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Performance by an actor in a leading role
[ × ] Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart ♦
[   ] George Clooney in Up in the Air
[   ] Colin Firth in A Single Man
[   ] Morgan Freeman in Invictus
[   ] Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
[   ] Matt Damon in Invictus
[   ] Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
[   ] Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
[   ] Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
[ × ] Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds ♦

Performance by an actress in a leading role
[ × ] Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side ♦
[   ] Helen Mirren in The Last Station
[   ] Carey Mulligan in An Education
[   ] Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
[   ] Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
[   ] Penélope Cruz in Nine
[   ] Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
[   ] Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
[   ] Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
[ × ] Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire ♦

Best animated feature film of the year
[   ] Coraline, Henry Selick
[   ] Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson
[   ] The Princess and the Frog, John Musker and Ron Clements
[   ] The Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore
[ × ] Up, Pete Docter ♦

Achievement in art direction
[ × ] Avatar, Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair ♦
[   ] The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro, Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
[   ] Nine, Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
[   ] Sherlock Holmes, Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
[   ] The Young Victoria, Art Direction: Patrice Vermette, Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Achievement in cinematography
[   ] Avatar, Mauro Fiore ♦
[   ] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bruno Delbonnel
[ × ] The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
[   ] Inglourious Basterds, Robert Richardson
[   ] The White Ribbon, Christian Berger

Achievement in costume design
[   ] Bright Star, Janet Patterson
[   ] Coco Before Chanel, Catherine Leterrier
[   ] The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Monique Prudhomme
[ × ] Nine, Colleen Atwood
[   ] The Young Victoria, Sandy Powell ♦

Achievement in directing
[   ] Avatar, James Cameron
[ × ] The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow ♦
[   ] Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
[   ] Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Lee Daniels
[   ] Up in the Air, Jason Reitman

Best documentary feature
[   ] Burma VJ
[   ] The Cove ♦
[   ] Food, Inc.
[   ] The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
[   ] Which Way Home

Best documentary short subject
[   ] “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”

Achievement in film editing
[   ] Avatar, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
[ × ] District 9, Julian Clarke
[   ] The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis ♦
[   ] Inglourious Basterds, Sally Menke
[   ] Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Joe Klotz

Best foreign language film of the year
[   ] Ajami
[   ] El Secreto de Sus Ojos ♦
[   ] The Milk of Sorrow
[   ] A Prohete (Un Prophète)
[   ] The White Ribbon

Achievement in makeup
[   ] Il Divo, Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
[ × ] Star Trek, Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow ♦
[   ] The Young Victoria, Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
[   ] Avatar, James Horner
[ × ] Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alexandre Desplat
[   ] The Hurt Locker, Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
[   ] Sherlock Holmes, Hans Zimmer
[   ] Up, Michael Giacchino ♦

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
[   ] “Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
[   ] “Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
[   ] “Loin de Paname” from Paris 36, Music by Reinhardt Wagner, Lyric by Frank Thomas
[   ] “Take It All” from Nine, Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
[ × ] “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart),” from Crazy Heart, Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett ♦

Best motion picture of the year
[   ] 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 animated short film
[   ] “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”

Best live action short film
[   ] “The Door”
[   ] “Instead of Abracadabra”
[   ] “Kavi”
[   ] “Miracle Fish”
[   ] “The New Tenants” ♦

Achievement in sound editing
[ × ] Avatar, Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
[   ] The Hurt Locker, Paul N.J. Ottosson ♦
[   ] Inglourious Basterds, Wylie Stateman
[   ] Star Trek, Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
[   ] Up, Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Achievement in sound mixing
[ × ] Avatar, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
[   ] The Hurt Locker, Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett ♦
[   ] Inglourious Basterds, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
[   ] Star Trek, Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
[   ] Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Achievement in visual effects
[ × ] Avatar, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones ♦
[   ] District 9, Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
[   ] Star Trek, Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Adapted screenplay
[   ] District 9, Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
[   ] An Education, Screenplay by Nick Hornby
[   ] In the Loop, Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
[   ] Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ♦
[ × ] Up in the Air, Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original screenplay
[   ] The Hurt Locker, Written by Mark Boal ♦
[ × ] Inglourious Basterds, Written by Quentin Tarantino
[   ] The Messenger, Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
[   ] A Serious Man, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
[   ] Up, Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy