Here Are the 2011 Oscar Nominations
Hollywood's most important morning is here, with the naming of the 2011 Academy Award nominees. Will Miley Cyrus be recognized for The Last Song, M. Night Shyamalan for The Last Airbender? Read the major category nominations here!
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 Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffery Rush, The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jessie Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Best Actress
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 Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network
Joel Coen/Ethan Coen, True Grit
Best Screenplay — Adapted
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Michael Arndt, Toy Story 3
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Debra Granik and Anne Roselini, Winter's Bone
Best Screenplay — Original
Mike Leigh, Another Year
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, The Fighter
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler, The King's Speech
Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)
Best Animated Feature
How to Train your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
Best Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
(Click here for the rest of the list)
So there they are! My quick reaction is that John Hawkes and Jeremy Renner are the two most pleasant surprises. It's a bit strange that Michelle Williams got nominated and Ryan Gosling didn't, I kind of thought they'd be a pair, but the film must at least be happy that someone got something. I'm personally thrilled to see Jacki Weaver up there, as wicked as a surprise she was in Animal Kingdom.
it's interesting to note the Academy's love of True Grit, which the Hollywood Foreign Press didn't nominate for a single Golden Globe. People are different, I suppose!