Oscar Nominations 2010 Announced: List of Nominees

The 2010 nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were revealed earlier this morning from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The list of Oscar nominees was read by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences along with actress Anne Hathaway.

It looks like James Cameron's epic saga "Avatar" and the Iraq thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Oscar nominations with nine nominations each, including Best Picture and Director for Cameron and ex-wife director Kathryn Bigelow.

In 2009, former Academy president Sid Ganis announced that there would be 10 Best Picture nominees in 2010 instead of just five.

The awards ceremony will be held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.  Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be your co-hosts for 2010. This will be Martin's third stint as host, while Baldwin will be hosting the gala for the first time.

It will be broadcast on Sunday, March 7, 2010 on ABC at 8 p.m. EST.

Here are a list of this year's major nominees:

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'
Kathryn 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 Firth, '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'

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 Farmiga, 'Up in the Air'
Maggie Gyllenhaal, 'Crazy Heart'
Anna Kendrick, 'Up in the Air'
Mo'nique, 'Precious'

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

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

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

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