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                         Nominees for the 82nd academy award




Actor in a Leading Role
•    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”
Actor in a Supporting Role
•    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”
Actress in a Leading Role
•    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”
Actress in a Supporting Role
•    Penélope 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”
Animated Feature Film
•    “Coraline” Henry Selick
•    “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
•    “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
•    “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
•    “Up” Pete Docter
Art Direction
•    “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
•    “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
•    “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
•    “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
•    “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Cinematography
•    “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
•    “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
•    “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
•    “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
•    “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger
Costume Design
•    “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
•    “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
•    “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
•    “Nine” Colleen Atwood
•    “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
Directing
•    “Avatar” James Cameron
•    “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
•    “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
•    “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
•    “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman
Documentary (Feature)
•    “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
•    “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
•    “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
•    “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
•    “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa
Documentary (Short Subject)
•    “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
•    “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
•    “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
•    “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
•    “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Film Editing
•    “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
•    “District 9” Julian Clarke
•    “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
•    “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
•    “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz
Foreign Language Film
•    “Ajami” Israel
•    “The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
•    “A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
•    “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
•    “The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany
Makeup
•    “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
•    “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
•    “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Music (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
Music (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
Best Picture
•    “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
•    “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
•    “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
•    “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
•    “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
•    “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
•    “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
•    “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
•    “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
•    “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
•    “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
•    “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park
Short Film (Live Action)
•    “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
Sound Editing
•    “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
•    “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
•    “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
•    “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
•    “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Sound Mixing
•    “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
•    “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
•    “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
Visual Effects
•    “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
•    “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
•    “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
•    “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
•    “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
•    “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
•    “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
•    “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Writing (Original Screenplay)
•    “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
•    “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
•    “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
•    “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
•    “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy