Oscar nominees Crazy Heart's Jeff Bridges, The Blind Side's Sandra Bullock, Invictus' Matt Damon (above), Up in the Air's Anna Kendrick, An Education's Carey Mulligan and Inglourious Basterds' Quentin Tarantino will be presenters at the 2010 Academy Awards.
Jeff Bridges received his fifth Oscar nomination for his lead performance in Crazy Heart. He'd previously earned a Best Actor nomination for Starman (1984) and Best Supporting Actor nominations for The Last Picture Show (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and The Contender (2000).
Sandra Bullock, Carey Mulligan and Anna Kendrick are first-time nominees, Bullock and Mulligan in the Best Actress category for The Blind Side and An Education, respectively, and Kendrick for her supporting role in Up in the Air. All three films are also in the running for Best Picture.
Matt Damon’s supporting actor nomination for Invictus is his third. In 1997 he shared the Best Original Screenplay Oscar with Ben Affleck for Good Will Hunting, for which Damon was nominated as Best Actor.
Tarantino’s nominations for writing and directing Inglourious Basterds are his third and fourth. In 1994 he was nominated for writing and directing Pulp Fiction, winning the Oscar for Original Screenplay. Inglourious Basterds is also a Best Picture contender.
The 2010 Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 7 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In the United States, it'll be televised live by ABC.
Photo: Invictus (Keith Bernstein / Warner Bros.)