Academy Awards	Entertainment News
82nd Annual Academy Awards (Televised March 7, 2010) The nominations only include films released during the Eligibility Year of January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. Additionally, to be eligible a film must be feature length (defined as over 40 minutes), publicly exhibited on either 35mm or 70mm film, be available for paid admission in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County, run for at least seven consecutive days, and be advertised and exploited during its Los Angeles run in a manner considered normal and customary to the industry. Documentary, Foreign Language, Music, and Short Films Awards have their own rules governing length and theater play. Oscar and Academy Awards are registered trademarks of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This site is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Best Motion Picture	Academy Award
Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire A Serious Man Up Up In The Air The Oscar Went To: The Hurt Locker
Best Director	Academy Award
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker James Cameron for Avatar Lee Daniels for Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Jason Reitman for Up In The Air Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds The Oscar Went To: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor	Leading Role
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart George Clooney for Up In The Air Colin Firth for A Single Man Morgan Freeman for Invictus Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker The Oscar Went To: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress	Leading Role
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side Helen Mirren for The Last Station Carey Mulligan for An Education Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia The Oscar Went To: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Best Actor	Supporting Role
Matt Damon for Invictus Woody Harrelson for The Messenger Christopher Plummer for The Last Station Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds The Oscar Went To: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Actress	Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz for Nine Vera Farmiga for Up In The Air Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart Anna Kendrick for Up In The Air Mo'nique for Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire The Oscar Went To: Mo'nique for Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Best Animated Feature	Academy Award
Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox The Princess And The Frog The Secret Of Kells Up The Oscar Went To: Up
Best Foreign Language Film	Academy Award
Ajami (Israel) El Secreto De Sus Ojos (Argentina) The Milk Of Sorrow (Peru) Un Prophete (France) The White Ribbon (Germany) The Oscar Went To: El Secreto De Sus Ojos (Argentina)
Best Screenplay	Adapted
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell for District 9 Nick Hornby for An Education Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche for In The Loop Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for Up In The Air The Oscar Went To: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Best Screenplay	Original
Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman for The Messenger Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy for Up The Oscar Went To: Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker
Best Art Direction	Academy Award
Avatar The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus Nine Sherlock Holmes The Young Victoria The Oscar Went To: Avatar
Best Cinematography	Academy Award
Avatar Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds The White Ribbon The Oscar Went To: Avatar
Best Sound Mixing	Academy Award
Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen The Oscar Went To: The Hurt Locker
Best Sound Editing	Academy Award
Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek Up The Oscar Went To: The Hurt Locker
Best Original Score	Academy Award
James Horner for Avatar Alexandre Desplat for Fantastic Mr. Fox Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders for The Hurt Locker Hans Zimmer for Sherlock Holmes Michael Giacchino for Up The Oscar Went To: Michael Giacchino for Up
Best Original Song	Academy Award
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 (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart The Oscar Went To: The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart
Best Costume	Academy Award
Bright Star Coco Before Chanel The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus Nine The Young Victoria The Oscar Went To: The Young Victoria
Best Makeup	Academy Award
Il Divo Star Trek The Young Victoria The Oscar Went To: Star Trek
Best Film Editing	Academy Award
Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire The Oscar Went To: The Hurt Locker
Best Visual Effects	Academy Award
Avatar District 9 Star Trek The Oscar Went To: Avatar
Best Documentary Feature	Academy Award
Burma VJ The Cove Food, Inc. The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers Which Way Home The Oscar Went To: The Cove
Best Documentary Short	Academy Award
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears Of Sichuan Province The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner The Last Truck: Closing Of A GM Plant Music By Prudence Rabbit A La Berlin The Oscar Went To: Music By Prudence
Best Animated Short	Academy Award
French Roast Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty The Lady And The Reaper (La Dama Y La Muerte) Logorama A Matter Of Loaf And Death The Oscar Went To: Logorama
Best Live Action Short	Academy Award
The Door Instead Of Abracadabra Kavi Miracle Fish The New Tenants The Oscar Went To: The New Tenants
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