Overall, this years awards went down as expected and were kind of bland. I kept hoping for an upset, but the biggest one I got was Geoffrey Fletcher winning Best Adapated Screeplay for Precious over Jason Reitman’s script for Up in the Air. It was cool seeing Kathryn Bigelow become the first woman to win in the directing category. Dito, as for seeing “The Dude” himself, Jeff Bridges, win for Crazy Heart. The Hurt Locker had a big night sweeping all the major awards including Best Picture. For me though the best part of the entire show was the cutting of the Best Original Song performances from the telecast. Here’s hoping that change is here to stay. See all the winners below in bold.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2010 Nominations

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”

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

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”

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

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

Achievement in art direction

*“Avatar”
*”The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
*”Nine”
*”Sherlock Holmes”
*”The Young Victoria”

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

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” Israel
*“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
*”The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
*”Un Prophète” France
*”The White Ribbon” Germany 

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” Randy Newman
*”Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Randy Newman
*”Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″ Frank Thomas
*”Take It All” from “Nine” Maury Yeston
*“The Weary Kind ” from “Crazy Heart” Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

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” 

Achievement in sound editing

*”Avatar”
*“The Hurt Locker”
*”Inglourious Basterds”
*”Star Trek”
*”Up”

Achievement in sound mixing

*”Avatar”
*“The Hurt Locker”
*”Inglourious Basterds”
*”Star Trek”
*”Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Achievement in visual effects

*“Avatar”
*”District 9″
*”Star Trek”