1The 82nd Annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood to pay tribute to the best films of the year alongside the actors and actresses.

It was a spectacular evening with stars such as Robert Duvall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Morgan Freeman, and Sean Penn, to name a few.

There were several movies competing for that special Oscar statuette, but some movies were expected to do better than others. This year’s ceremony was hosted by award-winning television, and film actor Alec Baldwin and actor, comedian and producer Steve Martin.

Check out Oscar Awards 2010 Red Carpet Photos & Nominations list below:

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Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” was the winner of the night with nine nominees and six wins including Best Picture and Best Screenplay. It was also a historical night for Bigelow who became the first woman in history to receive an Oscar for Best Director. James Cameron’s “Avatar,” one of the highest-grossing films of all time, was nominated in nine categories and won three Oscars for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects.

Academy Awards 2010 Nominees and Winners – Complete List

BEST PICTURE

* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* An Education
* The Hurt Locker****WINNER
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious
* A Serious Man
* Up
* Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTOR

* James Cameron – Avatar
* Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker****WINNER
* Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
* Lee Daniels – Precious
* Jason Reitman – Up in the Air

BEST ACTOR

* Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart****WINNER
* 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****WINNER
* Helen Mirren – The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan – An Education
* Gabourey Sibide – Precious
* Meryl Streep – Julie & 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****WINNER

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****WINNER

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

* Marc Boal – The Hurt Locker****WINNER
* Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
* Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman – The Messenger
* Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
* Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy – Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

District 9
Nick Hornby — An Education
In the Loop
Jeffrey Fletcher – Precious****WINNER
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Coraline – Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr Fox – Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog – John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
Up – Pete Docter****WINNER

BEST ART DIRECTION

Avatar: Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair****WINNER
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine: Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes: Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria: Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Avatar: Mauro Fiore****WINNER
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker: Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds: Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon: Christian Berger

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Bright Star — Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel — Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — Monique Prudhomme
Nine – Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria****WINNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY

“Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Nominees to be determined****WINNER
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) – Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin****WINNER
A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi – Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson ****WINNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett****WINNER
Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

BEST EDITING

Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9? Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis****WINNER
Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Ajami
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon
El Secreto de Sus Ojos****WINNER

BEST MAKEUP

* “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
* “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow****WINNER
* “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

* “Avatar” James Horner
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
* “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
* “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
* “Up” Michael Giacchino****WINNER

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

* “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36? Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
* “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
* “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone

Burnett****WINNER

BEST SOUND

* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson****WINNER
* “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
* “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
* “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett****WINNER
* “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
* “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
* “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

* “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones****WINNER
* “District 9? Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
* “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

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