Avatar and The Hurt Locker
Tom Sherak announce the Best Picture nominations on Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif for the 82nd Academy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Actress Anne Hathaway and Sciences President.
Academy Awards nominations declared on Tuesday with nine each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and exwife Kathryn Bigelow. The science-fiction sensation Avatar and the war on terror thriller The Hurt Locker took the lead in the for the first time in years, the Oscars featured ten best picture contenders instead of the usual five.
Lee Daniels, made Precious, became only the second black filmmaker nominated for best director, after John Singleton for 1991’s Boyz N the Hood.
Nominated for director are Jason Reitman for Up in the Air and Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds. In the Air cowriter Reitman had a nomination for adapted screenplay, while Tarantino earned a nomination for original screenplay.
Academy Awards nominations declared on Tuesday with nine each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and exwife Kathryn Bigelow. The science-fiction sensation Avatar and the war on terror thriller The Hurt Locker took the lead in the for the first time in years, the Oscars featured ten best picture contenders instead of the usual five.
Lee Daniels, made Precious, became only the second black filmmaker nominated for best director, after John Singleton for 1991’s Boyz N the Hood.
Nominated for director are Jason Reitman for Up in the Air and Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds. In the Air cowriter Reitman had a nomination for adapted screenplay, while Tarantino earned a nomination for original screenplay.
