A round-up of the nominees
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
George Clooney for Up in the Air
Colin Firth for A Single Man
Morgan Freeman for Invictus
Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Helen Mirren for The Last Station
Carey Mulligan for An Education
Gabourey Sidibe for Precious
Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
James Cameron for Avatar
Lee Daniels for Precious:
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
BEST FILM
Avatar: James Cameron, Jon Landau
The Blind Side
District 9: Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham
An Education: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds: Lawrence Bender
Precious: Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
A Serious Man:Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up: Jonas Rivera
Up in the Air: Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline: Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr Fox: Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog: John Musker, Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells: Tomm Moore
Up: Pete Docter
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Ajami(Israel)
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte(Germany)
El secreto de sus ojos(Argentina)
Un prophète(France)
La teta asustada(Peru)