Oscar Nominations 2010 Revealed

In a historic first, the Academy broadcast this year’s Oscar nominations live over the Internet. Unsurprisingly, Avatar got a ton of nominations (and deserved many of them) — nine nominations overall, tied only by Hurt Locker.

But a few of our other favorites, including Star Trek, District 9, and Inglourious Basterds, also did pretty well for themselves. List of nominations for the biggest categories after the jump:

And the nominees are:

Best Picture

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Yes, there are ten Best Picture nominees this year.

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)

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 Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
• Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
• Carey Mulligan (An Education)
• Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
• Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia)

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)

Animated Feature Film

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Up

Directing

• James Cameron (Avatar)
• Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
• Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
• Lee Daniels (Precious)
• Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• District 9 — Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• An Education — Nick Hornby
• In the Loop — like 5 people
• Precious — Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air — Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Hurt Locker — Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds — Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger — Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• A Serious Man — Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Up — lotsa people

Other notable nominations:

• Avatar for Art Direction, Avatar, Harry Potter, and Inglourious Basterds for Cinematography
• hilariously not Avatar for Costume Design
• Avatar, District 9, and Inglourious Basterds for Film Editing
• Star Trek (but not Avatar) for Makeup, Avatar for Original Score
• Avatar and Star Trek for Sound Editing
• Avatar and Star Trek for Sound Mixing
• Avatar, District 9, and Star Trek for Visual Effects.

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