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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Asia Pacific World 'Avatar', 'The Hurt Locker' top Oscar nominations AFP - Wednesday, February 3 Send IM Story Print BEVERLY HILLS, California (AFP) - – Science-fiction epic "Avatar" and gritty Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" will battle for supremacy at the Oscars after topping the nominations with nine nods each here Tuesday. James Cameron's "Avatar" -- the most expensive movie ever made and the highest grossing film of all time -- picked up a slew of nominations including best picture and best director. The low budget "The Hurt Locker" also earned nine nominations including for director Kathryn Bigelow -- Cameron's ex-wife -- as well as for best picture, best actor and best original screenplay. 'Avatar' and 'Hurt Locker': the Oscars odd couple Bigelow is only the fourth woman ever to be nominated for directing and the first since Sofia Coppola received a nod for "Lost in Translation" in 2003. No woman director has ever won the Oscars top prize. However "The Hurt Locker," a tense thriller about a US army bomb disposal squad operating in Iraq, has emerged as the favorite to land the Oscars top best picture prize when the 82nd Academy Awards are presented on March 7. Although it has earned only 16 million dollars at the box office -- around 125 times less than "Avatar" -- Bigelow's film has won a slew of awards which are regarded as reliable indicators of likely Oscars success. "It really is a complete exhilaration seeing this through from where it started," Bigelow told entertainment journal Daily Variety on Tuesday. This year's best picture race was expanded to 10 films by the Academy in a move analysts said was intended to boost television ratings for the awards show. It is the first time since 1943 -- when "Casablanca" won best picture -- that so many films have been nominated in the category. List of major 82nd Academy Awards nominees While "The Hurt Locker" has nominations spread across various spheres, including best original screenplay, and best actor for Jeremy Renner, most of "Avatar's" nods are in technical categories. Vying for the best picture race alongside "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" are Quentin Tarantino's bloody World War II revenge film "Inglourious Basterds," which weighed in with eight nominations. It was followed by the independent "Precious," about the struggles of an illiterate abused teenager, which scored six nominations, including best picture and best director. Other films in the best picture race include "District 9," South African director Neill Blomkamp's dazzling science-fiction film about aliens stranded in a Johannesburg township, and "Up," Pixar's charming animated film about a crotchety widower who ties balloons to his house and floats to South America. It is only the second time that an animated film has made it into the best picture race following Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" in 1992. Other best picture nominees included British drama "An Education," recession-era dramedy "Up In the Air", Joel and Ethan Coen's "A Serious Man," and the Sandra Bullock film "The Blind Side." There were few major surprises in the acting nominations, where Jeff Bridges and Bullock are widely tipped to win the best actor and actress honors after dominating this year's awards circuit. Bridges was nominated for his performance as a washed-up country singer in "Crazy Heart." Other nominees included George Clooney for "Up In the Air," Britain's Colin Firth for "A Single Man," Morgan Freeman for "Invictus," and Renner for "The Hurt Locker." According to Tom O'Neil, an Oscars pundit for the Los Angeles Times's theenvelope.com, "The Blind Side's" inclusion in the best picture category has strengthened Bullock's chances in the best actress category. "Having 'The Blind Side' in best picture really does nail down the best actress race," O'Neil told AFP. "A lot of people were saying that 'The Blind Side' wasn't Oscar-worthy. Obviously the voters disagree." Bullock's rivals for best actress include veteran Meryl Streep -- picking up her record 16th nomination for "Julie and Julia." Other nominees included Britain's Helen Mirren for "The Last Station," Gabby Sidibe for "Precious" and Carey Mulligan for "An Education." Facts about 82nd Academy Awards nominees In the best supporting actress category, Mo'Nique is expected to prevail for her powerful performance as an abusive parent in "Precious." She faces competition from last year's winner Penelope Cruz, nominated again for "Nine," and Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart." Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick round out the nominees for their performances in "Up In the Air." As expected, Christoph Waltz is nominated in the best supporting actor category for "Inglourious Basterds," along with Matt Damon for "Invictus," Woody Harrelson for "The Messenger," Christopher Plummer for "The Last Station," and Stanley Tucci for "The Lovely Bones." 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