By Jen Chaney
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 25, 2011; 9:45 AM
The Academy Award nominations, announced this morning in Los Angeles, mostly stuck to the script that Oscar-season observers expected.
"The King's Speech" led the field with 12 nominations,
including nods for best picture and director, while "True Grit" galloped close behind with a healthy 10 nominations. "The Social Network" also landed its expected best picture nomination, along with seven other nods.
Other entries in the best picture race include anticipated contenders "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "True Grit," "Inception," "The Kids Are All Right" and "Toy Story 3," the top-grossing film of 2010 and the third animated film in history to be recognized as a best picture hopeful. The trapped-hiker drama "127 Hours" and the Ozark-Mountain odyssey "Winter's Bone" rounded out the field.
The other high-profile categories also played out as previously forecast, with a few exceptions. Colin Firth earned his second consecutive best actor nomination for overcoming a stutter in "The King's Speech," while James Franco earned his first nomination for partially amputating a limb in "127 Hours."
Natalie Portman's "Black Swan" madness paid off, as she too earned a nod for playing a cuticle-ripping, feather-sprouting ballerina. All "The Fighter" front-runners - Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo - also earned props in their respective supporting categories, while Mark Wahlberg, who played the fighter of the film's title, was overlooked.
The morning's semi-surprises included Javier Bardem's nod in the lead actor category for his role in the scarcely seen "Biutiful," Michelle Williams's nomination in the lead actress category as one-half of a struggling married couple in "Blue Valentine" and a supporting actor bid for John Hawkes, a veteran character actor who earned his first nomination as a menacing meth addict in "Winter's Bone."
The aforementioned Wahlberg and the absence of "The Town" in the best picture race weren't the morning's only snubs. Ryan Gosling ("Blue Valentine"), Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network") and Mila Kunis ("Black Swan") also were overlooked in their respective acting categories. And the Internet will undoubtedly burn up with rage today over Christopher Nolan's lack of a directing nomination for "Inception." He was bumped out of that category by Darren Aronofsky ("Black Swan"), David Fincher ("The Social Network"), Tom Hooper ("King's Speech"), David O. Russell ("The Fighter") and previous winners the Coen brothers ("True Grit").
In other categories of note, "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Illusionist" joined "Toy Story 3" in the best animated feature category. Those two films probably should bask in this moment, because surely the teams behind them know they have no chance of beating Woody and Buzz Lightyear.
On the documentary front, "Exit Through the Gift Shop," "Gasland," "Inside Job," "Restrepo" and "Waste Land" all earned nominations, while "Waiting for Superman" - Davis Guggenheim's education expose that focused largely on the Washington public school system - was passed over.
The Academy Awards, to be hosted by newly christened Oscar nominee Franco and previous Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway, will take place Feb. 27 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre and will be broadcast on ABC.
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