The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is set to honor the best films of 2010 Sunday from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California starting at 8:30 p.m. It will be televised on ABC, locally on Channel 7.
Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the show. Franco will be making his second appearance on an Oscars telecast and it will be Hathaway’s fifth appearance. In 2008, she was nominated for an Oscar for her lead performance in “Rachel Getting Married.” This year, Franco is nominated for Best Actor for his performance in the taut drama “127 Hours.”
Nominations for the were announced on January 25. “The King’s Speech” received the most nominations with twelve. “True Grit” followed with ten with “The Social Network” and “Inception” snagging eight each. “Toy Story 3,” the highest grossing film of 2010, became the third animated film to be nominated for Best Picture. It’s also nominated for four other awards including Best Animated Feature. We will be live blogging the event from Sunday. Check back at 8:30 p.m.
The complete nominee list is as follows:
Best Picture
Producers : Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin.
Producers : The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg.
Producers : Inception – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan.
Producers : The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray.
Producers ; The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin.
Producers : 127 Hours – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson.
Producers : The Social Network – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán.
Producers : Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson.
Producers : True Grit – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.
Producers : Winter’s Bone – Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin.
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale – The Fighter
John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon - Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
Cinematography
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
Inception – Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech – Danny Cohen
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins
Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland,” Colleen Atwood
I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech – Jenny Beavan
The Tempest – Sandy Powell
True Grit” Mary Zophres
Director
Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter – David O. Russell
The King’s Speech – Tom Hooper
The Social Network – David Fincher
True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Documentary (Feature)
Exit through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Inside Job – Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Documentary (Short Subject)
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Foreign Language Film
Biutiful – Mexico
Dogtooth – Greece
In a Better World – Denmark
Incendies – Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) – Algeria
Makeup
Barney’s Version – Adrien Morot
The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
Coming Home – from “Country Strong,” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light – from “Tangled,” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise – from “127 Hours,” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together – from “Toy Story 3,” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Short Film (Animated)
Day & Night – Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo – Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) – Bastien Dubois
Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession – Tanel Toom
The Crush – Michael Creagh
God of Love – Luke Matheny
Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 – Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Sound Editing
Inception – Richard King
Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable – Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Mixing
Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours – Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network – Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 – Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit – Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone – Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Original Screenplay
Another Year – Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter – Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception – Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right – Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech – Screenplay by David Seidler
Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the show. Franco will be making his second appearance on an Oscars telecast and it will be Hathaway’s fifth appearance. In 2008, she was nominated for an Oscar for her lead performance in “Rachel Getting Married.” This year, Franco is nominated for Best Actor for his performance in the taut drama “127 Hours.”
Nominations for the were announced on January 25. “The King’s Speech” received the most nominations with twelve. “True Grit” followed with ten with “The Social Network” and “Inception” snagging eight each. “Toy Story 3,” the highest grossing film of 2010, became the third animated film to be nominated for Best Picture. It’s also nominated for four other awards including Best Animated Feature. We will be live blogging the event from Sunday. Check back at 8:30 p.m.
The complete nominee list is as follows:
Best Picture
Producers : Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin.
Producers : The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg.
Producers : Inception – Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan.
Producers : The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray.
Producers ; The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin.
Producers : 127 Hours – Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson.
Producers : The Social Network – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán.
Producers : Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson.
Producers : True Grit – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.
Producers : Winter’s Bone – Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin.
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale – The Fighter
John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon - Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
Cinematography
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
Inception – Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech – Danny Cohen
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins
Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland,” Colleen Atwood
I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech – Jenny Beavan
The Tempest – Sandy Powell
True Grit” Mary Zophres
Director
Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter – David O. Russell
The King’s Speech – Tom Hooper
The Social Network – David Fincher
True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Documentary (Feature)
Exit through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Inside Job – Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Documentary (Short Subject)
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Foreign Language Film
Biutiful – Mexico
Dogtooth – Greece
In a Better World – Denmark
Incendies – Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) – Algeria
Makeup
Barney’s Version – Adrien Morot
The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Music (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
Coming Home – from “Country Strong,” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light – from “Tangled,” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise – from “127 Hours,” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together – from “Toy Story 3,” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Short Film (Animated)
Day & Night – Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo – Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) – Bastien Dubois
Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession – Tanel Toom
The Crush – Michael Creagh
God of Love – Luke Matheny
Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 – Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Sound Editing
Inception – Richard King
Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable – Mark P. Stoeckinger
Sound Mixing
Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours – Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network – Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 – Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit – Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone – Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Original Screenplay
Another Year – Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter – Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception – Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right – Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech – Screenplay by David Seidler
