OSCAR AWARDS 2010

Oscars 2010 is on March 7, 2010 this Sunday. It will take place at Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. This awarding ceremony will be honoring the best films of 2009 and for sure big actresses and actors will be their and likewise the behind the scene people. Two host will be presenting the 82nd Academy awards and these are Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. ABC will be telecasting the Oscars in the United States.

NOMINATION OF BEST ACTRESS

•  Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy
•  Helen Mirren – The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy
•  Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Miller
•  Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Claireece "Precious" Jones
•  Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child

 NOMINATION FOR THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

•  Penélope Cruz – Nine as Carla Albanese
•  Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
•  Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
•  Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
•  Mo'Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston 

 NOMINATION FOR THE BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

•  District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell from Alive in Joburg by Blomkamp
•  An Education – Nick Hornby from An Education by Lynn Barber
•  In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche from The Thick of It created by Iannucci
•  Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher from Push by Sapphire
•  Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner from Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

NOMINATION FOR THE BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

•  Coraline – Henry Selick
•  Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
•  The Princess and the Frog – Ron Clements and John Musker
•  The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
•  Up – Pete Doctor

NOMINATION FOR THE BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

•  Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
•  El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in Spanish – Juan José Campanella
•  The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish and Quechua – Claudia Llosa
•  Un Prophète (France) in French, Corsican and Arabic – Jacques Audiard
•  The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Michael Haneke

NOMINATION FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SCREENPLAY

• The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
• Inglorious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
• A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Up – Tom McCarthy, Bob Peterson and Pete Doctor

BEST PICTURE

•  Avatar
•  The Blind Side
•  District 9
•  An Education
•  The Hurt Locker
•  Inglorious Basterds
•  Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
•  A Serious Man
•  Up
•  Up in the Air 

NOMINATION FOR THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

•  Matt Damon – Invictus as François Pienaar
•  Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony Stone
•  Christopher Plummer – The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy
•  Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey
•  Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa  

 
NOMINATION FOR THE BEST ACTOR

•  Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Bad Blake
•  George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
•  Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer
•  Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela
•  Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sgt.

 NOMINATION FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR

•  Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
•  James Cameron – Avatar
•  Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
•  Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
•  Quentin Tarantino – Inglorious Basterds