The nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards (Oscar) were announced on Tuesday, January 25th 2011.

The annoucement took place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, California and was made by President Tom Sherak and last year’s Best Supporting Actress winner Mo’Nique.

Winners will be announced on February 27th in a ceremony that will be hosted by popular actress Anne Hathaway and one of this years nominee, James Franco.

 

The Oscar Nominations are as follows.....

Best Picture

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King’s Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter’s Bone


Best Actor

Javier Bardem – Biutiful

Jeff Bridges – True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network

Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

James Franco – 127 Hours


Best Actress

Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone

Natalie Portman – Black Swan

Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine


Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter

John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone

Jeremy Renner – The Town

Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right

Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech


Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech

Melissa Leo – The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom


Best Director

Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan

David O. Russell – The Fighter

Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech

David Fincher – The Social Network

Joel and Ethan Coen, – True Grit


Best Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon

Illusionist

Toy Story 3


Best Foreign Film

Mexico – Biutiful

Greece – Dogtooth

Denmark – In a Better World

Canada – Incendies

Algeria – Outside the law


Best Original Screenplay

Another Year

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King’s Speech


Best Adapted Screenplay

127 Hours

‘The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit’

Winter’s Bone


Best Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

Inception

The King’s Speech

True Grit


Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland

I Am Love

The King’s Speech

The Tempest

True Grit


Best Original Song

‘Coming Home’ – Country Strong

‘I See the Light’ – Tangled

‘If I Rise’ – 127 Hours

‘We Belong Together’ – Toy Story 3


Best 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


Best Documentary

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Gasland’

Inside Job

Restrepo

Waste Land


Best Film Editing

Black Swan

The Fighter

The Kings Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network


Best Makeup

Barney’s Version

The Way Back

The Wolfman


Best Sound Editing

Inception

Toy Story 3

TRON: Legacy

True Grit

Unstoppable


Best Sound Mixing

Inception

The King’s Speech

Salt

The Social Network

True Grit


Best Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Hereafter

Inception

Iron Man 2


Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Killing in the Name

Poster Girl

Strangers No More

Sun Comes Up

The Warriors of Qiugang


Best Visual Short Film (Animated)

Day & Night

The Gruffalo

Let’s Pollute

The Lost Thing

Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)


Best Short Film (Live Action)

The Confession

The Crush

God of Love

Na Wewe

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