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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for its 82nd Academy Awards Tuesday morning.  Anne Hathaway (Devil Wears Prada, Alice In Wonderland) and MPAA President Tom Sherak announced the nominees.

As expected, Avatar led the race with nine nominations including best picture and achievement in directing for James Cameron.  Cameron's ex-wife and director Kathryn Bigelow tied the lead with nine nominations for The Hurt Locker and compete in many of the same categories.  Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds came in third with eight nominations.  Up In The Air was also no surprise in racking up the nominations for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick and director Jason Reitman (Juno).  

Big surprises in the Best Picture category include District 9 (but well-deserved) and A Serious Man from Ethan and Joel Cohen.  For a partial list of the nominees, read below.  

The 82nd Academy Awards airs Sunday, March 7th at 8pm EST /5pm PST. 

Performance by an actor in a leading role
    •    Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
    •    George Clooney in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
    •    Colin Firth in "A Single Man" (The Weinstein Company)
    •    Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
    •    Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
    •    Matt Damon in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
    •    Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
    •    Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
    •    Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones" (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
    •    Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
    •    Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
    •    Helen Mirren in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
    •    Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
    •    Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
    •    Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia" (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
    •    Penélope Cruz in "Nine" (The Weinstein Company)
    •    Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
    •    Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
    •    Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
    •    Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

Achievement in directing
"Avatar" (20th Century Fox)
James Cameron

"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
Kathryn Bigelow

"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)
Quentin Tarantino

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
Lee Daniels

"Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
Jason Reitman

Best motion picture of the year
"Avatar" (20th Century Fox)
A Lightstorm Entertainment Production
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

"The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
An Alcon Entertainment Production
Nominees to be determined

"District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
A Block/Hanson Production
Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers

"An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production
Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers

"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
A Voltage Pictures Production
Nominees to be determined

"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)
A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production
Lawrence Bender, Producer

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production
Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers

"A Serious Man" (Focus Features)
A Working Title Films Production
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers

"Up" (Walt Disney)
A Pixar Production
Jonas Rivera, Producer

"Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
A Montecito Picture Company Production
Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Best animated feature film of the year
"Coraline" (Focus Features)
Henry Selick

"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox)
Wes Anderson

"The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney)
John Musker and Ron Clements
"The Secret of Kells" (GKIDS)
Tomm Moore

"Up" (Walt Disney)
Pete Docter

Adapted screenplay
"District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

"An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Screenplay by Nick Hornby

"In the Loop" (IFC Films)
Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

"Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original screenplay
"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)
Written by Mark Boal

"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)
Written by Quentin Tarantino

"The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman

"A Serious Man" (Focus Features)
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

"Up" (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Achievement in art direction
"Avatar" (20th Century Fox)
Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro
Set Decoration: Caroline Smith

"Nine" (The Weinstein Company)
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gordon Sim

"Sherlock Holmes" (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

"The Young Victoria" (Apparition)
Art Direction: Patrice Vermette
Set Decoration: Maggie Gray