Countdown to the Oscars 2010

The Oscars is just seconds away now, so I thought I’d refresh some of your memories with the nominees. In case you forget, the Oscar Show will take place this Sunday, March 7^th 2010. So, without further ado, here are the complete nominees based on the nominations:

Best Picture

Avatar


The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds




Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire




A Serious Man

Up

Up in the Air

Wow, 10 nominees for Best Picture? They have really done it this time!

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 - The Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

Helen Mirren - The Last Station

Carey Mulligan - An Education

Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

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: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells

Up

Art Direction

Avatar

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

Sherlock Holmes

The Young Victoria

Cinematography

Avatar

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)

Costume Design

Bright Star

Coco Before Chanel

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

The Young Victoria

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

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

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)

The Princess and the Frog - "Almost There"

The Princess and the Frog - "Down in New Orleans"

Paris 36 - "Loin de Paname"

Nine - "Take It All"

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

Sound Editing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Up

Sound Mixing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Visual Effects

Avatar

District 9

Star Trek

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

District 9

An Education

In the Loop

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Up in the Air

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

The Messenger

A Serious Man

Up

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

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

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

Make Up

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

Short Film (Animated)

French Roast

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)

Logorama

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Short Film (Live Action)

The Door

Instead of Abracadabra

Kavi

Miracle Fish

The New Tenants

Well. That’s pretty much it for the Oscars' candidates this Sunday. Have any preferences or predictions for the winners? Please share and write some comments here. I’ll write more about the results after the show. See you after the Oscars!