The 2010 Oscar nominees have been announced, and Hollywood actors and actresses release a collective sigh.
On the evening of March 7th, Oscar nominees will walk the red carpet into the Kodak Theatre and wait with baited breath to find out if they will be the one to take the golden statute home. But they won’t be so focused on the little gold man that they can’t enjoy this years Oscar treat: two hosts instead of one.
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be co-hosts of the 82nd Annual Awards televised show, and it will be the first time since the 1920s that two people have shared such an honor, according to Oscar.com.
Martin, who hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows by himself, is no stranger to the Oscars, having been a presenter numerous times as well. In fact, Martin in addition to hosting the Academy Awards twice before, he also shared the stage with Baldwin’s current co-star, Tina Fey, during the 81st Academy Awards show as a presenter.
Baldwin, on the other hand, might be new as an Oscar host, but he isn’t new to being an Oscar nominee, nominated for the golden statute himself for his performance in The Cooler. So both men can appreciate the nominees that will surround them on such a momentous occasion.
So without further adieu, the 2010 Oscar nominations are (drum roll, please)…
Best Male Actor in a Lead Role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Best Female Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in The Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Best Female Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz in The Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
James Cameron for Avatar
Lee Daniels for Precious
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Best Motion Picture
A Serious Man (2 nominations total)
An Education (3)
Avatar (9)
Blind Side (2)
District 9 (4)
Inglourious Basterds (8)
Precious (8)
The Hurt Locker (9)
Up (5)
Up in the Air (6)
Best Adapted Screenplay
An Education
District 9
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air
Best Screenplay Based on Original Work
A Serious Man
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Up
Best Animated Feature
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Best Feature Documentary
Burma VJ
Food, Inc.
The Cove
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Best Short Subject Documentary
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Best Art Direction
Avatar
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Young Victoria
Best Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
The White Ribbon
Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Nine
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Young Victoria
Best Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
The Hurt Locker
Best Foreign Language Film
Ajami – Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow – Peru
The White Ribbon – Germany
Un Prophète – France
Best Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Best Music (Original Score)
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sherlock Holmes
The Hurt Locker
Up
Best Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36
“Take It All” from Nine
“The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart
Best Animated Short Film
A Matter of Loaf and Death
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
Logorama
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Best Live Action Short Film
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The Door
The New Tenants
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
The Hurt Locker
Up
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
The Hurt Locker
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Source:
Oscar.go.com: Host-bios
http://oscar.go.com/oscar-night/host-bios
Oscar.go.com: Nominations by Category
http://oscar.go.com/media/2010/html/print10.html
