10 for 2010

The nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards were announced last night (Manila time). The nominees are:

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

best original screenplay: Mark Boal for "The Hurt Locker"; Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds"; Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman for "The Messenger"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for "A Serious Man"; Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, and Tom McCarthy for "Up"

best adapted screenplay: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell for "District 9"; Nick Hornby for "An Education"; Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche for "In the Loop"; Geoffrey Fletcher for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for "Up in the Air"

best actor: Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney in "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth in "A Single Man"; Morgan Freeman in "Invictus"; Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker"

best actress: Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"; Helen Mirren in "The Last Station"; Carey Mulligan in "An Education"; Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia"

best supporting actor: Matt Damon in "Invictus"; Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger"; Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station"; Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones"; Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"

best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz in "Nine"; Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air"; Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"; Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air"; Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

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 animated feature film: "Coraline"; "Fantastic Mr. Fox"; "The Princess and the Frog"; "The Secret of Kells"; "Up"

best cinematography: "Avatar," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "The White Ribbon"

best editing: "Avatar," "District 9," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

best art direction: "Avatar," "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," "Nine," "Sherlock Holmes," "The Young Victoria"

best costume: "Bright Star," "Coco Before Chanel," "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," "Nine," "The Young Victoria"

best makeup: "Il Divo," "Star Trek," "The Young Victoria"

best sound mixing: "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Star Trek," "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

best sound editing: "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Star Trek," "Up"

best visual effects: "Avatar," "District 9," "Star Trek"

best original score: James Horner (Avatar); Alexandre Desplat (Fantastic Mr. Fox); Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders (The Hurt Locker); Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes); Michael Giacchino (Up)

best original song:

"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman;

"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman;

"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36," Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas;

"Take It All" from "Nine," Maury Yeston;

"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

best documentary feature: "Burma VJ," "The Cove," "Food, Inc." "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," "Which Way Home"

best 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 a la Berlin"

best animated short film: "French Roast," "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty," "The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)," "Logorama," "A Matter of Loaf and Death"

best live action short film: "The Door," "Instead of Abracadabra," "Kavi," "Miracle Fish," "The New Tenants"