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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Presents

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Sunday March 7, 2010

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Jeff Bridges “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
• George Clooney “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Springs Pictures and DW Studios)
• Colin Firth “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company)
• Morgan Freeman “Invictus” (Warner Brothers)
• Jeremy Renner “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Matt Damon “Invictus” (Warner Brothers)
• Woody Harrelson “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Pictures Classics)
• Christopher Plummer “The Last Stallion” (Sony Pictures Classics
• Stanley Tucci “The Lovely Bones” (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
• Christoph Waltz “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Sandra Bullock “The Blind Side” (Warner Brothers)
• Helen Mirren “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Carey Mulligan “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gabourey Sidibe “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
• Meryl Streep “Julie & Julia” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Penélope Cruz “Nine” (The Weinstein Company)
• Vera Farmiga “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Springs Pictures and DW Studios)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
• Anna Kendrick “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Springs Pictures and DW Studios)
• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Coraline” Henry Selick (Focus Features)
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson (20th Century Fox)
• “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements (Walt Disney)
• “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore (GKIDS)
• “Up” Pete Docter (Walt Disney)

Achievement in art direction

• “Avatar” Art Direction:Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Direction: Kim Sinclair (20th Century Fox)
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction:Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro, Set Direction: Caroline Smith (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Direction: Gordon Sim (The Weinstein Company)
• “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Direction: Katie Spencer (Warner Brothers)
• “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette, Set Direction: Maggie Gray

Achievement in cinematography

• “Avatar” Mauro Fiore (20th Century Fox)
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel (Warner Brothers)
• “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd (Summit Entertainment)
• “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson (The Weinstein Company)
• “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger (Sony Pictures Classics)

Achievement in costume design

• “Bright Star” Janet Patterson (Apparition)
• “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Nine” Colleen Atwood (The Weinstein Company)
• “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell (Apparition)

Achievement in directing

• “Avatar” James Cameron (20th Century Fox)
• “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow (Summit Entertainment)
• “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino (The Weinstein Company)
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels (Lionsgate)
• “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Best documentary feature

• “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Magic Hour Films Production
• “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions) An Oceanic Preservation Society Production
• “Food Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein (Magnolia Pictures) A Robert Kenner Production
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith A Kovno Communications Production
• “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa A Mr. Mudd Production

Best documentary short subject

• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill A Downtown Community Television Center Production
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardener” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher A Just Media Production
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichart A Community Media Production
• “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett A iThemba Production
• “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra (Derkert Distribution) An MS Films Production

Achievement in film editing

• “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, and James Cameron (20th Century Fox)
• “District 9” Julian Clarke (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis (Summit Entertainment)
• “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke (The Weinstein Company)
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz (Lionsgate)

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Ajami” Israel (Kino International) An Inosan Production
• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production
• “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production
• “Un Prophète” France (Sony Pictures Classics) A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production
• “The White Ribbon” Germany (Sony Pictures Classics) A X Films Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production

Achievement in makeup

• “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano (MPI Media Group through Music Box)
• “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, and Joel Harlow (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
• “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore (Apparition)

Achievement in music written for motion picture (Original score)

• “Avatar” James Horner (20th Century Fox)
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat (20th Century Fox)
• “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders (Summit Entertainment)
• “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer (Warner Brothers)
• “Up” Michael Giacchino (Walt Disney)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (Walt Disney)
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (Walt Disney)
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner, Lyrics by Frank Thomas (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston (The Weinstein Company)
• “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (Fox Searchlight)

Best motion picture of the year

• “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers (20th Century Fox) A Lightstorm Entertainment Production
• “The Blind Side” (Warner Brothers) An Alcon Entertainment Production
• “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Block/Hanson Production
• “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers (Sony Pictures Classics) A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production
• “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer (The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, and Gary Magness, Producers (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production
• “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production
• “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
• “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, and Jason Reitman, Producers (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production

Best animated short film

• “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert A Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell (Brown Bag Films) A Brown Bag Films Production
• “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production
• “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin (Autour de Minuit) An Autour de Minuit Production
• “A Matter of Loaf amd Death” Nick Park (Aardman Animations) An Aardman Animation Production

Best live action short film

• “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn (Network Ireland Television) An Octagon Films Production
• “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström (The Swedish Film Institute) A Directörn &Fabriköm Production
• “Kavi” Gregg Helvey A Gregg Helvey Production
• “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey (Premium Films) A Druid Films Production
• “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson A Park Pictures and M & M Production

Achievement in sound editing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (20th Century Fox)
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottoson (Summit Entertainment)
• “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman (The Weinstein Company)
• “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger & Alan Rankin (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
• “Up” Michael Silvers & Tom Myers (Walt Disney)

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Avatar” Christopher Bynes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, and Tony Johnson (20th Century Fox)
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottoson and Ray Beckett (Summit Entertainment)
• “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, and Mark Ulano (The Weinstein Company)
• “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, and Peter J. Devlin (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, and Geoffrey Patterson (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount)

Achievement in visual effects

• “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (20th Century Fox)
• “District 9” Dan Kauffman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, and Burt Dalton (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)

Adapted screenplay

• “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby (Sony Pictures Classics)
• “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche (IFC Films)
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher (Lionsgate)
• “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Original screenplay

• “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal (Summit Entertainment)
• “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino (The Weinstein Company)
• “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Movermen (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (Focus Features)
• “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, and Tom McCarthy (Walt Disney)

Dr. Alexander A. Esposito Sr., 69, of Todt Hill, a dentist who liked to travel, died yesterday at home.
Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Todt Hill about 40 years ago.
Dr. Esposito graduated from James Madison High School and Syracuse University. He was awarded a degree from the New York University Dental School in 1964. He was a resident at Coney Island Hospital before practicing as a dentist in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn for the past 45 years.
In his spare time, he enjoyed spending time with his family, poetry, the outdoors and traveling.
“He was the most giving, generous guy I know. He was smart and a risk-taker,” said his son, Dr. Alexander Esposito Jr. “He was an impervious rock that we all could count on always.”
Dr. Esposito was a parishioner of St. Teresa’s R.C. Church, Castleton Corners.
His wife, the former Joanne Buonopane, died in 1995.
Surviving are Mr. Esposito’s three sons, Christopher, Alexander, and David; two daughters, Lauren Beys and Joanne Esposito, and five grandchildren.
The funeral will be Thursday from the A. Azarra Funeral Home, South Beach, with a mass at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary R.C. Church, South Beach. Burial will follow in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.

Staten Island Advance February 23,2010

Though I haven’t spoken with the doctor or any of the Esposito family in about 3 years, much of who am I came from my 7 years of holidays, parties, and simple general bonding.  I echo Alexander’s sentiment; Dr. Esposito was such a generous man.  He welcomed me into his home in 1999 and never once made me feel like an outsider.  I looked up to him in so many many ways.  In ways, he was a taste of the true father I didn’t get to have.   Thank you, doc.  I still open Christmas presents and make sure to eat some kind of seafood on the Eve.  I always pitch in at parties.  And I never turn my back on someone in need.  I wish you well and it brings me great joy that you and Joanne will be reunited for all eternity.

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Phillies lead 1-0

Tied 1-1

Yankees lead 2-1

Yankees lead 3-1

Yankees lead 3-2

Yankees win 4-2