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We’ve all been waiting anxiously to hear the names, and today The 83rd Annual Academy Awards nominees have been officially announced.  Not too may surprises here, based on the recent award shows, but still a few interesting inclusions.  Personally, I’m still not sure how to feel about the expansion of the Best Picture category to include 10 nominees instead of the traditional 5, but we’ll see how others react this year – doesn’t it just seem to clutter up that category?  Let us know your thoughts.  Think something is missing?  Think something shouldn’t be on here?  Tell us below!  My personal picks for the winners are noted in green (if it shows no pick, it’s because I’m not familiar enough with the nominees).

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010)
Black Swan (2010) – my pick to win
The Fighter (2010)
Inception (2010)
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
The King’s Speech (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
True Grit (2010)
Winter’s Bone (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Javier Bardem for Biutiful (2010)
Jeff Bridges for True Grit (2010) – my pick to win
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)
Colin Firth for The King’s Speech (2010)
James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone (2010)
Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010) – my pick to win
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010) – my pick to win
John Hawkes for Winter’s Bone (2010)
Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)
Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech (2010)
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010) – my pick to win
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (2010)
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit (2010)
David Fincher for The Social Network (2010) – my pick to win
Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech (2010)
David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
Another Year (2010): Mike Leigh
The Fighter (2010): Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson – my pick to win
Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech (2010): David Seidler

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Toy Story 3 (2010): Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
True Grit (2010): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – my pick to win
Winter’s Bone (2010): Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Illusionist (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010) – my pick to win (wish it would go to DRAGON though)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Biutiful (2010): Alejandro González Iñárritu(Mexico) – my pick to win
Dogtooth (2009): Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece)
In a Better World (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark)
Incendies (2010): Denis Villeneuve(Canada)
Outside the Law (2010): Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
Black Swan (2010): Matthew Libatique
Inception (2010): Wally Pfister – my pick to win
The King’s Speech (2010): Danny Cohen
The Social Network (2010): Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Jon Harris
Black Swan (2010): Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter (2010): Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech (2010): Tariq Anwar
The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall – my pick to win

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Stefan Dechant
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Andrew Ackland-Snow
Inception (2010): Guy Hendrix Dyas
The King’s Speech (2010): Netty Chapman – my pick to win
True Grit (2010): Stefan Dechant

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (2009): Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech (2010): Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (2010/II): Sandy Powell
True Grit (2010): Mary Zophres – my pick to win

Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:
Barney’s Version (2010)
The Way Back (2010)
The Wolfman (2010) – my pick to win

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): John Powell
Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – my pick to win

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido(“If I Rise”)
Country Strong (2010): Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges(“Coming Home”)
Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater(“I See the Light”)
Toy Story 3 (2010): Randy Newman(“We Belong Together”) – my pick to win

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Nominees:
Inception (2010) – my pick to win
The King’s Speech (2010)
Salt (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
True Grit (2010)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
Inception (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
TRON: Legacy (2010)
True Grit (2010) – my pick to win
Unstoppable (2010)

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Hereafter (2010)
Inception (2010) – my pick to win
Iron Man 2 (2010)

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010): Banksy
GasLand (2010): Josh Fox
Inside Job (2010): Charles Ferguson
Restrepo (2010): Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger – my pick to win
Waste Land (2010): Lucy Walker

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:
Killing in the Name (2010)
Poster Girl (2010)
Strangers No More (2010)
Sun Come Up (2010)
The Warriors of Qiugang (2010)

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
Day & Night (2010) – my pick to win
The Gruffalo (2009) (TV)
Let’s Pollute (2009)
The Lost Thing (2010)
Madagascar, a Journey Diary (2010)

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
The Confession (2010/IV)
The Crush (2009)
God of Love (2010)
Na Wewe (2010)
Wish 143 (2009)

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