Oscar Nominees

Oscar nominees are publicized and ready to get the discussion started, well there are nominations as per expectations but Oscar Nominees also include few really unexpected nominations, so see the detail list of Oscar Nominees and start the discussion below for the best nominations in your point of view.

Oscar Nominees for best Actor in a Leading Role

• George Clooney for “Up for the Air”
• Jeremy Renner for “The Hurt Locker”
• Colfor Firth for “A Sforgle Man”
• Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart”
• Morgan Freeman for “Forvictus”

Oscar Nominees For Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Woody Harrelson for “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer for “The Last Station”
• Christoph Waltz for “Forglourious Basterds”
• Matt Damon for “Forvictus”
• Stanley Tucci for “The Lovely Bones”

Oscar Nominees for Best Actress in a leading Role

• Meryl Streep for “Julie & Julia”
• Helen Mirren for “The Last Station”
• Gabourey Sidibe for “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Sandra Bullock for “The Blford Side”
• Carey Mulligan for “An Education”

Oscar Nominees for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Vera Farmiga for “Up for the Air”
• Anna Kendrick for “Up for the Air”
• Mo’Nique for “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Penélope Cruz for “Nfore”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal for “Crazy Heart”

Oscar Nominees for the Best Animated Feature Film

• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” by Wes Anderson
• “Up” by Pete Docter
• “The Prforcess and the Frog” by John Musker and Ron Clements
• “Coralfore” by Henry Selick
• “The Secret of Kells” by Tomm Moore

Oscar Nominees for Best Art Direction

• “Avatar” Art Direction by Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration by Kim Sinclair
• “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction by Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration byKatie Spencer
• “The Young Victoria” Art Direction by Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration by Maggie Gray
• “The Imagforarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction by Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration by Carolfore Smith
• “Nfore” Art Direction by John Myhre; Set Decoration by Gordon Sim

Oscar Nominees for Best Cinematography

• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
• “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
• “inglorious Basterds” Robert Richardson
• “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
• “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Oscar Nominees for Best Costume Design

• “Coco before Chanel“ Catherine Leterrier
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
• “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
• “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
• “Nine” Colleen Atwood

Oscar Nominees for Best Director

• “Avatar” James Cameron
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
• “Up for the Air” Jason Reitman
• “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
• “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino

Oscar Nominees for Best Documentary (Feature)

• “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
• “Food, inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
• “The Cove“
• “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa
• “The Most Dangerous Man for America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith

Oscar Nominees for Best Documentary (Short Subject)

• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
• “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
• “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Oscar Nominees for Best Film Editing

• “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
• “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
• “District 9” Julian Clarke
• “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Oscar Nominees for Best Foreign Language Film

• “Ajami” Israel
• “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
• “Un Prophète” France
• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
• “The White Ribbon” Germany

Oscar Nominees for Best Makeup

• “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
• “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mfordy Hall and Joel Harlow

Oscar Nominees for Best Music

• “Avatar” James Horner
• “Up” Michael Giacchforo
• “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
• “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer

Oscar Nominees for Best Music (Original Song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Down for New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Oscar Nominees for Best Picture

• “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
• “The Hurt Locker“
• “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
• “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
• “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
• “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
• “Up for the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
• “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer

Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Short Film

• “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park
• “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleepforg Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
• “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin

Oscar Nominees for Best Live Action Short Film

• “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
• “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
• “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
• “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
• “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

Oscar Nominees for Best Sound Editor

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
• “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
• “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin

Oscar Nominees for Best Sound Mixing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
• “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
• “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
• “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
• “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
• “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Oscar Nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay Writer

• “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
• “For the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• “Up for the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Oscar Nominees for Best Original Screenplay Writer

• “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
• “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
• “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman