Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock

James Cameron will battle it out with his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow on Oscar night this March 7. The big budget spectacle that is Avatar will go head to head against the gritty low budget war drama The Hurt Locker for Best Picture honors. The category was expanded to include ten films which, in my opinion, is a crazy stretch to increased DVD and ticket sales. Quentin Tarantino is hoping to score some more Oscar gold with his eight nomination for Inglorious Bastards. How do you think was snubbed and who is deserving in the list of nominations? Continue forward for ...

(HMG) – There were no huge surprises this morning as the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway. The science-fiction sensation Avatar and the war-on-terror thriller The Hurt Locker lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow. Acting nominees include the four stars who have dominated early awards shows: Lead players Sandra Bullock for the football drama The Blind Side and Jeff Bridges for the country-music tale Crazy Heart and supporting ...

Awards show season is in full-swing and earlier today (February 2) Anne Hathaway was spotted announcing the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards. Joined by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak, the “Get Smart” cutie read off the list of Oscar hopefuls at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. Ladies vying for the Best Actress trophy include Sandra Bullock, Carey Mulligan, Helen Mirren, Gabourey Sidibe, and Meryl Streep. Meanwhile, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, and Jeremy Renner will all compete in the Best Actor category. And Best Picture nominees are “Avatar,” ...

Looks like Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock are going to duke it out again! The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning and the Academy has spoken: Best Actress: Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia Carey Mulligan - An Education Helen Mirren - The Station Gobourey Sidibe - Precious Best Actor: George Clooney - Up In The Air Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart Colin Firth - A Single Man Morgan Freeman - Invictus Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker The Academy increased the number of Best Picture nominees from 5 to ten. This year's ...

Anne Hathaway joined Academy President Tom Sherak this morning in LA to announce the nominees for this year's Oscars . As expected, there was lots of love for Avatar - the film is up in a total of nine categories, as is The Hurt Locker , including Best Picture and Best Director nominations for both James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. This is the first year with 10 films in the running for Best Picture, and The Blind Side scored a spot next to films like Up , Inglourious Basterds , and District 9 . The acting nods included many of ...

ugar.com/files/2010/02/05/2/192/1922398/8274beb447d799cc_anna.large.jpg'> Anne Hathaway joined Academy President Tom Sherak this morning in LA to announce the nominees for this year's Oscars . As expected, there was lots of love for Avatar - the film is up in a total of nine categories, as is The Hurt Locker , including Best Picture and Best Director nominations for both James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. This is the first year with 10 films in the running for Best Picture, and The Blind Side scored a spot next to films like Up , Inglourious Basterds , and District 9 . The acting nods included many ...

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning!!!! In a new move, TEN films received nods this year for Best Picture, including Avatar, Up, District 9 and Inglorious Basterds. Sandra Bullock scored a Best Actress nomination for her role in The Blind Side and the incomparable Meryl Streep set a new record with her nod for Julie & [...]

The 82nd Academy Awards presentation will take place on Sunday, March 7, 2010. The nominations for the Oscars were announced this morning, Tuesday, February 2, by Academy President Tom Sherak and Oscar-nominated actress and Academy member Anne Hathaway. The complete list of nominees are: Actor in a Leading Role * Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart * George Clooney in Up in the Air * Colin Firth in A Single Man * Morgan Freeman in Invictus * Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker Actor in a Supporting Role * Matt Damon in Invictus * Woody Harrelson in The Messenger * Christopher ...

good morning! it's so early here in los angeles ... the nominations for the 82nd annual academy awards are posted below! this year there are ten films vying for 'best picture' - the hurt locker and avatar are tied for the most nominations - nine each! the oscars will be handed out here in hollywood on sunday, march 7th - funny guys alec baldwin and steve martin will share hosting duties! BEST PICTURE Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air BEST ACTRESS Sandra Bullock, The ...

Photo illustration by Hamish Robertson. O.K., now things are getting interesting. Former husband-and-wife pair James Cameron (Avatar) and Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) led this morning's Oscar nominations with nine nods each. Little Gold Men's Julian Sancton was surely the first to predict a best-director win for Bigelow, way back in September, but even he couldn't have foreseen a neck-and-neck horse race like this. Also fascinating: the huge haul for sci-fi upstart District 9, which was nominated for best picture, best adapted screenplay, and two technical awards, despite a budget of about a zillionth that of Avatar. (Click here to ...