Oscar Nominations

BEST PICTURE
Avatar (9 nominations)
The Blind Side (2 nominations)
District 9 (4 nominations)
An Education (3 nominations)
The Hurt Locker (9 nominations)
Inglourious Basterds (8 nominations)
Precious (6 nominations)
A Serious Man (2 nominations)
Up (5 nominations)
Up in the Air (6 nominations)

BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

BEST LEAD 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 LEAD ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mett 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 FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
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

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami, Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow, Peru
Un Prophete, France
The White Ribbon, Germany

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
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 ART DIRECTION
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

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 Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The MOst Dangerous Man in America
Which Way Home

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
China's Unnatural Disaster
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin

BEST EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

BEST MAKEUP
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
La Dama y la Muerte
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

BEST SOUND EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basters
Star Trek
Up

BEST SOUND MIXING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basters
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek