--- title: "The Oscar Race is on..." description: "Stay ahead, stay chic. Trusted guides on beauty, wellness, fashion, and everything that defines today's empowered woman." url: "https://celebs.allwomenstalk.com/the-oscar-race-is-on/" category: "celebs" last_updated: "2026-06-07" --- # The Oscar Race is on... The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are just a month away and the run up to the event starts right here with the list of the nominees. The race to win the most number of golden knights is led by The King's Speech with 12 nominations. True Grit follows with 10, followed by The Social Network and Inception with 8 each. Here's a list of the nominations for the more interesting categories. Who really cares about the Best Make-Up category, right! **Best Motion Picture of the Year** Black Swan The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King's Speech 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter's Bone **Achievement in Directing** Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan David O. Russell, The Fighter Tom Hooper, The King's Speech David Fincher, The Social Network Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit **Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role** Javier Bardem, Biutiful Jeff Bridges, True Grit Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network Colin Firth, The King's Speech James Franco, 127 Hours **Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role** Christian Bale, The Fighter John Hawkes, Winter's Bone Jeremy Renner, The Town Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech **Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role** Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone Natalie Portman, Black Swan Michelle Wiliams, Blue Valentine **Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role** Amy Adams, The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech Melissa Leo, The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom **Best Animated Feature Film of the Year** How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Toy Story 3 **Best Foreign Language Film of the Year** Biutiful (Mexico) Dogtooth (Greece) In a Better World (Denmark) Incendies (Canada) Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi, Algeria) **Achievement in Art Direction** Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I Inception The King's Speech True Grit **Achievement in Cinematography** Black Swan, Matthew Libatique Inception, Wally Pfister The King's Speech, Danny Cohen The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth True Grit, Roger Deakins **Best Documentary Feature** Exit Through the Gift Shop Gasland Inside Job Restrepo Waste Land **Best Documentary Short Subject** Killing in the Name Poster Girl Strangers No More Sun Come Up The Warriors of Qiugang **Achievement in Film Editing** Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum The Fighter, Pamela Martin The King's Speech, Tariq Anwar 127 Hours, Jon Harris The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter **Best Animated Short Film** Day & Night The Gruffalo Let's Pollute The Lost Thing Madagascar, Carnet De Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) And in case you are interested in the remaining categories of nominations, you can look them up at the official website of the Oscars [here](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2011). ## Related Posts - [vanity fair best dressed](https://celebs.allwomenstalk.com/people-who-made-it-on-vanity-fairs-best-dressed-list/) - [10 Golden Globes Looks for Less ...](https://celebs.allwomenstalk.com/golden-globes-looks-for-less/) - [Surprise, Glam Holds Blog Awards!](https://allwomenstalk.com/surprise-glam-holds-blog-awards/) - [The Red Carpet or, 'just Another Day on the Job.'](https://allwomenstalk.com/the-red-carpet-or-just-another-day-on-the-job/) - [2007 Golden Globes: Back to the Makeup Chair for Y...](https://allwomenstalk.com/golden-globes-back-to-the-makeup-chair-for-you/) - [So There I Was, All Ready to Blog the Oscars, to P...](https://allwomenstalk.com/so-there-i-was-all-ready-to-blog-the-oscars-to-p/) - [The Stars Dressed up or Got Dressing-downs](https://allwomenstalk.com/the-stars-dressed-up-or-got-dressing-downs/) - [gwen palthrow](https://allwomenstalk.com/hits-misses-at-the-golden-globes/) - [B Glam Nominated for SIX Awards!](https://allwomenstalk.com/b-glam-nominated-for-six-awards-bglam/) - [Gorgeous Makeup at the Emmys](https://allwomenstalk.com/gorgeous-makeup-at-the-emmys-2/) - [The King's Speech Leads the SAG Nominations...](https://celebs.allwomenstalk.com/the-kings-speech-leads-the-sag-nominations/) - [The Hobbit Shooting in Jeopardy Once Again...](https://celebs.allwomenstalk.com/the-hobbit-shooting-in-jeopardy-once-again/) ## Site Information - [Main page](https://allwomenstalk.com) - [Contact us](https://allwomenstalk.com/contact.html) - [HTML article](https://celebs.allwomenstalk.com/the-oscar-race-is-on/)