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A round-up of the nominees

A round-up of the nominees

BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart

George Clooney for Up in the Air

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Colin Firth for A Single Man

Morgan Freeman for Invictus

Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side

Helen Mirren for The Last Station

Carey Mulligan for An Education

Gabourey Sidibe for Precious

Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia

BEST DIRECTOR

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

James Cameron for Avatar

Lee Daniels for Precious:

Jason Reitman for Up in the Air

Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds

BEST FILM

Avatar: James Cameron, Jon Landau

The Blind Side

District 9: Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham

An Education: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds: Lawrence Bender

Precious: Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness

A Serious Man:Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Up: Jonas Rivera

Up in the Air: Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Coraline: Henry Selick

Fantastic Mr Fox: Wes Anderson

The Princess and the Frog: John Musker, Ron Clements

The Secret of Kells: Tomm Moore

Up: Pete Docter

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Ajami(Israel)

Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte(Germany)

El secreto de sus ojos(Argentina)

Un prophète(France)

La teta asustada(Peru)