BESTE ACTRICE
Om maar meteen met de deur in huis te vallen: nieuwkomer Gabourey Sidibe strijdt om een Oscar met veteraan Meryl Streep in de categorie Best Actress in a Leading Role. Ook Sandra Bullock, Carey Mulligan en Helen Mirren dingen mee naar de prijs.

BESTE ACTEUR
Bij de mannen werd Morgan Freeman genomineerd als beste acteur voor zijn vertolking van Nelson Mandela. Hij neemt het op tegen Colin Firth, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney en Jeremy Renner.

MEESTE NOMINATIES
Wat films betreft gaat het tussen 3D film Avatar de grote favoriet. En The Hurt Locker. Beide films werden maar liefst negen keer genomineerd. Opvallend is dat dit jaar tien films in plaats van de gebruikelijke vijf genomineerd werden.

BESTE VROUWELIJKE BIJROL
Ook nog de moeite van het vermelden waard: Penelope Cruz werd genomineerd voor de Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role voor haar optreden in de musicalfilm Nine. Ook Mo’Nique, die een rol speelde in Precious... Maggie Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga en Anna Kendrick maken kans op het felbegeerde gouden beeldje.

BESTE MANNELIJKE BIJROL
Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Plummer, Stanley Tucci en Christoph Waltz zijn allen genomineerd in de categorie Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

De 82ste Academy Awards vinden 2 maart en worden gepresenteerd door Steve Martin en Alec Baldwin. Hou ELLE.nl in de gaten voor de winnaars, de verliezers en DE jurken.

Voor de liefhebber, hieronder de volledige lijst met nominaties.

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

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

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Matt Damon - 'Invictus'
Woody Harrelson - 'The Messenger'
Christopher Plummer - 'The Last Station'
Stanley Tucci - 'The Lovely Bones'
Christoph Waltz - 'Inglourious Basterds'

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Sandra Bullock - 'The Blind Side'
Helen Mirren - 'The Last Station'
Carey Mulligan - 'An Education'
Gabourey Sidibe - 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'
Meryl Streep - 'Julie and Julia'

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Penelope Cruz - 'Nine'
Vera Farmiga - 'Up in the Air'
Maggie Gyllenhaal - 'Crazy Heart'
Anna Kendrick - 'Up in the Air'
Mo'Nique - 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:

'Coraline'
'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
'The Princess and the Frog'
'The Secret of Kells'
'Up'

Achievement in Art Direction:

'Avatar'
'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'
'Nine'
'Sherlock Holmes'
'The Young Victoria'

Achievement in Cinematography:

'Avatar'
'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
'The Hurt Locker'
'Inglourious Basterds'
'The White Ribbon'

Achievement in Costume Design:

'Bright Star'
'Coco before Chanel'
'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'
'Nine'
'The Young Victoria'

Achievement in Directing:

'Avatar' - James Cameron
'The Hurt Locker' - Kathryn Bigelow
'Inglourious Basterds' - Quentin Tarantino
'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire' - Lee Daniels
'Up in the Air' - Jason Reitman

Best Documentary Feature:

'Burma VJ'
'The Cove'
'Food, Inc.'
'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers'
'Which Way Home'

Best Documentary Short Subject:

'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'

Achievement in Film Editing:

'Avatar'
'District 9'
'The Hurt Locker'
'Inglourious Basterds'
'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:

'Ajami' - Israel
'El Secreto de Sus Ojos' - Argentina
'The Milk of Sorrow' - Peru
'Un Prophete' - France
'The White Ribbon'- Germany

Achievement in Make-up:

'Il Divo'
'Star Trek'
'The Young Victoria'

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score):

'Avatar'
'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
'The Hurt Locker'
'Sherlock Holmes'
'Up'

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song):

'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'

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

'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'

Best Animated Short Film:

'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'

Best Live Action Short Film:

'The Door'
'Instead of Abracadabra'
'Kavi'
'Miracle Fish'
'The New Tenants'

Achievement in Sound Editing:

'Avatar'
'The Hurt Locker'
'Inglourious Basterds'
'Star Trek'
'Up'

Achievement in Sound Mixing:

'Avatar'
'The Hurt Locker'
'Inglourious Basterds'
'Star Trek'
'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'

Achievement in Visual Effects:

'Avatar'
'District 9'
'Star Trek'

Adapted Screenplay:

'District 9'
'An Education'
'In the Loop'
'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'
'Up in the Air'

Original Screenplay:

'The Hurt Locker'
'Inglourious Basterds'
'The Messenger'
'A Serious Man'
'Up'