The 2011 Academy Award Nominees and Winners

Feb 27, 2011 - James Franco and Anne Hathaway were the hosts of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, a show which - in my opinion - will go down as one of the worst Oscars in recent history. A montage of the nominated films kicked off the show, and then hosts Hathaway and Franco were featured in a fairly funny segment in which they appeared in Oscar nominated films looking for Alec Baldwin to get tips on how to host (loved Hathaway as a brown duck in Black Swan).

After stepping into Back to the Future's time machine, the two finally appeared on stage and that's when things got rough. Franco and Hathaway's very tame opening dialogue was about the lamest of the past decade. Seriously, this is the best writing the Academy could come up with? There will not be a single line quoted from that opening bit as none are worthy of committing to print.

After the awkward opening segment, the show never found its footing. The decision to "go young" with hosts that might appeal to a younger demographic was a disaster. And not even a bit with Billy Crystal honoring Bob Hope could revive the lifeless ceremony. With no real surprise winners and featuring jokes that fell completely flat, the 83rd Academy Awards was a real snorefest.

2011 Academy Award Nominees and Winners:

Best Actor:
Javier Bardem - Biutiful
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
James Franco - 127 Hours
Winner: Colin Firth - The King's Speech

Best Actress:
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine
Winner: Natalie Portman - Black Swan

Best Supporting Actor:
John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner - The Town
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
Winner: Christian Bale - The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom
Winner: Melissa Leo - The Fighter

Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David O Russell - The Fighter
David Fincher - The Social Network
Joel and Ethan Coen - True Grit
Winner: Tom Hooper - The King's Speech

Best Animated Feature:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Winner: Toy Story 3

Adapted Screenplay:
127 Hours - Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt
True Grit - Joel and Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone - Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Winner:The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin

Original Screenplay:
Another Year - Mike Leigh
The Fighter - Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
Winner: The King's Speech - David Seidler

Art Direction:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
Winner: Alice in Wonderland

Cinematography:
Black Swan - Matthew Libatique
The King's Speech - Danny Cohen
The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit - Roger Deakins
Winner: Inception - Wally Pfister

Costume Design:
I Am Love - Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech - Jenny Beavan
The Tempest - Sandy Powell
True Grit - Mary Zophres
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Colleen Atwood

Film Editing:
Black Swan - Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter - Pamela Martin
The King's Speech - Tariq Anwar
127 Hours - Jon Harris
Winner: The Social Network - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Makeup:
Barney's Version - Adrien Morot
The Way Back - Edouard F Henriques, Gregory Funkdrew Weisblum and Yolanda Toussieng
Winner: The Wolfman - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Documentary (Feature):
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Restrepo
Waste Land
Winner: Inside Job

Documentary (Short Subject):
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Quigang
Winner: Strangers No More

Foreign Language Film:
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)
Winner: In a Better World (Denmark)

Music (Original Score):
How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours - A R Rahman
Winner: The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song):
"Coming Home" from Country Strong - Music and lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from Tangled - Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from 127 Hours - Music by A R Rahman, Lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
Winner: "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 - Music and lyrics by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated):
Day and Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
Madagascar, carnet de voyage
Winner: The Lost Thing

Short Film (Live Action):
The Confession
The Crush
Na Wewe
Wish 143
Winner: God of Love

Sound Editing:
Toy Story 3 - Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit - Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable - Mark P Stoeckinger
Winner: Inception - Richard King

Sound Mixing:
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
Winner: Inception

Visual Effects:
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Iron Man 2
Winner: Inception

2011 Oscar Photo Gallery