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It's that time of year again!

Oscar nominations were released today! See which of your favorite movies/people were nominated, and tell us if you disagree with any of them. Are there any snubs?

We here at Movie-Thoughts are soon going to be starting a continuing piece dissecting these nominations one category at a time, so be sure to check back regularly!

The 82nd Academy Awards will be aired on March 7th, and will be hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

Best picture
“Avatar”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

Best actor
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

Best actress
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Best supporting actor
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best supporting actress
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious ”

Best director
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”

Best foreign-language film
“Ajami” Israel
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
“The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
“Un Prophete” France
“The White Ribbon” Germany

Best adapted screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, “District 9″
Nick Hornby, “An Education”
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, “In the Loop”
Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious”
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”

Best original screenplay
Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, “The Messenger”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man”
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, “Up”

Best animated feature film
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Secret of Kells”
“Up”

Best art direction
“Avatar”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine” “Sherlock Holmes”
“The Young Victoria”

Best cinematography
“Avatar”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The White Ribbon”

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

Best sound editing
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Up”

Best 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

Best 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,” Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine,” Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart,” Ryan Bingham and T Bone       Burnett

Best costume design
“Bright Star”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“The Young Victoria”

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
“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 a la Berlin”

Best film editing
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”

Best makeup
“Il Divo”
“Star Trek”
“The Young Victoria”

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”

Best visual effects
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“Star Trek”

A R Rahman, winner of Best Original Song 2009 for "Jai Ho," from "Slumdog Millionaire"

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released their list of all 63 songs eligible for nomination for the Best Original Song Oscar at the upcoming 82nd Academy Awards.

The voters will rate each song on a point basis, with an 8.25 rating needed for a song to be nominated. If no songs receive that high of a rating, the category is scrapped for the year. If only one song receives an 8.25 or higher, it and the runner up will be the only nominations. Up to 5 songs can become final nominees.

The list of all songs eligible for nomination are as follows:

“All Is Love” from Where the Wild Things Are
“Almost Over You” from My One and Only
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog
“AyAyAyAy” from The Maid
“Back to Tennessee” from Hannah Montana the Movie
“Being Bad” from Duplicity
“Blanco” from Fast & Furious
“Brothers in Arms” from Brothers at War
“Butterfly Fly Away” from Hannah Montana the Movie
“Cinema Italiano” from Nine
“Colorblind” from Invictus
“Depression Era” from That Evening Sun
“Don’t Walk Away” from Hannah Montana the Movie
“Dove of Peace” from Bruno
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog
“Fly Farm Blues” from It Might Get Loud
“Forget Me” from I Love You, Beth Cooper
“God Bless Us Everyone” from Disney’s A Christmas Carol
“Here” from Shrink
“Hideaway” from Where the Wild Things Are
“Hoedown Throwdown” from Hannah Montana the Movie
“I Bring What I Love” from Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love
“I See You” from Avatar
“(I Want to) Come Home” from Everybody’s Fine
“If You’re Wondering” from The Lightkeepers
“Impossible Fantasy” from Adventures of Power
“Innocent Child” from Skin
“Invictus 9,000 Days” from Invictus
“Legendary” from Tyson
“Let Freedom Reign” from Skin
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36
“Ma Belle Evangeline” from The Princess and the Frog
“My One and Only” from My One and Only
“Na Na” from Couples Retreat
“Never Knew I Needed” from The Princess and the Frog
“New Divide” from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
“New Jersey Nights” from Adventures of Power
“New York Is Where I Live” from Did You Hear about the Morgans?
“No Time for Love” from Simon & Malou
“One Day” from Post Grad
“Only You” from The Young Victoria
“Other Father Song” from Coraline
“Petey’s Song” from Fantastic Mr. Fox
“Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” from Ponyo
“Possibility” from The Twilight Saga: New Moon
“Raining Sunshine” from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
“Running Out of Empty (Make Ourselves at Home)” from Lymelife
“Smoke without Fire” from An Education
“Somebody Else” from Crazy Heart
“Stu’s Song” from The Hangover
“Take It All” from Nine
“Through the Trees” from Jennifer’s Body
“Trust Me” from The Informant!
“Un Bouquet des Violettes” from New York, I Love You
“We Are the Children of the World” from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
“We Love Violence” from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart
“When You Find Me” from Adam
“Winter” from Brothers
“The Word Is Love” from Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
“You Got Me Wrapped around Your Little Finger” from An Education
“You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” from Hannah Montana the Movie
“You’ve Been a Friend to Me” from Old Dogs

Hannah Montana The Movie and The Princess and the Frog have the highest number of eligible songs. Official nominations for all categories will be released February 2nd.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Short Take: Impressive for many reasons, but perhaps no better reason than because it's NEW

Directors: Ron Clements (Aladdin), John Musker (Aladdin)

Writers: Ron Clements, Jason Oremland, and John Musker (story), Ron Clements, John Musker, and Rob Edwards (Treasure Planet) (screenplay)

Cast: Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls), Bruno Campos, Keith David (Coraline), Jim Cummings (Bee Movie)

Length: 1h 37m

Synopsis: Tiana (Rose) is a hard-working lower class girl who is trying as hard as she can to save up enough money to open up her own restaurant, which was both her and her father’s life long dream. One day, while wishing upon a star for help in achieving this, she comes across a frog who calls himself a prince (Campos). He claims that he’s only a frog because an evil voodoo magician turned him into one, and that a kiss would set everything right again. As it turns out, the solution to their problems is not so simple. Read the rest of this entry »

Pixar's "Up" is this year's front runner for Best Animated Picture

This year, because the number of films submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reached at least 16, there will potentially be 5 final nominees for Best Animated Picture for the 82nd Academy Awards. The academy has not yet viewed all 20, and so nothing is set in stone, but the odds that five or more films will be disqualified (lowering the number of nominees down to 3) are thought to be minimal.

The 20 submitted features are:

• “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”
• “Astro Boy”
• “Battle for Terra”
• “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
• “Coraline”
• “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
• “The Dolphin – Story of a Dreamer”
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”
• “Mary and Max”
• “The Missing Lynx”
• “Monsters vs. Aliens”
• “9”
• “Planet 51”
• “Ponyo”
• “The Princess and the Frog”
• “The Secret of Kells”
• “Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure”
• “A Town Called Panic”
• “Up”

Two records have been made, with 6 submissions being made in 3-D and 4 films being shot in stop-motion.

The last day for a film to be submitted for nomination is next Monday, which also means that all films in the list above have until then to have their L.A. qualifying run.

All Academy Awards nominations will be released Feb. 2nd, with the awards show on March 7th.

Source: Variety