Factbox: List of Oscar nominations

The nominees for best actress are shown in a combination of file photographs.

(Reuters) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations Tuesday for the 82nd annual Academy Awards.

Following is a list of the main Oscar contenders. The awards will be handed out in Hollywood on March 7.

BEST PICTURE

"Avatar"

"The Blind Side"

"District 9"

"An Education"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

"A Serious Man"

"Up"

"Up in the Air"

BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges - "Crazy Heart"

George Clooney - "Up in the Air"

Colin Firth - "A Single Man"

Morgan Freeman - "Invictus"

Jeremy Renner - "The Hurt Locker"

BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side"

Helen Mirren - "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan - "An Education"

Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt Damon - "Invictus"

Woody Harrelson - "The Messenger"

Christopher Plummer - "The Last Station"

Stanley Tucci - "The Lovely Bones"

Christoph Waltz - "Inglourious Basterds"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz - "Nine"

Vera Farmiga - "Up in the Air"

Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"

Anna Kendrick - "Up in the Air"

Mo'Nique - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

BEST DIRECTOR

James Cameron - "Avatar"

Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"

Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"

Lee Daniels - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Jason Reitman - "Up in the Air"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"Ajami" - Israel

"El Secreto de Sus Ojos" - Argentina

"The Milk of Sorrow" - Peru

"Un Prophete" - France

"The White Ribbon" - Germany

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

"Coraline"

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

"The Princess and the Frog"

"The Secret of Kells"

"Up"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"The Messenger"

"A Serious Man"

"Up"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"District 9"

"An Education"

"In the Loop"

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

"Up in the Air"

BEST ART DIRECTION

"Avatar"

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

"Nine"

"Sherlock Holmes"

"The Young Victoria"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

"Avatar"

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"The White Ribbon"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

"Bright Star"

"Coco Before Chanel"

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

"Nine"

"The Young Victoria"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

"Burma VJ"

"The Cove"

"Food, Inc."

"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"

"Which Way Home"

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

"China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"

"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"

"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"

"Music by Prudence"

"Rabbit a la Berlin"

BEST FILM EDITING

"Avatar"

"District 9"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

"Il Divo"

"Star Trek"

"The Young Victoria"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

"Avatar"

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Sherlock Holmes"

"Up"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog"

"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog"

"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36"

"Take It All" from "Nine"

"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart"

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

"French Roast"

"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"

"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)"

"Logorama"

"A Matter of Loaf and Death"

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

"The Door"

"Instead of Abracadabra"

"Kavi"

"Miracle Fish"

"The New Tenants"

BEST SOUND EDITING

"Avatar"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Star Trek"

"Up"

BEST SOUND MIXING

"Avatar"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Star Trek"

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

"Avatar"

"District 9"

"Star Trek"

(Reporting by Christine Kearney; editing by Bill Trott)