The nominations in support of the 83rd Academy Awards were announced these days. The King’s Speech led with 12 nominations, followed by True Grit with 10 and The Social Network and Inception with eight apiece. Though in attendance were veto terrific surprises amongst this year’s nods, in attendance are a number of exciting first-time nominations, plus Nine Inch Nails leader Trent Reznor in support of his mark in support of The Social Network in collaboration with Atticus Ross, 15-year-old Hailee Steinfeld in support of her breakout behind artiste role in True Grit and John Hawkes in support of his behind performance in Winter’s Bone. There was plus a notable omission: Chris Nolan was not nominated in the Best Director category in support of Inception.
These are the nominations in the top 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 Direction
Darren Aronofsky in support of Black Swan
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen in support of True Grit
David Fincher in support of The Social Network
Tom Hooper in support of The King’s Speech
David O. Russell in support of The Fighter
The Social Network and 12 supplementary Movies That Defined a Generation
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
James Franco in 127 Hours
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in The Fighter
John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in The King’s Speech
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom
Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy in support of 127 Hours
Aaron Sorkin in support of The Social Network
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich in support of Toy Story 3
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen in support of True Grit
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini in support of Winter’s Bone
Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh in support of Another Year
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson in support of The Fighter
Christopher Nolan in support of Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg in support of The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler in support of The King’s Speech
Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
Documentary (Feature)
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
Music (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon: John Powell
Inception: Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech: Alexandre Desplat
127astoundrnext to A.R. Rahman
The Social Network: Trentnext toeznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from Country Strong Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from Tangled Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from 127 Hours Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Thanks to RollingStone
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