Friday, February 25

Academy Awards 2011

The 83rd Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the best films of 2010. The ceremony is scheduled to take place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. During the ceremony, AMPAS will present its annual Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony will be televised in the United States on ABC. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway will co-host the ceremony, marking the first time for each.

Nominations for the 2010 awards were announced on January 25, 2011. The King's Speech received the most nominations, twelve. True Grit followed with ten and then The Social Network and Inception, with eight each. Toy Story 3, the highest grossing film of 2010, became the third animated film to be nominated for Best Picture; it is also nominated for four other awards including Best Animated Feature.

Schedule

Schedule as of March 25, 2010
Date Event
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Governors Awards presentation
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Official Screen Credits forms due
Monday, December 27, 2010 Nominations ballots mailed
Friday, January 14, 2011 Nominations polls closed at 5:00 p.m. PST (01:00, 15 Jan. UTC) (8:00 p.m. EST)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Nominations announced at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) (8:38 a.m. EST) at Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Final ballots mailed
Monday, February 7, 2011 Nominees Luncheon
Saturday, February 12, 2011 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Final polls closed at 5:00 p.m. PST (01:00, 23 Feb. UTC) (8:00 p.m. EST)
Sunday, February 27, 2011 83rd Annual Academy Awards presentation

Academy Awards of Merit

The nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced on January 25, 2011, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of AMPAS, and Mo'Nique, winner of the 2009 Best Supporting Actress Oscar. For 2010, Academy Awards of Merit will be presented in 24 competitive categories.
Best Picture Best Director
127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Christian Colson
Black Swan – Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian Oliver
The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg
Inception – Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray
The King's Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin
The Social Network – Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin
Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson
True Grit – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Scott Rudin
Winter's Bone – Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – True Grit
David Fincher – The Social Network
Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Best Actor Best Actress
Javier Bardem – Biutiful as Uxbal
Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Rooster Cogburn
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
Colin Firth – The King's Speech as Prince Albert / King George VI
James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Nic
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund
John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop
Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul
Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon / Queen Elizabeth
Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Ward
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
Best Writing – Original Screenplay Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Another Year – Mike Leigh
The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson
Inception – Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech – David Seidler
127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy from Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin from The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich; characters based on Toy Story and Toy Story 2
True Grit – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen from True Grit by Charles Portis
Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Best Animated Feature Best Foreign Language Film
How to Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich
Biutiful (Mexico) in Spanish and English – Alejandro González Iñárritu
Dogtooth (Greece) in Greek – Yorgos Lanthimos
In a Better World (Denmark) in Danish, Swedish, and English – Susanne Bier
Incendies (Canada) in French and Arabic – Denis Villeneuve
Outside the Law (Algeria) in Arabic and French – Rachid Bouchareb
Best Documentary – Feature Best Documentary – Short Subject
Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Inside Job – Charles H. Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl – Sara Nesson
Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film
The Confession – Tanel Toom
The Crush – Michael Creagh
God of Love – Luke Matheny
Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 – Ian Barnes
Day & Night – Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo – Max Lang and Jakob Schuh
Let's Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan
Madagascar, a Journey Diary – Bastien Dubois
Best Original Score Best Original Song
127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
"Coming Home" from Country Strong – Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, and Troy Verges
"I See the Light" from Tangled – Alan Menken and Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, and Dido
"We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman
Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing
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
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
Best Art Direction Best Cinematography
Alice in Wonderland – Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Inception – Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King's Speech – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
True Grit – Art Direction: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
Inception – Wally Pfister
The King's Speech – Danny Cohen
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins
Best Makeup Best Costume Design
Barney's Version – Adrien Morot
The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood
I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan
The Tempest – Sandy Powell
True Grit – Mary Zophres
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
127 Hours – Jon Harris
Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter – Pamela Martin
The King's Speech – Tariq Anwar
The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – 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
[edit]Films with multiple nominations

The following 14 films received multiple nominations:
Twelve: The King's Speech
Ten: True Grit
Eight: Inception and The Social Network
Seven: The Fighter
Six: 127 Hours
Five: Black Swan and Toy Story 3
Four: The Kids Are All Right and Winter's Bone
Three: Alice in Wonderland
Two: Biutiful, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and How to Train Your Dragon

Honorary Academy Awards

The Academy held its 2nd Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 13, 2010, during which the following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Award
Kevin Brownlow
Jean-Luc Godard
Eli Wallach

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Francis Ford Coppola

Presenters

Presenters as of February 24, 2011
Amy Adams
Javier Bardem
Annette Bening
Halle Berry
Cate Blanchett
Russell Brand
Jeff Bridges
Josh Brolin
Sandra Bullock
Robert Downey, Jr.
Tom Hanks
Hugh Jackman
Scarlett Johansson
Nicole Kidman
Mila Kunis
Jude Law
Matthew McConaughey
Helen Mirren
Hilary Swank
Marisa Tomei
Oprah Winfrey
Reese Witherspoon

Performers

Performers as of February 24, 2011
Zachary Levi
Alan Menken
Mandy Moore
Randy Newman
Gwyneth Paltrow
A. R. Rahman
William Ross
Florence Welch

Red Carpet hosts

Tim Gunn
Maria Menounos
Robin Roberts
Krista Smith

Ceremony information

Opting for a younger face for the ceremony, producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer chose James Franco and Anne Hathaway as co-hosts for the ceremony. Franco's nomination for Best Actor marks the first time since 1973 that an actor or actress has hosted the award ceremony in the same year that he or she was nominated for an acting award. At the 45th Academy Awards, Michael Caine co-hosted the ceremony and was nominated for Best Actor in Sleuth. The last host to win an acting award was David Niven, who won the Oscar for Best Actor in Separate Tables at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959.

Voting trends and summary
For the second consecutive year, the field of major nominees included at least one blockbuster at the American and Canadian box offices. However, only three of the nominees had grossed over $100 million before the nominations were announced, compared with five from the previous year.  The combined gross of the ten Best Picture nominees when the Oscars were announced was $1.2 billion, the second-highest ever behind 2009. The average gross was $119.3 million.
Two of the ten Best Picture nominees were among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations. At the time of the announcement of nominations on January 25, Toy Story 3 was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $414.9 million in domestic box office receipts.The only other top ten box office hit to receive a nomination was Inception which earned $292.5 million. Among the remaining eight nominees, True Grit was the next-highest-grossing film with $137.9 million followed by The Social Network ($95.4 million), Black Swan $83.2 million, The Fighter ($72.6 million), The King's Speech ($57.3 million), The Kids Are All Right ($20.8 million), 127 Hours ($11.2 million), and finally Winter's Bone ($6.2 million).
Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 55 nominations went to 15 films on the list. Only Toy Story 3 (1st), Inception (5th), How to Train Your Dragon (9th), True Grit (17th), The Social Network (29th), The Town (32nd), Black Swan (38th), and The Fighter (45th) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, Best Picture or Animated Feature. The other top-50 box office hits that earned nominations were Alice in Wonderland (2nd), Iron Man 2 (3rd), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (6th), Tangled (10th), Tron: Legacy (12th), Salt (21st), and Unstoppable (39th)


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