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Avatar and Locker lead Oscar nods | Avatar and Locker lead Oscar nods |
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Science fiction film Avatar and war movie The Hurt Locker lead the way at this year's Academy Award with nine nominations each. | Science fiction film Avatar and war movie The Hurt Locker lead the way at this year's Academy Award with nine nominations each. |
The battle will see Avatar's James Cameron go head-to-head with his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, who made The Hurt Locker, in the best director category. | The battle will see Avatar's James Cameron go head-to-head with his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, who made The Hurt Locker, in the best director category. |
Other films featured in the best film category include Up in the Air, The Blind Side, Precious and District 9. | Other films featured in the best film category include Up in the Air, The Blind Side, Precious and District 9. |
British nominees include Colin Firth, Dame Helen Mirren and Carey Mulligan. | British nominees include Colin Firth, Dame Helen Mirren and Carey Mulligan. |
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For the first time since 1944, the Oscars feature 10 best picture contenders instead of the usual five. | |
The list also included animated movie Up, A Serious Man, Inglourious Basterds and An Education. | The list also included animated movie Up, A Serious Man, Inglourious Basterds and An Education. |
2010 BEST PICTURE NOMINEES AvatarThe Blind SideDistrict 9An EducationThe Hurt LockerInglourious BasterdsPreciousA Serious ManUpUp In The Air | |
Firth is up for his first Oscar for his role as a gay academic mourning the death of his partner in fashion designer Tom Ford's debut feature film A Single Man. | Firth is up for his first Oscar for his role as a gay academic mourning the death of his partner in fashion designer Tom Ford's debut feature film A Single Man. |
The star will go up against George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Morgan Freeman and Jeremy Renner. | The star will go up against George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Morgan Freeman and Jeremy Renner. |
In the best actress category, Sandra Bullock also picked up her first nomination for The Blind Side, along with Mulligan for An Education and Gabourey Sidibe for Precious. | |
They will battle it out with Academy Award winner Dame Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep, for her role in Julie & Julia. | |
There are also nods for Penelope Cruz, Vera Farmiga, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Anna Kendrick and Mo'Nique in the best supporting actress category. | |
And Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Plummer, Stanley Tucci and Christoph Waltz will battle it out to win the prize for best supporting actor. | |
Avatar, which was recently named the highest grossing film of all time, won two Golden Globes recently. The Hurt Locker, a tense movie about an elite bomb disposal team, has won widespread critical acclaim and triumphed at the Directors Guild of America awards. | |
This year's best animated feature included Coraline, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells and Up. | |
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds received eight nominations, followed by Precious and Up in the Air with six. |