The 2010 Oscar Nominations List

Oscars 82nd Academy Awards 2010 nominees lists released.

February 03 2010 : The full lists were released just after the Oscar Nominations Awards Ceremony held this morning; and this year, the Oscar Nominations includes top 10 films in the Best Picture group.

I'm calling the Best Picture Oscar right now. It will be Avatar. And then the Best Director, of course, James Cameron. But I digress. The nominations for the 2010 Oscars were just announced and I had to be sure to get the list up because for once I understand most of the list. Here are the nominations for the major categories.

BEST PICTURE

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo'nique – Precious
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart

BEST DIRECTOR

James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels – Precious
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air

BEST SCREENPLAY

Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglorious Basterds
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman – The Messenger
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter – Up

Oscar nominations 2010: joy for drama school reject Carey Mulligan.

Three drama schools failed to recognise the talent of Carey Mulligan. But Oscar voters have not made the same mistake.

The 24-year-old, who has no formal training, found herself on the best actress shortlist in a field which includes Hollywood's greatest dames.



Mulligan was nominated for her performance in An Education as a schoolgirl who begins a relationship with a charismatic older man. The film, based on the memoir by Lynn Barber, is also a contender for best picture.

"This is beyond anything I've ever dreamed of. I've definitely never felt such excitement and nausea this early in the morning!" Mulligan said after watching the dawn nominations from her new home in the US.

Her rivals in the best actress category are the undisputed queens of movieland on opposite sides of the Atlantic: Dame Helen Mirren, shortlisted for her role as Sofya Tolstoy in The Last Station, and Meryl Streep, whose 16th call - for Julie & Julia - extends her record as the most nominated performer in Oscars history.

The other nominees are Gabourey Sidibe for Precious and Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side.

Mulligan's place on the shortlist represents a remarkable achievement for the hotel executive’s daughter, who auditioned three times for drama school without success.

Oscar Nominations 2010: Rahman Fails

Oscar Nominations 2010: Master Indian musician A R Rahman, after winning two Grammy awards for his music in the Danny Boyle film “Slumdog Millionaire”, fails to get the nomination in the Oscar this year.


In a ceremony at Beverly Hills the nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were announced today and the awards will be announced on March 7.

Rahman was short listed in the ‘Best Original Song’ category for the song Na Na of his first Hollywood project “Couple’s Retreat” but lastly opted out.

The song was written by Rahman, BlaaZe and Vivian Chaix and was sung by Rehman’s eight years old son Ameen making his debut in singing.

It is to be mentioned here that ‘Mozart of Madras’ created history last year becoming the first Indian to win Oscars.

Oscar 2010 Prep: Sandra Bullock Wants Liposuction

Underdog Bullock jokes about her first Oscar nomination.

Sandra Bullock's past year was the biggest roller-coaster ever. Tuesday morning, however, she revealed how the Oscar nomination she received for her Blind Side performance is her biggest shocker yet. (Her primping technique sounds a little more intense than most.)


Phoning in from her home in Los Angeles to chat with The Today Show, Sandra Bullock said, "I think [my nomination news is] just so big that maybe when I am about 74, I'll have that moment in a grocery store with my walker and go, 'Oh, my God! This year has been mind-blowingly amazing!'"

So amazing, in fact, that the 45-year-old's Oscar beauty-prep may require the extreme. "I do believe some liposuction is in order," Bullock joked, along with "a very strict diet regime, and I will acquire a very light English accent. I was going to say that I should start wearing glasses, but I already wear glasses, so I am already sort of there."

Why the drastic measures? Because it's her first time to appear at the Oscars: "I've never done this before!" Bullock confessed to Matt Lauer.

Drones strike near Miran Shah - North Waziristan

At least '10 dead' in Pakistan drones strike.

February 03 2010 : An attack by US drones in northern Pakistan has killed at least 10 people near the Afghan border, local officials.

Five drones fired eight missiles near Miran Shah, the main town in the tribal region of North Waziristan.

Officials say that at least three foreigners are among the dead.

They said that the two camps, located near each other and used by suspected militants, were hit in the strikes.

"Initial reports suggest four militants have been killed. There could be more casualties," a security official in North Waziristan told the Reuters news agency.

Correspondents say that, as with many other drone strikes, it is not clear which groups were targeted in the latest strike, which took place in a region believed to harbour many Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters.

It is also in an area which has not seen many airstrikes in the past.

North Waziristan adjoins South Waziristan, where Pakistani troops last year concluded an ambitious offensive against the Taliban.

There have been scores of drone strikes since August 2008, which have killed well over 600 people.

Critics say that many of the dead are civilians - and that the US has stepped up such attacks since eight people working for the American Central Intelligence Agency were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan province of Khost at the end of last year.

The US military does not routinely confirm drone attacks.

But the Obama administration has made no secret of its desire for Islamabad to stamp out militant groups who cross the porous border from the tribal belt into Afghanistan.

Pakistan has publicly criticised drone attacks, saying they fuel support for the militants.

New ATP, WTA Tennis Ranking 2010

A Rankings Shake-Up in Men’s Tennis.

February 02 2010 : After the men’s singles event at the Australian Open notable for Roger Federer’s dominance and Rafael Nadal’s knees, the new rankings that came out Monday reflected both story lines.

After retiring during a quarterfinal match against Andy Murray because of a knee injury, Nadal fell to No. 4 from No. 2, his lowest ranking since May 2005. Nadal is expected to miss at least month because of a tear in his right knee.

Novak Djokovic, who lost in the quarterfinals to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, rose to No. 2 from No. 3, his highest ranking ever. He is followed by Andy Murray, the Australian Open runner-up.

With his victory in Melbourne, Federer secured his No. 1 position. It is his 268th week in the top spot, tying Jimmy Connors for third place in total weeks at No. 1. Federer will soon pass Ivan Lendl, who was No. 1 for 270 weeks. Pete Sampras holds the record with 286 weeks at No. 1.

ATP Tour Rankings

1. (1) Roger Federer, 11,350 points
2. (3) Novak Djokovic, 8,310
3. (4) Andy Murray, 7,800
4. (2) Rafael Nadal, 7,670
5. (5) Juan Martin del Potro, 6,400
6. (6) Nikolay Davydenko, 5,290
7. (7) Andy Roddick, 4,150
8. (8) Robin Soderling, 3, 375
9. (10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 3,235
10. (14) Marin Cilic, 2,970

On the women’s side, the Australian Open champion, Serena Williams, maintained her grip on the No. 1 ranking. Li Na, who with Zheng Jie became the first Chinese players to reach the Australian Open semifinals, soared to 10th from 17th. She is the first Chinese player to reach the top 10.

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings

1. (1) Serena Williams, 9,195 points
2. (2) Dinara Safina, 6,480
3. (4) Caroline Wozniacki, 5,995
4. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova, 5,861
5. (6) Venus Williams, 5,526
6. (7) Victoria Azarenka, 4,960
7. (5) Elena Dementieva, 4,705
8. (8) Jelena Jankovic, 3,845
9. (10) Agnieszka Radwanska, 3,605
10. (17) Li Na, 3,500