2011 Academy Award Nominations For The Main Categories

The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced on January 25, 2011.The following are the nominations for some of the main categories:

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 Actor In A Leading Role :
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
James France (127 Hours)

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

Kathyrn Bigelow : Best Direction

Kathyrn Bigelow won the Oscars this year for Best Direction  for her film 'The Hurt Locker'. She made history as the first woman to receive the honor for the Best Direction at the Oscars. Previously, only three other women have been nominated for this category :Lina Wertmuller for 'Seven Beauties', Jane Campion for 'The Piano' and Sofia Coppola for 'Lost in Translation'.

The Hurt Locker has won 5 other Oscars this year including Best Picture, Best Film Editing , Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Original Screenplay.

Kathyrn Bigelow in her acceptance speech said that This is the moment of a lifetime as she received her award  from Barbra Streisand who opined the time has come.Bigelow dedicated her award to the men and women who are struggling and  risking their lives, in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bigelow has directed several movies in the past including  'Near Dark' in 1987 , 'Blue Steel'  in 1989, 'Point Break' in 1991.She also won the Saturn Award for Best Direction  in  1995 for  'Strange Days'

The Major Winners of Oscars 2010

	Best Direction
	Kathryn Bigelow for 'The Hurt Locker'
	Best Picture
	The Hurt Locker
	Best Animated Feature Film
	Up
	Best Actress in a Leading Role
	Sandra Bullock for 'The Blind Side'
	Best Actor in a Leading Role
	Jeff Bridges for 'Crazy Heart'
	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
	Mo'Nique for 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'
	Best Actor in a Supporting Role
	Christoph Waltz for 'Inglourious Basterds'
	Best Cinematography
	Mauro Fiore for 'Avatar'
	Best Makeup
	Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow for 'Star Trek'
	Best Documentary Short
	Music By Prudence
	Best Documentary Feature
	The Cove