83rd Academy Award Nominations: 'The King's Speech' Reigns with 12 (Full List of Nominees)

A tale about a British Monarchy and a Western remake from a John Wayne classic received the most Oscar nominations early Tuesday morning. These included the coveted acting and Best Picture categories. "The King's Speech received the most with a total of 12 while the American western drama "True Grit" garnered 10 in all. It was a virtual template of the Golden Globe nominations and winners earlier this month minus "True Grit." Otherwise, there were no real surprises overall.

Mo'Nique, who won for Best Supporting Actress last year, announced the nominations along with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President, Tom Sherak. Ten of the 24 categories were announced in a press conference with live streaming online and TV network morning shows broadcasting the announcement live to viewers at 5:38 a.m. PT.

Naturally every year there are the inevitable snubs like with Mark Wahlberg for Best Actor in "The Fighter." That film received a total of seven Academy Award nominations, primarily in the supporting acting categories. Mila Kunis did not receive a Best Supporting Actress nomination for "Black Swan" even though she was nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Award. "Black Swan" received five nominations while "The Social Network" and "Inception" garnered eight each.

The 83^rd Academy Awards will be televised live Sunday, February 27 on ABC starting at 8 p.m. ET. Kodak Theatre in Hollywood is the setting for the ceremonies. The telecast will be seen in over 200 countries. My predictions thus far are Best Picture: The King's Speech, Best Actor: Colin Firth, Best Actress: Annette Bening, Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale and Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams. Here is the complete list of nominees from all 24 categories.

Full List of Nominees:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

* Black Swan - A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures ProductionMike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
* The Fighter - A Relativity Media Production David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
* Inception - A Warner Bros. UK Services Production Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
* The Kids Are All Right - An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
* The King's Speech - A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
* 127 Hours - An Hours Production Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
* The Social Network - A Columbia Pictures Production Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* Toy Story 3 - A Pixar Production Darla K. Anderson, Producer
* True Grit - A Paramount Pictures Production Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
* Winter's Bone - A Winter's Bone Production Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

* Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
* Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
* Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
* Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
* James Franco in "127 Hours"

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

* Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
* John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
* Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
* Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
* Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

* Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"
* Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole"
* Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone"
* Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
* Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine"

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

* Amy Adams in "The Fighter"
* Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech"
* Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"
* Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"
* Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom"

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

* How to Train Your Dragon - Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet
* Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

* Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
* Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
* The King's Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
* True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Cinematography

* Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
* Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
* The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
* The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
* True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins

Achievement in Costume Design

* Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
* I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
* The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
* The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell
* True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres

Achievement in Directing

* Black Swan - Darren Aronofsky
* The Fighter - David O. Russell
* The King's Speech - Tom Hooper
* The Social Network - David Fincher
* True Grit - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Documentary Feature

* Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz A Paranoid Pictures Production
* Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic A Gasland Production
* Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production
* Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger An Outpost Films Production
* Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) An Almega Projects Production

Best Documentary Short Subject

* Killing in the Name Nominees to be determined A Moxie Firecracker Films Production
* Poster Girl Nominees to be determined A Portrayal Films Production
* Strangers No More Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
* Sun Come Up Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger A Sun Come Up Production
* The Warriors of Qiugang Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon A Thomas Lennon Films Production

Achievement in Film Editing

* Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
* The Fighter Paramount Pamela Martin
* The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
* 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris
* The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

* Biutiful - Mexico
* Dogtooth - Greece
* In a Better World - Denmark
* Incendies - Canada
* Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) - Algeria

Achievement in Makeup

* Achievement in makeup (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot
* The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
* The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

* How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
* Inception - Hans Zimmer
* The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
* 127 Hours - A.R. Rahman
* The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

* "Coming Home" from Country Strong - Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
* "I See the Light" from Tangled - Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
* "If I Rise" from 127 Hours - Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
* "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Animated Short Film

* Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
* The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
* Let's Pollute A Geefwee Boedoe Production Geefwee Boedoe
* The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
* Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois

Best Live Action Short Film

* The Confession (National Film and Television School) A National Film and Television School Production Tanel Toom
* The Crush (Network Ireland Television) A Purdy Pictures Production Michael Creagh
* God of Love A Luke Matheny Production Luke Matheny
* Na Wewe (Premium Films) A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
* Wish 143 A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Achievement in Sound Editing

* Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King
* Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
* Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
* True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
* Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger

Achievement in Sound Mixing

* Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
* The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
* Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
* The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
* True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Achievement in Visual Effects

* Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
* Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
* Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
* Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Adapted Screenplay

* 127 Hours - Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
* The Social Network - Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
* Toy Story 3 - Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
* True Grit - Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* Winter's Bone - Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original Screenplay

* Another Year - Written by Mike Leigh
* The Fighter - Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
* Inception - Written by Christopher Nolan
* The Kids Are All Right - Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
* The King's Speech - Screenplay by David Seidler

SOURCES:

83^rd Academy Awards Nominations Announced, Oscar.org

83rd Academy Awards, Wikipedia

The Nominees for the 83^rd Academy Awards, Oscar.go.com