Oscar Nominations Are In!

BEST PICTURE

Avatar
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up In The Air
Up
The Blind Side

DIRECTOR

James Cameron for Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman for Up In The Air
Lee Daniels for Precious

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Mo’Nique in Precious
Vera Farmiga in Up In The Air
Penelope Cruz in Nine
Anna Kendrick in Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart

SUPPORTING ACTOR

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

LEADING ACTOR

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

LEADING ACTRESS

Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
Carey Mulligan in An Education

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

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

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

District 9
An Education
Precious
Up In The AIr
In The Loop

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up
The Messenger

This is just a taste of the nominees, check out oscar.go.com for the complete list!

Later in the month Movie Fan House will have posts about who we think will win the awards, and who we think should win the awards. Check back for our thoughts on the nominees.