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Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' which won
the Best Cast award at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards came is
also in the fray with 7 nominations including Best Picture,
Best Director and Best Supporting Actor.

The 'Best Film' category has been expanded this time
with 10 nominees, instead of the usual five.
Also nominated for best-picture are sci-fi thriller
'District 9', the animated comedy 'Up'; the World War II saga
'Inglourious Basterds'; the American football drama 'The Blind
Side'; the recession tale 'Up in The Air'; the 1960s drama 'A
Serious Man'; the growing up drama 'An Education' and gritty
Harlem tale 'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire'.
The Best Director category has shaped up as a showdown
between the ex-spouses Cameron and Bigelow but the 'Titanic'
helmer has said that "it'll be cool" to lose to his former
partner.
Other nominees in the category include Lee Daniels for
'Precious', Jason Reitman for 'Up in the Air' and Quentin
Tarantino for 'Inglourious Basterds'.
The Best Actress category includes favourites Sandra
Bullock (The Blind Side) and Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia) as
well as debutante Gabourey Sidibe (Precious..) along with
Helen Mirren for 'The Last Station' and Carey Mulligan for 'An
Education'.
The nominees in the Best Actor category are Jeff
Bridges for 'Crazy Heart', George Clooney for 'Up in the Air';
Colin Firth for a 'A Single Man'; Morgan Freeman for
'Invictus' and Jeremy Renner for 'The Hurt Locker'.(MORE) PTI
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