83rd Academy Awards Winners

The biggest night in Hollywood has come and gone for another year as the awards were handed out for all 24 categories at the 83rd Academy Awards. The ceremony was hosted by the very charming Anne Hathaway and Oscar-nominee James Franco, and themes of the night were paying homage to Hollywood past, recognition for unlikely and championed films, thanking wives and inspiring words sent to daughters.

This was a very even split year with no films sweeping the awards, although the top two films were split between the high-profile awards and more tech-centric awards. I'm talking about the two films that took home 4 awards each: The King's Speech (Best Film, Director - Tom Hooper, Actor - Colin Firth and Original Screenplay) and Inception (Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and Visual Effects). Then we had The Social Network with Adapted Screenplay, Original Score and Editing. We also has several films take home two awards a piece with The Fighter (Supporting Actress - Melissa Leo, Supporting Actor - Christian Bale), Toy Story 3 (Song and Animated Film) and Alice in Wonderland (Costume Design & Art Direction). The fourth acting award was Best Actress which went to Natalie Portman for Black Swan.

No huge upsets of the evening, and I think I was most surprized by Tom Hooper for The King's Speech - not that I didn't like the film, but I just really expected it to go to either David Fincher or Darren Aronofsky. Perhaps the biggest surprize was True Grit not winning any awards after getting 10 nominations.

That the hard and fast information, but I think a lot of the best moments of the awards are in the speeches and unexpected moments. Here are some of my favourites:

• Dresses: Mila Kunas' Lavender flowy low cut yet creatively covering dress, Sharon Stone's black feathery glam goodness and Nicole Kidman in a white and sparkly number.
• Melissa Leo dropping the F-Bomb during her heartfelt acceptance speech.
• Christian Bale saying "I'm not going to drop the f bomb like she (Melissa) did, I've done that plenty before."
• Justin Timberlake saying he was Banksy.
• Swoon worthy matching outfit presenting duos of both Josh Brolin & Javier Bardem and Robert Downey Jr. & Jude Law.
• The writer’s speech, this is terrifying” and “My father said to me, I would be a late bloomer” - David Seidler accepting for Original screenplay for The King's Speech.
• Original screenplay montage where the words on screen for Inception do not exactly match what Ellen Page says.
• Susanne Bier very sweet, verklempt acceptance speech for Foreign Film for In a Better World – Denmark.
• Cate Blanchett saying “That’s gross” after The Wolfman clips shown for Achievement in makeup. Then The Wolfman won for Achievement in makeup.
• “Oh my gosh, I should have gotten a haircut” - Luke Matheny upon accepting the award for Best live action short film or God of Love.
• Randy Newman’s noting that it was his 20th nomination and just 2nd win plus saying “Couldn’t they find a fifth song?”
• "The moral of the story is, listen to your mother" - Tom Hooper
• “I have a feeling my career just peaked" - Colin Firth in his lovely, humble acceptance speech for Best Actor for The King's Speech
• Anne Hathaway for making the most out of an awesome fringe dress and also looking like she was about to burst with joy when introducing Stephen Spielberg
• The fact that we can now all say: "Academy Award Winner Trent Reznor"

And the sweetest quote of the night goes to Christian Bale "To my little girl, who has taught me so much more than I'll ever be able to teach her". Gotta love him.

83rd Academy Awards Winners
in the order in which they were presented

Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Cinematography
Inception - Wally Pfister

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Melissa Leo in The Fighter

Best animated short film
The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Best animated feature film of the year
Toy Story 3

Adapted screenplay
The Social Network - Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Original screenplay
The King's Speech - Screenplay by David Seidler

Best foreign language film of the year
In a Better World – Denmark – Susanne Bier

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in The Fighter

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in sound mixing
Inception - Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Achievement in sound editing
Inception - Richard King

Achievement in makeup
The Wolfman - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Achievement in costume design
Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood

Best documentary short subject
Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Best live action short film
God of Love – Luke Matheny

Best Documentary Feature
Inside Job - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Achievement in visual effects
Inception - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Achievement in film editing
The Social Network - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Achievement in directing
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Natalie Portman in Black Swan

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Colin Firth in The King's Speech

Best motion picture of the year
The King's Speech - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

The 83rd Academy Awards were hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco, and broad casted live Sunday February 27, 2011 starting at 8pm EST on ABC.

