precious
Up In The Air
Best Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto De Sus Ojos
La Teta Asus Tada
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Best Animated Film
The Fantastic Mr Fox
Coraline
The Princess and The Frog
Up
The Secret of Kells
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 Cinematography
Avatar
The White Ribbon
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Best Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Best Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco avant Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Best Makeup
Il divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Best Original Score
Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
Up – Michael Giacchino
Best Original Song
Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind”
Faubourg 36 – “Loin de Paname”
Nine – “Take It All”
The Princess and the Frog – “Down in New Orleans”
The Princess and the Frog – “Almost There”
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Best Documentary, Features
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Królik po berlinsku
Music by Prudence
Best Short Film, Animated
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
La dama y la muerte
Logorama
Wallace and Gromit in ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’
Best Short Film, Live Action
The Door
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