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82nd Academy Awards

The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2010 Winter Olympics.[7] During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and was produced by Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted the show. Martin hosted for the third time; he first presided over the 73rd ceremony held in 2001 and last hosted the 75th ceremony held in 2003. Meanwhile, this was Baldwin's first Oscars hosting stint. This was also the first telecast to have multiple hosts since the 59th ceremony held in 1987.[8]

82nd Academy Awards
Official poster
DateMarch 7, 2010
SiteKodak Theatre
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted byAlec Baldwin
Steve Martin[1]
Preshow hostsJess Cagle
Kathy Ireland
Sherri Shepherd[2]
Produced byBill Mechanic
Adam Shankman[3]
Directed byHamish Hamilton[4]
Highlights
Best PictureThe Hurt Locker
Most awardsThe Hurt Locker (6)
Most nominationsAvatar and The Hurt Locker (9)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC
Duration3 hours, 37 minutes[5]
Ratings41.62 million
24.89% (Nielsen ratings)[6]

On June 24, 2009, Academy president Sid Ganis announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2010 ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees instead of five,[9] a practice that had been discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944. On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks.[10]

The Hurt Locker won six awards, including Best Picture.[11][12] Other winners were Avatar with three awards, Crazy Heart, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, and Up with two, and The Blind Side, The Cove, Inglourious Basterds, Logorama, Music by Prudence, The New Tenants, The Secret in Their Eyes, Star Trek, and The Young Victoria with one. The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005.

Winners and nominees edit

The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced on February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway.[13] Avatar and The Hurt Locker led the nominations with nine each.[14]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 7, 2010.[15][16][17] Kathryn Bigelow made history as the first female to win the Oscar for Best Director.[18] Up became the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture after 1991's Beauty and the Beast.[14] Best Adapted Screenplay winner Geoffrey Fletcher was the first African American winner of a screenwriting Oscar.[19]

Awards edit

 
Kathryn Bigelow, Best Picture co-winner and Best Director winner
 
Mark Boal, Best Picture co-winner and Best Original Screenplay winner
 
Jeff Bridges, Best Actor winner
 
Sandra Bullock, Best Actress winner
 
Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor winner
 
Mo'Nique, Best Supporting Actress winner
 
Geoffrey S. Fletcher, Best Adapted Screenplay winner
 
Pete Docter, Best Animated Feature Film winner
 
Juan José Campanella, Best Foreign Language Film winner
 
Louie Psihoyos, Best Documentary Feature co-winner
 
Fisher Stevens, Best Documentary Feature co-winner
 
Roger Ross Williams, Best Documentary Short Subject co-winner
 
Michael Giacchino, Best Original Score winner
 
Ryan Bingham, Best Original Song co-winner
 
T Bone Burnett, Best Original Song co-winner
 
Ray Beckett, Best Sound Mixing co-winner
 
Robert Stromberg, Best Art Direction co-winner
 
Sandy Powell, Best Costume Design winner
 
Joe Letteri, Best Visual Effects co-winner
 
Stephen Rosenbaum, Best Visual Effects co-winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[20]

Honorary Academy Awards edit

The Academy held its 1st Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 14, 2009, during which the following awards were presented.[21][22][23]

Academy Honorary Award edit

  • Lauren Bacall — In recognition of her central place in the golden age of motion pictures.
  • Roger Corman — For his rich engendering of films and filmmakers.
  • Gordon Willis — For unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, color and motion.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award edit

Films with multiple nominations and awards edit

Presenters and performers edit

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[24]

