Oscar Awards 2010 Nominees and Winners

The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of year 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California beginning at 5:30 p.m. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted the show. Martin hosted for the third time, after previously presiding over the 73rd and 75th ceremonies, while Baldwin hosted the show for the first time. Top nominated films were Avatar and The Hurt Locker, with 9 nominations each. The Hurt Locker is given the award of Best Picture and its director Kathryn Bigelow got best director award.

The following films received multiple nominations.

• 9 nominations: Avatar and The Hurt Locker
• 8 nominations: Inglourious Basterds
• 6 nominations: Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire and Up in the Air
• 5 nominations: Up
• 4 nominations: District 9, Nine and Star Trek
• 3 nominations: An Education, Crazy Heart, The Princess and the Frog and The Young Victoria
• 2 nominations: A Serious Man, The Blind Side, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Invictus, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, The Last Station, The Messenger, Sherlock Holmes and The White Ribbon

Best Picture – The Hurt Locker
Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Best Actor – Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
Best Actress – Sandra Bullock – The Blind
Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Best Supporting Actress – Penelope Cruz (Nine)
Best Original Screenplay – Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
Best Adapted Screenplay – Precious
Best Foreign language Film – The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (Argentina)
Best Original Song – “The Weary Kind” (Crazy Heart) – Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett
Best Original Music Score – Disney/Pixar’s Up
Best Film Editing – The Hurt Locker
Best Sound Editing – The Hurt Locker
Best Sound Mixing – The Hurt Locker
Best Feature Documentary Film – The Cove
Best Short Documentary Film – Music by Prudence
Best Animated Feature Film – Up
Best Animated Short Film – Logorama
Best Live Action Short Film – The New Tenants
Best Cinematography – Avatar
Best Visual Effects – Avatar
Best Art Direction – Avatar
Best Makeup – Star Trek
Best Costume Design – The Young Victoria