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

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

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 go to the quirky combo of actor Alec Baldwin and comedian Steve Martin, who co-star in the December release "It's Complicated" opposite Meryl Streep. This will be the first time the Oscars have featured a hosting duo since Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase in 1987.

2010 Oscar Buzz

With nominees officially announced on February 2, watch for these Hollywood hits to continue to generate buzz throughout the entire awards season:

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 (and a shoe-in for a Best Actress nod.)

The Hurt Locker - High tension and great acting combine in this thriller about an elite Army bomb squad in Iraq.

Invictus - Brilliant casting scores in this epic that chronicles Nelson Mandela's efforts to bring the 1995 Rugby World Cup to South Africa following the fall of Apartheid. Starring Matt Damon as South Africa's rugby team captain and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.

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.

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.

Just up ahead, check out the complete list 2010 nominees 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

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

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

BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
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
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Precious
Up In The Air

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

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

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

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

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

FILM EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

MAKEUP
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

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

ORIGINAL SONG
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
The Weary Kind, Crazy Heart

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

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

SOUND EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

SOUND MIXING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
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