2010 Academy Award nominations announced. Actress Anne Hathaway, a member of the Academy, announced the nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards this morning at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The nominees for 'Best Picture' include: "Avatar", "The Blind Side", "District 9", "An Education", "The Hurt Locker", "Inglorious Basterds", "Precious", "A Serious Man", "Up" and "Up In the Air".

I'm not exactly sure how the new system is going to work out. I mean, that's a lot of great movies to select just one 'Best Picture' from. Not to mention it's a shame the system wasn't put into effect last year when "The Dark Knight" was snubbed from a nomination.

Read on for the rest of the nominations.

Best Director
James Cameron - "Avatar"
Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"
Lee Daniels - "Precious"
Jason Reitman - "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 and 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 Animated Feature Film
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"
"Up"

Best Foreign Film
"Ajami"
"El Secreto De Sus Ojos"
"The Milk of Sorrow"
"Un Prophete"
"The White Ribbon"

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal - "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - "A Serious Man"
Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman - "The Messenger"
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter - "Up"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell - "Disctrict 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"


The 82nd annual Academy Awards, to be co-hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, take place Sunday, March 7, and will air live on ABC starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. For more info check out Oscars.org