2011 Academy Award Nominations ® 1 :: Picture l Black Swan l The Fighter l Inception l The Kids Are All Right l The King’s Speech l 127 Hours l The Social Network l Toy Story 3 l True Grit l Winter’s Bone 8 :: Writing (Adapted Screenplay) l 127 Hours / Screenplay by Danny Boyle 2 :: Actor in a Leading Role l Javier Bardem / Biutiful l Jeff Bridges / True Grit l Jesse Eisenberg / The Social Network l Colin Firth / The King’s Speech l James Franco / 127 Hours 9 :: Writing (Original Screenplay) l Another Year / Written by Mike Leigh l The Fighter / Screenplay by Scott Silver and 3 :: Actor in a Supporting Role l Christian Bale / The Fighter l John Hawkes / Winter’s Bone l Jeremy Renner / The Town l Mark Ruffalo / The Kids Are All Right l Geoffrey Rush / The King’s Speech 4 :: Actress in a Leading Role l Annette Bening / The Kids Are All Right l Nicole Kidman / Rabbit Hole l Jennifer Lawrence / Winter’s Bone l Natalie Portman / Black Swan l Michelle Williams / Blue Valentine 5 :: Actress in a Supporting Role l Amy Adams / The Fighter l Helena Bonham Carter / The King’s Speech l Maggie Gyllenhaal / The Fighter l Hailee Steinfeld / True Grit l Jacki Weaver / Animal Kingdom 6 :: Directing l Black Swan / Darren Aronofsky l The Fighter / David O. Russell l The King’s Speech / Tom Hooper l The Social Network / David Fincher l True Grit / Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 7 :: Animated Feature Film l How to Train Your Dragon l The Illusionist l Toy Story 3 The Oscar® will go to… & Simon Beaufoy l The Social Network / Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin l Toy Story 3 / Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich l True Grit / Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen l Winter’s Bone / Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellinir Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson l Inception / Written by Christopher Nolan l The Kids Are All Right / Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg l The King’s Speech / Screenplay by David Seidler 10 :: Art Direction l Alice in Wonderland l Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 l Inception l The King’s Speech l True Grit 11 :: Costume Design l Alice in Wonderland / Colleen Atwood l I Am Love / Antonella Cannarozzi l The King’s Speech / Jenny Beavan l The Tempest / Sandy Powell l True Grit / Mary Zophres 12 :: Makeup l Barney’s Version l The Way Back l The Wolfman 13 :: Visual Effects l Alice in Wonderland l Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 l Hereafter l Inception l Iron Man 2 14 :: Cinematography l Black Swan / Matthew Libatique l Inception / Wally Pfister l The King’s Speech / Danny Cohen l The Social Network / Jeff Cronenweth l True Grit / Roger Deakins Provided by 15 :: Film Editing l Black Swan / Andrew Weisblum l The Fighter / Pamela Martin l The King’s Speech / Tariq Anwar l 127 Hours / Jon Harris l The Social Network / Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter 23 :: Sound Editing l Inception l Toy Story 3 l TRON: Legacy l True Grit l Unstoppable 16 :: Foreign Language Film l Biutiful / Mexicos l Dogtooth / Greece l In a Better World / Denmark l Incendies / Canada l Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) / Algeria 24 :: Sound Mixing l Inception l The King’s Speech l Salt l The Social Network l True Grit 17 :: Documentary (Feature) l Exit through the Gift Shop l Gasland l Inside Job l Restrepo l Waste Land 18 :: Documentary (Short Subject) l Killing in the Name l Poster Girl l Strangers No More l Sun Come Up l The Warriors of Qiugang 19 :: Short Film (Animated) l Day & Night l The Gruffalo l Let’s Pollute l The Lost Thing l Madagascar, a Journey Diary 20 :: Short Film (Live Action) l The Confession l The Crush l God of Love l Na Wewe l Wish 143 21 :: Music (Original Score) l How to Train Your Dragon l Inception l The King’s Speech l 127 Hours l The Social Network 22 :: Music (Original Song) l Coming Home / from Country Strong l I See the Light / from Tangled l If I Rise / from 127 Hours l We Belong Together / from Toy Story 3 Damn I’m good! Look at my score: of 24. Best picture looks to be a competitive category to watch. Three months ago, The Social Network was a slam dunk. Now The King’s Speech has become a contender. Let us know how you scored for 2011 – remember – you’re on the honor system. Three ZipPolls will be posted on the blog throughout the month. Check back often to catch up or vote! Provided by: For entertainment purposes only, probably more mine than yours.