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The nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards, popularly known as the “Oscars“, were announced on Tuesday morning by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.

There’s not much of a surprise to see some of the names of nominees. James Cameron’s Avatar and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker tied for the most nominations with 9 each. Check out the full list of nominations below:

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

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

Best Actor
* Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
* 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
* Helen Mirren – The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan – An Education
* Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
* 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

Best Supporting Actress
* Penélope Cruz – Nine
* Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
* Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
* Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
* Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

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

Best Adapted Screenplay
* District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* An Education – Nick Hornby
* In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci and Tony Roche
* Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher
* Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Animated Feature
* Coraline – Henry Selick
* Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
* The Princess and the Frog – Ron Clements and John Musker
* The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey
* Up – Bob Peterson and Pete Docter

Best Foreign Language Film
* Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
* El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in Spanish – Juan José Campanella
* The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish – Claudia Llosa
* A Prophet (France) in French – Jacques Audiard
* The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Michael Haneke

Best Documentary Feature
* Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
* The Cove – Nominees to be determined
* 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 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
* Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Best Live Action Short
* 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

Best Animated Short
* 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
* A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park

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

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

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

Best Sound Mixing
* Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
* The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
* 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 Art Direction
* Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
* The Imaginarium of Dr. 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
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
* The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
* Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
* The White Ribbon – Christian Berger

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

Best Costume Design
* Bright Star – Janet Patterson
* Coco Before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
* The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
* Nine – Colleen Atwood
* The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

Best Film Editing
* Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin
* District 9 – Julian Clarke
* The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
* Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
* Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Joe Klotz

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