The nominees for this year’s 83rd Academy Awards were announced this morning. If you’ve been following lead-up award shows like the Golden Globes, the actor and actress main categories are no surprise (although Mila Kunis‘s omission from Best Actress in a Supporting Role is noticeable). See below:

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (*favorite)
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter (*favorite)
John Hawkes for Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner for The Town
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman for The Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman for Black Swan (*favorite)
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Colin Firth for The King’s Speech (*favorite)
James Franco for 127 Hours

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
David O’Russell for The Fighter
Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
David Fincher for The Social Network (*favorite)
Joel Coen/Ethan Coen for True Grit

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

For a full list of categories, head to Oscars.com.

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