OSCAR NOMINATION TRIVIA

"Up" is only the second animated feature film to receive an Oscar nomination for best picture. "Beauty and the Beast" was the first, nominated in 1991.

Meryl Streep remains Oscar's most nominated performer, with this year's best-actress nod for portraying Julia Child in "Julie & Julia" bringing her total to 16. That's four ahead of Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson, who have 12 nominations apiece. But Hepburn, who died in 2003, still leads Oscar winners with four statuettes. Nicholson has three and Streep has two.

"The White Ribbon" becomes only the ninth predominantly black-and-white movie to be nominated for a best cinematography Oscar since the Academy eliminated the separate black-and-white cinematography category in 1967. It joins "The Man Who Wasn't There" and "Good Night, and Good Luck" as the only ones since 2000.

By the time Sandra Bullock learns whether she's won a best actress Oscar for her role in "The Blind Side," she'll also know whether she has received a Razzie for worst actress in another movie this year, "All About Steve." But whether she receives two trophies or one or none, Bullock can take solace in the fact her best and worst reviews didn't come for the same film, something that is unusual but not unprecedented. James Coco was nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie for his role in 1981's "Only When I Laugh" and so was Amy Irving for her part in 1983's "Yentl."

The expansion of the best picture nominee category to 10 films was seen as a way to get more mainstream movies popular with the general public into the running. By a sheer dollars-and-sense definition, the move appears to have been a success. Last year's five best picture nominees had grossed $185 million at the domestic box office by the time their nominations were announced. This year's 10 nominees have raked in $1.5 billion. Of course nearly $600 million of that comes from the blockbuster "Avatar." But four other nominees have also cracked the $100 million earnings mark. Of last year's five nominees, only one film did, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

AND THE NOMINEES ARE . . .

Best Picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
District 9
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
An Education

Best Actor

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

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

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 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, Inglorious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Best Animated Feature Film

Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
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