The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films of 2009 and will take place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

It will be televised in the United States on ABC. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will host the show.

The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on March 7, 2010. On June 24, 2009.

Oscar 2010 Major award nominees

Best Picture

* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* An Education
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* A Serious Man
* Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* Up
* Up in the Air

Best Director

* Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
* James Cameron – Avatar
* Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
* Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

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: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* Meryl Streep – Julie & 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

* Penélope Cruz – Nine
* Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
* Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
* Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
* Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Best Original Screenplay

* The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
* Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
* The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
* A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
* Up – Bob Peterson and Pete Docter

Best Adapted Screenplay

* District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* An Education – Nick Hornby
* In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci and Tony Roche
* Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher
* Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Animated Feature Best Foreign Language Film

* Coraline – Henry Selick
* Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
* The Princess and the Frog – Ron Clements and John Musker
* The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey
* Up – Bob Peterson and Pete Docter

Best Foreign Language Film

* Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
* El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in Spanish – Juan José Campanella
* The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish – Claudia Llosa
* A Prophet (France) in French – Jacques Audiard
* The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Michael Haneke

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