The 83rd Academy Awards

The date is fast approaching. On February 27th, 2011, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will award its coveted statue for film achievement in 2010. Today, the Academy released the nomination list, and in my opinion, there are not any major upsets. This marks the second year where the Academy widened the Best Picture category to ten nominations as opposed to the traditional five. This allows for recognition of films that deserve the nomination, but aren't traditional category fare. The King's Speech leads the pack of films with 12 nominations, followed by The Social Network with 8 nominations.

For a list of all of the nominations, and who I think deserves to win in each category, please check below the cut!



BEST PICTURE:
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

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

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

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

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 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

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Biutiful, Mexico
Dogtooth, Greece
In a Better World, Denmark
Incendies, Canada
Outside the Law, Algeria

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

ART DIRECTION:
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

COSTUME DESIGN:
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

FILM EDITING:
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

MAKEUP:
Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman

ORIGINAL SCORE:
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

ORIGINAL SONG:
"Coming Home" from Country Strong
"I See the Light" from Tangled
"If I Rise" from 127 Hours
"We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3

SOUND MIXING:
Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

SOUND EDITING:
Inception
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143