Tue Feb 2, 2010 — by Robert Greenberger

'Avatar' Gets 9 Oscar Nominations; 'Star Trek' Misses Best Picture

Genre Does Better than Usual in Oscar Nominations

The 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations have been announced with Avatar and The Hurt Locker , racking up nine nominations each.

Quentin Tarantino’s love it or hate it  Inglorious Basterds received eight nominations while Precious and Up in the Air got six; Up has five; District 9, Nine and Star Trek with four; and An Education, Crazy Heart, The Princess and the Frog and The Young Victoria with three.

Star Trek had been on many lists as expecting a Best Picture nod given the Academy’s expansion of Best Picture nominees from five to ten; but instead settles for three technical awards. The genre didn’t fare badly with District 9, Up, Avatar, and the parallel world of Inglorious Basterds making up four of the ten films named.

And while Avatar has plenty of nominations, none of its performers received recognition, adding fuel to the motion capture isn’t acting debate.

Michael Giacchino’s score for Up, the best part of the movie, is my odds on favorite.

Here's the complete list:

BEST PICTURE

"An Education"
"Avatar"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglorious Basterds"
"Precious"
"A Serious Man"
"Up"
"Up in the Air"

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jeff Bridges for "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney for "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth for "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman for "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner for "The Hurt Locker"

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren for "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan for "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe for "Precious"
Meryl Streep for "Julie & Julia"

DIRECTING

Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron for "Avatar"
Lee Daniels for "Precious"
Jason Reitman for "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino for "Inglorious Basterds"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Matt Damon for "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson for "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer for "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci for "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz for "Inglorious Basterds"

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Penelope Cruz for "Nine"
Vera Farmiga for "Up in the Air"
Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"
Anna Kendrick for "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique for "Precious"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"Ajami"
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos"
"The Milk of Sorrow"
"A Prophet"
"The White Ribbon"

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"
"Up"

SCREENPLAY (Adapted)

"An Education"
"District 9"
"In the Loop"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air"

SCREENPLAY (Original)

"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglorious Basterds"
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man"
"Up"

ART DIRECTION

"Avatar"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Nine"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"The Young Victoria"

CINEMATOGRAPHY

"Avatar"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglorious Basterds"
"The White Ribbon"

COSTUME DESIGN

"Bright Star"
"Coco Before Chanel"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Nine"
"The Young Victoria"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

"Burma VJ"
"The Cove"
"Food Inc."
"The Most Dangerous Man in America"
"Which Way Home"

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

"China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"
"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"
"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"
"Music by Prudence"
"Rabbit a la Berlin"

FILM EDITING

"Avatar"
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglorious Basterds"
"Precious"

MAKEUP

"Il Divo"
"Star Trek"
"The Young Victoria"

MUSIC (SCORE)

"Avatar"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"Up"

MUSIC (SONG)

"Almost There" from "The Princess & the Frog"
"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess & the Frog"
"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36"
"Take it All" from "Nine"
"The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart"

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

"French Roast"
"Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty"
"The Lady and the Reaper"
"Logorama"
"A Matter of Loaf and Death"

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

"The Door"
"Instead of Abracadabra"
"Kavi"
"Miracle Fish"
"The New Tenants"

SOUND EDITING

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglorious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Up"

SOUND MIXING

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglorious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

VISUAL EFFECTS

"Avatar"
"District 9"
"Star Trek"

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