Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Oscar Nominees
Hollywood types aren’t known for being early risers, but once a year the film community wipes the sleep out of its eyes and tunes into the Oscar nomination announcements—and then, we imagine, goes straight back to bed. At 8:30 a.m. EST—keep in mind, that’s 5:30 a.m. in Hollywood and 6:30 for all the starlets at Sundance—Academy president Tom Schurr took the stage with Mo’nique to announce this year’s nominees. There were a few disappointments: Blue Valentine was basically shut out, and we had so hoped Mike Leigh’s lovely Another Year might pull through with a nomination for something more than just Original Screenplay. But there were some pleasant surprises, as well: Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are All Right are both up for some high-profile acting awards as well as Best Picture. Here’s the complete list, with links to Interview‘s past coverage.
BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
DOCUMENTARY
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
FILM EDITING
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law (Hors-La-Loi)
MAKEUP
Barney’s Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman
ORIGINAL SCORE
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
ORIGINAL SONG
“Coming Home” (Country Strong)
“I See the Light” (Tangled)
“If I Rise” (127 Hours)
“We Belong Together” (Toy Story 3)
ANIMATED SHORT
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, A Journey Diary)
LIVE-ACTION SHORT
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143
SOUND EDITING
Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
SOUND MIXING
Inception
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech