2010 Oscar Nominees

Scheduled to air on March 7 at 8 pm on ABC, the 2010 Oscars/Academy Awards will be hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. Each and every nominee faces stiff competition, but we'll see who wins soon enough! You certainly don't want to miss this one with the beautiful dresses and fabulous actors.

A great game to play with the friends you watch the awards show with is to guess beforehand who will win and see who guesses the most correctly! Good luck to you!

Here are the nominees:

Best Picture:

"Avatar"

"The Blind Side"

"District 9"

"An Education"

"Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious"

"A Serious Man"

"Up"

"Up in the Air"



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"

Actress in a Leading Role:

Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"

Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Gabourey Sibide, "Precious"

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"

Actor in a Supporting Role:

Matt Damon, "Invictus"

Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"

Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"

Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"

Chistoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Actress in a Supporting Role:

Penelope Cruz, "Nine"

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"

Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"

Mo'Nique, "Precious"

Best Animated Feature Film:

"Coraline"

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

"The Princess and the Frog"

"The Secret of Kells"

"Up"

Directing:

"Avatar," James Cameron

"The Hurt Locker," Kathryn Bigelow

"Inglourious Basterds," Quentin Tarantino

"Precious," Lee Daniels

"Up in the Air," Jason Reitman

Best Adapted Screenplay:

"District 9," by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

"An Education," by Nick Hornby

"In the Loop," by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

"Precious," by Geoffrey Fletcher

"Up in the Air," by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Original Screenplay:

"The Hurt Locker," by Mark Boal

"Inglourious Basterds," by Quentin Tarantino

"The Messenger," by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman

"A Serious Man," by Joel and Ethan Coen

"Up," screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Best 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

Best 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

Best Costume Design:

"Bright Star" -- Janet Patterson

"Coco before Chanel" -- Catherine Leterrier

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" -- Monique Prudhomme

"Nine" - Colleen Atwood

"The Young Victoria"

Best Documentary:

"Burma VJ" Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller

"The Cove" Nominees to be determined

"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

Best 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

Best Foreign Film:

"Ajami" Israel

"El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Argentina

"The Milk of Sorrow" Peru

"Un Prophète" France

"The White Ribbon" Germany




Best 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




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

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




Best Sound:

"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




Best Sound Effects Editing:

"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

Best 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