Presenters edit

Name(s) Role
Gina Tuttle Announcer for the 82nd annual Academy Awards
Penélope Cruz Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Ryan Reynolds Presenter of the film The Blind Side on the Best Picture segment
Steve Carell
Cameron Diaz
Presenters of the award for Best Animated Feature Film
Miley Cyrus
Amanda Seyfried
Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Chris Pine Presenter of the film District 9 on the Best Picture segment
Robert Downey Jr.
Tina Fey
Presenters of the award for Best Original Screenplay
Matthew Broderick
Jon Cryer
Macaulay Culkin
Anthony Michael Hall
Judd Nelson
Molly Ringwald
Ally Sheedy
Presenters of the tribute to John Hughes
Samuel L. Jackson Presenter of the film Up on the Best Picture segment
Carey Mulligan
Zoe Saldana
Presenters of the awards for Best Animated Short Film, Best Documentary (Short Subject) and Best Live Action Short Film
Ben Stiller Presenter of the award for Best Makeup
Jeff Bridges Presenter of the film A Serious Man on the Best Picture segment
Jake Gyllenhaal
Rachel McAdams
Presenters of the award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Queen Latifah Presenter of the segment of the Honorary Academy Awards and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Robin Williams Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Colin Firth Presenter of the film An Education on the Best Picture segment
Sigourney Weaver Presenter of the award for Best Art Direction
Tom Ford
Sarah Jessica Parker
Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Charlize Theron Presenter of the film Precious on the Best Picture segment
Taylor Lautner
Kristen Stewart
Presenters of the horror films tribute montage
Zac Efron
Anna Kendrick
Presenters of the awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing
Elizabeth Banks Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award
John Travolta Presenter of the film Inglourious Basterds on the Best Picture segment
Sandra Bullock Presenter of the award for Best Cinematography
Demi Moore Presenter of In Memoriam tribute
Jennifer Lopez
Sam Worthington
Introducers of the special dance number to the tune of the Best Original Score nominees and presenters of the award for Best Original Score
Gerard Butler
Bradley Cooper
Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects
Jason Bateman Presenter of the film Up in the Air on the Best Picture segment
Matt Damon Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Feature
Tyler Perry Presenter of the award for Best Film Editing
Keanu Reeves Presenter of the film The Hurt Locker on the Best Picture segment
Pedro Almodóvar
Quentin Tarantino
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Kathy Bates Presenter of the film Avatar on the Best Picture segment
Vera Farmiga
Colin Farrell
Julianne Moore
Michelle Pfeiffer
Tim Robbins
Kate Winslet
Presenters of the award for Best Actor
Sean Penn
Peter Sarsgaard
Michael Sheen
Stanley Tucci
Forest Whitaker
Oprah Winfrey
Presenters of the award for Best Actress
Barbra Streisand Presenter of the award for Best Director
Tom Hanks Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers edit

Name(s) Role Performed
Marc Shaiman
Harold Wheeler
Musical arrangers Orchestral
Neil Patrick Harris Performer Opening number
James Taylor Performer "In My Life" during the annual In Memoriam tribute
Legion of Extraordinary Dancers Performers Performed dance number synchronized with selections from Best Original Score nominees

Ceremony information edit

 
 
Alec Baldwin (left) and Steve Martin (right) co-hosted the 82nd Academy Awards.

Because of the declining viewership of recent Academy Awards ceremonies, the Academy sought ideas to revamp the show while renewing interest with the nominated films. After the previous year's telecast, which saw a 13% increase in viewership, many within the Motion Picture Academy proposed new ways to give the awards a more populist appeal. AMPAS then-president Sid Ganis announced that the ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees, rather than traditional five. The expansion was a throwback to the Academy's early years in the 1930s and 1940s, when eight to twelve films were nominated.[25] "Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories, but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," Sid Ganis said in a press conference.[9] "I can't wait to see what that list of ten looks like when the nominees are announced in February."[9] Ganis also said that became difficult to get a clear winner. A cause of this was required a change in the voting system from first-past-the-post to alternative vote.[26]

Choreographer Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic were hired as producers for the ceremony. Shankman revealed in an interview on NPR's Fresh Air that he and Mechanic had originally chosen Sacha Baron Cohen as the host, but the Academy rejected this proposal because Baron Cohen was "too much of a wild card."[27]

Many of the previous year's well-received elements returned. Five actors with a personal connection with each of the nominees presented the Best Actor and Best Actress awards. Shankman and Mechanic announced their intention to make the running time of the telecast shorter.[28] Most presenters this year introduced each winner with the phrase "And the winner is ..." rather than "And the Oscar goes to..." for the first time since 1988. The Academy gave no reason for the change to a phrase which it had once felt humiliating to the other nominees; but apparently acquiesced in Shankman and Mechanic's decision to return to the older phrase.[29] David Rockwell's proscenium curtain, decorated with 100,000 Swarovski crystals, was reused as part of the stage design for this year's telecast.[30] Unlike most Oscar ceremonies, however, Mechanic and Shankman announced that none of the five songs nominated for Best Original Song would be performed live.[31]

