Best Motion Picture of the Year
127 HOURS (Fox Searchlight)
BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight)
THE FIGHTER (Paramount)
INCEPTION (Warner Bros.)
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)
THE KING'S SPEECH (The Weinstein Company)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Sony Pictures Releasing)
TOY STORY 3 (Walt Disney Pictures)
TRUE GRIT (Paramount)
WINTER'S BONE (Roadside Attractions)

Best Achievement in Directing
Darren Aronofsky, BLACK SWAN
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, TRUE GRIT
David Fincher, THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Tom Hooper, THE KING'S SPEECH
David O. Russell, THE FIGHTER

Best Performance by an 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

Best Performance by an 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

Best Performance by an 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

Best Performance by an 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

Best Adapted Screenplay
127 HOURS, screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
THE SOCIAL NETWORK, screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
TOY STORY 3, screenplay by Michael Arndt
TRUE GRIT, written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
WINTER'S BONE, adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Best Original Screenplay
ANOTHER YEAR, written by Mike Leigh
THE FIGHTER, screenplay by Scott Silver and 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

Best Animated Feature Film
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Paramount)
THE ILLUSIONIST (Sony Pictures Classics)
TOY STORY 3 (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Foreign Language Film
BIUTIFUL (Mexico)
DOGTOOTH (Greece)
IN A BETTER WORLD (Denmark)
INCENDIES (Canada)
OUTSIDE THE LAW (Algeria)

Best Documentary Feature
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (Producers Distribution Agency)
GASLAND (Gasland Production)
INSIDE JOB (Sony Pictures Classics)
RESTREPO (National Geographic Entertainment)
WASTE LAND (Arthouse Films)

Best Film Editing
127 HOURS
BLACK SWAN
THE FIGHTER
THE KING'S SPEECH
THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Best Cinematography
BLACK SWAN
INCEPTION
THE KING'S SPEECH
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
TRUE GRIT

Best Art Direction
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
INCEPTION
THE KING'S SPEECH
TRUE GRIT

Best Costume Design
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
I AM LOVE
THE KING'S SPEECH
THE TEMPEST
TRUE GRIT

Best Makeup
BARNEY'S VERSION
THE WAY BACK
THE WOLFMAN

Best Music (Original Score)
127 HOURS
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
INCEPTION
THE KING'S SPEECH
THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Best Music (Original Song)
127 HOURS, "If I Rise"
COUNTRY STRONG, "Coming Home"
TANGLED, "I See the Light"
TOY STORY 3, "We Belong Together"

Best Sound Editing
INCEPTION
TOY STORY 3
TRON: LEGACY
TRUE GRIT
UNSTOPPABLE

Best Sound Mixing
INCEPTION
THE KING'S SPEECH
SALT
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
TRUE GRIT

Best Visual Effects
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
HEREAFTER
INCEPTION
IRON MAN 2

Best Documentary Short Subject
KILLING IN THE NAME
POSTER GIRL
STRANGERS NO MORE
SUN COME UP
THE WARRIORS OF QIUGANG

Best Short Film (Animated)
DAY & NIGHT
THE GRUFFALO
LET'S POLLUTE
THE LOST THING
MADAGASCAR, A JOURNEY DIARY

Best Short Film (Live Action)
THE CONFESSION
THE CRUSH
GOD OF LOVE
NA WEWE
WISH 143

http://oscar.go.com/#category_best-picture

don't make the same thread on both sides

that's a jmovies-no-go

I have to cover all my bases you see

OSCAH

I turned to E! for the Golden Globe nominations and they didn't cover that, so are we sure they'll have the Oscar nominations?

Anyway, I'm excited but nervous . Please let Michelle Williams get nominated!

There's probably going to be a live feed on Oscar's site like always... That's 12:30 for me if I'm not mistaken.

Yes, E! will definitely have them, they do every year.

I'm really hoping for some WTF nominations. This season has been incredibly boring.

I would welcome some good WTF nominations.

They should announce the nominations from New York at a reasonable hour next year. 11:30. 8:30 is too early to care.

Guys, in how many hours from your post (answer to this post) are the nominations anounced??

14

Ok great thanks. That will be just after midnight my time so works out well.

How about gutsy last minute predictions?

Somewhere in Best Original Screenplay! Never Let Me Go in Best Picture!

The one "could go either way" nomination I'm seriously hoping happens is Jacki Weaver in Best Supporting Actress. She's so deserving.

The Academy likes Mike Leigh, so I won't be shocked if Another Year gets more love than we are expecting.

The Town could also very well end up with zero nominations.

The Town'll get five nominations, IMO.

Another Year is definitely a top contender in Best Original Screenplay. As you said, they love Leigh, and they tend to treat the screenplay categories as the "Let's honor the 'quirky,' smaller fare" category.

I'm just not sure at the expense of which film (since the contenders are the heavies: The Kids Are All Right, Inception, The King's Speech, Black Swan and The Fighter). The Fighter?

BTW, this is Ziyi Zhang's ballot:

Best Film
01. The Social Network
02. The Fighter
03. The King's Speech
04. Inception
05. Animal Kingdom
06. Toy Story 3
07. The Kids Are All Right
08. True Grit
09. The Town
10. 127 Hours

Honorable Mention: Black Swan & Winter's Bone

Best Actor
01. Colin Firth, "The King’s Speech"
02. Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
03. James Franco, "127 Hours"
04. Mark Wahlberg, "The Fighter"
05. Leonardo DiCaprio, "Shutter Island"

Honorable Mention: Robert Duvall, "Get Low"

Best Actress
01. Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"
02. Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
03. Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter’s Bone"
04. Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
05. Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit"

Honorable Mention: Hilary Swank, "Conviction"

Best Supporting Actor
01. Geoffrey Rush, "The King’s Speech"
02. Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
03. Jeremy Renner, "The Town"
04. Ewan McGregor, "I Love You Phillip Morris"
05. Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network"

Honorable Mention: Armie Hammer, "The Social Network"

Best Supporting Actress
01. Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"
02. Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
03. Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
04. Helena Bonham Carter, "The King’s Speech"
05. Julianne Moore, "The Kids Are All Right"

Honorable Mention: Mia Wasikowska, "The Kids Are All Right"

http://zhangziyi.blog.sohu.com/166401224.html
http://zhangziyi.blog.sohu.com/166451380.html
(in Chinese, and a very good read in fact)

I am excited, like every year!

I hope to see you all on here during the announcement. I'm going to make sure I am up and watch the nominations announcement stream on the Oscar site, and I would love to have a group of people here to chat with about them!

Peace,
Mike

Mike!!!!!!!!!

Sooo

7 hours to go???

5 hours baby.

Wooohoooo! Actually nominations are much more exciting for me than the actual awards... It helps there isn't a bloated show with pathetic hosts.

For some reason I thought this was scheduled for 6.30 EST and I've been waiting these past 10 minutes for the feed to go live. LOL. I guess a little under 2 more hours to go!

No Black Swan or Jeff Bridges?