And the nominees are…

For most movie buffs everywhere, this is one of the things we look forward to as we pull ourselves slowly out of the winter months. The Academy Awards, love it or hate it, is part of the Hollywood DNA that a lot of people are still highly attracted to for whatever reason it may be. Despite the bad wrap that a lot of disgruntled fans have given it, we still eat it up each year from the announcement of the nominees to the final envelope being opened for that year’s Best Picture.

This year’s 82nd Annual Academy Awards is finally just around the corner. The nominees will be presented by the lovely Anne Hathaway and the president of the Academy Tom Sherak. Be sure to keep your eyes out on ABC at 5:30 A.M. PST and on this particular article here for up-to-date coverage on the nominees. Feel free to leave feedback, predictions of who will win, and even what you think of the Oscars.

UPDATES:

Best Supporting Actress

• Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
• Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
• Mo’Nique – Precious
• Penelope Cruz – Nine

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 Actress

• Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren – The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan – An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
• Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

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 Director

• James Cameron – Avatar
• Katheryn 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
• Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger - Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• A Serious Man – Joel & Ethan Coen
• Up - Bob Peterson & Pete Docter

Best Adapted Screenplay

• District 9 – Neill Blomkamp
• An Education – Nick Hornby
• In The Loop - Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci
• Precious – Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

Best Foreign Language Film

• Ajami (Israel)
• El Secreto de sus Ojos (Argentina)
• The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
• Un Prophète (France)
• The White Ribbon (Germany)

Best Animated Film

• Coraline
• The Princess and the Frog
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Secret of Kells
• Up

Best Picture

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

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

Best 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 - Joe Klotz

Best 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

Best Music (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

Best Music (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 Short Film (Animated)

• 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 Short Film (Live Action)

• 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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