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Edition: U.S. Article Slideshow Video Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Truckloads of snow dumped on melting Vancouver mountain 02 Feb 2010 Dutch court will hear case against far-right MP 7:38am EST Sandra Bullock poised for first Oscar 02 Feb 2010 China's new foreign policy takes shape -- in Moldova 02 Feb 2010 China warns against Obama-Dalai Lama meeting 3:04am EST Truckloads of snow dumped on melting Vancouver mountain 02 Feb 2010 Dutch court will hear case against far-right MP 7:38am EST U.S. researchers find new clue to infant deaths 02 Feb 2010 China's new foreign policy takes shape -- in Moldova 02 Feb 2010 Doctor casts new light on cat that can predict death 02 Feb 2010 Academy Awards And the nominees are... The nominations have been announced for this year's Academy Awards, including 10 for best picture. Here's a look at the top contenders. Full Article Factbox: List of Oscar nominations Sandra Bullock poised for first Oscar 10 Oscar nominees, but who’s counting? Slideshow: Oscar contenders "Avatar," "Hurt Locker" square off at Oscars Bob Tourtellotte LOS ANGELES Wed Feb 3, 2010 5:23am EST Factboxes Factbox: List of Oscar nominations Tue, Feb 2 2010 Factbox: Stars, directors react to Oscar nominations Tue, Feb 2 2010 Related Video Avatar and Hurt Locker lead Oscars Tue, Feb 2 2010 Gabourey gets acting Oscar nod Director revels in "Precious" nod < 1 / 30 > View Full Size LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fantasy "Avatar" and war movie "The Hurt Locker" claimed nine Oscar nominations each on Tuesday, including best film, pitting the two against one another as front-runners for the world's highest film honors. Entertainment | Film The contrast between the two presents several intriguing elements. "Avatar" director James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, his ex-wife and director of "Hurt Locker," will compete against each other in the category for best director. "Avatar" is a big-budget science-fiction space adventure from major studio 20th Century Fox with a global box office haul over $2 billion. It is the highest-grossing movie of all time -- eclipsing Cameron's previous blockbuster "Titanic." "This has gone way above our wildest expectations. We were looking to make a good movie that entertained the masses," said "Avatar" producer Jon Landau, calling it "a pinch-me moment." At the opposite end of the movie spectrum is "Hurt Locker," a low-budget film about soldiers who defuse bombs in Iraq made by independent Summit Entertainment. Its worldwide ticket sales stand at a mere $16 million. "I was surprised at the number of nominations and very grateful," said "Hurt Locker" writer and producer Mark Boal. "When a film gets nominated in nine different categories, you just have to take it as a huge compliment." Bigelow's nomination was a rarity. Only three other women, including Sofia Coppola for 2003's "Lost in Translation," have been nominated for best director in the 80-plus years since the Oscars have been bestowed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. No woman has ever won. Only one nod behind "Avatar" and "Hurt Locker" is Quentin Tarantino's World War Two fantasy, "Inglourious Basterds," also in the best film and best director race. BREAKS FROM TRADITION In a break from the past, Academy voters this year expanded the field of best film nominees from five movies to 10 to boost competitiveness but many pundits said the race, as of Tuesday, boiled down to "Avatar" and "Hurt Locker." "We have a classic David and Goliath matchup between the biggest movie in history and a film that ... had no stars and is about Iraq, which is a cursed subject at the Oscars," said Tom O'Neil, veteran awards watcher with TheEnvelope.com. Joining them was Disney animated movie "Up," about an elderly man on the adventure of a lifetime. It is only the second animated film behind 1991's "Beauty and the Beast" to earn a nod for best picture and along with that, also earned a nomination for best animated movie. Also in the running for best film are corporate downsizing tale "Up in the Air" and urban drama "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," with six nominations each. South African sci-fi film "District 9" also made the best film list in a rarity. Only two other sci-fi films had been nominated for best movie before it and "Avatar": "Star Wars" and "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." Rounding out the best film field was coming-of-age tale "An Education" and football flick "The Blind Side," which garnered Sandra Bullock a best actress nod in a year in which she has already claimed Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards. "Who would have thought after all these years that I would be experiencing this moment now ... I certainly didn't," Bullock said in a statement. STREEP MAKES HISTORY Meryl Streep's performance in "Julie & Julia" resulted in her 16th Oscar nomination, including a 13th for lead actress. She passed Katharine Hepburn with 12 to become the most-nominated lead actress in Oscar history. Joining Streep, who played chef Julia Child in "Julie & Julia" and Bullock as a wealthy woman who helps a homeless boy become a sports star, on the list of best actress nominees were Helen Mirren in "The Last Station," Carey Mulligan for "An Education" and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious." A best actor nod went to Jeff Bridges as a drunk country singer in "Crazy Heart," and like Bullock, he won the recent Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for the same role. He will compete against George Clooney as a corporate hatchet man in "Up in the Air," Jeremy Renner as a bomb specialist in "The Hurt Locker," Colin Firth for "A Single Man" and Morgan Freeman for "Invictus." (Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Bill Trott) Entertainment Film More from Reuters Pace of private sector job losses slows NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of job losses in the private sector slowed in January as employers reported the smallest payroll decline in nearly two years, while the dominant services sector grew slightly, data showed on Wednesday. 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