By David Gordon, News Editor

The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced by the actress Anne Hathaway and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak on February 2 at 8:30 a.m. EST. In the lead are “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” with 9 nominations. “Inglourious Basterds” is up for 8.

Best Picture – Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air

Actress – Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, Meryl Streep

Actor – Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner

Featured Actress – Penelope Cruz, Vera Farmiga, Maggie Gyllenhall, Anna Kendrick, Mo’nique

Featured Actor – Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Plummer, Stanley Tucci, Christoph Waltz

Directing – James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino, Lee Daniels, Jason Reitman

Original Screenplay – The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, The Messenger, A Serious Man, Up

Adapted Screenplay – District 9, An Education, In the Loop, Precious, Up in the Air

Best Animated Feature – Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells, Up 

Art Direction – Avatar, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Nine, Sherlock Holmes, The Young Victoria

Cinematography – Avatar, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, The White Ribbon

Costume Design – Bright Star, Coco Before Chanel, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Nine, The Young Victoria

Documentary Feature – Burma VJ, The Cove, Food, Inc. The Most Dangerous Man in America, Which Way Home

Documentary Short Subject – China’s Unnatural Disaster, The Last Campaign, of Governor Booth Gardner, The Last Truck, Music by Prudence, Rabbit a la Berlin

Film Editing – Avatar, District 9, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious

Foreign Language Film – Ajami, El Secreto de Sus Ojos, The Milk of Sorrow, Un Prophete, The White Ribbon

Make Up – Il Divo, Star Trek, The Young Victoria

Music (Original Score) – Avatar, Fantastic Mr. Fox, the Hurt Locker, Sherlock Holmes, Up

Music (Original Song) – Almost There (“The Princess and the Frog”), Down in New Orleans (“The Princess and the Frog”), Loin de Paname (“Paris 36”), Take it All (“Nine”), The Weary Kind (“Crazy Heart”)

Short Film (Animated) – French Roast, Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, The Lady and the Reaper, Logorama, A Matter of Life and Death

Short Film (Live Action) – The Door, Instead of Abracadabra, Kavi, Miracle Fish, The New Tenants

Sound Editing – Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Star Trek, Up

Sound Mixing – Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Star Trek, Transformers 

Visual Effects – Avatar, District 9, Star Trek

The ceremony will air March 7 at 8 p.m. on ABC.