Global Information82nd Academy Awards information
| 82nd Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
 Official poster | |
| Date | March 7, 2010 |
| Site | Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Hosted by | Alec Baldwin Steve Martin[1] |
| Preshow hosts | Jess Cagle Kathy Ireland Sherri Shepherd[2] |
| Produced by | Bill Mechanic Adam Shankman[3] |
| Directed by | Hamish Hamilton[4] |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | The Hurt Locker |
| Most awards | The Hurt Locker (6) |
| Most nominations | Avatar and The Hurt Locker (9) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
| Duration | 3 hours, 37 minutes[5] |
| Ratings | 41.62 million 24.89% (Nielsen ratings)[6] |
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2010 Winter Olympics.[7] During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and was produced by Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted the show. Martin hosted for the third time; he first presided over the 73rd ceremony held in 2001 and last hosted the 75th ceremony held in 2003. Meanwhile, this was Baldwin's first Oscars hosting stint. This was also the first telecast to have multiple hosts since the 59th ceremony held in 1987.[8]
On June 24, 2009, Academy president Sid Ganis announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2010 ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees instead of five,[9] a practice that had been discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944. On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks.[10]
The Hurt Locker won six awards, including Best Picture.[11][12] Other winners were Avatar with three awards, Crazy Heart, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, and Up with two, and The Blind Side, The Cove, Inglourious Basterds, Logorama, Music by Prudence, The New Tenants, The Secret in Their Eyes, Star Trek, and The Young Victoria with one. The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005.
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- ^ "82nd Academy Awards to Feature 10 Best Picture Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). June 24, 2009. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- ^ O'Neil, Tom (February 12, 2010). "Elizabeth Banks to emcee sci-tech Oscars". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 17, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ Marszalek, Keith I. (March 7, 2010). "The winners of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards". The Times-Picayune. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on April 13, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ King, Susan (March 8, 2010). "'Hurt Locker' wins best picture". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2010.