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82nd Annual Academy Awards nominees

On Sunday, 7 March 2010, movie buffs will be glued to their tv sets to find out who walks home with a sought-after Oscar at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. We've seen some top-class productions come out of the industry, but some proper hogwash as well. The awards is meant to thank the former and remind us why it's a multi-billion dollar industry. Here are the nominees...
82nd Annual Academy Awards nominees

82nd Annual Academy Award nominations:

Actor in a Leading Role


  • Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
  • George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
  • Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
  • Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
  • Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Matt Damon in “Invictus”
  • Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
  • Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
  • Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
  • Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

    Actress in a Leading Role


    • Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
    • Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
    • Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
    • Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire”
    • Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

    Actress in a Supporting Role


    • Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
    • Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
    • Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
    • Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
    • Mo'Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire”

    Animated Feature Film


    • “Coraline” Henry Selick
      “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
    • “Tihe Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
    • “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
    • “Up” Pete Docter

    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

    Directing


    • “Avatar” James Cameron
    • “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
    • “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
    • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
    • “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

    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

    Foreign Language Film


    • “Ajami” Israel
    • “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
    • “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
    • “Un Prophète” France
    • “The White Ribbon” Germany

    Makeup


    • “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

    Best Picture


    • “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
    • “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
    • “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
    • “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
    • “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
    • “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
    • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
    • “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
    • “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
    • “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

    Short Film (Animated)


    • “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
    • “Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
    • “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
    • “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
    • “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

    Short Film (Live Action)


    • “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
    • “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
    • “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
    • “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
    • “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

    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

    Writing (Adapted Screenplay)


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

    Writing (Original Screenplay)


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

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