Oscar Nominations

Best Picture
"Avatar”
"The Blind Side”
"District 9″
"An Education”
"The Hurt Locker”
"Inglourious Basterds”
"Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire”
"A Serious Man”
"Up”
"Up in the Air”

Best Direction
"Avatar," James Cameron
"The Hurt Locker," Kathryn Bigelow"
Inglourious Basterds," Quentin Tarantino"
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire," Lee Daniels
"Up in the Air," Jason Reitman

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, "Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, "A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus”
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker”

Actress in a Leading Role
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”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon, "Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz, "Nine”
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air”
Mo'Nique,"Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire”

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"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"
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire," Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher"
Up in the Air," Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Hurt Locker," Written by Mark Boal"Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
"The Messenger," Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
"A Serious Man," Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"Up," Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Animated Feature Film
"Coraline”"Fantastic Mr. Fox”
"The Princess and the Frog”
"The Secret of Kells”
"Up”

Art Direction
"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

Cinematography
"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 BergerCostume Design"Bright Star," Janet Patterson"Coco before Chanel," Catherine Leterrier
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," Monique Prudhomme
"Nine," Colleen Atwood
"The Young Victoria," Sandy Powell

Documentary (Feature)
"Burma VJ”
"The Cove”
"Food, Inc.”
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
"Which Way Home”

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 à la Berlin”

Film Editing
"Avatar," Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
"District 9," Julian Clarke
"The Hurt Locker," Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
"Inglourious Basterds," Sally Menke
"Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire," Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film
"Ajami," Israel
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina
"The Milk of Sorrow," Peru
"Un Prophète," France
"The White Ribbon," Germany

Makeup
"Il Divo," Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
"Star Trek," Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
"The Young Victoria," Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircorehttp

Music (Original Score)
"Avatar," James Horner
"Fantastic Mr. Fox," Alexandre Desplat
"The Hurt Locker," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
"Sherlock Holmes," Hans Zimmer
"Up," Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
"Almost There” from "The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans” from "The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname” from "Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
"Take It All” from "Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from "Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

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
"Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
"A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

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"The New Tenants," Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
"Avatar," Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
"The Hurt Locker," Paul N.J. Ottosson
"Inglourious Basterds," Wylie Stateman
"Star Trek," Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
"Up," Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing
"Avatar," Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
"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

Visual Effects
"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

First of all best picture noms, are pretty good...with the exception of Avatar, and Possibly the Blind side. Avatar should win in all of the effects categories because it looks amazing. It is however narratively flawed greatly. Therefore it should not win, but I will let the nomination slide. I am really hoping that Ingluorious Basterds gets the win, but I highly....and I mean highly doubt it will. It should also be noted that UP is guarteed to win the best animated feature, due to it grabbing a best Picture nom.
The best director should be won by Bigelow because Hurt Locker is a highly praised film, and it would be the first female director ever to win the Oscar.
Jeff Bridges will most likely win Actor oscar, but I hope Clooney wins. Up In The Air needs to leave with at least one Oscar or I will be very dissappointed.
Hopefully precious nabbs it in the Actress category, because I don't think that Sandra Bullock deserves it.
Supporting Actor must be awarded to Waltz or the oscars will loose all of its credibility in my eyes.
Supporting Actress should go to Anne Kendrick because she was fantastic. She needs it too remove the twilight films, and start being respected for her actual acting prowess.
Writing Nod should go to either, Up In The Air, or District Nine both had fantastic writing and deserves recognition.
For The Original Screenplay should be awarded to Up cause it was great.
Animated film will most likely be award to Up, but I would Love to see Princess and The Frog take it home as well.
Art Direction should go to Avatar it was truly stunning.
Cineamatograughy should go to Ingluorious Basterds, because it was very expertly shot, and deserving.
Film Editing Again goes to Basterds editing is what made the film what it really was and it was great.
Makeup Star Trek cause it was the only one I have seen and the makeup was deservedly amazing.
Score Avatar stunning and epic music presentation.
Song either of the Princess and The Frog songs because they were brilliant and very catchy.
Sound Editing Star Trek amazing absolutely amazing sounds that really make the world beleiveable, and awesome.
Sound Mixing Star Trek again....but one complaint about this section WHY oh WHY is Transformers on there.....noone should encourage Bay to make more movies in the way that he does. Please oh please let Transformers not get this oscar.
Finally Visual Effects goes to District Nine the expert use of pracitcal, and digital effects to make it very realistic and beleivable.
Anyways this is just my input if you agree or disagree leave your comments below, I am looking forward to the input. Sorry if this seemed rushed I had little time today, and it will not be as well as the usual posts. Anyways remember nooo blog tommorow, and until then Stay frosty.
From Andrew!