The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. You can find the full list here. This year is different in that the Academy has expanded the number of Best Picture nominees to ten, including:
- Avatar
- The Blind Side
- District 9
- An Education
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglorious Basterds
- Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
- A Serious Man
- Up
- Up in the Air
The nominations for the Razzie Awards have also been announced. You can find the full list here. The Worst Picture nominees include:
- All About Steve
- GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Land of the Lost
- Old Dogs
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Razzies include a few special categories this year for worsts of the decade. Nominees for Worst Film of the Decade include:
- Battlefield Earth
- Freddy Got Fingered
- Gigli
- I Know Who Killed Me
- Swept Away
The “winners” of the Razzies will be announced on March 6th and the winners of the Academy Awards will be announced on March 7th.