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Terence Johnson January 25, 2011 Article
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Best motion picture of the year
    * Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production
      Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
    * The Fighter (Paramount) A Relativity Media Production
      David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
    * Inception (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. UK Services Production
      Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers)
    * The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production,  Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
    * The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production
      Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
    * 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) An Hours Production
      Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
    * The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production
      Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
    * Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
      Darla K. Anderson, Producer
    * True Grit (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production
      Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
    * Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions) A Winter’s Bone Production
      Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
I went 9/10 here, missing 127 Hours in favor of The Town

Performance by an actor in a leading role
    * Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)

    * Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount)
    * Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
*Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
   * James Franco in “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight)
4/5 missing Javier Bardem for Ryan Gosling. This proves that powerful friends can propel you to a nomination.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
    * Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
    * John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
    * Jeremy Renner in “The Town” (Warner Bros.)
    * Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
    * Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
4/5 missing John Hawkes for Andrew Garfield. Let’s all shed a tear that no supporting player from The Social Network was nominated *weeps*

Performance by an actress in a leading role

    * Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
    * Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate)
    * Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
    * Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)
    * Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company)

4/5, I had Hailee Stienfeld instead of Michelle Williams

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
    * Amy Adams in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
    * Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
    * Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
    * Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” (Paramount)
    * Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” (Sony Pictures Classics)

3/5, that Hailee Prediction screwed me lol

Best animated feature film of the year
    * How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
    * The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics) Sylvain Chomet
    * Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich

2/3, Tangled instead of The Illusionist

Art Direction

    * Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
    * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
    * Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)/span>
    * The King’s Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
    * True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Cinematography
    * Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
    * Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
    * The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
    * The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
    * True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design
    * Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
    * I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
    * The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
    * The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell
    * True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres

Achievement in directing
    * Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
    * The Fighter (Paramount), David O. Russell
    * The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
    * The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
    * True Grit (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

4/5, the Nolan snub made me chuckle but I do feel bad for the guy. The Coens just have such great supporters in the Academy

Best Documentary Feature
    * Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz A Paranoid Pictures Production
    * Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic A Gasland Production
    * Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production
    * Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger An Outpost Films Production
    * Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) An Almega Projects Production 

Best documentary short subject
    * Killing in the Name Nominees to be determined A Moxie Firecracker Films Production
    * Poster Girl Nominees to be determined A Portrayal Films Production
    * Strangers No More Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
    * Sun Come Up Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger A Sun Come Up Production
    * The Warriors of Qiugang Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon A Thomas Lennon Films Production

Achievement in film editing

    * Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
    * The Fighter (Paramount) Pamela Martin
    * The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
    * 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris
    * The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Best foreign language film of the year

    * Biutiful Mexico
    * Dogtooth Greece
    * In a Better World Denmark
    * Incendies Canada
    * Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) Algeria

Achievement in makeup

    * Barney’s Version (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot
    * The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
    * The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
    * How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell
    * Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
    * The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
    * 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
    * The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

    * Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
    * I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
    * If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
    * We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best animated short film

    * Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
    * The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
    * Let’s Pollute A Geefwee Boedoe Production Geefwee Boedoe
    * The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
    * Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois

Best live action short film

    * The Confession (National Film and Television School) A National Film and Television School Production Tanel Toom
    * The Crush (Network Ireland Television) A Purdy Pictures Production Michael Creagh
    * God of Love A Luke Matheny Production Luke Matheny
    * Na Wewe (Premium Films) A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
    * Wish 143 A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Achievement in sound editing

    * Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King
    * Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
    * Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
    * True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
    * Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger

Achievement in sound mixing

    * Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
    * The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
    * Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
    * The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
    * True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Achievement in visual effects

    * Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
    * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
    * Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
    * Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
    * Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay

    * 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
    * The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
    * Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
    * True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    * Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original screenplay
    * Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
    * The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
    * Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
    * The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
    * The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

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