As usual, there were a few surprises this morning as the 2011 Academy Award nominations were announced. The Fighter was set to take four acting nominations after Amy Adams and Melissa Leo received nominations for Best Supporting Actress. As expected, Christian Bale received a nom, but Mark Wahlberg was snubbed by the Academy, as well as Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine, in favor of Javier Bardem (for Biutiful) and Jeff Bridges (for True Grit).
Christopher Nolan was edged out of a Best Director nom for Inception, opening up the possibility for The Fighter's David O. Russell to stage an upset.
Thankfully it wasn't The Social Network's day, as was predicted. The most overrated picture of the year received eight nominations total.
The Academy handed 12 nominations to The King's Speech and 10 to True Grit.
Major nominations after the jump.
BEST PICTURE 127 Hours Black Swan Inception The Fighter The Kids are All Right The King's Speech The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter's Bone
BEST DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan David O. Russell, The Fighter Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit David Fincher, The Social Network Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, True Grit Javier Bardem, Biutiful Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network Colin Firth, The King's Speech James Franco, 127 Hours
BEST ACTRESS Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone Natalie Portman, Black Swan Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christian Bale, The Fighter Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are Alright John Hawkes, Winter's Bone Jeremy Renner, The Town Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech Melissa Leo, The Fighter Amy Adams, The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom
