Oscar nominations announced

Best Picture

"Avatar"

"The Blind Side"

"District 9"

"An Education"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious"

"A Serious Man"

"Up"

"Up in the Air"

Best Actor

Jeff Briges, "Crazy Heart"

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"

Colin Firth "A Single Man"

Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"

Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"

Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"

Meryl Streep, "Julie and Julia"

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"

Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"

Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"

Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"

Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz, "Nine"

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"

Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"

Mo'Nique, "Precious"

Best Director

James Cameron, "Avatar"

Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

Lee Daniels, "Precious"

Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Best Animated Feature

"Coraline"

"The Fantastic Mr. Fox"

"The Princess and the Frog"

"The Secret of Kells"

"Up"

Best Foreign Language Film

"Ajami," Israel

"El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina

"The Milk of Sorrow," Peru

"Un Prophète," France

"The White Ribbon," Germany

Best Original Screenplay

Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, "The Messenger" 

Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man" 

Bob Peterson, Pete Docter and story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, "Up"

Best Adapted Screenplay

Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"

Nick Hornby, "An Education" 

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell,Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche,"In the Loop"

Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"