2011 Oscar Nominations List

2011 Oscar Nominations Announced

The 2011 Oscar Nominations were announced this morning.

BEST PICTURE:

127 Hours

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King’s Speech

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter’s Bone

 

BEST ACTRESS:

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

 

BEST ACTOR:

Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

James Franco, 127 Hours

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Amy Adams, The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

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

 

BEST DIRECTOR:

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit

David Fincher, The Social Network

Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

David O. Russell, The Fighter



BEST ANIMATED FILM:

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right

Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, The Fighter

Mike Leigh, Another Year

Christopher Nolan, Inception

David Seidler, The King’s Speech

 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)

Incendies (Canada)

In a Better World (Denmark)

Dogtooth (Greece)

Biutiful (Mexico)

 

There weren’t too many surprises among the nominees, but I was shocked at a few of the actors/actresses who were left out in the cold.  .

The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 27th. They aren’t as lively as the Golden Globes, but I usually tune in for the red carpet and then skip through to just the award announcements.

Do you watch?

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