I will be live blogging right along with the Oscar nominations that are being announced this morning. Watch the nominations announced right alongside The Pixar Times. Keep it right here or follow on Twitter for all Pixar-related Oscar updates:
For a full list of nominations for Pixar films and an in-depth analysis, click here.
9:00 AM – Pixar receives 6 Academy Award nominations in total – 5 for Toy Story 3 and 1 for Day & Night.
8:55 AM – Toy Story 3 also receives nominations for Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Original Song (“We Belong Together”). Pixar’s short film this year, Day & Night receives nomination for Best Animated Short Film.
8:50 AM – Toy Story 3 received the nominations that have been predicted for months. Nomination for Best Animated Feature Film was a lock for Pixar this year. Best Adapted Screenplay was a big nomination for the studio, as Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich did a fantastic job putting together a great script. Finally, the nomination for Best Picture was the icing on the cake. Only three films in the history of the Academy Awards have received a nomination for Best Picture and Pixar’s films represent two of those three.
8:45 AM – Toy Story 3 receives 3 Academy Award nominations. More coming…
8:43 AM – Toy Story 3 nominated for Best Picture. Only the 3rd animated film ever to receive a nomination in the category.
8:42 AM – Toy Story 3 nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.
8:41 AM – Toy Story 3 nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
8:39 AM – Mo’Nique will be helping to announce the nominations this morning.
8:38 AM – Ok. Here we go….
8:36 AM – Don’t you just love montages?…
8:33 AM – Well, it looks like nominations will officially begin in about 5 minutes.
8:28 AM – Waiting for the Oscar nominations to start up in a few minutes.
