Since the 82nd Academy Awards are this weekend I figure that everybody does a Picks thread for awards so why not this one.
The Nominees
Academy Award Nominees
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
# A Serious Man (2009) - Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
# An Education (2009) - Finola Dwyer; Amanda Posey
# Avatar (2009) - James Cameron (I); Jon Landau (I)
# District 9 (2009) - Peter Jackson (I); Carolynne Cunningham
# Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Lawrence Bender
# Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Lee Daniels (I); Sarah Siegel-Magness; Gary Magness
# The Blind Side (2009) - Gil Netter; Andrew A. Kosove; Broderick Johnson
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Kathryn Bigelow; Mark Boal; Nicolas Chartier; Greg Shapiro (I)
# Up (2009) - Jonas Rivera
# Up in the Air (2009/I) - Daniel Dubiecki; Ivan Reitman; Jason Reitman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
# A Single Man (2009) - Colin Firth
# Crazy Heart (2009) - Jeff Bridges (I)
# Invictus (2009) - Morgan Freeman (I)
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Jeremy Renner
# Up in the Air (2009/I) - George Clooney
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
# An Education (2009) - Carey Mulligan
# Julie & Julia (2009) - Meryl Streep
# Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Gabourey Sidibe
# The Blind Side (2009) - Sandra Bullock
# The Last Station (2009) - Helen Mirren
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
# Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Christoph Waltz
# Invictus (2009) - Matt Damon
# The Last Station (2009) - Christopher Plummer (I)
# The Lovely Bones (2009) - Stanley Tucci (I)
# The Messenger (2009/I) - Woody Harrelson
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
# Crazy Heart (2009) - Maggie Gyllenhaal
# Nine (2009) - Penélope Cruz
# Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Mo'Nique
# Up in the Air (2009/I) - Vera Farmiga
# Up in the Air (2009/I) - Anna Kendrick (I)
Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
# Avatar (2009) - James Cameron (I)
# Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Quentin Tarantino
# Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Lee Daniels (I)
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Kathryn Bigelow
# Up in the Air (2009/I) - Jason Reitman
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
# A Serious Man (2009) - Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
# Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Quentin Tarantino
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Mark Boal
# The Messenger (2009/I) - Alessandro Camon; Oren Moverman
# Up (2009) - Bob Peterson (III) (screenplay/story); Pete Docter (screenplay/story); Thomas McCarthy (I) (story)
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
# An Education (2009) - Nick Hornby (I)
# District 9 (2009) - Neill Blomkamp; Terri Tatchell
# In the Loop (2009) - Jesse Armstrong (I); Simon Blackwell; Armando Iannucci; Tony Roche (I)
# Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Geoffrey Fletcher
# Up in the Air (2009/I) - Jason Reitman; Sheldon Turner
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
# Avatar (2009) - Mauro Fiore
# Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009) - Christian Berger (I)
# Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - Bruno Delbonnel
# Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Robert Richardson (I)
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Barry Ackroyd
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:
# Avatar (2009) - Rick Carter (I) (art director); Robert Stromberg (art director); Kim Sinclair (set decorator)
# Nine (2009) - John Myhre (art director); Gordon Sim (set decorator)
# Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Sarah Greenwood (I) (art director); Katie Spencer (I) (set decorator)
# The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) - David Warren (I) (art director); Anastasia Masaro (art director); Caroline Smith (II) (set decorator)
# The Young Victoria (2009) - Patrice Vermette (art director); Maggie Gray (set decorator)
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
# Bright Star (2009) - Janet Patterson (I)
# Coco avant Chanel (2009) - Catherine Leterrier
# Nine (2009) - Colleen Atwood
# The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) - Monique Prudhomme
# The Young Victoria (2009) - Sandy Powell (II)
Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:
