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WEEKLY WRAP: Academy expands, Malden passes

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:05 pm · July 3rd, 2009

Karl Malden and Claire Trevor at the 1951 Academy Awards • This week’s Off the Carpet column took a long, hard look at the ramifications of a 10-nominee Best Picture race.

• As the popular game of expanding past fields to ten continued, we joined in the speculation.

• Meanwhile, AMPAS added 134 members to its voting body, from Seth Rogen to Danny Boyle to Peter Gabriel.

• And they furthered their controversial remodelling, scrapping all honorary awards from the Oscar telecast.

• We bade a sad farewell to Oscar-winning actor and former AMPAS president Karl Malden.

• In other disheartening news, Michael Bay’s “Transformers” sequel rocked the box office.

• We championed “An Education” and its star Alfred Molina, while the film was the subject of this week’s Page to Screen column.

• With “Public Enemies” on everyone’s mind this week, we counted down the best performances from Michael Mann films.

• The Edinburgh Film Festival wrapped, handing its top award to Duncan Jones’s “Moon.”

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2009 OSCAR NOMINEES
Contenders | Archives The Circuit
UPDATED: 2/2/2010

Motion Picture
Directing
- 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”
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”
Actress in a
Leading Role
- 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”
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”
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Actress in a
Supporting Role
- Penelope 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"
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(Adapted Screenplay)
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(Original Screenplay)
Art Direction
Cinematography
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Makeup
Music
(Original Score)
Music
(Original Song)
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects
Animated Feature Film
Foreign Language Film
- Argentina
  “The Secret in Their Eyes”
- France
  “A Prophet”
- Germany
  “The White Ribbon”
- Israel
  “Ajami”
- Peru
  “The Milk of Sorrow”
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Documentary Short
Short Film
(Animated)
Short Film
(Live Action)
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