Wondering who won the Oscars in 2010? The 82nd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony was held on March 7, 2010. The event was hosted by actor and comedian Steve Martin, along with Emmy winner Alec Baldwin.
The big Oscar winners for 2010 included The Hurt Locker, which took home the coveted Oscar for Best Picture, along with the Academy Award for Best Director – a significant win for director Kathryn Bigelow, who is the first female winner of this particular award. The Hurt Locker also took home awards for best writing/original screenplay, best film editing, sound editing and sound mixing.
One of the crowd favorites, Avatar, lost the Oscar for best picture, but the film came away with Academy Awards for art direction, best cinematography and best visual effects.
Here is a look at who was nominated and who won the Oscars in 2010.
Which Film Won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2010?
The Hurt Locker clenched the 2010 Oscar for best film, beating out best picture nominees The Blind Side, District 9, Avatar, An Education, Up, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, A Serious Man and Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.
The Hurt Locker's win for best picture was actually quite significant. James Cameron's Avatar, which holds the title of highest grossing film ever, was the favorite, according to most Oscar predictions. According to MovieFone.com, The Hurt Locker now holds another title – the lowest grossing film to win the Oscar for best picture in more than 50 years.
Who Won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role?
Actor Jeff Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Crazy Heart. In one of the most-anticipated categories of the entire red carpet event, Bridges beat out some tough competition.
The 2010 Oscar nominees for best actor included George Clooney for his performance in Up in the Air; Colin Firth in A Single Man; Morgan Freeman in Invictus and Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker.
Who Won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2010?
Sandra Bullock won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in The Blind Side.
The nominees in for the best leading actress Oscar included Helen Mirren for The Last Station; Carey Mulligan in An Education; Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia; and Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.
The 2010 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Actor Christoph Waltz won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Inglourious Basterds.
Waltz beat out a strong group of nominees for best supporting actor, including Woody Harrelson in The Messenger, Matt Damon in Invictus, Christopher Plummer in The Last Station and Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones, a film based on the novel of the same name by Alice Sebold.
The 2010 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Actress Mo'Nique won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.
Mo'Nique beat out several very seasoned actresses for this Oscar win; the nominees for best supporting actress included Penelope Cruz in Nine; Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air, Anna Kendrick, also for Up in the Air; and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart.
Other 2010 Oscar Winners
Other Academy Award winners for 2010 included the following:
- Kathryn Bigelow, of The Hurt Locker, won the Oscar for best director
- Up won the Oscar for best animated feature film
- Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones, of Avatar, won the Oscar for best visual effects
- Mark Boal, of The Hurt Locker, won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay
- Geoffrey Fletcher, of Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay
- Michael Giacchino, of Up, won the Oscar for best original score
- "The Weary Kind" (music and lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T. Bone Burnett), featured as the theme from Crazy Heart, won the Oscar for best original song
- Mauro Fiore, of Avatar, won the Oscar for art direction
- Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair, of Avatar, won the Oscar for cinematography
- Sandy Powell, of The Young Victoria, won the Oscar for costume design
- The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) won the Oscar for best foreign language film
- Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow, of Star Trek, won the Oscar for best makeup.
Wondering who picks the nominees and winners for the Oscars? When an Academy Award winner thanks "the academy," in an acceptance speech, he or she is referring to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), an organization comprised of more than 6,000 film industry professionals, including actors and actresses, directors, cinematographers and other experts in the field of acting and film production.
Wondering who won the Oscars in 2009? See this related article on the Academy Award winners and nominees for 2009.
Sources:
Oscars.go.com. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
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