82nd Academy Award Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced this morning at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, and our very own contributing editor, Michelle, was on the scene to relay all the exciting news.

Here’s the breakdown of nominees:

Best Picture:

• AVATAR
• THE BLIND SIDE
• DISTRICT 9
• AN EDUCATION
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE
• A SERIOUS MAN
• UP
• UP IN THE AIR

Best Director:

• James Cameron – AVATAR
• Kathryn Bigelow – THE HURT LOCKER
• Quentin Tarantino – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• Lee Daniels – PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE
• Jason Reitman – UP IN THE AIR

Best Actor:

• Jeff Bridges – CRAZY HEART
• George Clooney – UP IN THE AIR
• Colin Firth – A SINGLE MAN
• Morgan Freeman – INVICTUS
• Jeremy Renner – THE HURT LOCKER

Best Actress:

• Sandra Bullock – THE BLIND SIDE
• Helen Mirren – THE LAST STATION
• Carey Mulligan – AN EDUCATION
• Gabourey Sidibe – PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE
• Meryl Streep – JULIE & JULIA

Best Supporting Actor:

• Matt Damon – INVICTUS
• Woody Harrelson – THE MESSENGER
• Christopher Plummer – THE LAST STATION
• Stanley Tucci – THE LOVELY BONES
• Christoph Waltz – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Best Supporting Actress:

• Penelope Cruz – NINE
• Vera Farmiga – UP IN THE AIR
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – CRAZY HEART
• Anna Kendrick – UP IN THE AIR
• Mo’Nique – PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE

Best Original Screenplay:

• THE HURT LOCKER – Mark Boal
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Quentin Tarantino
• THE MESSENGER – Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
• A SERIOUS MAN – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
• UP – Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• DISTRICT 9 – Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
• AN EDUCATION – Nick Hornby
• IN THE LOOP – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE – Geoffrey Fletcher
• UP IN THE AIR

Best Foreign Language Film:

• AJAMI (Israel)
• EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (Argentina)
• THE MILK OF SORROW (Peru)
• UN PROPHETE (France)
• THE WHITE RIBBON (Germany)

Best Documentary Feature:

• BURMA VJ
• THE COVE
• FOOD, INC.
• THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
• WHICH WAY HOME

Best Animated Feature:

• CORALINE – Henry Selick
• THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX – Wes Anderson
• THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG – John Musker, Ron Clements
• THE SECRET OF KELLS – Tomm Moore
• UP – Pete Docter

Best Cinematography:

• AVATAR – Maura Fiore
• HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – Bruno Delbonnel
• THE HURT LOCKER – Barry Ackroyd
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Robert Richardson
• THE WHITE RIBBON – Christian Berger

Best Film Editing:

• AVATAR
• DISTRICT 9
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE

Best Visual Effects:

• AVATAR
• DISTRICT 9
• STAR TREK

Best Art Direction:

• AVATAR
• THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
• NINE
• SHERLOCK HOLMES
• THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Best Costume Design:

• BRIGHT STAR
• COCO BEFORE CHANEL
• THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
• NINE
• THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Best Makeup:

• IL DIVO
• STAR TREK
• THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Best Music – 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 Music – Original Song:

• THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG – “Almost There”
• THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG – “Down in New Orleans”
• PARIS 36 – “Loin de Paname”
• NINE – “Take it All”
• CRAZY HEART – “The Weary Kind”

Best Sound Editing:

• AVATAR
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• STAR TREK
• UP

Best Sound Mixing:

• AVATAR
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• STAR TREK
• TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

Best Documentary Short:

• 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
• RABBIT A LA BERLIN

Best Live Action Short:

• THE DOOR
• INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
• KAVI
• MIRACLE FISH
• THE NEW TENANTS

Best Animated Short:

• FRENCH ROAST
• GRANNY O’GRIMM’S SLEEPING BEAUTY
• THE LADY AND THE REAPER (La Dama y la Muerte)
• LOGORAMA
• A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center ®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m./8 p.m. ET.