Box office performance of nominated films edit

For the first time since 2003, the field of major nominees included at least one blockbuster at the American and Canadian box offices. Five of the nominees had grossed over $100 million before the nominations were announced.[32] Many critics, reporters, and entertainment industry analysts cite the AMPAS's decision to expand the roster of Best Picture nominees from five to ten films as one of the reasons for this.[32][33]

Three of the ten Best Picture nominees were among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations. At the time of the announcement on February 2, Avatar was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $596 million in domestic box office receipts.[32] Other top-ten domestic box office hits nominated were Up with $293 million, and The Blind Side with $237.9 million.[32] Among the remaining seven nominees, Inglourious Basterds was the next highest-grossing film with $120.5 million followed by District 9 ($115.6 million), Up in the Air ($73 million), Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire ($45 million), The Hurt Locker ($12 million), An Education ($9.4 million) and finally A Serious Man ($9.2 million).[34]

Of the top 50 grossing films of the year, 46 nominations went to 13 films on the list. Only Avatar (1st), Up (5th), The Blind Side (8th), Inglourious Basterds (25th), District 9 (27th), The Princess and the Frog (32nd), Julie & Julia (34th), Coraline (42nd) and Up in the Air (43rd) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, Best Picture or Animated Feature.[35] The other top-50 box office hits that earned nominations were Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2nd), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (3rd), Star Trek (7th) and Sherlock Holmes (11th).[35]

Oscar advertising and viewership issues edit

On March 1, 2010, WABC-TV New York, ABC's flagship station, announced that it would likely end its services with cable television company Cablevision on March 7, 2010,[36] the weekend of the 82nd Academy Awards. The station was removed from Cablevision's lineup at 12:01 a.m. ET on March 7.[37][38][39] Over 3.1 million viewers in the New York City viewing area, the nation's largest media market, would have been unable to watch the Oscars (and other station-related and ABC-related programming), and it was projected to cause a devastating blow to advertisers and viewership for the Oscars.[40] At about 8:43 p.m. ET, thirteen minutes after the awards ceremony began, Cablevision resumed transmission of the WABC feed.[38][41][42]

Music by Prudence acceptance speech edit

Shortly after Music by Prudence director Roger Ross Williams began his speech accepting the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject, he was suddenly interrupted by Elinor Burkett, his co-producer. The scene was described as the ceremony's weirdest or most awkward moment, and was compared by Williams and others to Kanye West's interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance of the Best Female Video Award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards five months earlier.[43]

Burkett, who lives in Zimbabwe where most of the film was shot, had sued Williams over the finished film, a suit that had been settled by the time of the ceremony. She explained to Salon.com, to which she was once a contributor, that the film had been her idea. "Roger had never even heard of Zimbabwe before I told him about this." She had been upset that Williams and HBO chose to focus on one person instead of the entire band, as the members had been led to believe. "I felt my role in this has been denigrated again and again, and it wasn't going to happen this time." She hustled onstage because, she claimed, Williams' mother had blocked her from going down with her cane to prevent her from sharing the stage.[44]

"She just ambushed me", said Williams, "I just expected her to stand there. I had a speech prepared." He said it was made clear by the Academy that only one person can give an acceptance speech. He said his mother had merely gotten up to hug him.[44]

Critical reviews edit

The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Film critic Roger Ebert criticized the opening monologue of Baldwin and Martin saying it was "surprisingly unfunny". He later went on to say that there was joy that The Hurt Locker won, but choice of Baldwin and Martin as host was wrong.[45] Los Angeles Times columnist Mary McNamara quipped that the show had no sense of timing saying, "Despite everyone's best efforts, this year's Oscars seemed to suffer from a crisis of confidence."[46] Time television critic James Poniewozik also criticized "the choppy paced" ceremony stating, it was "a classic Oscar failing". He also noted that having two hosts was a disadvantage.[47]

Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. The Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert lauded the hosts performance saying that "The delivery was expert and warmly conversational, like one of those old-school comedy teams."[48] Hank Stuever of The Washington Post remarked that the telecast "moved along with precision and smart decisions." He also praised Baldwin and Martin writing that they "proved to be classy and quippy throughout the night."[49] Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune gave an average critique of the ceremony but acclaimed the cast.[50]

