the 82nd annual academy awards!




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



ryan seacrest
mariska hargitay
nicole richie and joel madden
robin thicke and paula patton
zac efron
amanda seyfried
tina fey
elizabeth banks
zoe saldana
kathy bates
mariah carey
jeremy renner
charlize theron
penelope cruz
rachel mcadams
morgan freeman
sigourney weaver
vera farmiga
jason bateman
kristen stewart
sarah jessica parker
taylor lautner
queen latifah
robert downey jr.
keanu reeves
matt damon
colin firth
christopher plummer
christoph waltz
kate winslet
jeff bridges
gabourey sidibe
helen mirren
sandra bullock
miley cyrus
james cameron
gerard butler
george clooney
cameron diaz
mo'nique
tom ford
anna kendrick
carey mulligan
demi moore
maggie gyllenhaal and peter sarsgaard
maggie gyllenhaal and jake gyllenhaal
jennifer lopez
jennifer lopez

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

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