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List of 2011 Oscar nominees

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2011 Oscar nominees were announced yesterday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Precious star Mo’Nique and Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science president Tom Sherak announced the nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the highly anticipated event to reveal that Tom Hooper directed and Colin Firth starring The King’s Speech leads this year’s list with impressive 12 noms.

The movie is closely followed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen‘s True Grit with ten nominations, and Inception and The Social Network with eight.

Just like we predicted last week, Natalie Portman is nominated in the best actress category for her role in Black Swan (the movie is also up for the best motion picture nod).

I am so honored and grateful to the Academy for this recognition,” Natalie Portman said. “It is a wonderful culmination of the ten-year journey with Darren to make this film. Making Black Swan is already the most meaningful experience of my career, and the passion shown for the film has completed the process of communication between artists and audience. I am so thankful for the support we have received and I share this honor with the entire cast and crew of the film, especially [director] Darren Aronofsky.”

New father Javier Bardem will compete with Colin Firth, Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), and James Franco (127 Hours) for the best actor award. Javier is nominated for his role in Biutiful.

It’s really a huge honor to have been nominated in a non-English speaking performance and in the name of all my colleagues in Spain and mine I want to show my gratitude to the Academy for support and a recognition in this nomination for the movie Biutiful,” Javier Bardem said in the statement.

The youngest nominee this year is True Grit‘s 14-year old star Hailee Steinfeld who’s joined by Amy Adams (The Fighter), Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech), Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) in the best supporting actress category.

2011 Oscars will be held on February 27th at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles and co-hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway.

Below is the complete list of 2011 Oscar nominees

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Jeff Bridges, True Grit

BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3, Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit, Written for the screen by Joel & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone, Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year, Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler

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)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland”
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
Inception, Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech, Jenny Beavan
The Tempest, Sandy Powell
True Grit, Mary Zophres

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter, Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar
127 Hours, Jon Harris
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Inception, Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours, A. R. Rahman
The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (Original Song)
‘Coming Home’ from Country Strong, Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
‘I See the Light’ from Tangled, Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Glenn Slater
‘If I Rise’ from 127 Hours, Music by A. R. Rahman, Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
‘We Belong Together’ from Toy Story 3, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Inception, Richard King
Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland, Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter, Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick