Oscar nominations for 2010 announced

Nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards were just announced in Hollywood. Here are the nominees for the 2010 Oscars in the major categories:

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

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

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

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

Other 2010 Oscar nominations announced at the ceremony:

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

Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Nine"; Vera Famiga, "Up in the Air"; Maggie Gyllenhall, "Crazy Heart"; Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"; Mo'Nique, "Precious"

Best Original Screenplay: Mark Bowle, "The Hurt Locker"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"; Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"; Joel and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"; Pete Doctor, Bob Peterson, and Tom McCarthy, "Up"

Best Adapted Screenplay: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"; Nick Hornby, "An Education"; Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, "In the Loop"; Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious"; Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner "Up in the Air"

Best Forelgin Language Film: "Ajami," Israel; "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina; "The Milk of Sorrow," Peru; "Un Prophete," France; "The White Ribbon," Germany

Best Animated Film: "Coraline," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Princess and the Frog," "The Secret of Kells," "Up"

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to nominate twice as many films for Best Picture this year to recognize the many quality and popular pictures released in 2010.

Cheers went up from the audience when nominations for "The Blind Side" were announced. The 82nd Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday, March 7.

Written by Sandy Smith
For HULIQ.com