Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times
Nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards
Best picture
"Avatar"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
(Winner)"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
"A Serious Man"
"Up"
"Up in the Air"
Best actor
(Winner) 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
(Winner) Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Best supporting actor
Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
(Winner) 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"
(Winner) Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Best director
James Cameron, "Avatar"
(Winner) Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"
Best animated feature
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"
(Winner) "Up"
Best foreign language film
"Ajami" (Israel)
(Winner) "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" (Argentina)
"The Milk of Sorrow" (Peru)
"The Prophet" (France)
"The White Ribbon" (Germany)
Best screenplay (original)
(Winner) "The Hurt Locker," written by Mark Boal
"Inglourious Basterds," written by Quentin Tarantino
"The Messenger," written by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
"A Serious Man," written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"Up," screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Best screenplay (adapted)
"District 9," written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
"An Education," screenplay by Nick Hornby
"In the Loop," screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
(Winner) "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
"Up in the Air," screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best music (original score)
"Avatar" James Horner
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" Alexandre Desplat
"The Hurt Locker" Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
"Sherlock Holmes" Hans Zimmer
(Winner) "Up" Michael Giacchino
Best music (original song)
"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog," music and lyrics by Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog," music and lyrics by Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36," music by Reinhardt Wagner and lyrics by Frank Thomas
"Take It All" from "Nine," music and lyrics by Maury Yeston
(Winner) "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," music and lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Best art direction
(Winner) "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
(Winner) "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
(Winner) "The Young Victoria" Sandy Powell
Best documentary (feature)
"Burma VJ" Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
(Winner) "The Cove"
"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
(Winner) "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
(Winner) "The Hurt Locker" Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
"Inglourious Basterds" Sally Menke
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Joe Klotz
Best makeup
"Il Divo" Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
(Winner) "Star Trek" Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
"The Young Victoria" Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
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
(Winner) "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
(Winner) "The New Tenants" Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Best sound editing
"Avatar" Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
(Winner) "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
(Winner) "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
(Winner) "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
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Topic - Oscar Scorecard . . . . - mr grits 21:47:40 03/07/10 (28)
- It was mostly enjoyable. - grantv 12:36:13 03/08/10 (0)
- I was actually pretty happy with the results considering... - Harmonia 11:03:11 03/08/10 (0)
- Baldwin and Martin should have won an award: they made it fun! Second, it was apparent through the first - tinear 07:33:38 03/08/10 (15)
- Bwahahaha!!! - Harmonia 10:53:54 03/08/10 (0)
- Clooney was messing around. I don't think you have to dig deep on that one. nt - free.ranger 10:42:30 03/08/10 (0)
- I thought Clooney's scowl... - mkuller 09:47:40 03/08/10 (0)
- Way off on Clooney - Prisoners 08:22:46 03/08/10 (10)
- Agree with yer assessment of Clooney, also his date - Road Warior 10:20:34 03/08/10 (0)
- Did you watch the Oscars, themselves? I'd say you didn't if you - tinear 09:24:58 03/08/10 (8)
- I think there was a second scowler on the grassy knoll nt - Daryl Zero 11:42:23 03/08/10 (0)
- OK I watched again. - Prisoners 09:35:59 03/08/10 (5)
- They cut to Clooney BEFORE those guys referenced him - sjb 10:58:30 03/08/10 (1)
- They cut to all the Best Actor nominees. George was in a foul mood, period. nt - tinear 07:52:33 03/09/10 (0)
- I would like to see it from seven different angles - Victor Khomenko 10:01:40 03/08/10 (2)
- I'd like to see his date from several angles. nt - Prisoners 10:13:50 03/08/10 (1)
- :) No argument there... nt - Victor Khomenko 10:45:24 03/08/10 (0)
- I watched the whole thing. - Prisoners 09:30:42 03/08/10 (0)
- RE: Baldwin and Martin should have won an award: they made it fun! Second, it was apparent through the first - Victor Khomenko 07:52:53 03/08/10 (0)
- Boobs. I want to see the boobs score. - Victor Khomenko 06:19:28 03/08/10 (2)
- Probably Ukrainian gals.... nt - tinear 07:36:37 03/08/10 (0)
- Most of them had two. nt - Daryl Zero 07:18:24 03/08/10 (0)
- One of the crappest crap-fests of all time - dave c 03:19:06 03/08/10 (6)
- Stop. - Prisoners 07:31:14 03/08/10 (3)
- Jeff Bridges has mentioned that he is closest to the Dude - PhilJ 06:43:13 03/09/10 (2)
- I agree, sort of ... - reelsmith. 12:41:03 03/09/10 (1)
- Streep has won acting Oscar *twice*. - Harmonia 19:09:18 03/17/10 (0)
- With notable exception of Ben Stiller the thing reaked. nt - geoffkait 06:25:49 03/08/10 (0)
- Certainly not the best, and, the "big production number" sucked - Road Warrior 06:12:24 03/08/10 (0)