83rd Academy Awards Nominations

It's time, it's time, it's time! Oscar nominations were announced at 8:30am this morning and every year I spend the morning wading through the nominations by category and compiling my traditional three this, the full nominations (below), by film with nomations detailed and a simple film list. While reading through and absorbing all the information, here are some reactions:

The King's Speech leads the way with 12 nominations, then True Grit with 10, the Inception and The Social Network with 8, The Fighter with 7, 127 Hours with 6 and Black Swan & Toy Story 3 with 5 each. The most nominations last year was Avatar & The Hurt Locker with 9, so this is a big shift.

I'm thrilled to see Incendies up for foreign language film of the year, Jacki Weaver nominated for supporting actress for Animal Kingdom, John Hawkes for supporting actor for Winter's Bone, but I'm surprized Christopher Nolan not nominated for director for Inception (although he is nominated for original screenplay and the film has 8 nominations total). As predicted, it feels odd that James Franco is one of the hosts of the show (along with Anne Hathaway) and he is up for an award for 127 Hours - that's going to be one nerve wracking night for him!

A category that I am loving this year is Achievement in sound editing: Inception, Toy Story 3, Tron: Legacy, True Grit and Unstoppable. Great set of films. Re-iterate for emphasis that that I love that Tron: Legacy was nominated for an Oscar. More awesome strangeness is that I'll be cheering for the Coen Brothers (this is the most surprizing, I'm very polar on them but loved True Grit).

The Achievement in costume design nominations and we have have great work acknowledged here with I Am Love (Antonella Cannarozzi), The King's Speech (Jenny Beavan), True Grit (Mary Zophres) and Alice in Wonderland (multiple-winner Colleen Atwood). I'm now kicking myself even more for not seeing The Tempest (Sandy Powell), it's the only film in this category I haven't seen and looks delicious.

We also have a powerhouse group of nominees in Original Score category with Hans Zimmer (Inception), A.R. Rahman (127 Hours), Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech) nominated along with some more non-traditional nominees including Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network) and John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon). I've come to really appreciate scores over the past could of years, so this is a category I always enjoy.

Animated films have come so far in the past few years, and although I'm surprized to see only 3 films in the nominations category itself (Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist), they have made waves in other categories as well with Toy Story 3 getting 5 nominations including best motion pictures, and How to Train Your Dragon got 2 nominations.

Films that are now bumped up my to see list are The Fighter, Toy Story 3 and Exit Through the Gift Shop, although overall I've seen the majority of the films that have been available to see. I'm on the fence on 127 Hours, still not really interested in seeing it

A short list of recommends I'd highly recommend people see The King's Speech, True Grit and Inception as we'll be seeing a lot of those during the ceremony. We'll also see a lot of The Social Network and Black Swan although I wasn't particularly fond of either of them.
I really hope we'll be able to see some of the foreign films here in Toronto, Dogtooth is on DVD today and opens at the Royal on Friday January 28, 2011 but I'd also love to see the Danish film In a Better World.

Overall it's been a really, really strong year for film!

Reviews of Nominated films:
The King's Speech, True Grit, Inception, The Social Network, Black Swan, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Animal Kingdom, Blue Valentine, Country Strong, Hereafter, Incendies, Salt, The Wolfman, Tron: Legacy and Unstoppable

See also nominations listed of films ranked by number of nominations with nominations detailed and nominated films list.

The 83rd Academy Awards will be hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco, broad casted live Sunday February 27, 2011 starting at 8pm EST on ABC.

83rd Academy Awards Nominations

Best motion picture of the year
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
James Franco in 127 Hours

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in The Fighter
John Hawkes in Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech
Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom

Best animated feature film of the year
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
The King's Speech - Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
True Grit - Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan - Matthew Libatique
Inception - Wally Pfister
The King's Speech - Danny Cohen
The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit - Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design
Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
I Am Love - Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech - Jenny Beavan
The Tempest - Sandy Powell
True Grit - Mary Zophres

Achievement in directing
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
David O. Russell for The Fighter
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
David Fincher for The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for True Grit

Best foreign language film of the year
Biutiful - Mexico
Dogtooth - Greece
In a Better World - Denmark
Incendies - Canada
Outside the Law / Hors-la-loi - Algeria

Best Documentary Feature
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best documentary short subject
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Achievement in film editing
Black Swan - Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter - Pamela Martin
The King's Speech - Tariq Anwar
127 Hours - Jon Harris
The Social Network - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Achievement in makeup
Barney's Version - Adrien Morot
The Way Back - Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours - A.R. Rahman
The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)
Coming Home from Country Strong - Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light from Tangled - Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise from 127 Hours - Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best animated short film
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage / Madagascar, a Journey Diary

Best live action short film
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Achievement in sound editing
Inception - Richard King
Toy Story 3 - Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit - Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable - Mark P. Stoeckinger

Achievement in sound mixing
Inception - Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King's Speech - Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt - Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network - Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Achievement in visual effects
Alice in Wonderland - Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter - Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 - Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay
127 Hours - Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network - Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 - Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit - Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone - Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original screenplay
Another Year - Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter - Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception - Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right - Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech - Screenplay by David Seidler

83rd Academy Awards Nominations - by film, with nomations detailed

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Documentaries and all shorts listed separately at the end as the categories lend themselves to only have 1 nomination per film.

See also: full nominations list and film list only

The King's Speech (12)
Best motion picture of the year
Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in directing - Tom Hooper
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in sound mixing
Original screenplay
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Colin Firth
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Geoffrey Rush
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Helena Bonham Carter

True Grit (10)
Best motion picture of the year
Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in directing - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Adapted screenplay
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Jeff Bridges
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Hailee Steinfeld

Inception (8)
Best motion picture of the year
Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects
Original screenplay

The Social Network (8)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in directing - David Fincher
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in sound mixing
Adapted screenplay
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Jesse Eisenberg

The Fighter (7)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in directing - David O. Russell
Achievement in film editing
Original screenplay
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Christian Bale
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Amy Adams
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Melissa Leo

127 Hours (6)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)
Adapted screenplay
Performance by an actor in a leading role - James Franco
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)

Black Swan (5)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in directing - Darren Aronofsky
Achievement in film editing
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Natalie Portman

Toy Story 3 (5)
Best motion picture of the year
Best animated feature film of the year
Achievement in sound editing
Adapted screenplay
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)

The Kids Are All Right (4)
Best motion picture of the year
Original screenplay
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Mark Ruffalo
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Annette Bening

Winter's Bone (4)
Best motion picture of the year
Adapted screenplay
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - John Hawkes
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Jennifer Lawrence

Alice in Wonderland (3)
Art Direction
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in visual effects

Biutiful (2)
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Javier Bardem
Best foreign language film of the year

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2)
Art Direction
Achievement in visual effects

How to Train Your Dragon (2)
Best animated feature film of the year
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score)

Animal Kingdom (1)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Jacki Weaver

Another Year (1)
Original screenplay

Barney's Version (1)
Achievement in makeup

Blue Valentine (1)
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Michelle Williams

Country Strong (1)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)

Dogtooth (1)
Best foreign language film of the year

Hereafter (1)
Achievement in visual effects

I Am Love (1)
Achievement in costume design

In a Better World (1)
Best foreign language film of the year

Incendies (1)
Best foreign language film of the year

The Illusionist (1)
Best animated feature film of the year

Iron Man 2 (1)
Achievement in visual effects

Outside the Law / Hors-la-loi (1)
Best foreign language film of the year

Rabbit Hole (1)
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Nicole Kidman

Salt (1)
Achievement in sound mixing

Tangled (1)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song)

The Tempest (1)
Achievement in costume design

The Town (1)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Jeremy Renner

The Way Back (1)
Achievement in makeup

The Wolfman (1)
Achievement in makeup

Tron: Legacy (1)
Achievement in sound editing

Unstoppable (1)
Achievement in sound editing

Documentary & Shorts Nominations (each with 1 nomination)
Day & Night - Best animated short film
Exit through the Gift Shop - Best Documentary Feature
Gasland - Best Documentary Feature
God of Love - Best live action short film
Inside Job - Best Documentary Feature
Killing in the Name - Best documentary short subject
Let's Pollute - Best animated short film
Na Wewe - Best live action short film
Poster Girl - Best documentary short subject
Restrepo - Best Documentary Feature
Strangers No More - Best documentary short subject
Sun Come Up - Best documentary short subject
The Confession - Best live action short film
The Crush - Best live action short film
The Gruffalo - Best animated short film
The Warriors of Qiugang - Best documentary short subject
Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley - Best Documentary Feature
Wish 143 - Best live action short film

83rd Academy Awards Nominations - Film List Only

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Documentaries and all shorts listed separately at the end as they have 1 nomination per film.

