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Complete List of Nominations for 82nd Academy Awards

Avatar and The Hurt Locker lead all Academy Award nominees with nine nominations apiece, including Best Motion Picture and his and hers Best Directing nods for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. Inglourious Basterds is close behind with eight, followed by Precious and Up in the Air with six.

Meryl Streep, up for Best Actress for Julie & Julia, extends her reign as the most nominated performer in Academy history, with her 16th nod.

The Oscars will be handed out March 7 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Here's the complete list of nominees:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* An Education
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious
* A Serious Man
* Up
* Up in the Air

Achievement in Directing

* James Cameron, Avatar
* Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
* Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
* Lee Daniels, Precious
* Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

* Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
* George Clooney, Up in the Air
* Colin Firth, A Single Man
* Morgan Freeman, Invictus
* Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

* Matt Damon, Invictus
* Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
* Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
* Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
* Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

* Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
* Helen Mirren, The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan, An Education
* Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
* Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

* Penélope Cruz, Nine
* Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
* Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
* Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
* Mo'Nique, Precious

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

* Coraline
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
* The Princess and the Frog
* The Secret of Kells
* Up

Original Screenplay

* The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
* Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
* The Messenger, Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
* A Serious Man, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
* Up, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson

Adapted Screenplay

* District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* An Education, Nick Hornby
* In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
* Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
* Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

* Ajami (Israel)
* El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
* The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
* Un Prophète (France)
* The White Ribbon (Germany)

Original Score

* James Horner, Avatar
* Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
* Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker
* Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes
* Michael Giacchino, Up

Original Song

* "Almost There," Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman (The Princess and the Frog)
* "Down in New Orleans," Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman (The Princess and the Frog)
* "Loin de Paname," Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyrics by Frank Thomas (Paris 36)
* "Take It All," Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine)
* "The Weary Kind," Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)

Achievement in Art Direction

* Avatar
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
* Nine
* Sherlock Holmes
* The Young Victoria

Achievement in Cinematography

* Avatar, Mauro Fiore
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bruno Delbonnel
* The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
* Inglourious Basterds, Robert Richardson
* The White Ribbon. Christian Berger

Achievement in Costume Design

* Bright Star, Janet Patterson
* Coco before Chanel, Catherine Leterrier
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Monique Prudhomme
* Nine, Colleen Atwood
* The Young Victori, Sandy Powell

Best Documentary Feature

* Burma VJ
* The Cove
* Food, Inc.
* The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
* Which Way Home

Best Documentary Short Subject

* China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
* The Last Campaign of Booth Gardner
* The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
* Music by Prudence
* Rabbit à la Berlin

Achievement in Film Editing

* Avatar, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
* District 9, Julian Clarke
* The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
* Inglourious Basterds, Sally Menke
* Precious, Joe Klotz

Achievement in Makeup

* Il Divo
* Star Trek
* The Young Victoria

Best Animated Short Film

* French Roast
* Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
* The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
* Logorama
* A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best Live Action Short Film

* The Door
* Instead of Abracadabra
* Kavi
* Miracle Fish
* The New Tenants

Achievement in Sound Editing

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Star Trek
* Up

Achievement in Sound Mixing

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Star Trek
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Achievement in Visual Effects

* Avatar
* District 9
* Star Trek

Avatar Takes Titanic's Last Titanic Record!

Put a fork in Titanic. She's done.

On the same day Avatar scored nine Oscar nominations, James Cameron's sci-fi epic grossed an estimated $2.7 million, Fox said, and upped its domestic box office total to $601.1 million.

Make that, a Titanic-topping $601.1 million.

The domestic title was Titanic's last remaining major box office record. Avatar previously swiped Titanic's No. 1 ranking as Earth's—and James Cameron's—biggest moneymaker. (And, yes, for those just cracking open their cryogenic sleep chambers, Cameron also made Titanic.)

As of Oscar Tuesday, Avatar had grossed an unprecedented $2 billion and change worldwide.

Per Box Office Mojo, Titanic still clings to a few titles: biggest PG-13 movie of all time, most consecutive weekends at No. 1, etc.

Titanic's reign as the No. 1 domestic movie lasted about 12 years, or until its director decided to make another movie. Until Avatar, the only film that came close to threatening its supremacy was The Dark Knight.

All who want to argue that Avatar ain't all that box office-wise can take it here to puff yourself up, or, for a reality check, go here, and direct your attention to the fourth bullet point.

Here's a revised and updated look at the Top 10 domestic box office champs of all time, per Box Office Mojo stats:

1. Avatar, $601.1 million
2. Titanic, $600.8 million
3. The Dark Knight, $533 million
4. Star Wars, $461 million
5. Shrek 2, $441 million
6. E.T., $435 million
7. Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace, $431 million
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $423 million
9. Spider-Man, $404 million
10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $402 million

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Runway Quest is liken to the famous American project runway hosted by supermodel Heidi klum. Needless to mention the level of success the show has recorded in the US, in teams of producing great designers for the fashion industry. Runway Quest seeks to replicate such success in the Nigeria fashion industry.

The ultimate winner will receive 2-million naira seed money to start his/her own design line, a magazine feature spread and a mentorship from a design firm in Nigeria.

The female fashion model attached to the winning designer will receive 1-million naira and coverage in a fashion magazine, featuring the winning designers’ twelve-piece collection as part of her prize.

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What’s Black And White And Red All Over?

Natalia’s new spring 2010 campaign for Stella McCartney. (Apparently last season’s models—Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Sigrid Agren—are taking spring off.) And for more on Stella, check out our review of the designer’s pre-fall collection here.