Ratings and reception edit

The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 41.62 million people over its length, which was a 13% increase from the previous year's ceremony.[6] An estimated 79.68 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards.[51] The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the two previous ceremonies with 24.89% of households watching over a 36.69 share.[52] In addition, the program scored a higher 18-49 demo rating with a 12.71 rating over a 31.51 share among viewers in that demographic.[53] It was the highest viewership for an Academy Award telecast since the 77th ceremony held in 2005.[54][55]

In July 2010, the ceremony presentation received 12 nominations at the 62nd Primetime Emmys.[56] The following month, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming (David Rockwell and Joe Celli).[57]

In Memoriam edit

The annual In Memoriam tribute, produced by Chuck Workman,[58] was presented by actress Demi Moore. Singer James Taylor performed The Beatles' song "In My Life" during the tribute.[59]

A separate tribute was held earlier in the evening for the late filmmaker John Hughes, presented by actors Matthew Broderick, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Macaulay Culkin and Jon Cryer.[17][60][61] The 77th telecast had previously featured a special memorial to Johnny Carson presented by Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg.[62]

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The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences AMPAS honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7 2010 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood Los Angeles beginning at 5 30 p m PST 8 30 p m EST The ceremony was scheduled after its usual late February date to avoid conflicting with the 2010 Winter Olympics 7 During the ceremony the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards commonly referred to as Oscars in 24 categories The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC and was produced by Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman and directed by Hamish Hamilton Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted the show Martin hosted for the third time he first presided over the 73rd ceremony held in 2001 and last hosted the 75th ceremony held in 2003 Meanwhile this was Baldwin s first Oscars hosting stint This was also the first telecast to have multiple hosts since the 59th ceremony held in 1987 8 82nd Academy AwardsOfficial posterDateMarch 7 2010SiteKodak TheatreHollywood Los Angeles California U S Hosted byAlec BaldwinSteve Martin 1 Preshow hostsJess CagleKathy IrelandSherri Shepherd 2 Produced byBill MechanicAdam Shankman 3 Directed byHamish Hamilton 4 HighlightsBest PictureThe Hurt LockerMost awardsThe Hurt Locker 6 Most nominationsAvatar and The Hurt Locker 9 TV in the United StatesNetworkABCDuration3 hours 37 minutes 5 Ratings41 62 million24 89 Nielsen ratings 6 81st Academy Awards 83rd On June 24 2009 Academy president Sid Ganis announced at a press conference that in an attempt to revitalize interest surrounding the awards the 2010 ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees instead of five 9 a practice that had been discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944 On February 20 2010 in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills California the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks 10 The Hurt Locker won six awards including Best Picture 11 12 Other winners were Avatar with three awards Crazy Heart Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up with two and The Blind Side The Cove Inglourious Basterds Logorama Music by Prudence The New Tenants The Secret in Their Eyes Star Trek and The Young Victoria with one The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005 Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 Awards 1 2 Honorary Academy Awards 1 2 1 Academy Honorary Award 1 2 2 Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award 1 3 Films with multiple nominations and awards 2 Presenters and performers 2 1 Presenters 2 2 Performers 3 Ceremony information 3 1 Box office performance of nominated films 3 2 Oscar advertising and viewership issues 3 3 Music by Prudence acceptance speech 3 4 Critical reviews 3 5 Ratings and reception 4 In Memoriam 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksWinners and nominees editThe nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced on February 2 2010 at 5 38 a m PST 13 38 UTC at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills California by Tom Sherak president of the Academy and actress Anne Hathaway 13 Avatar and The Hurt Locker led the nominations with nine each 14 The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 7 2010 15 16 17 Kathryn Bigelow made history as the first female to win the Oscar for Best Director 18 Up became the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture after 1991 s Beauty and the Beast 14 Best Adapted Screenplay winner Geoffrey Fletcher was the first African American winner of a screenwriting Oscar 19 Awards edit nbsp Kathryn Bigelow Best Picture co winner and Best Director winner nbsp Mark Boal Best Picture co winner and Best Original Screenplay winner nbsp Jeff Bridges Best Actor winner nbsp Sandra Bullock Best Actress winner nbsp Christoph Waltz Best Supporting Actor winner nbsp Mo Nique Best Supporting Actress winner