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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. |
| Highest grossing | Highest grossing |
| For the first time since 1944, the Oscars feature 10 best picture contenders instead of the usual five. | For the first time since 1944, the Oscars feature 10 best picture contenders instead of the usual five. |
| The list also includes 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 | 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. |
| "I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones. Perhaps I should do another musical," he said. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| NOMINATIONS TALLY 9 - Avatar, The Hurt Locker8 - Inglourious Basterds6 - Precious, Up In the Air5 - Up4 - Dictrict 9, Nine, Star Trek3 - An Education, Crazy Heart, The Princess and the Frog, Queen Victoria | |
| Bigelow is only the fourth woman ever to be nominated for directing and the first since Sofia Coppola received a nod for Lost in Translation" in 2003. | |
| No woman director has ever won the Oscars top prize. | |
| However, The Hurt Locker has already emerged as the favourite to win the top best picture prize during the ceremony on 7 March. | |
| Up's inclusion for best film makes it only the second animated movie to feature in the main category, following Disney's Beauty and the Beast in 1992. | |
| It also features in the animated film shortlist, alongside Coraline, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Princess and the Frog and The Secret of Kells. |