Academy Award Nominations Are Heating Up Hollywood

Avatar and the Hurt Locker Expected to Win Big at 2010 Academy Awards

Meg G.
Academy Award nominations are heating up Hollywood. The 2010 Academy Awards will take place tomorrow night at 5 PM PST and 8 PM EST. Many are speculating that the "Best Picture" award will be between "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker", although there is some controversy abounding over which show is deserving of the award. It could turn out that neither movie wins the award, and the honors are instead given to another film such as "The Blind Side" or "Precious."

For those uncertain of who is on the nominations list, here is a complete listing arranged by Film:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

- MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS - 82ND AWARDS

- NOMINATIONS BY PICTURE -

(This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects)

"Ajami," an Inosan Production (Kino International) (1 nomination)

Best foreign language film (Israel)

"Avatar," a Lightstorm Entertainment Production (20th Century Fox) (9 nominations)

Art direction

Cinematography

Directing

Film editing

Original score

Best picture

Sound editing

Sound mixing

Visual effects

"The Blind Side," an Alcon Entertainment Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)

Sandra Bullock - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Best picture

"Bright Star," a Jan Chapman/Bright Star Films Production (Apparition) (1 nomination)

Costume design

"Burma VJ," a Magic Hour Films Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories) (1 nomination)

Documentary feature

"Coco before Chanel," a Haut et Court Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)

Costume design

"Coraline," a LAIKA Production (Focus Features) (1 nomination)

Best animated feature film

"The Cove," an Oceanic Preservation Society Production (Roadside Attractions) (1 nomination)

Documentary feature

"Crazy Heart," an Informant Media/Butcher's Run Films Production (Fox Searchlight) (3 nominations)

Jeff Bridges - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Maggie Gyllenhaal - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Original song - "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"

"District 9," a Block/Hanson Production (Sony Pictures Releasing) (4 nominations)

Film editing

Best picture

Visual effects

Adapted screenplay

"An Education," a Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (3 nominations)

Carey Mulligan - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Best picture

Adapted screenplay

"El Secreto de Sus Ojos," a Haddock Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)

Best foreign language film (Argentina)

"Fantastic Mr. Fox," an American Empirical Production (20th Century Fox) (2 nominations)

Best animated feature film

Original score

"Food, Inc.," a Robert Kenner Films Production (Magnolia Pictures) (1 nomination)

Documentary feature

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," a Warner Bros. Production (Warner Bros.) (1 nomination)

Cinematography

"The Hurt Locker," a Voltage Pictures Production (Summit Entertainment) (9 nominations)

Jeremy Renner - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Cinematography

Directing

Film editing

Original score

Best picture

Sound editing

Sound mixing

Original screenplay

"Il Divo," an Indigo Film/Lucky Red/Parco Film/Babe Films Production (MPI Media Group through Music Box) (1 nomination)

Makeup

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," a Poo Poo Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 nominations)

Art direction

Costume design

"In the Loop," a Loop Film/BBC Films and UK Film Council in association with Aramid Entertainment Production (IFC Films) (1 nomination)

Adapted screenplay

"Inglourious Basterds," a Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production (The Weinstein Company) (8 nominations)

Christoph Waltz - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Cinematography

Directing

Film editing

Best picture

Sound editing

Sound mixing

Original screenplay

"Invictus," a Liberty Pictures Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)

Morgan Freeman - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Matt Damon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Julie & Julia," a Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing) (1 nomination)

Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role

"The Last Station," an Egoli Tossell Film/Zephyr Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 nominations)

Christopher Plummer - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Helen Mirren - Performance by an actress in a leading role

"The Lovely Bones," a Wingnut Films Production (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount) (1 nomination)

Stanley Tucci - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

"The Messenger," an All the King's Horses Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories) (2 nominations)

Woody Harrelson - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Original screenplay

"The Milk of Sorrow," a Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production (1 nomination)

Best foreign language film (Peru)

"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," a Kovno Communications Production (1 nomination)

Documentary feature

"Nine," a Weinstein Brothers/Marc Platt/Lucamar/Relativity Media Production (The Weinstein Company) (4 nominations)

Penélope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Art direction

Costume design

Original song - "Take It All"

"Paris 36," a Galatée Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)

Original song - "Loin de Paname"

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," a Lee Daniels Entertainment/ Smokewood Entertainment Production (Lionsgate) (6 nominations)

Gabourey Sidibe - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Mo'Nique - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Directing

Film editing

Best picture

Adapted screenplay

"The Princess and the Frog," a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) (3 nominations)

Best animated feature film

Original song - "Almost There"

Original song - "Down in New Orleans"

"The Secret of Kells," a Cartoon Saloon/Les Armateurs/Vivi Film Production (GKIDS) (1 nomination)

Best animated feature film

"A Serious Man," a Working Title Films Production (Focus Features) (2 nominations)

Best picture

Original screenplay

"Sherlock Holmes," a Warner Bros. UK Services Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)

Art direction

Original score

"A Single Man," a Fade to Black and Depth of Field Production (The Weinstein Company) (1 nomination)

Colin Firth - Performance by an actor in a leading role

"Star Trek," a Bad Robot Production (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) (4 nominations)

Makeup

Sound editing

Sound mixing

Visual effects

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," a Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto/di Bonaventura Pictures/Ian Bryce Production (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount) (1 nomination)

Sound mixing

"Un Prophète," a Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)

Best foreign language film (France)

"Up," a Pixar Production (Walt Disney) (5 nominations)

Best animated feature film

Original score

Best picture

Sound editing

Original screenplay

"Up in the Air," a Montecito Picture Company Production (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) (6 nominations)

George Clooney - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Vera Farmiga - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Anna Kendrick - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Directing

Best picture

Adapted screenplay

"Which Way Home," a Mr. Mudd Production (1 nomination)

Documentary feature

"The White Ribbon," an X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 nominations)

Cinematography

Best foreign language film (Germany)

"The Young Victoria," a GK Films Production (Apparition) (3 nominations)

Art direction

Costume design

Makeup

If you would rather see the 2010 Oscar Nominations by list of awards, click HERE.

Will Avatar or The Hurt Locker be the biggest winners of the 2010 Academy Awards? Given the nominations list, they have the most chances to win.

Source:

Oscar Awards Official Web site

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