2011 Oscar nominations are announced!

Mo'Nique and Academy president Tom Sherak announced the nominees for the 2011 Academy Awards at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA, this morning. The King's Speech led the pack with twelve nominations, while The Social Network and True Grit tied with eight each.

The ceremony will air on February 27 on ABC.

The nominees are as follows:

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Best Supporting Actor
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

Best Actress
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Best Actor
Javier Bardem - Biutiful
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King’s Speech
James Franco - 127 Hours

Best Director
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

Best Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh - Another Year
Scott Silver & Paul Tamasy - The Fighter
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler - The King’s Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - True Grit
Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
John Lassiter - Toy Story 3
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini - Winter’s Bone

Foreign Language Film
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In A Better World
Incendies
Outside The Law

Animated
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Best Picture
Black Swan
Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

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