And The Nominees Are...

Despite it being stupidly early in the morning in Los Angeles, the fine folks at The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences have wiped the sleep our of their bleary eyes, put on their best power suit and stepped up to the podium to announce the runners and riders for this year's Oscar ceremony.

Presented by Academy president Tom Sherak and 2008 Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway, the nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were finally revealed after an interminable wait and unfortunately yielded very few surprises.

As predicted by every other awards ceremony this year, Up In The Air, Avatar and Precious gained numerous nods, with the former being nominated for Best Picture, Director, Actor and Supporting Actress (for both Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick).

Avatar unsurprisingly got nods for Best Picture and Best Director amongst others, while the critically lauded Precious was tagged for Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique), Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe), Best Director (Lee Daniels) and Best Picture.

There were a couple of nice surprises in there though. We're hoping that Jeremy Renner gets the Best Actor gold for his awesome turn in The Hurt Locker and the writing team behind In The Loop grab the Best Adapted Screenplay gong.

Check out the nominees here...

Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Director
James Cameron - Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock - The Blindside
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz - Nine
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Best Animated Feature
Pixar's Up - Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
The Princess and the Frog - Ron Clements and John Musker
Coraline - Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson
The Secret of Kells

Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell - District 9
Nick Hornby - An Education Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and Tony Roche - In The Loop

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

Best Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes

Best Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Best Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Which Way Home

Best Documentary Short
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears Of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign Of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of A GM Plant
Rabbit à la Berlin

Best Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds

Best Foreign Language Film
Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani - Ajami (Israel)
Jacques Audiard - A Prophet (France)
Juan José Campanella - The Secret of Her Eyes (Argentina)
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon (Germany)
Claudia Llosa - La Teta Asustada (Peru)

Best Live Action Short Film
Juanita Wilson and James Flynn - The Door
Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström - Istället för abrakadabra
Gregg Helvey - Kavi
Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey - Miracle Fish
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson - The New Tenants

Best Makeup
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano - Il Divo
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow - Star Trek
Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore - The Young Victoria

Best Original Score
James Horner - Avatar
Alexandre Desplat - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders - The Hurt Locker
Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes
Michael Giacchino - Up!

Best Original Song
Randy Newman - Almost There - The Princess and the Frog
Randy Newman - Down in New Orleans - The Princess and the Frog
Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas - Loin de Paname - Paris 36
Maury Yeston - Take It All - Nine
Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) - Crazy Heart

Best Sound Editing
Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle - Avatar
Paul N.J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker
Wylie Stateman - Inglourious Basterds
Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin - Star Trek
Michael Silvers and Tom Myers - Up!

Best Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones - Avatar
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken - District 9
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton - Star Trek

Best Animated Short Film
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Logoramam
The Lady And The Reaper
A Matter of Loaf And Death