And the Oscar goes to....

Academy Award nominations were annnounced today


The 82nd Academy Awards, hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, airs March 7 at 8/7 on ABC.

See the list of nominees below.

Picture:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Director:
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Actor:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Actress:
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Supporting Actor:
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress:
Penélope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo'Nique, Precious

Original Screenplay:
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

Adapted Screenplay:
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

Animated Feature:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Foreign Language Film:
Ajami, Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow, Peru
A Prophet, France
The White Ribbon, Germany

I am lucky enough to have seen a few of the movies nominated this year....usually most of them are not the kind of movie I go see.......

Don't see any real surprises here....the Golden Globes usually make sure of that.

I have a soft spot for Jeff Bridges and Stanley Tucci, though I haven't seen the films they are nominated for.