The 82nd Academy Awards took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. On November 3, 2009, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were announced as co-hosts of the show. The Best Picture award went to the movie The Hurt Locker and director Kathryn Bigelow also won the Best Director award for the same movie. The award for Best Actress went to Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges won Best Actor. The awards for supporting actress and actor went to Mo'Nique and Christoph Waltz.
The movie The Hurt Locker won Best Picture at the 2010 Oscars.
Predictions and Likely Nominees
Nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards were announced on February 2, 2010. A number of popular and critically-acclaimed 2009 movies were already considered "favorites" to get nominations, largely based on nominees and winners for awards from film critics or the Golden Globes, whose nominees are chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The following films were frequently cited by sites like Moviefone and the Los Angeles Times as likely contenders for Oscar nominations:
Up in the Air: Jason Reitman's comedy-drama has 6 Golden Globe nominations, more than any other film this year. In addition to a nod for Reitman, the film is nominated for the lead performance of George Clooney, two different supporting actress nominations for Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga, a nomination for Reitman's direction and a nomination for Best Picture.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121501275.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Precious: This audience favorite from the Sundance Film Festival has been shortlisted by the Los Angeles Times as one of only 5 films that could take Best Picture in 2010. Mo'Nique has been mentioned frequently as a possible winner in the Best Supporting Actress category for her breakthrough performance as the lead character's mother.http://www.vibe.com/mt/2009/09/is-moniques-performance-oscar-worthy-in-precious/
Avatar: James Cameron's epic science-fiction fantasy is well on its way to becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films, and it has been popular among both critics and audiences. It is also one of the nominees in the Best Picture: Drama category at the Golden Globes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121501275.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino's violent, pulpy WWII film has been mentioned by several critics as a potential contender for Best Picture, despite its dark and sometimes gruesome subject matter.http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/12/avatar-oscars-james-cameron-7149306285-movies-entertainment-news.html The chilling performance from German actor Christoph Waltz as the fiendishly clever Nazi Col. Hans Landa is considered almost a lock for a Best Supporting Actor nomination.http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2009/08/21/oscar-buzz-christoph-waltz-inglourious-basterds/
The Hurt Locker: Kathryn Bigelow's harrowing, intense drama about soldiers working in a bomb squad in Iraq received critical praise when it opened in the Summer of 2009, and has re-opened in some theaters after receiving a lot of end-of-the-year award buzz. In particular, the chilling lead performance of Jeremy Renner has been cited as a likely Best Actor candidate by critics including Roger Ebert and Dave Karger of Entertainment Weekly.http://oscar-watch.ew.com/2009/12/31/dave-karger-oscar-predictions/
2010 Oscar Nominations (Winners Marked as Announced)
- The Hurt Locker -- Kathryn Bigelow -- WINNER
- Avatar - James Cameron and Jon Landau
- The Blind Side - TBA
- District 9 - Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham
- An Education - Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey
- Inglourious Basterds - Lawrence Bender
- Precious - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness
- A Serious Man - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Up - Jonas Rivera
- Up in the Air - Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman
- The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow -- WINNER
- Avatar - James Cameron
- Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
- Precious - Lee Daniels
- Up in the Air - Jason Reitman
- Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart -- WINNER
- George Clooney in Up in the Air
- Colin Firth in A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman in Invictus
- Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
- Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds - WINNER
- Matt Damon in Invictus
- Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
- Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
- Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side -- WINNER
- Helen Mirren in The Last Station
- Carey Mulligan in An Education
- Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
- Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
- Mo'Nique in Precious -- WINNER
- Penelope Cruz in Nine
- Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
- Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
- Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
- Up - Pete Docter -- WINNER
- Coraline - Henry Selick
- Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson
- The Princess and the Frog - John Musker and Ron Clements
- The Secret of Kells - Tomm Moore
- 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 Decoration: Gordon Sim
- Sherlock Holmes - Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- The Young Victoria - Art Direction: Patrice Vermette, Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
- 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
- The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell -- WINNER
- Bright Star - Janet Patterson
- Coco before Chanel - Catherine Leterrier
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Monique Prudhomme
- Nine - Colleen Atwood
- The Cove - TBA -- WINNER
- Burma VJ - Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller
- 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
- Music by Prudence - Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett -- WINNER
- 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
- Rabbit a la Berlin - Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Best Film Editing
- The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski and Chris Innis -- WINNER
- Avatar - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
- District 9 - Julian Clarke
- Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke
- Precious - Joe Klotz
Best Foreign Language Film
- El Secreto de Sus Ojos - Argentina -- WINNER
- Ajami - Israel
- The Milk of Sorrow - Peru
- Un Prophete - France
- The White Ribbon - Germany
- Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow -- WINNER
- Il Divo - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
- The Young Victoria - Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
- Up - Michael Giacchino -- WINNER
- Avatar - James Horner
- Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
- The Hurt Locker - Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
- Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer
- "The Weary Kind Theme from Crazy Heart" from Crazy Heart - Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett -- WINNER
- "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog - Randy Newman
- "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog - Randy Newman
- "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 - Frank Thomas
- "Take It All" from Nine - Maury Yeston
Short Film (Animated)
- Logorama - Nicolas Schmerkin -- WINNER
- 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
- A Matter of Loaf and Death - Nick Park
- The New Tenants - Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson -- WINNER
- The Door - Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
- Instead of Abracadabra - Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom
- Kavi - Gregg Helvey
- Miracle Fish - Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
Best Sound Editing
- The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson -- WINNER
- Avatar - Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- Inglourious Basterds - Wylie Stateman
- Star Trek - Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
- Up - Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Best Sound Mixing
- The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett -- WINNER
- Avatar - Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
- 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
- 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
- Precious - Geoffrey Fletcher -- WINNER
- District 9 - Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
- An Education - Nick Hornby
- In the Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
- Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
- The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal -- WINNER
- Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
- The Messenger - Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
- A Serious Man - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Up - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter and Tom McCarthy
2010 Oscars co-host Alec Baldwin introduces Steve Martin as one of the "most enduring" people in all of entertainment. In response, Martin introduces his partner by saying, "...and this is Alec Baldwin.
2010 Oscars Predictions
2010 Oscar Information
While You Watch The Oscars
Celebrities at The Oscars
References
Fast Facts
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Date
March 7, 2010
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Location
Kodak Theater, Hollywood, California
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Fact:
82nd Academy Awards
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Television coverage
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Fact:
Nominations announced on February 2, 2009
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Fact:
Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards to be presented on February 20, 2009
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Fact:
Best Picture category featured ten nominees, rather than the standard five
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Co-hosts
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
