The 2011 Academy Awards and the nominees were announced in the wee hours of the morning. I am guessing Lindsay Lohan wasn’t waiting eagerly by the phone.
James Franco and Anne Hathaway are hosting the 2011 Oscars and nabbed the honor of being two of the youngest to host the Academy Awards. ‘The Kings Speech’ had the most nominations with 12 chances to take home an Oscar. “True Grit” received 10 nods. When it comes to Best Picture there are a whopping 10 films that will battle it out for the award. It seems ridiculous but ‘Black Swan,’ ‘The Fighter,’ ‘Inception’ – my pick for the win, ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ ‘The King’s Speech,’ ‘127 Hours,’ ‘The Social Network,’ ‘Toy Story 3,’ ‘True Grit’ and ‘Winter’s Bone’ are all contenders.
2011 Oscar Nominees List:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
* Black Swan
* The Fighter
* Inception
* The Kids Are All Right
* The King’s Speech
* 127 Hours
* The Social Network
* Toy Story 3
* True Grit
* Winter’s Bone
Achievement in Directing
* Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
* David O. Russell, The Fighter
* Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
* David Fincher, The Social Network
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Performance by an 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
Performance by an 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
Performance by an 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 Wiliams, Blue Valentine
Performance by an 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
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
* How to Train Your Dragon
* The Illusionist
* Toy Story 3
Original Screenplay
* Another Year, Written by Mike Leigh
* The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
* Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan
* The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
* The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler
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 and Ethan Coen
* Winter’s Bone, Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
* Biutiful (Mexico)
* Dogtooth (Greece)
* In a Better World (Denmark)
* Incendies (Canada)
* Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi, Algeria)
Original Score
* John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon
* Hans Zimmer, Inception
* Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech
* A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Original Song
* “Coming Home,” Music and Lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey (Country Strong)
* “I See the Light,” Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater (Tangled)
* “If I Rise,” Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong (127 Hours)
* “We Belong Together,” Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (Toy Story 3)
Achievement in Art Direction
* Alice in Wonderland
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
* Inception
* The King’s Speech
* True Grit
Achievement in Cinematography
* Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
* Inception, Wally Pfister
* The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
* The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
* True Grit, Roger Deakins
Achievement in 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
Best Documentary Feature
* Exit through the Gift Shop
* Gasland
* Inside Job
* Restrepo
* Waste Land
Best Documentary Short Subject
* Killing in the Name
* Poster Girl
* Strangers No More
* Sun Come Up
* The Warriors of Qiugang
Achievement in Film Editing
* Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
* The Fighter, Pamela Martin
* The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar
* 127 Hours, Jon Harris
* The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Achievement in Makeup
* Barney’s Version
* The Way Back
* The Wolfman
Best Animated Short Film
* Day & Night
* The Gruffalo
* Let’s Pollute
* The Lost Thing
* Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