See also: full nominations list and film list with nominations detailed

The King's Speech (12)
True Grit (10)
Inception (8)
The Social Network (8)
The Fighter (7)
127 Hours (6)
Black Swan (5)
Toy Story 3 (5)
The Kids Are All Right (4)
Winter's Bone (4)
Alice in Wonderland (3)
Biutiful (2)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2)
How to Train Your Dragon (2)
Animal Kingdom (1)
Another Year (1)
Barney's Version (1)
Blue Valentine (1)
Country Strong (1)
Dogtooth (1)
Hereafter (1)
I Am Love (1)
In a Better World (1)
Incendies (1)
The Illusionist (1)
Iron Man 2 (1)
Outside the Law / Hors-la-loi (1)
Rabbit Hole (1)
Salt (1)
Tangled (1)
The Tempest (1)
The Town (1)
The Way Back (1)
The Wolfman (1)
Tron: Legacy (1)
Unstoppable (1)

Documentary & Shorts Nominations (each with 1 nomination)
Day & Night
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
God of Love
Inside Job
Killing in the Name
Let's Pollute
Na Wewe
Poster Girl
Restrepo
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Confession
The Crush
The Gruffalo
The Warriors of Qiugang
Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Wish 143

83rd Academy Awards Foreign Language Film Contenders

The annoucment for the sixty-five contenders for Foreign Language Films for the 83rd Academy Awards has arrived. I always look forward to this announcement, each year hoping I've heard of more films than the year before, and trumping that looking to see if I've actually seen any of the contenders (3 this year which I think is a personal best!). even or even actually *seen* some of the films. One of which is the Canadian submission Incendies, which has just slided it's Toronto release date from later this week to January 2011, which is too bad as folks will have to wait longer to see the extraordinary film.

I'm thrilled to see that Finland selection is the formidable documentary Steam of Life / Miesten vuoro (dirs: Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen which I caught at Hot Docs last year and it's a very powerful film showcasing men sharing stories from their personal lives as told in saunas. Peru's contender is Undertow / Contracorriente (dir: Javier Fuentes-Leon), another powerful emotional journey, this time in a narrative centred on the hidden relationship between two men, one closeted and the other open, and the film does brilliant job exploring the complexities of visibility and choice in a setting that subtly yet openly homophobic.

Two films that have had gotten strong acclaim so far include Mexico contender Biutiful (dir: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) and starring Javier Barden and Portugal's submission To Die Like a Man (dir: Joao Pedro Rodrigues).

Don't feel bad if you haven't heard of many, or any, of the films listed below - very few have been release here in the T-dot. In fact, only two on the list have which are India's Peepli [Live] dir: Anusha Rizvi (release date: Aug 13, 2010) and Thailand's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul (release date: Sept 23, 2010).


The 2010 submissions for foreign language film are:

