83rd Academy Award Nominations Announced

Announced just minutes ago at Oscar.com we have the Nominations for the more popular categories for the 83rd Academy Awards.

Best Picture
The Kids Are All Right
Toy Story 3
The Social Network
The King’s Speech
Inception
The Fighter
Black Swan
127 Hours
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Best Director
* David Fincher, The Social Network
* Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
* Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
* Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
* David O. Russell, The Fighter

Best Actor
* Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
* James Franco, 127 Hours
* Jeff Bridges, True Grit
* Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
* Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Best Actress
* Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
* Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
* Natalie Portman, Black Swan
* Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
* Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Best Supporting Actor
* Christian Bale, The Fighter
* Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
* Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
* John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
* Jeremy Renner, The Town

Best Supporting Actress
* Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
* Melissa Leo, The Fighter
* Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
* Amy Adams, The Fighter
* Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Animated Feature
* The Illusionist
* Toy Story 3
* How To Train Your Dragon

Best Original Screenplay
# Inception by Christopher Nolan
# The King’s Speech by David Seidler
# The Kids Are All Right by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
# The Fighter by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
# Another Year by Mike Leigh

Best Adapted Screenplay
# The Social Network by Aaron Sorkin
# True Grit by Joel & Ethan Coen
# 127 Hours by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
# Toy Story 3 by Michael Arndt
# Winter’s Bone by Debra Granik and Anne Roselini

So what are your picks? Anything you are surprised to see, or not see there?

The Oscars this year are February 27th, 2011.