nbsp Geoffrey S Fletcher Best Adapted Screenplay winner nbsp Pete Docter Best Animated Feature Film winner nbsp Juan Jose Campanella Best Foreign Language Film winner nbsp Louie Psihoyos Best Documentary Feature co winner nbsp Fisher Stevens Best Documentary Feature co winner nbsp Roger Ross Williams Best Documentary Short Subject co winner nbsp Michael Giacchino Best Original Score winner nbsp Ryan Bingham Best Original Song co winner nbsp T Bone Burnett Best Original Song co winner nbsp Ray Beckett Best Sound Mixing co winner nbsp Robert Stromberg Best Art Direction co winner nbsp Sandy Powell Best Costume Design winner nbsp Joe Letteri Best Visual Effects co winner nbsp Stephen Rosenbaum Best Visual Effects co winnerWinners are listed first highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger 20 Best Picture The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow Mark Boal Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro producers Avatar James Cameron and Jon Landau producers The Blind Side Gil Netter Andrew A Kosove and Broderick Johnson producers District 9 Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham producers An Education Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey producers Inglourious Basterds Lawrence Bender producer Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Lee Daniels Sarah Siegel Magness and Gary Magness producers A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen producers Up Jonas Rivera producer Up in the Air Daniel Dubiecki Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman producers Best Director Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker James Cameron Avatar Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds Lee Daniels Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Jason Reitman Up in the AirBest Actor Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart as Otis Bad Blake George Clooney Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham Colin Firth A Single Man as George Falconer Morgan Freeman Invictus as Nelson Mandela Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker as Sergeant First Class William James Best Actress Sandra Bullock The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy Helen Mirren The Last Station as Sophia Tolstaya Carey Mulligan An Education as Jenny Mellor Gabourey Sidibe Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire as Claireece Precious Jones Meryl Streep Julie amp Julia as Julia ChildBest Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds as Col Hans Landa Matt Damon Invictus as Francois Pienaar Woody Harrelson The Messenger as Cpt Tony Stone Christopher Plummer The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy Stanley Tucci The Lovely Bones as George Harvey Best Supporting Actress Mo Nique Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston Penelope Cruz Nine as Carla Albanese Vera Farmiga Up in the Air as Alex Goran Maggie Gyllenhaal Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock Anna Kendrick Up in the Air as Natalie KeenerBest Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino The Messenger Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter Story by Pete Docter Bob Peterson and Tom McCarthy Best Adapted Screenplay Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Geoffrey Fletcher based on the novel Push by Sapphire District 9 Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell based on the short film Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp An Education Nick Hornby based on the memoir by Lynn Barber In the Loop Jesse Armstrong Simon Blackwell Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche based on the character Malcolm Tucker who originally appeared in the BBC TV show The Thick of It Up in the Air Sheldon Turner and Jason Reitman based on the novel by Walter KirnBest Animated Feature Film Up Directed by Pete Docter Coraline Directed by Henry Selick Fantastic Mr Fox Directed by Wes Anderson The Princess and the Frog Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker The Secret of Kells Directed by Tomm Moore Best Foreign Language Film The Secret in Their Eyes Argentina in Spanish Directed by Juan Jose Campanella Ajami Israel in Arabic and Hebrew Directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani The Milk of Sorrow Peru in Spanish and Quechua Directed by Claudia Llosa A Prophet France in French Corsican and Arabic Directed by Jacques Audiard The White Ribbon Germany in German Directed by Michael HanekeBest Documentary Feature The Cove Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens Burma VJ Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense Moller Food Inc Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein The Most Dangerous Man in America Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith Which Way Home Rebecca Cammisa Best Documentary Short Subject Music by Prudence Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett China s Unnatural Disaster The Tears of Sichuan Province Jon Alpert and Matthew O Neill The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher The Last Truck Closing of a GM Plant Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert Rabbit a la Berlin Bartosz Konopka and Anna WydraBest Live Action Short Film The New Tenants Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson The Door Juanita Wilson and James Flynn Instead of Abracadabra Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom