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 | Avatar (James Cameron and Jon Landau) | | The Blind Side (Gil NetterAndrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson) | | District 9 (Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham) | | An Education (Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey) |  | The Hurt Locker (Kathryn BigelowMark BoalNicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro) | | Inglourious Basterds (Lawrence Bender) | | Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (Lee DanielsSarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness) | | A Serious Man (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) | | Up (Jonas Rivera) | | Up in the Air (Daniel DubieckiIvan Reitman and Jason Reitman) |
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| Best Music (Song) |
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| The Princess and the Frog ('Almost There'Music and Lyric by Randy Newman) | | The Princess and the Frog ('Down in New Orleans'Music and Lyric by Randy Newman) | | Paris 36 ('Loin de Paname'Music by Reinhardt WagnermLyric by Frank Thomas) | | Nine ('Take It All'Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston) | | Crazy Heart ('The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)'Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett) |
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| Best Actor in a Leading Role |
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| Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) | | George Clooney (Up in the Air) | | Colin Firth (A Single Man) | | Morgan Freeman (Invictus) | | Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) |
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| Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) |
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| District 9 (Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell) | | An Education (Screenplay by Nick Hornby) | | In the Loop (Screenplay by Jesse ArmstrongSimon BlackwellArmando IannucciTony Roche) | | Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher) | | Up in the Air (Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner) |
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| Actress in a Leading Role |
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| Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) | | Helen Mirren (The Last Station) | | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | | Gabourey Sidibe (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire) | | Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia) |
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| Best Documentary Short Subject |
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| China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill) | | The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher) | | The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert) | | Music by Prudence (Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett) | | Rabbit à la Berlin (Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra) |
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| Actor in a Supporting Role |
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| Matt Damon (Invictus) | | Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) | | Christopher Plummer (The Last Station) | | Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) | | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) |
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| Best Makeup |
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| Il Divo (Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano) | | Star Trek (Barney BurmanMindy Hall and Joel Harlow) | | The Young Victoria (Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore) |
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| Actress in a Supporting Role |
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| Penélope Cruz (Nine) | | Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) | | Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart) | | Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) | | Mo'Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire) |
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| Best Documentary Feature |
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| Burma VJ (Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller) | | The Cove (Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens) | | Food (Inc.Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein) | | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith) | | Which Way Home (Rebecca Cammisa) |
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| Animated Feature Film |
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| Coraline (Henry Selick) | | Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson) | | The Princess and the Frog (John Musker and Ron Clements) | | The Secret of Kells (Tomm Moore) | | Up (Pete Docter) |
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| Best Sound Mixing |
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| Avatar (Christopher BoyesGary SummersAndy Nelson and Tony Johnson) | | The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett) | | Inglourious Basterds (Michael MinklerTony Lamberti and Mark Ulano) | | Star Trek (Anna BehlmerAndy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin) | | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Greg P. RussellGary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson) |
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| Best Short Film (Live Action) |
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| The Door (Juanita Wilson and James Flynn) | | Instead of Abracadabra (Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström) | | Kavi (Gregg Helvey) | | Miracle Fish (Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey) | | The New Tenants (Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson) |
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| Best Sound Editing |
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| Avatar (Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle) | | The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson) | | Inglourious Basterds (Wylie Stateman) | | Star Trek (Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin) | | Up (Michael Silvers and Tom Myers) |
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| Best Short Film (Animated) |
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| French Roast (Fabrice O. Joubert) | | Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell) | | The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) (Javier Recio Gracia) | | Logorama (Nicolas Schmerkin) | | A Matter of Loaf and Death (Nick Park) |
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| Best Visual Effects |
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| Avatar (Joe LetteriStephen RosenbaumRichard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones) | | District 9 (Dan KaufmanPeter MuyzersRobert Habros and Matt Aitken) | | Star Trek (Roger GuyettRussell EarlPaul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton) |
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| Best Foreign Language Film |
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| Ajami (Israel) (Directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani) | | The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) (Peru) (Directed by Claudia Llosa) | | A Prophet (Un Prophète) (France) (Directed by Jacques Audiard) | | The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (Argentina) (Directed by Juan José Campanella) | | The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) (Germany) (Directed by Michael Haneke) |
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| Best Writing (Original Screenplay) |
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| The Hurt Locker (Written by Mark Boal) | | Inglourious Basterds (Written by Quentin Tarantino) | | The Messenger (Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman) | | A Serious Man (Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen) | | Up (Screenplay by Bob PetersonPete Docter. Story by Pete DocterBob PetersonTom McCarthy) |
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| Best Film Editing |
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| Avatar (Stephen RivkinJohn Refoua and James Cameron) | | District 9 (Julian Clarke) | | The Hurt Locker (Bob Murawski and Chris Innis) | | Inglourious Basterds (Sally Menke) | | Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (Joe Klotz) |
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| Art Direction |
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| Avatar (Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)) | | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro (Art Direction); Caroline Smith (Set Decoration)) | | Nine (John Myhre (Art Direction); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)) | | Sherlock Holmes (Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)) | | The Young Victoria (Patrice Vermette (Art Direction); Maggie Gray (Set Decoration)) |
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| Best Costume Design |
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| Bright Star (Janet Patterson) | | Coco Before Chanel (Catherine Leterrier) | | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Monique Prudhomme) | | Nine (Colleen Atwood) | | The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell) |
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| Best Cinematography |
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| Avatar (Mauro Fiore) | | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Bruno Delbonnel) | | The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd) | | Inglourious Basterds (Robert Richardson) | | The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) (Christian Berger) |
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| Best Music (Score) |
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| Avatar (James Horner) | | Fantastic Mr. Fox (Alexandre Desplat) | | The Hurt Locker (Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders) | | Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer) | | Up (Michael Giacchino) |
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| Best Director |
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| Avatar (James Cameron) | | The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) | | Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) | | Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (Lee Daniels) | | Up in the Air (Jason Reitman) |
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