OSCAR WATCH: OSCAR Nominations

So, the internet is non-existent here, so updating this blog is going to be difficult. For now, there might not be a "Movie of the Week" every week. Here are the nominees...

Best Picture
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Up in the Air
Precious
Up
A Serious Man
The Blind Side
Inglourious Basterds
District 9

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

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

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

Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Kathryn Bigelown, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Orginal Screenplay
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Peterson & Pete Docter, Up

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche, In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitmanb & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Best Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El secreto de sus ojos
La teta asustada
A Prophet
The White Ribbon

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

Best Original Score
James Horner, Avatar
Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes
Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker
Michael Giacchino, Up

Best Original Song
"The Weary Kind" - T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham, Crazy Heart
"Loin de Paname" - Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas, Faubourg 36
"Take It All" - Maury Yeston, Nine
"Almost There" - Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans" - Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog

Best Cinematography
Avatar
The White Ribbon
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Best Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Best Art Direction
Avatar
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Young Victoria

Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
Nine
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Young Victoria

Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek

Best Sound Editing
Avatar
Up
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek

Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Best Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Best Animated Short
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
La dama y la muerte
Logorama
Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'

Best Short Film
The Door
Istället för abrakadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Best Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Which Way Home

Best Documentary Short
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
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Music by Prudence

Biggest Shock - The Blind Side for Best Picture. Definitely didn't see that one coming. Sandra Bullock is definitely winning Best Actress now.

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