Kavi Gregg Helvey Miracle Fish Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey Best Animated Short Film Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin French Roast Fabrice O Joubert Granny O Grimm s Sleeping Beauty Nicky Phelan and Darragh O Connell The Lady and the Reaper Javier Recio Gracia A Matter of Loaf and Death Nick ParkBest Original Score Up Michael Giacchino Avatar James Horner Fantastic Mr Fox Alexandre Desplat The Hurt Locker Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders Sherlock Holmes Hans Zimmer Best Original Song The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett Almost There from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman Loin de Paname from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyrics by Frank Thomas Take it All from Nine Music and Lyrics by Maury YestonBest Sound Editing The Hurt Locker Paul N J Ottosson Avatar Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle Inglourious Basterds Wylie Stateman Star Trek Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin Up Michael Silvers and Tom Myers Best Sound Mixing The Hurt Locker Paul N J Ottosson and Ray Beckett Avatar Christopher Boyes Gary Summers Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson 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 PattersonBest 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 Best 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 BergerBest Makeup Star Trek Barney Burman Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow Il Divo Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano The Young Victoria Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore Best Costume Design The Young Victoria Sandy Powell Bright Star Janet Patterson Coco Before Chanel Catherine Leterrier The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Monique Prudhomme Nine Colleen AtwoodBest Film Editing The Hurt Locker Bob Murawski and Chris Innis Avatar Stephen E Rivkin John Refoua and James Cameron District 9 Julian Clarke Inglourious Basterds Sally Menke Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Joe Klotz Best 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 DaltonHonorary Academy Awards edit The Academy held its 1st Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 14 2009 during which the following awards were presented 21 22 23 Academy Honorary Award edit Lauren Bacall In recognition of her central place in the golden age of motion pictures Roger Corman For his rich engendering of films and filmmakers Gordon Willis For unsurpassed mastery of light shadow color and motion Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award edit John CalleyFilms with multiple nominations and awards edit The following 22 films received multiple nominations Nominations Film9 AvatarThe Hurt Locker8 Inglourious Basterds6 Precious Based on the Novel Push by SapphireUp in the Air5 Up4 District 9NineStar Trek3 An EducationCrazy HeartThe Princess and the FrogThe Young Victoria2 The Blind SideFantastic Mr FoxInvictusThe Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusThe Last StationThe MessengerA Serious ManSherlock HolmesThe White Ribbon The following five films received multiple awards Awards Film6 The Hurt Locker3 Avatar2 Crazy HeartPrecious Based on the Novel Push by SapphireUpPresenters and performers editThe following individuals listed in order of appearance presented awards or performed musical numbers 24 Presenters edit Name s RoleGina Tuttle Announcer for the 82nd annual Academy AwardsPenelope Cruz Presenter of the award for Best Supporting ActorRyan Reynolds Presenter of the film The Blind Side on the Best Picture segmentSteve Carell Cameron Diaz Presenters of the award for Best Animated Feature FilmMiley Cyrus Amanda Seyfried Presenters of the award for Best Original SongChris Pine Presenter of the film District 9 on the Best Picture segmentRobert Downey Jr Tina Fey Presenters of the award for Best Original ScreenplayMatthew Broderick Jon CryerMacaulay CulkinAnthony Michael HallJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldAlly Sheedy Presenters of the tribute to John HughesSamuel L Jackson Presenter of the film Up on the Best Picture segmentCarey Mulligan Zoe Saldana Presenters of the awards for Best Animated Short Film Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Live Action Short FilmBen Stiller Presenter of the award for Best MakeupJeff Bridges Presenter of the film A Serious Man on the Best Picture segmentJake Gyllenhaal Rachel McAdams Presenters of the award for Best Adapted ScreenplayQueen Latifah Presenter of the segment of the Honorary Academy Awards and the Irving G Thalberg Memorial AwardRobin Williams Presenter of the award for Best Supporting ActressColin Firth Presenter of the film An Education on the Best Picture segmentSigourney Weaver Presenter of the award for Best Art DirectionTom Ford Sarah Jessica Parker Presenters of the award for Best Costume DesignCharlize Theron Presenter of the film Precious on the Best Picture segmentTaylor Lautner Kristen Stewart Presenters of the horror films tribute montageZac Efron Anna Kendrick Presenters of the awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound MixingElizabeth Banks Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E Sawyer AwardJohn Travolta Presenter of the film Inglourious Basterds on the Best Picture segmentSandra Bullock Presenter of the award for Best