Albania, “East, West, East,” Gjergj Xhuvani, director;
Algeria, “Hors la Loi” (“Outside the Law”), Rachid Bouchareb, director;
Argentina, “Carancho,” Pablo Trapero, director;
Austria, “La Pivellina,” Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, directors;
Azerbaijan, “The Precinct,” Ilgar Safat, director;
Bangladesh, “Third Person Singular Number,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
Belgium, “Illegal,” Olivier Masset-Depasse, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Circus Columbia,” Danis Tanovic, director;
Brazil, “Lula, the Son of Brazil,” Fabio Barreto, director;
Bulgaria, “Eastern Plays,” Kamen Kalev, director;
Canada, “Incendies,” Denis Villeneuve, director;
Chile, “The Life of Fish,” Matias Bize, director;
China, “Aftershock,” Feng Xiaogang, director;
Colombia, “Crab Trap,” Oscar Ruiz Navia, director;
Costa Rica, “Of Love and Other Demons,” Hilda Hidalgo, director;
Croatia, “The Blacks,” Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric, directors;
Czech Republic, “Kawasaki’s Rose,” Jan Hrebejk, director;
Denmark, “In a Better World,” Susanne Bier, director;
Egypt, “Messages from the Sea,” Daoud Abdel Sayed, director;
Estonia, “The Temptation of St. Tony,” Veiko Ounpuu, director;
Ethiopia, “The Athlete,” Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew, directors;
Finland, “Steam of Life,” Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen, directors;
France, “Of Gods and Men,” Xavier Beauvois, director;
Georgia, “Street Days,” Levan Koguashvili, director;
Germany, “When We Leave,” Feo Aladag, director;
Greece, “Dogtooth,” Yorgos Lanthimos, director;
Greenland, “Nuummioq,” Otto Rosing and Torben Bech, directors;
Hong Kong, “Echoes of the Rainbow,” Alex Law, director;
Hungary, “Bibliotheque Pascal,” Szabolcs Hajdu, director;
Iceland, “Mamma Gogo,” Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, director;
India, “Peepli [Live],” Anusha Rizvi, director;
Indonesia, “How Funny (Our Country Is),” Deddy Mizwar, director;
Iran, “Farewell Baghdad,” Mehdi Naderi, director;
Iraq, “Son of Babylon,” Mohamed Al-Daradji, director;
Israel, “The Human Resources Manager,” Eran Riklis, director;
Italy, “La Prima Cosa Bella” (“The First Beautiful Thing”), Paolo Virzi, director;
Japan, “Confessions,” Tetsuya Nakashima, director;
Kazakhstan, “Strayed,” Akan Satayev, director;
Korea, “A Barefoot Dream,” Tae-kyun Kim, director;
Kyrgyzstan, “The Light Thief,” Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
Latvia, “Hong Kong Confidential,” Maris Martinsons, director;
Macedonia, “Mothers,” Milcho Manchevski, director;
Mexico, “Biutiful,” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director;
Netherlands, “Tirza,” Rudolf van den Berg, director;
Nicaragua, “La Yuma,” Florence Jaugey, director;
Norway, “The Angel,” Margreth Olin, director;
Peru, “Undertow” (“Contracorriente”), Javier Fuentes-Leon, director;
Philippines, “Noy,” Dondon S. Santos and Rodel Nacianceno, directors;
Poland, “All That I Love,” Jacek Borcuch, director;
Portugal, “To Die Like a Man,” Joao Pedro Rodrigues, director;
Puerto Rico, “Miente” (“Lie”), Rafael Mercado, director;
Romania, “If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle,” Florin Serban, director;
Russia, “The Edge,” Alexey Uchitel, director;
Serbia, “Besa,” Srdjan Karanovic, director;
Slovakia, “Hranica” (“The Border”), Jaroslav Vojtek, director;
Slovenia, “9:06,” Igor Sterk, director;
South Africa, “Life, above All,” Oliver Schmitz, director;
Spain, “Tambien la Lluvia” (“Even the Rain”), Iciar Bollain, director;
Sweden, “Simple Simon,” Andreas Ohman, director;
Switzerland, “La Petite Chambre,” Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond, directors;
Taiwan, “Monga,” Chen-zer Niu, director;
Thailand, “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director;
Turkey, “Bal” (“Honey”), Semih Kaplanoglu, director;
Uruguay, “La Vida Util,” Federico Veiroj, director;
Venezuela, “Hermano,” Marcel Rasquin, director.

Nominations for the awards will be announced live on Tuesday January 25, 2011 at 8:30 AM EST and the 83rd Academy Awards will be broad casted live Sunday February 27, 2011 on ABC.

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Poll Results: What Did You Think of the Oscars?

Well, it looks like most of us were not that impressed with the Oscar show this year with the top results being tied at 26% between Not as Good as Expected and Worst Show in Years, and with 20% going to - Better than Expected and Didn't Watch It. Wowzas. At least last years was awesome!

26% - Tie: Not as Good as Expected & Worst Show in Years
20% - Tie: Better than Expected & Didn't Watch It
6% - Best Show in Years

82nd Academy Awards Winners

I'll be honest. The only award I was strongly invested in tonights Oscar's was Kathryn Bigelow for director The Hurt Locker. And she won. Yes! After that, it's all cake & icing of which there was a lot. The Hurt Locker went to pick up a total of 6 wins: Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Editing & Sound Mixing. After that the most wins went to Avatar with Art Direction, Cinematography & Visual Effects. Two films came in at 2 wins each: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire and Up. After that, any film that won was for one award. Overall there were very few surprizes and the show ran pretty smoothly.

I enjoyed the Best Actor and Best Actress nomination introductions from their peers, which was added to the awards last year. This always feels like a heartfelt exchange from peer to peer and gives the audience a lovely insight into the person, and also gives us more time with each the actors. I hope they keep this up. I like the nod to horror films, which was included as a sort of 'usually they go unacknowledged', but a lot of the clips were from really old films. The montage for the people we've lost was very beautiful though, James Taylor sang as they showed clips from each of the artist works along with their picture, name and what their did. Very classy. John Hughes had a separate tribute earlier in the night with clips along with reflections from people he'd worked with, which was also really well done. Overall the show ran about 3 hours and 35 min, slightly longer than noted on the tv guide but as always I wished they've just make it a bit longer and let everyone have their moment to say their acceptance speech. They might have decided to cut those short to allow more time for doing the ten best picture intros.

