Mo'Nique Announces The 2011 Academy Award Nominations

2010 Best Supporting Actress Winner Mo'Nique announced the 2011 Academy Award nominations today and we have the main categories inside for you.  Sadly, there weren't any raisins in the oatmeal...

 

The 2010 movie season was a particularly good one for African Americans with movies like Why Did I Get Married Too?, For Colored Girls and Takers having strong box office showings and individuals like Whoopi Goldberg, Kimberly Elise, Tyler Perry and Idris Elba turning out great performances.  And with Anthony Mackie in Night Catches Us and Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli, there were many buzzworthy performances out there. 

I'm sure you have your own opinions about who got shut out, but here's who did get nominated:

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, The Fighter; Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech; Melissa Leo, The Fighter; Hailee Steinfeld (who is only 14), 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 Picture: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone

 

Are there any YBF celebs you feel were left out of today's nominations?  Which movies/actors/actresses would you add to the list?  The Awards are Feb. 27th on ABC and hosted by actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco.

EDIT: We want to make clear that we are not insisting that a "black" film should have been nominated just because, we are simply presenting the facts and asking the question as some of our readers do believe certain talent was left off the list.  This is a venue to  speak your mind.

For the record: Our favorites are Black Swan, The Fighter, and Social Network--for actors, directing, and the movies themselves.

Source: http://theybf.com/2011/01/25/monique-announces-the-2011-academy-award-nominations-no-ybf-folks-nominated

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