Oscar Awards Winners Ceremony 2011
This article gives information on the complete list of nominees of the 83rd Academy Awards, features of the Oscar statuette and which TV channels will be broadcasting the 2011 Oscar Awards show live.
The 83rd Academy Awards, better known as the Oscar awards, will be given on February 27th, 2011. The hosts of the 2011 Oscar awards ceremony are James Franco and Anne Hathway.
India's globally renowned music composer A.R. Rehman will also be performing at the prestigious ceremony. Along with Florence Welch, Rahman will perform If I Rise from the film 127 Hours, for which Rahman has been nominated for the 2011 Oscar in the Music (Original Score) category. The song itself has been nominated in the Music (Original Song) category, the lyrics penned by Dido and Rollo Armstrong.
What is the Oscar Award?: The 13½" 8½ pounds golden statuette is the most coveted award in the motion picture industry, awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is officially known as the Academy Award of Merit. First conceived by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) art director Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley, the Oscar statuette depicts a knight standing on a reel of film firmly holding the hilt of a sword. The film reel at the base of the statuette has 5 spokes, each representing the 5 original branches of the Academy: producers, directors, actors, writers and technicians.
See end of article to watch the 83rd Academy Awards live.2011 83rd Academy Awards Nominations
1. 2011 Oscar Best Picture Nominees
* Black Swan
* The Fighter
* Inception
* The Kids Are All Right
* The King's Speech
* 127 Hours
* The Social Network
* Toy Story 3
* True Grit
* Winter's Bone
2. 2011 Oscar Directing Nominees
* The Social Network - David Fincher
* Black Swan - Darren Aronofsky
* The Fighter - David O. Russell
* The King's Speech - Tom Hooper
* True Grit - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
3. 2011 Oscar Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
* Jeff Bridges – film True Grit
* Javier Bardem – film Biutiful
* Jesse Eisenberg – film The Social Network
* Colin Firth – film The King's Speech
* James Franco – film 127 Hours
4. 2011 Oscar Actress in a Leading Role Nominees
* Annette Bening – film The Kids Are All Right
* Nicole Kidman – film Rabbit Hole
* Jennifer Lawrence – film Winter's Bone
* Natalie Portman – film Black Swan
* Michelle Williams –film Blue Valentine
5. 2011 Oscar Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees
* Christian Bale – film The Fighter
* Jeremy Renner – film The Town
* John Hawkes – film Winter's Bone
* Mark Ruffalo – film The Kids Are All Right
* Geoffrey Rush – film The King's Speech
6. 2011 Oscar Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees
* Helena Bonham Carter – film The King's Speech
* Amy Adams – film The Fighter
* Melissa Leo – film The Fighter
* Jacki Weaver – film Animal Kingdom
* Hailee Steinfeld – film True Grit
7. 2011 Oscar Animated Feature Film Nominees
* Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich
* How to Train Your Dragon - Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet
8. 2011 Oscar Art Direction Nominees
* Inception - Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
* Alice in Wonderland - Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
* The King's Speech - Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
9. 2011 Oscar Cinematography Nominees
* Black Swan - Matthew Libatique
* Inception - Wally Pfister
* The King's Speech - Danny Cohen
* The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth
* True Grit - Roger Deakins
10. 2011 Oscar Costume Design Nominees
* The Tempest - Sandy Powell
* Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
* I Am Love - Antonella Cannarozzi
* The King's Speech - Jenny Beavan
* True Grit - Mary Zophres
11. 2011 Oscar Documentary (Feature) Nominees
* Waste Land - Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
* Inside Job - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
* Exit through the Gift Shop - Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
* Gasland - Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
* Restrepo - Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
12. 2011 Oscar Documentary (Short Subject) Nominees
* The Warriors of Qiugang - Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
* Killing in the Name - Jed Rothstein
* Poster Girl - Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
* Strangers No More - Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
* Sun Come Up - Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
13. 2011 Oscar Film Editing Nominees
* Black Swan - Andrew Weisblum
* The Fighter - Pamela Martin
* The King's Speech - Tariq Anwar
* 127 Hours - Jon Harris
* The Social Network - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
14. 2011 Oscar Foreign Language Film Nominees
* Biutiful - Mexico
* Dogtooth - Greece
* In a Better World – Denmark
* Incendies – Canada
* Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) - Algeria
15. 2011 Oscar Makeup Nominees
* Barney's Version - Adrien Morot
* The Way Back - Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
* The Wolfman - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
16. 2011 Oscar Music (Original Score) Nominees
* The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
* 127 Hours - A.R. Rahman
* How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
* Inception - Hans Zimmer
* The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
17. 2011 Oscar Music (Original Song) Nominees
* We Belong Together - film Toy Story 3 - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* Coming Home – film Country Strong - Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
* I See the Light – film Tangled - Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
* If I Rise – film 127 Hours - Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
18. 2011 Oscar Short Film (Animated) Nominees
* Day & Night - Teddy Newton
* The Gruffalo - Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
* The Lost Thing - Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
* Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) - Bastien Dubois
19. 2011 Oscar Short Film (Live Action) Nominees
* The Confession - Tanel Toom
* The Crush - Michael Creagh
* God of Love - Luke Matheny
* Na Wewe - Ivan Goldschmidt
20. 2011 Oscar Sound Editing Nominees
* Inception - Richard King
* Toy Story 3 -Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
* Tron: Legacy - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
* True Grit - Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
21. 2011 Oscar Sound Mixing Nominees
* Inception - Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
* The Social Network - Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
* The King's Speech - Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
* Salt - Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
* True Grit - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
22. 2011 Oscar Visual Effects Nominees
* Inception - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
* Alice in Wonderland - Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
* Hereafter - Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
* Iron Man 2 - Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
23. 2011 Oscar Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees
* The Social Network - Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
* 127 Hours - Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
* Toy Story 3 - Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
* True Grit - Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* Winter's Bone - Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
24. 2011 Oscar Writing (Original Screenplay) Nominees
* Another Year - Written by Mike Leigh
* The Fighter - Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson & Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
* Inception - Written by Christopher Nolan
* The Kids Are All Right - Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
You can watch the live telecast of the 2011 Oscar awards on TV (for list of international broadcasters see http://oscar.go.com/site/where-to-watch#international-broadcasters)
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