Slightly Bizarre Moments:

• An Education, best picture nominee introduced by Colin Firth - would have been nice to see it introduced by a woman consider the context of the film, even though Colin Firth did a lovely job.
• Almost all the short film directors and/or awards that went to more than 1 recipient were cut off / music'd out. They often cut to someone in the audience while doing this so it was less noticeable.
• Some of the nominees names were said aloud, sometimes it was pre-recorded. Saw no pattern here as to why, other than sometimes noms were read really quickly.
• During the Animated Film nominees, they had fake-y interviews with the characters in the film. The fact that The Princess & the Frog interview was with characters other than the female protagonist says everything you need to know about the film.
• Ryan Reynolds introduced The Blind Side, Best Picture nominee as “It’s a true story, as American as Football”. Y'all know he's Canadian - right?
• Thank you cam speeches are available online here (and are preceded by 30 second ad. 30 sec times 24 awards.. that's 12 minutes of ads if there is one in each category).

Here are a few of my favourite quotes of the night:

• "Thank you to the 3,000 unofficial sponsors. No logos were harmed during the project" - acceptance speech for the short film Logorama
• “They just said my name at the Oscars. I better enjoy it because it probably won’t happen again” - Tyler Perry - while introducing Film Editing nominees
• "If you want to do it, do it. Get out there and be creative, it's not a waste of time" - Michael Giacchino, acceptance speech for Musical Score for Up
• "We are lucky she is so young, because we have a lifetime of work to look forward too" Peter Skarsgard introducing Best Actress nominee Carey Mulligan
• Michael Sheen re: Helen Mirren "Is it wrong to be so wildly attracted to the Queen?"
• "The breath and depth of her heart.. is something you can never miss" Forest Whitaker introducing Sandra Bullock
• "Did I really earn this or did I just wear you all down" - Sandra Bullock, Best Actress for The Blind Side
• “Well, the time has come” Barbara Streisand announcing Kathryn Bigelow's win for Best Director for The Hurt Locker
• "It's a moment of a lifetime" Kathryn Bigelow winning Best Director for The Hurt Locker
• "They are there for us, and we are there for them" - Kathryn Bigelow, during Best Picture acceptance speech for The Hurt Locker

Now, let's look at the winners

82nd Academy Awards Nominations

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Best animated feature film of the year
Up - Pete Docter

Achievement in art direction
Avatar - Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Achievement in cinematography
Avatar - Mauro Fiore

Achievement in costume design
The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell

Achievement in directing
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow

Best documentary feature
The Cove - Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

Best documentary short subject
Music by Prudence - Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Achievement in film editing
The Hurt Locker - Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Best foreign language film of the year
El Secreto de Sus Ojos - Argentina

Achievement in makeup
Star Trek - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Up - Michael Giacchino

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from Crazy Heart - Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best motion picture of the year
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Best animated short film
Logorama - Nicolas Schmerkin

Best live action short film
The New Tenants - Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Achievement in sound editing
The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing
The Hurt Locker - Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Achievement in visual effects
Avatar - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Adapted screenplay
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Original screenplay
The Hurt Locker - Written by Mark Boal

See links to acceptance speeches and thank you cam speeches at the Oscars site here.

Live Tweeting & Chatting Through the Oscars!

It's here. The Hurt Locker vs Avatar smackdown, or possibly sneaky surprized from Inglourious Basterds? Only a few hours away until we know the results for certain who takes home the awards, along with all the pretty dresses, how the dual hosting of Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin will will go and this whole thank-you cam thing works.

If you want to join the party, I'll be live tweeting through the the Academy Awards as of 8pm EST tonight. Feel free to login or join Twitter and to join the fun or you can see the Movie Moxie Twitter stream and just hit F5 for a refresher. I will also be dropping by the chat over at Row Three and chatting with the gang over there.

