Oscar Nominations Announced, Snubs Spark Online Outrage Dan Koelsch, January 25, 2011 The biggest award show in Hollywood is drawing closer, and we’ve taken the first big step this morning with the announcement of the nominees for the Academy Awards. Like usual, there are some surprising snubs, but none more so than Christopher Nolan not getting nominated for Best Director for Inception, despite the film lighting up the nomination boards, including Best Picture. With plenty of fanboys online, you know that the snub has sparked outrage most easily seen on Twitter and film blogs. Get the full list of nominees after the break. While The Social Network (along with Inception) got a strong 8 nominations, The King’s Speech won out the day with 12 nods, followed by True Grit with 10. Speaking of the Facebook movie, some feel that the film’s supporting actors got snubbed, with Andrew Garfield and Armie Hammer in the running for the spot. The biggest snub in my opinion, however, was TRON: Legacy, which only received one nomination (for Best Sound Editing). As much as I respect the composers in the Original Score category, how Daft Punk didn’t receive a nod is beyond me. It didn’t surprise me though, as they’ve been snubbed all award season.Which movies or people do you feel got snubbed this year? Some of our viral favorites made a good showing, including Black Swan and Toy Story 3. Even Tangled got a nod, though unfortunately not for Animated Feature Film.Below is the full list of nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. The event is hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway and will air live February 27th. BEST PICTURE: Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s BoneDIRECTING: Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan David O. Russell, The Fighter Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech David Fincher, The Social Network Joel and Ethan Coen, True GritACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Javier Bardem, Biutiful Jeff Bridges, True Grit Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network Colin Firth, The King’s Speech James Franco, 127 HoursACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone Natalie Portman, Black Swan Michelle Williams, Blue ValentineACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Christian Bale, The Fighter John Hawks, Winter’s Bone Jeremy Renner, The Town Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All RightACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Amy Adams, The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech Melissa Leo, The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit Jackie Weaver, Animal KingdomADAPTED SCREENPLAY: 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne RoselliniORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David SeidlerFOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Biutiful Dogtooth In a Better World Incendies Outside the LawANIMATED FEATURE FILM: How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Toy Story 3CINEMATOGRAPHY: Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth True Grit (Paramount) Roger DeakinsFILM EDITING: Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum The Fighter Paramount Pamela Martin The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk BaxterDOCUMENTARY: Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz A Paranoid Pictures Production Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic A Gasland Production Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger An Outpost Films Production Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) An Almega Projects ProductionDOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT Killing in the Name (dir: Jed Rothstein) Poster Girl (dir: Sara Nesson) Strangers No More (dir: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon) Sun Come Up (dor: Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger) The Warriors of Qiugang (dir: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon)ORIGINAL SCORE: How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus RossORIGINAL SONG: Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy NewmanVISUAL EFFECTS: Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel SudickART DIRECTION: Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)/span> The King’s Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration) True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)COSTUME DESIGN: Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell True Grit (Paramount) Mary ZophresMAKEUP Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave ElseySHORT FILM, ANIMATED Day & Night (dir: Teddy Newton) The Gruffalo (dir: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang) Let’s Pollute (dir: Geefwee Boedoe) The Lost Thing (dir: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann) Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION The Confession (dir: Tanel Toom) The Crush (dir: Michael Creagh) God of Love (dir: Luke Matheny) Na Wewe (dir: Ivan Goldschmidt) Wish 143 (dir: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite)SOUND EDITING Inception, Richard King Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers Tron: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey Unstoppable, Mark P. StoeckingerSOUND MIXING Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland (List compiled by /Film) News Viral News Academy AwardsawardsInceptionThe Social NetworkToy Story 3
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