Oscar Nods

This morning the Oscar Nominations were announced by Monique, who deservingly won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Precious last year. There were no surprises or people of color in the major Academy Award nominations. I would have liked to see Kimberly Elise nominated for her amazing performance in For Colored Girls even though the movie was horrible. However, I sincerely say congratulations to all the nominees. I 've seen most of the films already (the ones I've underlined). My favs so far are Black Swan and The Kids Are Alright. I'll see all of the nominated films, performances and screenplays so that when I half-heartedly watch the show, I'll have an educated opinion:)  What do you think of this year's nominations? Check them out after the jump.

BEST PICTURE

• Black Swan

• The Fighter

• Inception

• The Kids are All Right

• Toy Story 3

• The King’s Speech

• The Social Network

• True Grit

• Winter’s Bone

• 127 Hours

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

• Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

• James Franco, 127 Hours

• Jeff Bridges, True Grit

• Javier Bardem, Biutiful

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right

• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone

• Natalie Portman, Black Swan

• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Christian Bale, The Fighter

• Mark Ruffalo, The Kids are All Right

• John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone

• Jeremy Renner, The Town

• Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Amy Adams, The Fighter

• Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech

• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
• Melissa Leo, The Fighter

• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR

• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

• David Fincher, The Social Network

• Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit

• David O. Russell, The Fighter

ANIMATED FILM

• How to Train Your Dragon

• The Illusionist

• Toy Story 3

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Mike Leigh, Another Year

• Scott Silver, Paul Tamasay, Eric Johnson, The Fighter

• Christopher Nolan, Inception

• Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids are All Right

• David Seidler, The King’s Speech

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufroy, 127 Hours

• Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

• Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, True Grit

• Debra Granik and Anne Rosselini, Winter’s Bone

• John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt, Toy Story 3

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Biutiful, Mexico

• Dogtooth, Greece

• Incendies, Canada

• Outside the Law, Algeria

• In a Better World, Denmark