Isn't he Zeus in the new Clash of the Titans?

That's Liam Neeson.

OSCAR NOMS:

Best Picture

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Best Animated Feature

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Up

Best Foreign Language Film

• Ajami, Israel
• The Milk of Sorrow, Peru
• A Prophet, France
• El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
• The White Ribbon, Germany

Best Adapted Screenplay

• An Education, Nick Hornby
• District 9, Neil Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
• In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong & Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air, Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

Best Original Screenplay

• The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger, Alessandro Camon & Owen Moverman
• A Serious Man, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
• Up, Pete Docter & Thomas McCarthy & Bob Peterson

Best Director

• Avatar, James Cameron
• The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow
• Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Lee Daniels
• Up in the Air, Jason Reitman

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
• George Clooney in Up in the Air
• Colin Firth in A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman in Invictus
• Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren in The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan in An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
• Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon in Invictus
• Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
• Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
• Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Penelope Cruz in Nine
• Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
• Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
• Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Wow - I did not expect to see Inglorious Basterds on the BP nominees list.

Ooo. Nice to see The Hurt Locker get so much love. I didn't think Jeremy Renner would get a nod, though he totally deserves it.

District 9 is even more of a surprise to me. Two SF films got Best Picture noms? Inconceivable!

BTW - just saw Julie & Julia this weekend and LOVE. The movie is made of butter and LOVE.

Two SF films got Best Picture noms? Inconceivable!

And neither movie was Star Trek, some people thought would get on due to the expanded list. I didn't really expect it to get the nod, but I didn't expect District 9 either.

I did not expect to see Inglorious Basterds on the BP nominees list.

Me, neither. I understand the SA nom for Christop Waltz but not BP.

I enjoyed the hell out of Star Trek, but really don't think it deserved to be on the list. Of course, I still haven't heard anything about Avatar that makes me think it should be on the list either, but that gripe isn't going anywhere soon.

District 9 has Peter Jackson cred, so it's not a huge shocker to me.

I'm pleased to se Up on the list, but since it's also up for Best Animated it doesn't stand a chance.