Oscar Nominations 2010

On February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. PST, the nominees in the major categories of the Academy Awards were announced live to an internationally televised audience. The event was held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.http://www.oscar.com/

Both Avatar and The Hurt Locker led the way with nine nominations apiece, including both being among the 10 films nominated for Best Picture.

When is the Oscars On?

Officially named the 82nd Academy Awards, the Oscars will be held on March 7, 2010 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California. You can watch the Oscars online or you can tune into ABC at 7pm for the pre-show and 8pm for the televised award show. Hosts this year include Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin who have a long standing comedic rivalry.

Who Decides Oscar Winners?

A group of people referred to as The Academy review, critique and evaluate a wide variety of movies. To be considered for an Academy Award, the movie must meet the following requirements:http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/oscar3.htm

1. The film must be longer than 40 minutes.
2. The film must have premiered in a movie theater in the previous calendar year.
3. The film must have played in an L.A. theater for at least 7 days.

In addition, forms such as the Official Screen Credits form must be properly completed and submitted.

After this process, films are received by Academy staff and the films are reviewed by the selection committee. These people have a very specific, but convoluted ranking and scoring system. After all films are reviewed, discussed and evaluated, nominees and winners are selected.

These are the nominees for Oscars for 2009:
UPDATED: The Oscar winners have been highlighted


Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education

• The Hurt Locker - WINNER
  

Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side - WINNER
  

Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan. An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart - WINNER
  

George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penèlope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrik, Up in the Air

• Mo’Nique, Precious - WINNER
  

Best 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 - WINNER
  

Best Achievement in Directing
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 - Mark Boal - WINNER
  

Inglorious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger - Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter


Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education - Nick Hornby
In The Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

• Precious - Geoffrey Fletcher - WINNER
  

Up In The Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner


Best Foreign Language Film
Ajami

• El Secreto de Sus Ojos - WINNER
  

The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophète
The White Ribbon


Best Animated Feature
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr Fox
The Princess and Frog
The Secret of Kells

• Up - WINNER
  

Art Direction

• Avatar - Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair - WINNER
  

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus - Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro, Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine - Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Direction: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes - Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Direction: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria - Art Direction: Patrice Vermette, Set Direction: Maggie Gray


Cinematography

• Avatar - Mauro Fiore - WINNER
  

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 Parnassu - Monique Prudhomme
Nine - Colleen Atwood

• The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell - WINNER
  

Best Documentary Feature
Burma VJ

• The Cove - WINNER
  

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 Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

• Music by Prudence - WINNER
  

Rabbit à la Berlin


Film Editing
Avatar - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 - Julian Clarke

• The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski and Chris Innis - WINNER
  

Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Joe Klotz


Achievement In Makeup
Il Divo - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano

• Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow - WINNER
  

The Young Victoria - Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore


Music Written for a Motion Picture (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 - WINNER
  

Music Written for a Motion Picture (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 and Lyric by Frank Thomas
Take It All fromNine - 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 - WINNER
  

Best Animated Short Film
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper

• Logorama - WINNER
  

A Matter of Loaf and Death


Best Live Action Short Film
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish

• The New Tenants - WINNER
  

Sound Editing
Avatar - Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

• The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson - WINNER
  

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 - WINNER
  

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 - WINNER
  

District 9 - Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek - Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

• Ben Stiller Oscars
• Alec Baldwin Oscars
• Steve Martin Oscars
• James Cameron
• George Clooney Acceptance Speech
• Sacha Baron Cohen Oscars
• Jason Bateman Oscars
• Tina Fey Steve Carell Oscars
• Joel Madden Oscar DJ