'Avatar,' 'Education,' 'Hurt Locker lead BAFTA nominations (HWT)
By Nancy Tartaglione
Nominees for the UK equivalent to the Oscars - the BAFTAs - have been announced with three films taking eight nominations: "Avatar," "An Education" and "The Hurt Locker." "District 9" has seven and "Up In The Air" and "Inglourious Basterds" each garnered six.
Nominees in the major categories follow:
BEST FILM
"Avatar"
"An Education"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire"
"Up In The Air"
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
"An Education"
"Fish Tank"
"In The Loop"
"Moon"
"Nowhere Boy"
DIRECTOR
James Cameron - "Avatar"
Neill Blomkamp - "District 9"
Lone Scherfig - "An Education"
Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Jon Lucas, Scott Moore - "The Hangover"
Mark Boal - "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - "A Serious Man"
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter - "Up"
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - "District 9"
Nick Hornby - "An Education"
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche - "In The Loop"
Geoffrey Fletcher - "Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - "Up In The Air"
ANIMATED FILM
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr Fox"
"Up"
LEADING ACTOR
Jeff Bridges - "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney - "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth - "A Single Man"
Jeremy Renner - "The Hurt Locker"
Andy Serkis - "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"
LEADING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan - "An Education"
Saoirse Ronan - "The Lovely Bones"
Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"
Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia"
Audrey Tautou - "Coco Before Chanel"
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin - "It's Complicated"
Christian McKay - "Me and Orson Welles"
Alfred Molina - "An Education"
Stanley Tucci - "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz - "Inglourious Basterds"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne-Marie Duff - "Nowhere Boy"
Vera Farmiga - "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick - "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique - "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"
Kristin Scott-Thomas - "Nowhere Boy"
The awards will be handed out on February 21 in London.
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