The 82nd Academy Awards will be broad casted live Sunday March 7, 2010 starting at 8pm EST on ABC (official preshow from 8-8:30PM and ceremony begins at 8:30PM)

If you are looking for the nominees lists, feel free to check them out here in the following varieties:
82nd Academy Awards Nominations - detailed
82nd Academy Awards Nominations - film list with nominations detailed
82nd Academy Awards Nominations - film list (titles & # of nominations only)

Poll Results: Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win Best Director?

Poll Results are in and the director that you think will win the Oscar has a whopping majority vote of 67% for Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. I will be so happy if this happens. Next up is James Cameron for Avatar with 25%, which I'm a little surprized at that number being so high. Third spot is a tie between Jason Reitman for Up in the Air and Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds at 4% each, and 0% goes to Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.

Last vote count is 0 for 'No Opinion' which may be the first time I've had a no opinion vote on an Oscar question! Wow.

Less than one week until the awards!

67% - Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
25% - James Cameron for Avatar
4% - Tie: Jason Reitman for Up in the Air and Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
0% - Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
0% - No Opinion

Thanks for voting!

82nd Academy Awards Nominations - by film, with nomations detailed

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Documentaries and all shorts listed separately at the end as the categories lend themselves to only have 1 nomination per film.

See also: full nominations list and film list only

Avatar (9)
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in directing - James Cameron
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects

Hurt Locker, The (9)
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Jeremy Renner
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in directing - Kathryn Bigelow
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Original screenplay

Inglourious Basterds (8)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Christoph Waltz
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in directing - Quentin Tarantino
Achievement in film editing
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Original screenplay

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (6)
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Gabourey Sidibe
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Mo'Nique
Achievement in directing - Lee Daniels
Achievement in film editing
Best motion picture of the year
Adapted screenplay

Up In the Air (6)
Performance by an actor in a leading role - George Clooney
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Vera Farmiga
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Anna Kendrick
Achievement in directing - Jason Reitman
Best motion picture of the year
Adapted screenplay

Up (5)
Best animated feature film of the year
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in sound editing
Original screenplay

District 9 (4)
Achievement in film editing
Best motion picture of the year
Achievement in visual effects
Adapted screenplay

Nine (4)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Penélope Cruz
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) - "Take it All"

Star Trek (4)
Achievement in makeup
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects

Crazy Heart (3)
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Jeff Bridges
Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Maggie Gyllenhaal
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) - "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"

Education, An (3)
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Carey Mulligan
Best motion picture of the year
Adapted screenplay

Princess and the Frog, The (3)
Best animated feature film of the year
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) - "Almost There"
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) - "Down in New Orleans"

Young Victoria, The (3)
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in makeup

Serious Man, A (2)
Best motion picture of the year
Original screenplay

Blind Side, The (2)
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Sandra Bullock
Best motion picture of the year

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2)
Best animated feature film of the year
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The (2)
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in costume design

Invictus (2)
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Morgan Freeman
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Matt Damon

Last Station, The (2)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Christopher Plummer
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Helen Mirren

Messenger, The (2)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Woody Harrelson
Original screenplay

Sherlock Holmes (2)
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

White Ribbon, The (2)
Achievement in cinematography
Best foreign language film of the year - Germany

Ajami (1)
Best foreign language film of the year Israel

Bright Star (1)
Achievement in costume design

Coco before Chanel (1)
Achievement in costume design

Coraline (1)
Best animated feature film of the year

Divo, Il (1)
Achievement in makeup

El Secreto de Sus Ojos (1)
Best foreign language film of the year - Argentina

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (1)
Achievement in cinematography

In the Loop (1)
Adapted screenplay

Julie & Julia (1)
Performance by an actress in a leading role - Meryl Streep

Lovely Bones, The (1)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Stanley Tucci

Milk of Sorrow, The (1)
Best foreign language film of the year - Peru

Paris 36 (1)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) - "Loin de Paname"

Prophète, Un (1)
Best foreign language film of the year - France

Secret of Kells, The (1)
Best animated feature film of the year

Single Man, A (1)
Performance by an actor in a leading role - Colin Firth

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (1)
Achievement in sound mixing

Documentary & Shorts Nominations (each with 1 nomination)
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Burma VJ
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Cove, The
Door, The
Food, Inc.
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Lady and the Reaper, The / La Dama y la Muerte
Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, The
Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, The
Logorama
Miracle Fish
Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, The
Music by Prudence
New Tenants, The
Rabbit à la Berlin
Which Way Home

82nd Academy Awards Nominations - Film List Only

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Documentaries and all shorts listed separately at the end as they have 1 nomination per film.