CinematographyDemi Moore Presenter of In Memoriam tributeJennifer Lopez Sam Worthington Introducers of the special dance number to the tune of the Best Original Score nominees and presenters of the award for Best Original ScoreGerard Butler Bradley Cooper Presenters of the award for Best Visual EffectsJason Bateman Presenter of the film Up in the Air on the Best Picture segmentMatt Damon Presenter of the award for Best Documentary FeatureTyler Perry Presenter of the award for Best Film EditingKeanu Reeves Presenter of the film The Hurt Locker on the Best Picture segmentPedro Almodovar Quentin Tarantino Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language FilmKathy Bates Presenter of the film Avatar on the Best Picture segmentVera Farmiga Colin FarrellJulianne MooreMichelle PfeifferTim RobbinsKate Winslet Presenters of the award for Best ActorSean Penn Peter SarsgaardMichael SheenStanley TucciForest WhitakerOprah Winfrey Presenters of the award for Best ActressBarbra Streisand Presenter of the award for Best DirectorTom Hanks Presenter of the award for Best PicturePerformers edit Name s Role PerformedMarc Shaiman Harold Wheeler Musical arrangers OrchestralNeil Patrick Harris Performer Opening numberJames Taylor Performer In My Life during the annual In Memoriam tributeLegion of Extraordinary Dancers Performers Performed dance number synchronized with selections from Best Original Score nomineesCeremony information edit nbsp nbsp Alec Baldwin left and Steve Martin right co hosted the 82nd Academy Awards Because of the declining viewership of recent Academy Awards ceremonies the Academy sought ideas to revamp the show while renewing interest with the nominated films After the previous year s telecast which saw a 13 increase in viewership many within the Motion Picture Academy proposed new ways to give the awards a more populist appeal AMPAS then president Sid Ganis announced that the ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees rather than traditional five The expansion was a throwback to the Academy s early years in the 1930s and 1940s when eight to twelve films were nominated 25 Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize Sid Ganis said in a press conference 9 I can t wait to see what that list of ten looks like when the nominees are announced in February 9 Ganis also said that became difficult to get a clear winner A cause of this was required a change in the voting system from first past the post to alternative vote 26 Choreographer Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic were hired as producers for the ceremony Shankman revealed in an interview on NPR s Fresh Air that he and Mechanic had originally chosen Sacha Baron Cohen as the host but the Academy rejected this proposal because Baron Cohen was too much of a wild card 27 Many of the previous year s well received elements returned Five actors with a personal connection with each of the nominees presented the Best Actor and Best Actress awards Shankman and Mechanic announced their intention to make the running time of the telecast shorter 28 Most presenters this year introduced each winner with the phrase And the winner is rather than And the Oscar goes to for the first time since 1988 The Academy gave no reason for the change to a phrase which it had once felt humiliating to the other nominees but apparently acquiesced in Shankman and Mechanic s decision to return to the older phrase 29 David Rockwell s proscenium curtain decorated with 100 000 Swarovski crystals was reused as part of the stage design for this year s telecast 30 Unlike most Oscar ceremonies however Mechanic and Shankman announced that none of the five songs nominated for Best Original Song would be performed live 31 Box office performance of nominated films edit For the first time since 2003 the field of major nominees included at least one blockbuster at the American and Canadian box offices Five of the nominees had grossed over 100 million before the nominations were announced 32 Many critics reporters and entertainment industry analysts cite the AMPAS s decision to expand the roster of Best Picture nominees from five to ten films as one of the reasons for this 32 33 Three of the ten Best Picture nominees were among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations At the time of the announcement on February 2 Avatar was the highest grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with 596 million in domestic box office receipts 32 Other top ten domestic box office hits nominated were Up with 293 million and The Blind Side with 237 9 million 32 Among the remaining seven nominees Inglourious Basterds was the next highest grossing film with 120 5 million followed by District 9 115 6 million Up in the Air 73 million Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire 45 million The Hurt Locker 12 million An Education 9 4 million and finally A Serious Man 9 2 million 34 Of the top 50 grossing films of the year 46 nominations went to 13 films on the list Only Avatar 1st Up 5th The Blind Side 8th Inglourious Basterds 25th District 9 27th The Princess and the Frog 32nd Julie amp Julia 34th Coraline 42nd and Up in the Air 43rd were nominated for directing acting screenwriting Best Picture or Animated Feature 35 The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 2nd Transformers Revenge of the Fallen 3rd Star Trek 7th and Sherlock Holmes 11th 35 Oscar advertising and viewership issues