The 82nd Academy Award nominations were announced on February 2, 2010. The ceremony presenting the Oscars was held at the Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin acting as co-hosts. The big winner for the night was The Hurt Locker which garnered six Academy Awards including the first Best Director win for a female director. The Hurt Locker in total had nine nominations which matched Avatar.
Best Picture:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
WINNER: The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Director:
WINNER: Kathryn Bigelow—The Hurt Locker
James Cameron—Avatar
Lee Daniels—Precious
Jason Reitman—Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino—Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor:
WINNER: Jeff Bridges—Crazy Heart
George Clooney—Up in the Air
Colin Firth—A Single Man
Morgan Freeman—Invictus
Jeremy Renner—The Hurt Locker
Best Actress:
WINNER: Sandra Bullock—The Blind Side
Helen Mirren—The Last Station
Carey Mulligan—An Education
Gabourey Sidibe—Precious
Meryl Streep—Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor:
Matt Damon—Invictus
Woody Harrelson—The Messenger
Christopher Plummer—The Last Station
Stanley Tucci—The Lovely Bones
WINNER: Christoph Waltz—Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress:
WINNER: Mo’Nique—Precious
Penelope Cruz—Nine
Vera Farmiga—Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal—Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick—Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay:
WINNER: The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Best Adapted Screenplay:
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
WINNER: Precious
Up in the Air
Best Animated Feature:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
WINNER: Up
Best Foreign Language Film:
Ajami
The Milk of Sorrow
A Prophet
WINNER: The Secret in Their Eyes
The White Ribbon
Best Documentary Feature:
Burma VJ
WINNER: The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Best Documentary Short:
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
WINNER: Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
Best Live Action Short:
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
WINNER: The New Tenants
Best Animated Short:
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
WINNER: Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Original Score:
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
WINNER: Up
Best Original Song:
“Almost There”—The Princess and the Frog
“Down in New Orleans”—The Princess and the Frog
“Loin de Paname”—Paris 36
“Take It All”—Nine
WINNER: “The Weary King”—Crazy Heart
Best Sound Editing:
Avatar
WINNER: The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Best Sound Mixing:
Avatar
WINNER: The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Art Direction:
WINNER: Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Cinematography:
WINNER: Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Best Makeup:
Il Divo
WINNER: Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Best Costume Design:
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
WINNER: The Young Victoria
Best Film Editing:
Avatar
District 9
WINNER: The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Best Visual Effects:
WINNER: Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
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