Please join us here at PopBytes for live blogging/tweeting of The 83rd Annual Academy Awards! I’ll be tweeting along with @JeremyFeistXXX, @SeanASimpson, @AllenPiatt, and @SmrtMnky. You can also add in your own comments below, let’s all try to turn a notoriously boring event into something fun!

It’s Hollywood’s biggest day of the year … The 83rd Annual Academy Awards aka the Oscars (you’ll find the nominations below) are taking place today, literally around the corner from my humble Hollywood abode! I’ll be live blogging/tweeting starting with the red carpet arrivals at 3pm PST (6pm EST), then the Oscars are handed out beginning at 5pm PST (8pm EST), so come join in on the fun over here.

Actor in a Leading Role

* Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
* Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
* Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
* Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
* James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

* Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
* John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
* Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

* Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
* Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
* Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
* Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
* Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
* Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
* Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
* Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

* “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
* “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

* “Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
* “Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
* “The King’s Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
* “True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

* “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
* “Inception” Wally Pfister
* “The King’s Speech” Danny Cohen
* “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
* “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

* “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
* “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
* “The King’s Speech” Jenny Beavan
* “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
* “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

* “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
* “The Fighter” David O. Russell
* “The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper
* “The Social Network” David Fincher
* “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)

* “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
* “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
* “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
* “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
* “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

* “Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
* “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
* “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
* “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
* “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

* “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
* “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
* “The King’s Speech” Tariq Anwar
* “127 Hours” Jon Harris
* “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

* “Biutiful” Mexico
* “Dogtooth” Greece
* “In a Better World” Denmark
* “Incendies” Canada
* “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

* “Barney’s Version” Adrien Morot
* “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
* “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

* “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
* “Inception” Hans Zimmer
* “The King’s Speech” Alexandre Desplat
* “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
* “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

* “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
* “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
* “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
* “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

* “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
* “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
* “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
* “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
* “The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
* “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
* “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
* “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
* “Winter’s Bone” Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

* “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
* “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
* “Let’s Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
* “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
* “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

* “The Confession” Tanel Toom
* “The Crush” Michael Creagh
* “God of Love” Luke Matheny
* “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
* “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

* “Inception” Richard King
* “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
* “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
* “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

* “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
* “The King’s Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
* “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
* “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

* “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
* “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
* “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
* “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

* “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
* “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
* “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
* “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* “Winter’s Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

* “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
* “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
* “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
* “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
* “The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

So the nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards (February 27th) are in, and surprise! It’s pretty much the exact same list from the Golden Globes, minus all the television categories. Or any of the films from the Best Musical or Comedy categories.

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
James Franco in 127 Hours

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale in The Fighter
John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in The King’s Speech

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
The Coen Brothers, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

There are about fifty bajillion other technical categories, but to be honest with you all, coding it all so that it looks all pretty is killing me here. Ever type a word so many times that it completely loses all meaning to you? The word Strong has lost all meaning to me. Anyway, you can click the link on top to check out all the techie awards because techies work hard, dammit. They work hard.

Today it was announced that instead of the usual suspects, The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (taking place on February 27th) are going to be hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, in an attempt to lure in younger viewers to all the ‘excitement’. I do actually like both of ‘em, they’re great actors, he’s a total cutie and she’s charming but hosting the Oscars?! Please, no! It’s notoriously one of the most boring award shows around (aren’t they all?), I think this is going to be the final nail in the coffin (unless James decides to take it all off or Anne slips a nip!) If producers had tossed in something like the show is only going to be two hours instead of three, then maybe we’d actually have something to look forward to but I can guarantee you that it’s going to be the biggest snooze fest ever, mark my words!

If it’s good enough for “Saturday Night Live,” it’s good enough for … the Academy Awards? That’s the hope, anyway, of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which announced Monday that James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be co-hosting the 83rd Academy Awards. With respective ages of 32 and 28, the two actors are among the youngest hosts for the iconic award show. While both are accomplished, adventurous and well-regarded actors, their primary job qualification for hosting a live variety show is their experience toplining “SNL.”



“We’re not going to require them to perform six to eight skits playing different characters live in front of an audience, but if you can handle ‘Saturday Night Live,’ then that’s a great indication of your readiness as an Oscar host,” says Bruce Cohen, co-producer with Don Mischer of the show, which will air Feb. 27. SOURCE

PS Where’s Jon Stewart when you really need him?!

hey everyone! hollywood’s big day is finally here … the 82nd annual academy awards will be taking place later today! thankfully yesterday’s crappy weather has moved on – it’s a drop cloudy here in los angeles but i don’t think it’s going to rain! (fingers crossed) just like last year i’ll be tweeting starting with the red carpet at 3pm (definitely the best part) and then the ceremonies which kick-off at 5pm (hosted by funny guys steve martin and alec baldwin) i’m thrilled the awards will be airing live on both coasts! below is a list of the nominations – i’ll be updating the winners as the oscars are handed out plus i will add in pictures of the red carpet arrivals as soon as they become available! so please stay tuned – we have a big day ahead of us all! popbytes over & out for now … xoxo

PHOTOS | FAME PICTURES

BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side WINNER!
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart WINNER!
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire WINNER!
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Penelope Cruz, Nine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds WINNER!
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Marc Boal, The Hurt Locker WINNER!
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire WINNER!
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami (Israel)
El secreto de sus ojos (Argentina) WINNER!
Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
Un Prophete (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
The Secret of Kells
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
Up WINNER!

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar, Mauro Fiore WINNER!
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds, Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon, Christian Berger

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Burma VJ
The Cove WINNER!
Food Inc
Most Dangerous Man In America
Which Way Home

BEST FILM EDITING
Avatar, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9, Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds, Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Joe Klotz

BEST ART DIRECTION
Avatar WINNER!
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

BEST COSTUME
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria WINNER!

BEST MAKEUP
Il Divo, Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek, Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow WINNER!
The Young Victoria, Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

BEST 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 WINNER!

BEST 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 WINNER!

BEST SOUND EDITING
Avatar, Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker, Paul N.J. Ottosson WINNER!
Inglourious Basterds, Wylie Stateman
Star Trek, Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up, Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Avatar, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker, Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett WINNER!
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
Avatar, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones WINNER!
District 9, Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek, Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
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 WINNER!
Rabbit à la Berlin

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
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 WINNER!
A Matter of Loaf and Death, Nick Park

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
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 WINNER!

NOMINATION PHOTOS | BAUER GRIFFIN