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