Kathryn Bigelow's war drama The Hurt Locker and James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar are set to sweep the board at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards after landing nine top nominations apiece, including honours for Best Picture and Best Director.

The nominations are in! Find out who and what have been recognized -- and snubbed! -- by the Academy.

Argentina, Australia and Kazakhstan will be among the nine countries competing for Oscar gold at the Academy Awards in March (10).

Acclaimed indie movies Fish Tank and Woman Without Piano shared the inaugural New Lights Award at the American Film Institute Festival in Hollywood on Thursday (05Nov09).