Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
“The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
“True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

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

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

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

Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
“Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
“Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
“Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

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

Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
“In a Better World” Denmark
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

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

Music (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

Music (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 Picture
“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

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

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

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

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

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

Writing (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 & Ethan Coen
“Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

Some shockers:

No Inception for editing or directing
No Waiting for Superman in documentary or song
Barney's Version for makeup
The King's Speech for sound mixing (!!!)
Hereafter over TRON for visual effects

"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" missing out on Best Song is pretty surprising, IMO.

The King's Speech sound mixing makes sense since the whole film emphasized the sound of his speech.

I actually agree with a lot of the snubs this year:
Nolan (excellent screenplay but did not reach max potential due to direction)
TRON visual effects sucked
Andrew Garfield was not as good as Armie Hammer or Justin Timberlake
Mila Kunis is not awards-worthy

Agree completely

Though Garfield is at least as good as JT and Hammer.

As much as I loved Black Swan, I'm glad Kunis didn't get in. Though Manville or even Hershey should've got in. Steinfeld should be in lead, none of the others should even be nominated.

I definitely agree that she should be in the lead category but I'm glad she didn't get nominated there. She most definitely would have gotten in with all of the nominations that True Grit got and if she got in, Nicole Kidman or Michelle Williams wouldn't have been able to get in and they gave two of the finest performances of the year and it would have been a travesty for them to not get any recognition.

Thank heavens for small blessings.

I can't believe The Back-Up Plan was snubbed for Best Picture.

Tally by film? Too lazy to count.

It wasn't an Oscar movie just like Inception wasn't.

No Waiting for "Superman"

The King's Speech - 12
True Grit - 10
The Social Network - 8
Inception - 8
The Fighter - 7
127 Hours - 6
Black Swan - 5
Toy Story 3 - 5
The Kids Are All Right - 4
Winter's Bone - 4
Alice in Wonderland - 3
Biutiful - 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - 2
How to Train Your Dragon - 2

Tally by film:

The King's Speech - 12
True Grit - 10
Inception - 8
The Social Network - 8
The Fighter - 7
127 Hours - 6
Black Swan - 5
Toy Story 3 - 5
The Kids Are All Right - 4
Alice in Wonderland - 3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - 2
Biutiful - 2
How to Train Your Dragon - 2

TOO SLOW BITCH

Early Picks:

Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”

Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

Art Direction
“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat

Cinematography
“The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth

Costume Design
“The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan

Directing
“The Social Network” David Fincher

Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz

Film Editing
“The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar

Foreign Language Film
“Dogtooth” Greece

Makeup
“The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

Music (Original Score)
“Inception” Hans Zimmer

Music (Original Song)
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

Best Picture
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers

Sound Editing
“Inception” Richard King

Sound Mixing
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

I still think Inception will come out with the most wins.

Never count out the Weinsteins at the Oscars!

The Social Network has lost virtually all of its momentum in just over a week.

Though I never saw The Social Network as a "lock" to win. At this point, even True Grit may be able to pull ahead of The Social Network in the rankings, though The King's Speech is the strong frontrunner.

The Social Network just got Aviator-ed.

Great to see John Hawkes and 127 Hours get love! Unstoppable's sound nomination and The Way Back's Makeup nomination were nice to see, if those great films are doomed to be otherwise shut out.

It shouldn't be surprising to see Inception "only" get 8 nominations... But Christopher Nolan being snubbed for Director yet again is a bummer when you consider who did get nominated.

And while I know its cool around these parts to hate on the frontrunner, I do believe its time to rally behind The Social Network winning Best Picture! At the very least, it should win Director/Adapted Screenplay/Editing... And hopefully Picture too! Either way, I'm glad this race has gotten that much more exciting.

Not really a fitting comparison. At that point, The Aviator still had all the monumentum. It has won the PGA and the Globe for BP. It also managed 13 nominations, more than any other film. Million Dollar Baby still had DGA ahead.

Good point!

The exact opposite of this is true actually. The SP was riddled with plot holes and while it was very clever and mysterious, it was not spectacular writing. It was Nolan's absorbing direction that made the movie great.

Toy Story 3 got Picture and animated. Unlike Up though, I actually think it has a shot to upset Picture.

I still think Franco getting nominated and hosting is the dumbest thing ever.

Overall pretty good nominations this year