In about an hour Anne Hathaway and Academy President Tom Sherak will announce the 2010 Oscar nominees. They’ll also be making history: For the first time the Academy will live stream the announcement on the web. In case you’re already at the office, we’ve embedded the player after the jump. In the meantime, any last minute predictions? Will Avatar, Up In The Air, and The Hurt Locker lead the pack as expected? We’ll be watching…
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Update: And the nominees are…
Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourous Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up In The Air
Best Actor In A Leading Role Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart George Clooney – Up In The Air Colin Firth – Single Man Morgan Freeman – Invictus Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Best Actress In A Leading Role Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side Helen Mirren – The Last Station Carey Mulligan – An Education Gabourey Sibide – Precious Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia
Best Actor In A Supporting Role Matt Damon – Invictus Woody Harrelson – The Messenger Christopher Plummer – The Last Station Stanley Tucci – Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds
Best Actress In A Supporting Role Penelope Cruz – Nine Vera Farminga – Up In Air Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart Anna Kendrick – Up In Air Monique – Precious
Best Director James Cameron – Avatar Kathyn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Quentin Tarantino – Inglorious Basterds Lee Daniels – Precious Jason Reitman – Up In The Air
Foreign Language Film Ajami El Secreto de Sus Ojos The Milk of Sorrow Un Prophete The White Ribbon
Best Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds The Messenger A Serious Man Up
Best Adapted Screenplay District 9 An Education In The Loop Precious Up In The Air
Best Animated Feature Film Coraline Fantastic Mr Fox The Princess And The Frog The Secret Of Kells Up
Art Direction Avatar The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nine Sherlock Holmes The Young Victoria
Cinematography Avatar Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds The White Ribbon
Costume Design Bright Star Coco Before Chanel The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nine The Young Victoria
Directing Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious Up in the Air
Documentary Feature Burma VJ The Cove Food, Inc Which Way Home
Documentary Short China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner The Last Truck: Closing of GM Plant Music by Prudence Rabbit a la Berlin
Film Editing Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious
Make-up Il Divo Star Trek The Young Victoria
Music (Original Score) Avatar Fantastic Mr. Fox The Hurt Locker Sherlock Holmes Up
Music (Original Song) The Princess and the Frog Paris 36 Nine Crazy Heart
Short film (Animated) French Roast Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty The Lady and the Reaper Logorama A Matter of Loaf and Death
Short Film (Live Action) The Door Instead of Abracadabra Kavi Miracle Fish The New Tenants
Sound Editing Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek Up
Sound Mixing Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Visual Effects Avatar District 9 Star Trek