2010 Oscar Results: The Hurt Locker Takes Best Picture, Director Nick Butler, March 7, 2010March 8, 2010 We’ll be covering the Oscars LIVE tonight via live blogging. Once the Oscars begin, keep refreshing your browser for continued updates.Below (or after the jump) is a list of all the nominees. Once the winner is announced, we’ll make their name BOLD and add this symbol by them “∆“.Again, make sure you refresh your browser, otherwise it will not be updated!PICTURE: Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education ∆ – The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Pixar’s Up Up in the AirDIRECTOR: James Cameron – Avatar ∆ – Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds Lee Daniels – Precious Jason Reitman – Up in the AirACTOR: ∆ – Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart George Clooney – Up in the Air Colin Firth – A Single Man Morgan Freeman – Invictus Jeremy Renner – The Hurt LockerACTRESS: ∆ – Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side Helen Mirren – The Last Station Carey Mulligan – An Education Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Meryl Streep – Julie & JuliaSUPPORTING ACTOR: Matt Damon – Invictus Woody Harrelson – The Messenger Christopher Plummer – The Last Station Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones ∆ – Christoph Waltz – Inglourious BasterdsSUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penélope Cruz – Nine Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air ∆ – Mo’Nique – PreciousORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: ∆ – Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman – The Messenger Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man Bob Peterson & Pete Docter – Pixar’s UpADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell – District 9 Nick Hornby – An Education Armando Iannucci & Simon Blackwell – In the Loop ∆ – Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner – Up in the AirANIMATED FEATURE: Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox The Princess and the Frog The Secret of Kells ∆ – Pixar’s UpFOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Ajami (Israel) ∆ – El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) Un Prophète (France) The White Ribbon (Germany)ART DIRECTION: ∆ – Avatar The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nine Sherlock Holmes The Young VictoriaCINEMATOGRAPHY: ∆ – Mauro Fiore – Avatar Bruno Delbonnel – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds Christian Berger – The White RibbonDOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Burma VJ ∆ – The Cove Food, Inc. The Most Dangerous Man in America Which Way HomeDOCUMENTARY 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 BerlinANIMATED 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 DeathLIVE-ACTION SHORT: The Door Instead of Abracadabra Kavi Miracle Fish ∆ – The New TenantsVISUAL EFFECTS: ∆ – Avatar District 9 Star TrekCOSTUME DESIGN: Bright Star Coco Before Chanel The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nine ∆ – The Young VictoriaMAKEUP: Il Divo ∆ – Star Trek The Young VictoriaFILM EDITING: Avatar District 9 ∆ – The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds PreciousSOUND MIXING: Avatar ∆ – The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the FallenSOUND EDITING: Avatar ∆ – The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek Pixar’s UpORIGINAL SCORE: James Horner – Avatar Alexandre Desplat – Fantastic Mr. Fox Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders – The Hurt Locker Hans Zimmer – Sherlock Holmes ∆ – Michael Giacchino – Pixar’s UpORIGINAL SONG: “Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog “Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog “Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 “Take It All” from Nine ∆ – “The Weary Kind” from Crazy HeartList supplied from FirstShowing.net Viral Marketing Academy AwardsAvatarOscarOscarsThe Hurt Locker
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