Roll Out The Red Carpet: Oscars 2010 Announced Iain Welford, February 2, 2010October 18, 2011 This is it! The biggest awards show in Hollywood has released their nominations today and as expected, Avatar has been well represented in the categories. Perhaps the biggest news is that Avatar will NOT be able to steal the crown from Jackson’s masterpiece Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, the epic Ben-Hur and Cameron’s own Titanic. Each film won 11 Oscars and hold the joint record of most Oscars awarded. Avatar and The Hurt Locker (directed by Cameron’s ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow) both lead the pack this year with 9 nominations each. The other big news is MovieViral and fan favorite District 9 has been pitted against Avatar in one of the best Sci-Fi battles of all time, both picking up nominations for Best Picture. They have strong competition from staff favorites The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds, ensuring this year’s Oscars will be a close battle for the overall winner. District 9 also picked up nominations for Best Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay (since it’s based off of Blomkamp’s own short), and Best Visual Effects. This means District 9 is up for a total of 4 awards! Unfortunately, the viral push for Sam Rockwell to be nominated for Best Actor for his role in Moon didn’t succeeed. Well done to all the nominees and best of luck from all of us at MovieViral. What do you think of the nominations? Any predictions and was there anything missed. Leave you comments at the bottom of the page. For more details on all the nominations, check out the list below: Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious Up 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 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 Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker James Cameron, Avatar Lee Daniels, Precious Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious BasterdsBest Original Screenplay Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man Pete Docter, Bob Peterson & Tom McCarthy, Up Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds Best Adapted Screenplay Jesse Armstrong & Armando Iannucci, In the Loop Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9 Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious Nick Hornby, An Education Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the AirBest Animated Film Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox The Princess and the Frog The Secret of Kells UpBest Foreign Language Film El Secreto do Sus Ojos (Argentina) Un Prophete (France) The White Ribbon (Germany) Ajami (Israel) The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)Best Art Direction Avatar The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nine Sherlock Holmes The Young VictoriaBest Cinematography Avatar Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds The White RibbonBest Costume Design Bright Star Coco Before Chanel The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nine The Young VictoriaBest Documentary Burma VJ The Cove Food, Inc. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Which Way HomeBest Editing Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds PreciousBest Makeup Il Divo Star Trek The Young VictoriaBest Score Avatar Fantastic Mr. Fox The Hurt Locker Sherlock Holmes UpBest Song “Almost There,” The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman “Down in New Orleans,” The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman “Loin de Paname,” Paris 36, Reinhardt Wagner & Frank Thomas “Take It All,” Nine, Maury Weston “The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart, T-Bone Burnett & Ryan BinghamBest Sound Editing Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek UpBest Sound Mixing Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the FallenBest Visual Effects Avatar District 9 Star TrekBest 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 à la BerlinBest 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 DeathBest Live-Action Short The Door Instead of Abracadabra Kavi Miracle Fish The New Tenants The Academy Awards air live on March 7th at 8/5p on ABC. News ABCAcademy AwardsAvatarDistrict 9James CameronMoonOscarsSam Rockwell
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