edit On March 1 2010 WABC TV New York ABC s flagship station announced that it would likely end its services with cable television company Cablevision on March 7 2010 36 the weekend of the 82nd Academy Awards The station was removed from Cablevision s lineup at 12 01 a m ET on March 7 37 38 39 Over 3 1 million viewers in the New York City viewing area the nation s largest media market would have been unable to watch the Oscars and other station related and ABC related programming and it was projected to cause a devastating blow to advertisers and viewership for the Oscars 40 At about 8 43 p m ET thirteen minutes after the awards ceremony began Cablevision resumed transmission of the WABC feed 38 41 42 Music by Prudence acceptance speech edit Shortly after Music by Prudence director Roger Ross Williams began his speech accepting the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject he was suddenly interrupted by Elinor Burkett his co producer The scene was described as the ceremony s weirdest or most awkward moment and was compared by Williams and others to Kanye West s interruption of Taylor Swift s acceptance of the Best Female Video Award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards five months earlier 43 Burkett who lives in Zimbabwe where most of the film was shot had sued Williams over the finished film a suit that had been settled by the time of the ceremony She explained to Salon com to which she was once a contributor that the film had been her idea Roger had never even heard of Zimbabwe before I told him about this She had been upset that Williams and HBO chose to focus on one person instead of the entire band as the members had been led to believe I felt my role in this has been denigrated again and again and it wasn t going to happen this time She hustled onstage because she claimed Williams mother had blocked her from going down with her cane to prevent her from sharing the stage 44 She just ambushed me said Williams I just expected her to stand there I had a speech prepared He said it was made clear by the Academy that only one person can give an acceptance speech He said his mother had merely gotten up to hug him 44 Critical reviews edit The show received a mixed reception from media publications Some media outlets were more critical of the show Film critic Roger Ebert criticized the opening monologue of Baldwin and Martin saying it was surprisingly unfunny He later went on to say that there was joy that The Hurt Locker won but choice of Baldwin and Martin as host was wrong 45 Los Angeles Times columnist Mary McNamara quipped that the show had no sense of timing saying Despite everyone s best efforts this year s Oscars seemed to suffer from a crisis of confidence 46 Time television critic James Poniewozik also criticized the choppy paced ceremony stating it was a classic Oscar failing He also noted that having two hosts was a disadvantage 47 Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively The Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert lauded the hosts performance saying that The delivery was expert and warmly conversational like one of those old school comedy teams 48 Hank Stuever of The Washington Post remarked that the telecast moved along with precision and smart decisions He also praised Baldwin and Martin writing that they proved to be classy and quippy throughout the night 49 Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune gave an average critique of the ceremony but acclaimed the cast 50 Ratings and reception edit The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 41 62 million people over its length which was a 13 increase from the previous year s ceremony 6 An estimated 79 68 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards 51 The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the two previous ceremonies with 24 89 of households watching over a 36 69 share 52 In addition the program scored a higher 18 49 demo rating with a 12 71 rating over a 31 51 share among viewers in that demographic 53 It was the highest viewership for an Academy Award telecast since the 77th ceremony held in 2005 54 55 In July 2010 the ceremony presentation received 12 nominations at the 62nd Primetime Emmys 56 The following month the ceremony won one of those nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety Music or Nonfiction Programming David Rockwell and Joe Celli 57 In Memoriam editThe annual In Memoriam tribute produced by Chuck Workman 58 was presented by actress Demi Moore Singer James Taylor performed The Beatles song In My Life during the tribute 59 Patrick Swayze Actor Maurice Jarre Composer Monte Hale Actor Jean Simmons Actress Tullio Pinelli Writer Eric Rohmer Director Ken Annakin Director David Carradine Actor Gareth Wigan Executive Daniel Melnick Producer Howard Zieff Director Dom DeLuise Actor Army Archerd Journalist Ron Silver Actor Brittany Murphy Actress Lou Jacobi Actor Simon Channing Williams Producer Betsy Blair Actress Joseph Wiseman Actor Jack Cardiff Cinematographer Kathryn Grayson Actress Arthur Canton Public relations Nat Boxer Sound Millard Kaufman Writer Roy E Disney Executive Larry Gelbart Writer Horton Foote Writer Robert Woodruff Anderson Writer Budd Schulberg Writer Michael Jackson Musician Natasha Richardson Actress Jennifer Jones Actress David Brown Producer Karl Malden Actor A separate tribute was held 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