# Avatar (2009) - Christopher Boyes; Gary Summers; Andy Nelson (I); Tony Johnson (II)
# Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Michael Minkler; Tony Lamberti; Mark Ulano
# Star Trek (2009) - Anna Behlmer; Andy Nelson (I); Peter J. Devlin
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Paul N.J. Ottosson; Ray Beckett
# Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Greg P. Russell; Gary Summers; Geoffrey Patterson (II)
Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
# Avatar (2009) - Stephen E. Rivkin; John Refoua; James Cameron (I)
# District 9 (2009) - Julian Clarke
# Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Sally Menke
# Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Joe Klotz
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Bob Murawski; Chris Innis
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
# Avatar (2009) - Christopher Boyes; Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
# Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Wylie Stateman
# Star Trek (2009) - Mark P. Stoeckinger; Alan Rankin
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Paul N.J. Ottosson
# Up (2009) - Michael Silvers; Tom Myers (II)
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
# Avatar (2009) - Joe Letteri; Stephen Rosenbaum; Richard Baneham; Andy Jones (VI)
# District 9 (2009) - Dan Kaufman (I); Peter Muyzers; Robert Habros; Matt Aitken (I)
# Star Trek (2009) - Roger Guyett; Russell Earl; Paul Kavanagh (II); Burt Dalton
Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:
# Il divo (2008) - Aldo Signoretti; Vittorio Sodano
# Star Trek (2009) - Barney Burman; Mindy Hall (I); Joel Harlow
# The Young Victoria (2009) - John Henry Gordon; Jenny Shircore
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
# Crazy Heart (2009) - Ryan Bingham (I); T-Bone Burnett
- For the song "The Weary Kind".
# Faubourg 36 (2008) - Reinhardt Wagner (music); Frank Thomas (XV) (lyrics)
- For the song "Loin de Paname".
# Nine (2009) - Maury Yeston
- For the song "Take It All".
# The Princess and the Frog (2009) - Randy Newman (I)
- For the song "Almost There".
# The Princess and the Frog (2009) - Randy Newman (I)
- For the song "Down in New Orleans".
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
# Avatar (2009) - James Horner
# Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - Alexandre Desplat
# Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Hans Zimmer
# The Hurt Locker (2008) - Marco Beltrami (I); Buck Sanders
# Up (2009) - Michael Giacchino
Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
# French Roast (2008) - Fabrice Joubert
# Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008) - Nicky Phelan; Darragh O'Connell
# La dama y la muerte (2009) - Javier Recio Gracia
# Logorama (2009) - Nicolas Schmerkin
# Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV) - Nick Park (I)
Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
# Istället för abrakadabra (2008) - Patrik Eklund (I); Mathias Fjällström
# Kavi (2009) - Gregg Helvey
# Miracle Fish (2009) - Luke Doolan; Drew Bailey
# The Door (2008) - Juanita Wilson (II); James Flynn (IV)
# The New Tenants (2009) - Joachim Back; Tivi Magnusson
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:
# China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009) (TV) - Jon Alpert; Matthew O'Neill (III)
# Królik po berlinsku (2009) - Bartosz Konopka; Anna Wydra
# Music by Prudence (2010) - Roger Ross Williams; Elinor Burkett (I)
# The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009) - Daniel Junge; Henry Ansbacher (II)
# The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) (TV) - Steven Bognar; Julia Reichert (I)
Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:
# Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008) - Anders Østergaard; Lise Lense-Møller
# Food, Inc. (2008) - Robert Kenner; Elise Pearlstein
# The Cove (2009) - Louie Psihoyos; Fisher Stevens
# The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009) - Judith Ehrlich; Rick Goldsmith
# Which Way Home (2009) - Rebecca Cammisa
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
# Ajami (2009)
- Israel.
# Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)
- Germany,
# El secreto de sus ojos (2009)
- Argentina.
# La teta asustada (2009)
- Peru.
# Un prophète (2009)
- France.
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
# Coraline (2009) - Henry Selick
# Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - Wes Anderson (I)
# The Princess and the Frog (2009) - John Musker; Ron Clements
# The Secret of Kells (2009) - Tomm Moore
# Up (2009) - Pete Docter
Sunday of course will be the last day for it.