WowKeren - Film science-fiksi "Avatar" berhasil memimpin nominasi penghargaan Academy Awards (Oscar) 2010 dengan masuk dalam sembilan nominasi. Namun, film arahan sutradara James Cameron tersebut tidak sendirian. "Avatar" harus bersaing dengan film "The Hurt Locker" yang digarap oleh mantan istri James, Kathryn Bigelow.

Kedua film tersebut bersaing ketat di sejumlah kategori, diantaranya untuk kategori Best Picture dan Best Director. Di kategori Best Picture, selain bersaing dengan film tentang perak Irak tersebut, "Avatar" juga harus menghadapi film "The Blind Side", "District 9", "An Education", "Inglourious Basterds", "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire", "A Serious Man", "Up in the Air" dan "Up".

Nama-nama nominee Oscar ke-82 ini diumumkan hari Selasa pagi tanggal 2 Februari waktu setempat. Nama-nama tersebut dibacakan oleh aktris yang masuk nominasi Oscar 2009, Anne Hathaway, dan pimpinan academy, Tom Sherak, di Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills, California. Sedangkan para pemenang Oscar akan diumumkan tanggal 7 Maret 2010 di Los Angeles dimana Steve Martin dan Alec Baldwin bertugas memandu acara tersebut.

Berikut daftar nominee Oscar:

Best Picture

• Avatar

• The Blind Side

• District 9

• An Education

• The Hurt Locker

• Inglourious Basterds

• Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire

• A Serious Man

• Up

• Up in the Air

Best Director

• James Cameron – Avatar

• Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

• Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

• Lee Daniels – Precious

• Jason Reitman - Up in the Air

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

• George Clooney - Up in the Air

• Colin Firth - A Single Man

• Morgan Freeman - Invictus

• Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

• Helen Mirren - The Last Station

• Carey Mulligan - An Education

• Gabourey Sidibe - Precious

• Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon - Invictus

• Woody Harrelson - The Messenger

• Christopher Plummer - The Last Station

• Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones

• Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Penelope Cruz - Nine

• Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air

• Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart

• Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air

• Mo'Nique - Precious

Writing - Original Screenplay

• The Hurt Locker

• Inglourious Basterds

• The Messenger

• A Serious Man

• Up

Writing - Adapted Screenplay

• District 9

• An Education

• In the Loop

• Precious

• Up in the Air

Animated Feature Film

• Coraline

• Fantastic Mr. Fox

• The Princess and the Frog

• The Secret of Kells

• Up

Foreign Language Film

• Ajami

• El Secreto de Sus Ojos

• The Milk of Sorrow

• Un Prophete

• The White Ribbon