Arts & Entertainment

And the Nominees Are...

The Academy Awards are tonight on ABC. Find out which films are up for an Oscar and tell us who you think will take home the award for Best Picture.

Whether you tune for your favorite movies or for the glamourous red carpet gowns, millions of viewers are expected to watch the 83rd Academy Awards this Sunday. James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be sharing hosting duties this year. The Oscars will air live Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. on ABC.

If you're interested in catching up with the nominations,

In the meantime, here are the nominees…

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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 

Best Director:

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  • Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
  • David O. Russell - The Fighter
  • Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
  • David Fincher - The Social Network
  • Joel and Ethan Coen - True Grit

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 Animated Feature Film:

  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Illusionist
  • Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film:

  • Biutiful - Mexico
  • Dogtooth - Greece
  • In a Better World - Denmark
  • Incendies - Canada
  • Outside the Law - Algeria

Best Writing (Original Screenplay):

  • Another Year - Mike Leigh
  • The Fighter - Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
  • Inception - Christopher Nolan
  • The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
  • The King's Speech - David Seidler

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay):

  • 127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
  • The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
  • Toy Story 3 - John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
  • True Grit - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Best Documentary Feature:

  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • Gasland
  • Inside Job
  •  Restrepo
  • Waste Land

Best 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 

Best 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

Best 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 & Kirk Baxter

Best Visual Effects:

  • Alice in Wonderland - Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas & Sean Phillips
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 -Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz & Nicolas Aithadi
  • Hereafter - Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski & Joe Farrell
  • Inception - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb
  • Iron Man 2 - Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright & Daniel Sudick

Best Cinematography:

  • Black Swan - Matthew Libatique
  • Inception - Wally Pfister 
  • The King's Speech - Danny Cohen
  • The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth
  • True Grit - Roger Deakins

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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 Art Direction:

  • Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (Production Design); Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I - Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
  • Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design); Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
  • The King's Speech - Eve Stewart (Production Design:); Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
  • True Grit - Jess Gonchor (Production Design); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

Best Makeup:

  • Barney's Version - Adrien Morot
  • The Way Back - Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  • The Wolfman - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Best Documentary (Short Subject):

  • Killing in the Name by Jed Rothstein
  • Poster Girl by Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
  • Strangers No More by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  • Sun Come Up by Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
  • The Warriors of Qiugang by Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Best Short Film (Live Action):

  • The Confession by Tanel Toom
  • The Crush by Michael Creagh
  • God of Love by Luke Matheny
  • Na Wewe by Ivan Goldschmidt
  • Wish 143 by Ian Barnes & Samantha Waite

Best Short Film (Animated):

  • Day & Night by Teddy Newton
  • The Gruffalo by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
  • Let's Pollute by Geefwee Boedoe
  • The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
  • Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) by Bastien Dubois


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