Oscar Ballots In The Mail To 5,755 Voting Members & Watch The Nominees Luncheon LIVE This Monday!

Final ballots for the 83rd Academy Awards® were mailed today (February 2) to the 5,755 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Completed ballots must be returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) by 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 22. Ballots received after the deadline will not be counted.

Listed on the ballots are nominees in 19 Awards categories. Separate ballots for five categories (Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film) will be distributed after verification of mandatory member attendance at screenings.

Following the tabulation of the votes, the winners’ names will be placed in sealed envelopes to be opened on Oscar Night®, Sunday, February 27.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

If you would like to be in on the Oscar Nominees annual luncheon on Monday, February 7th, click HERE to watch. For all you die-hard Oscar fans…submit your questions to the Nominees – they could be asked LIVE at the Nominees Luncheon. Checkout The Academy’s Facebook page here  http://on.fb.me/gaYwYm . This year’s Oscar Nominees Luncheon will be streamed LIVE again, so post your question including @ and the nominee’s name to the EVENT PAGE or on The Academy’s fan page WALL. Select questions will be asked LIVE in the interview room.

*The following nominees may be stopping by the interview room…more names could be added in the coming days, so stay tuned. (list subject to change)

Actors:
Amy Adams
Helena Bonham Carter
Jeff Bridges
Colin Firth
John Hawkes
Nicole Kidman
Jennifer Lawrence
Natalie Portman
Geoffrey Rush
Mark Ruffalo
Hailee Steinfield
Michelle Williams

Directors:
Darren Aronofsky
David Fincher
David O. Russell
Tom Hooper
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

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