See also: full nominations list and film list with nominations detailed

Avatar (9)
Hurt Locker, The (9)
Inglourious Basterds (8)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (6)
Up In the Air (6)
Up (5)
District 9 (4)
Nine (4)
Star Trek (4)
Crazy Heart (3)
Education, An (3)
Princess and the Frog, The (3)
Young Victoria, The (3)
Serious Man, A (2)
Blind Side, The (2)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2)
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The (2)
Invictus (2)
Last Station, The (2)
Messenger, The (2)
Sherlock Holmes (2)
White Ribbon, The (2)
Ajami (1)
Bright Star (1)
Coco before Chanel (1)
Coraline (1)
Divo, Il (1)
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (1)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (1)
In the Loop (1)
Julie & Julia (1)
Lovely Bones, The (1)
Milk of Sorrow, The (1)
Paris 36 (1)
Prophète, Un (1)
Secret of Kells, The (1)
Single Man, A (1)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (1)

Documentary & Shorts Nominations (each with 1 nomination)
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Burma VJ
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Cove, The
Door, The
Food, Inc.
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Lady and the Reaper, The / La Dama y la Muerte
Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, The
Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, The
Logorama
Miracle Fish
Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, The
Music by Prudence
New Tenants, The
Rabbit à la Berlin
Which Way Home

82nd Academy Awards Nominations

It's Oscar nomination day and the nominations were announced bright and early at 8:30 EST this morning, and oddly it's a year of very few big surprizes but a year of several happy surprizes.

The heavy hitters this year are The Hurt Locker and Avatar which are both up for 9 nominations, and are competing against each other in 7 of those nominations: Cinematography, Directing, Film Editing, Original Score, Best Picture, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. The Hurt Locker is also up for Original Screenplay and a very well deserved nomination for Jeremy Renner - Performance by an actor in a leading role and Avatar's additional two nominations are for Art Direction and Visual Effects (which has to be a lock this year!).

One of the biggest changes this year to the awards is the switch from have 5 to 10 best picture nominations, which is a great way for more films to get more recognition, but if it doesn't go to either the The Hurt Locker and Avatar I'll be very surprized! When the Best Picture nominations starting with Avatar, which received zero audience reaction or response. That followed with The Blind Side being nominated with blind sided a lot of us! The remaining 8 nominations are The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up and Up in the Air.

Up receiving a Best Picture nomination has been getting lots of buzz considering no film has had that honour since Beauty and the Beast (1991). Also interesting that the Animated film nominations this year rises to 5 films nominated from 3 in previous years, which means that the 2 categories only 3 nomination category this year are Make Up and Visual Effects

Speaking of Make Up, I've heard several rumblings recently on the darker films not getting make up nominations and I think there is some truth to that, this year District 9 would have been well placed to get a make up nomination although Il Divo, Star Trek and The Young Victoria are all well deserved or their nominations.

I have to re-iterated my excitement that Jeremy Renner is nominated for Performance by an actor in a leading role for The Hurt Locker, and it's no surprize to see him in the company of Jeff Bridges there for Crazy Heart but this is the one category I was really hoping to see some more gutsy over safe choices. In particular it would have be thrilling to see Sam Rockwell be nominated for Moon and Tom Hardy be nominated for Bronson.

But on a more positive note there are many well deserved nominations, including for Adapted Screenplay, In the LoopThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus getting 2 nominations: Art Director and Costume Design, and The Young Victoria getting 3 nominations: Art Direction, Costume Design and Makeup. In fact, I think this year the costume design category is the one with the most fierce competition as all 5 films had fantastic costumes: Bright Star, Coco before Chanel, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Nine and The Young Victoria.

Congratulations to all the nominees! Looking forward to seeing how it all turns out on March 7, 2010. Now, to plot out how to see the additional 9 films I need to see in that time!

See also nominations listed of films ranked by number of nominations with nominations detailed and nominated films list.

The 82nd Academy Awards will be broad casted live Sunday March 7, 2010 starting at 8pm EST on ABC.

82nd Academy Awards Nominations

Performance by an 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

Performance by an 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

Performance by an 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

Performance by an 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

Best animated feature film of the year
Coraline - Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog - John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells - Tomm Moore
Up - Pete Docter

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

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 - Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin - Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Achievement in 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

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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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 motion picture of the year
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

Best animated short film
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

Best live action short film
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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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

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

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

Lists on the Oscars site can be found here and a printable version is here.