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The full official roster of nominees were announced on February 2, 2010.

The 82nd annual Academy Awards aired live from Hollywood at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday, March 7, 2010 on ABC at 8 PM ET.

This year, 10 major Hollywood films were nominated for best picture, in a clever move by the Academy to further popularize the Oscars with a wider audience. Hopefully, the new format will keep more viewers glued to their TVs on Oscar night to see if their favorite movie or Hollywood star wins.

Hosting duties this year went to the quirky combo of actor Alec Baldwin and comedian Steve Martin, who co-starred in the December release of "It's Complicated" opposite Meryl Streep. This was the first time the Oscars have featured a hosting duo since Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase in 1987.

2010 Oscar Buzz

Although upped to 10 nominees this year, the Hollywood hits that continued to generate buzz throughout the entire awards season included:

The Hurt Locker - High tension and great acting combine in this thriller about an elite Army bomb squad in Iraq, featuring relative unknown actor Jeremy Renner.

Avatar - James Cameron's fantasy sci-fi blockbuster, from the people who brought you Titanic. Have you at least seen the trailer? That is all.

An Education - The early Sundance favorite with a nationwide release in theaters in October, it's the coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s London played by 24-year-old Carey Mulligan (already best actress winner at the Bafta Awards, the "British Oscars.")

Up - This year's Wall-E, a funny and poignant animated tale about a 70-year-old man and an 8-year-old boy on a wild adventure in South America.

2010 Winners

Although Avatar blew away audiences with its 3D bravado, it only managed to take home (as predicted) awards for Best Cinematography, Art Direction and Visual Effects.

The motherlode of awards went rather to The Hurt Locker with wins including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Editing. With her win, The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first female in Oscar history to win Best Director.

Another notable winner, Sandra Bullock who most recently won WORST ACTRESS (for "All About Steve') at the 2010 Razzies was also up for BEST ACTRESS (for "The Blind Side') at this year's Oscars. Her win gives Bullock the dubious distinction of winning both worst and best awards in a single year.

Just up ahead, check out the complete list 2010 nominees & winners along with links to red carpet pictures & video clips, forum postings & discussions, and related expert commentary on the movie industry's most coveted prize ...

Oscar.com - The official site - featuring the glitz, the glamour, and the movies, actors and actresses of the past, as well as Academy Award history and video clips, this year's Oscar fashion trends, with more news & features as Oscar night draws near.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - A serious look behind the scenes at the Oscar's official governing body, with a searchable database of the award's history, the upcoming ceremony, the official poster available for purchase and the official press kit.

Awards Show Central - Updates and the latest news and press releases on the Oscars, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards along with a database of past winners plus current movie reviews with video clips, box office stats and lots more from RopeofSilicon.com.

The Oscar Guy - The self-appointed film critic extraordinaire with nominees, presenters, and predictions about this year's winners, plus a cache of both recent and archived reviews, Oscar history, discussion board.

LittleGoldenGuy.com - Get a college education in Academy trivia at this site, laid out with precision and chock full of interesting tidbits on Hollywood's top prize searchable by a criteria-driven database, or browseable by categories including actresses, actors, picture, director, and related links.

2010 Oscar Nominees & * Winners

BEST PICTURE
* The Hurt Locker
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
Inglourious 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 SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

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 ACTRESS
* Mo'Nique, Precious
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air

BEST DIRECTOR
* Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up In The Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* Precious
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Up In The Air

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* El Secretro de sus Ojo, Argentina
Ajami, Israel
The Milk of Sorrow, Peru
Un Prophete, France
The White Ribbon, Germany

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
* Up
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and The Frog
The Secret of Kells

ART DIRECTION
* Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

CINEMATOGRAPHY
* Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

COSTUME DESIGN
* The Young Victoria
Bright Star
Coco before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
* The Cove
Burma VJ
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
* Music by Prudence
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Rabbit à la Berlin

FILM EDITING
* The Hurt Locker
Avatar
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

MAKEUP
* Star Trek
Il Divo
The Young Victoria

ORIGINAL SCORE
* Up
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes

ORIGINAL SONG
* The Weary Kind, Crazy Heart
Almost There, The Princess and the Frog
Down in New Orleans, The Princess and the Frog
Loin de Paname, Paris 36
Take It All, Nine

ANIMATED SHORT
* Logorama
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
A Matter of Loaf and Death

LIVE ACTION SHORT
* The New Tenants
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish

SOUND EDITING
* The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

SOUND MIXING
* The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

VISUAL EFFECTS
* Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

also see -> BAFTA Awards | Razzie Awards

Sundance Film Festival | Tribeca Film Festival

Golden Globes | Critics Choice | SAG Awards