So, the just concluded Oscar nomination announcement has saw some major surprises as well as some predictable list of what we have heard all these while. anyway, here are the complete list of the Oscar 2010 (Academy Awards in more formal way) nominations goes:
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 DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
James Cameron (Avatar)
Lee Daniels (Precious)
Jason Reitman (Up In The Air)
Quentin Taratino (Inglourious Basterds)
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 And 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 ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Ajami - ISRAEL
El Secreto de sus Ojos - ARGENTINA
The Milk of Sorrow - PREU
Un Prophete - FRANCE
The White Ribbon - GREMANY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Precious
Up In The Air
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BEST ART DIRECTION
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victorian
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star
Coco before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus
Nine
The Young Victoria
BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
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 a la Berlin
BEST FILM EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
BEST MAKEUP
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
James Horner (Avatar)
Alexandre Desplat (Fantastic Mr Fox)
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders (The Hurt Locker)
Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes)
Michael Giacchino (Up)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Almost There (The Princess and the Frog)
Down In New Orleans (The Princess and the Frog)
Loin de Paname (Paris 36)
Take It All (Nine)
The Weary Kind (Crazy Heart)
BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
BEST SHORT LIVE ACTION FILM
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
BEST SOUND EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
BEST SOUND MIXING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek