82nd Academy Awards#Memorial montage

The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced on February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway.{{cite news|last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title=Anne Hathaway to announce Oscar noms |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-hathaway-announce-oscar-noms-19975 |access-date=February 7, 2010 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=January 26, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412142740/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-hathaway-announce-oscar-noms-19975 |archive-date=April 12, 2015 }} Avatar and The Hurt Locker led the nominations with nine each.{{cite news|last=Cieply |first=Michael |title='Avatar' and 'Hurt Locker' Lead the Oscar Field |url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/avatar-and-hurt-locker-lead-the-oscar-field/ |access-date=June 17, 2010 |work=The New York Times |date=February 2, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107074934/http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/avatar-and-hurt-locker-lead-the-oscar-field/ |archive-date=January 7, 2014 }}

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 7, 2010.{{cite news|last1=Kennedy |first1=Lisa |title=82nd Academy Awards: Hollywood's big night delivers on the hype |url=http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_14632478/82nd-academy-awards:-hollywoods-big-night |access-date=August 29, 2010 |work=The Denver Post |publisher=MediaNews Group |date=March 7, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110322/http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_14632478/82nd-academy-awards%3A-hollywoods-big-night |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/02/academy.award.nominations.list/index.html |title=List of Academy Award nominations |date=February 2, 2010 |work=CNN |publisher=Time Warner |access-date=February 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203183717/http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/02/academy.award.nominations.list/index.html |archive-date=February 3, 2010 |url-status=live }} Kathryn Bigelow made history as the first female to win the Academy Award for Best Director.{{cite news|last=Block |first=Sheri |title=War drama 'The Hurt Locker' wins best picture Oscar |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/war-drama-the-hurt-locker-wins-best-picture-oscar-1.489922 |access-date=May 21, 2010 |publisher=CTV (Bell Media) |date=March 7, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107182405/http://www.ctvnews.ca/war-drama-the-hurt-locker-wins-best-picture-oscar-1.489922 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 }} Up became the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture after 1991's Beauty and the Beast. Best Adapted Screenplay winner Geoffrey Fletcher was the first African-American winner of a screenwriting Oscar.{{cite news|last=Johnson |first=Reed |title=Kathryn Bigelow, Geoffrey Fletcher make Oscar history |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-08-la-et-oscars-historic8-2010mar08-story.html |access-date=August 29, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313042650/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/08/entertainment/la-et-oscars-historic8-2010mar08 |archive-date=March 13, 2010 }}

File:Kathryn Bigelow by David Shankbone.jpg, Best Picture co-winner and Best Director winner]]

File:Mark Boal 02 cropped.jpg, Best Picture co-winner and Best Original Screenplay winner]]

File:Jeff Bridges by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg, Best Actor winner]]

File:Sandra Bullock by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Best Actress winner]]

File:Christoph Waltz Viennale 2017 f (cropped).jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Mo'Nique attending the 82nd Academy Awards 2010.jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner]]

File:GSFWiki.jpg, Best Adapted Screenplay winner]]

File:Pete Docter cropped 2009.jpg, Best Animated Feature Film winner]]

File:Juan José Camapanella 2019.jpg, Best Foreign Language Film winner]]

File:Louie Psihoyos, 2020.jpg, Best Documentary Feature co-winner]]

File:Fisher Stevens 2016 (2).jpg, Best Documentary Feature co-winner]]

File:Roger Ross Williams.jpg, Best Documentary Short Subject co-winner]]

File:Michael Giacchino Sep 2017.jpg, Best Original Score winner]]

File:Ryan Bingham - Jacksonville FL - 2010.jpg, Best Original Song co-winner]]

File:Tboneburnettcolor.jpg, Best Original Song co-winner]]

File:Ray Beckett (sound engineer) 2010.jpg, Best Sound Mixing co-winner]]

File:Gerry with Robert Stromberg.jpg, Best Art Direction co-winner]]

File:Sandy Powell Viennale 2015 b (cropped).jpg, Best Costume Design winner]]

File:Joe Letteri ONZM (cropped).jpg, Best Visual Effects co-winner]]

File:Stephenrosenbaum.vietnam2016.jpg, Best Visual Effects co-winner]]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ({{double-dagger}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010 |title=The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 10, 2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130021624/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010 |archive-date=November 30, 2014 }}

The Academy held its 1st Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 14, 2009, during which the following awards were presented:{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090910a.html |title=Bacall, Calley, Corman, and Willis to Receive Academy's Governors Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |access-date=October 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408200946/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090910a.html |archive-date=April 8, 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/awards/honorary.html |title=Honorary Academy Awards - Oscar Statuette & Other Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |access-date=April 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408195739/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/awards/honorary.html |archive-date=April 8, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/awards/thalberg.html |title=Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award - Oscar Statuette & Other Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |access-date=April 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408195729/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/awards/thalberg.html |archive-date=April 8, 2010 |url-status=live }}

• To Lauren Bacall in recognition of her central place in the golden age of motion pictures.
• To Roger Corman for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers.
• To Gordon Willis for unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, color and motion.

• John Calley

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The following 22 films received multiple nominations:

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The following five films received multiple awards:

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The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/presenters.html |title=Presenters |access-date=April 9, 2010 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |year=2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408194500/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/presenters.html |archive-date=April 8, 2010 }}

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Because of the declining viewership of recent Academy Awards ceremonies, the Academy sought ideas to revamp the show while renewing interest with the nominated films. After the previous year's telecast, which saw a 13% increase in viewership, many within the Motion Picture Academy proposed new ways to give the awards a more populist appeal. AMPAS then-president Sid Ganis announced that the ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees, rather than traditional five. The expansion was a throwback to the Academy's early years in the 1930s and 1940s, when eight to twelve films were nominated.{{cite web|last=Cieply |first=Michael |title=Academy Expands Best-Picture Pool to 10 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/movies/25oscars.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 5, 2013 |date=June 24, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717165526/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/movies/25oscars.html |archive-date=July 17, 2013 }} "Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories, but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize," Sid Ganis said in a press conference. "I can't wait to see what that list of ten looks like when the nominees are announced in February." Ganis also said that became difficult to get a clear winner. A cause of this was required a change in the voting system from first-past-the-post to alternative vote.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8539436.stm |title=BBC News: Oscars 2010: Best picture voting changes explained |last=Smith |first=Neil |publisher=BBC |work=BBC News |date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311070948/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8539436.stm |archive-date=March 11, 2010 |url-status=live }}

Choreographer Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic were hired as producers for the ceremony. Shankman revealed in an interview on NPR's Fresh Air that he and Mechanic had originally chosen Sacha Baron Cohen as the host, but the Academy rejected this proposal because Baron Cohen was "too much of a wild card."{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=123844321 |title=Shankman's Winning Job: Producing The Oscars |date=February 18, 2010 |publisher=NPR (National Public Radio, Inc.) |access-date=February 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304060450/http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=123844321 |archive-date=March 4, 2010 |url-status=live }}

Many of the previous year's well-received elements returned. Five actors with a personal connection with each of the nominees presented the Best Actor and Best Actress awards. Shankman and Mechanic announced their intention to make the running time of the telecast shorter.{{cite magazine|title=Looking Forward to The Big Show|first=Nicole |last=Sperling|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|date=February 12, 2010}} Most presenters this year introduced each winner with the phrase "And the winner is ..." rather than "And the Oscar goes to..." for the first time since 1988. The Academy gave no reason for the change to a phrase which it had once felt humiliating to the other nominees; but apparently acquiesced in Shankman and Mechanic's decision to return to the older phrase.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1970672,00.html |title=An Oscar Comeback: 'And the Winner Is ...' |magazine=Time |publisher=Time Inc. |last=Alexander |first=Bryan |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604163201/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0%2C8599%2C1970672%2C00.html?cnn=yes&hpt=C2 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }} David Rockwell's proscenium curtain, decorated with 100,000 Swarovski crystals, was reused as part of the stage design for this year's telecast.{{cite news|last=Zelevansky |first=Nora |title=David Rockwell opens curtain on 2010 Oscar set design |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-feb-28-la-ig-oscarsets-20100228-story.html |access-date=May 21, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305152819/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/28/image/la-ig-oscarsets-20100228 |archive-date=March 5, 2010 }} Unlike most Oscar ceremonies, however, Mechanic and Shankman announced that none of the five songs nominated for Best Original Song would be performed live.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2010/02/oscar-spoilers-best-original-song-artists-not-performing-25443/ |title=Oscar Spoilers: Best Original Song Artists Not Performing |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |author-link=Nikki Finke |last=Finke |first=Nikki |work=Deadline Hollywood Daily |date=February 17, 2010 |access-date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329134950/http://www.deadline.com/2010/02/oscar-spoilers-best-original-song-artists-not-performing |archive-date=March 29, 2010 }}

For the first time since 2003, the field of major nominees included at least one blockbuster at the American and Canadian box offices. Five of the nominees had grossed over $100 million before the nominations were announced.{{cite news|last=Horn |first=John |title=Oscar nominations that are for the people |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 3, 2010 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-feb-03-la-et-oscars-main3-2010feb03-story.html |access-date=February 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209120304/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/03/entertainment/la-et-oscars-main3-2010feb03 |archive-date=February 9, 2010 |url-status=live }} Many critics, reporters, and entertainment industry analysts cite the AMPAS's decision to expand the roster of Best Picture nominees from five to ten films as one of the reasons for this.{{cite news|last=Gray |first=Brandon |title=2009 Academy Award Nominations |website=Box Office Mojo |date=February 2, 2010 |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2666&p=.htm |access-date=February 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212013407/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2666&p=.htm |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |url-status=live }}

Three of the ten Best Picture nominees were among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations. At the time of the announcement on February 2, Avatar was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $596 million in domestic box office receipts. Other top-ten domestic box office hits nominated were Up with $293 million, and The Blind Side with $237.9 million. Among the remaining seven nominees, Inglourious Basterds was the next highest-grossing film with $120.5 million followed by District 9 ($115.6 million), Up in the Air ($73 million), Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire ($45 million), The Hurt Locker ($12 million), An Education ($9.4 million) and finally A Serious Man ($9.2 million).{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700006507/Box-office-numbers-for-Oscar-best-picture-nominees.html |title=Box-office numbers for Oscar best-picture nominees |publisher=Deseret Management Corporation |work=Deseret News |access-date=April 26, 2011 |date=February 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303155621/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700006507/Box-office-numbers-for-Oscar-best-picture-nominees.html |archive-date=March 3, 2012 }}

Of the top 50 grossing films of the year, 46 nominations went to 13 films on the list. Only Avatar (1st), Up (5th), The Blind Side (8th), Inglourious Basterds (25th), District 9 (27th), The Princess and the Frog (32nd), Julie & Julia (34th), Coraline (42nd) and Up in the Air (43rd) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, Best Picture or Animated Feature.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?view=allmovies&yr=2009&p=.htm |title=2009 Oscar nominations and wins by movie |website=Box Office Mojo (Amazon.com) |access-date=April 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204181707/http://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?view=allmovies&yr=2009&p=.htm |archive-date=February 4, 2010 |url-status=live }} The other top-50 box office hits that earned nominations were Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2nd), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (3rd), Star Trek (7th) and Sherlock Holmes (11th).

On March 1, 2010, WABC-TV New York, ABC's flagship station, announced that it would likely end its services with cable television company Cablevision on March 7, 2010,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/business/media/03cable.html |url-access=subscription |title=Disney and Cablevision Take ABC Fight Public |work=The New York Times |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=April 9, 2010 |author=Stelter, Brian |author2=Brooks Barnes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312225617/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/business/media/03cable.html |archive-date=March 12, 2010 |url-status=live }} the weekend of the 82nd Academy Awards. The station was removed from Cablevision's lineup at 12:01 a.m. ET on March 7.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/business/media/08scramble.html |title=Oscar Night Suspense, Then Poof! Cable's Back |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 8, 2010 |last=Kleinfield |first=N.R. |date=March 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311064852/http://www.nytimes.com//2010//03//08//business//media//08scramble.html |archive-date=March 11, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/disney-pulls-abc-from-cablevision-after-deal-fails/?pagemode=print |title=WABC Returns to Cablevision |last=Stelter |first=Brian |author2=Brooks Barnes |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 8, 2010 |date=March 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312023838/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/disney-pulls-abc-from-cablevision-after-deal-fails/?pagemode=print |archive-date=March 12, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/07/AR2010030701058.html |title=ABC goes dark for New York Cablevision subscribers |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 8, 2010 |last=Kang |first=Cecilia |date=March 7, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110035634/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/07/AR2010030701058.html |archive-date=November 10, 2012 }} Over 3.1 million viewers in the New York City viewing area, the nation's largest media market, would have been unable to watch the Oscars (and other station-related and ABC-related programming), and it was projected to cause a devastating blow to advertisers and viewership for the Oscars.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Cablevision-Customers-Might-Lose-ABC-on-Oscar-Night-85982967.html |title=Cablevision Customers May Lose ABC on Oscar Night |website=nbcnewyork.com |publisher=WNBC (NBC Universal) |date=March 2, 2010 |access-date=March 5, 2010 |last=Smith |first=Mariel}} At about 8:43 p.m. ET, thirteen minutes after the awards ceremony began, Cablevision resumed transmission of the WABC feed.{{cite news|title=Cablevision reaches deal with Disney; ABC service restored to 3.1m subscribers |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2010/03/08/cablevision_customers_see_oscars_after_all/ |access-date=August 29, 2010 |work=Boston.com |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206094406/http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2010/03/08/cablevision_customers_see_oscars_after_all/ |archive-date=February 6, 2015 }}

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Shortly after Music by Prudence director Roger Ross Williams began his speech accepting the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject, he was suddenly interrupted by Elinor Burkett, his co-producer. The scene was described as the ceremony's weirdest or most awkward moment, and was compared by Williams and others to Kanye West's interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance of the Best Female Video Award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards five months earlier.{{cite news|last=Ryzik |first=Mylena |title=A Kanye Moment at the Oscars |url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/a-kanye-moment-at-the-oscars/ |work=The New York Times |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311020307/http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/a-kanye-moment-at-the-oscars/ |archive-date=March 11, 2010 |url-status=live }}

Burkett, who lives in Zimbabwe where most of the film was shot, had sued Williams over the finished film, a suit that had been settled by the time of the ceremony. She explained to Salon.com, to which she was once a contributor, that the film had been her idea. "Roger had never even heard of Zimbabwe before I told him about this." She had been upset that Williams and HBO chose to focus on one person instead of the entire band, as the members had been led to believe. "I felt my role in this has been denigrated again and again, and it wasn't going to happen this time." She hustled onstage because, she claimed, Williams' mother had blocked her from going down with her cane to prevent her from sharing the stage.{{cite web|last=Lauerman |first=Kerry |title=The story behind Oscar's "Kanye moment" |url=http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/2010/03/07/music_by_prudence_burkett |work=Salon.com |publisher=Salon Media Group |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310045004/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/2010/03/07/music_by_prudence_burkett |archive-date=March 10, 2010 }}

"She just ambushed me", said Williams, "I just expected her to stand there. I had a speech prepared." He said it was made clear by the Academy that only one person can give an acceptance speech. He said his mother had merely gotten up to hug him.

The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Film critic Roger Ebert criticized the opening monologue of Baldwin and Martin saying it was "surprisingly unfunny". He later went on to say that there was joy that The Hurt Locker won, but choice of Baldwin and Martin as host was wrong.{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100307/OSCARS/100309965 |title=No pain for "Hurt Locker," Bigelow |author-link=Roger Ebert |last=Ebert |first=Roger |access-date=April 14, 2010 |date=March 7, 2010 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |publisher=Sun-Times Media Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413211044/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100307%2FOSCARS%2F100309965 |archive-date=April 13, 2010 |url-status=live }} Los Angeles Times columnist Mary McNamara quipped that the show had no sense of timing saying, "Despite everyone's best efforts, this year's Oscars seemed to suffer from a crisis of confidence."{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/la-et-oscars-review8-2010mar08,0,2236486.story |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 14, 2010 |date=March 8, 2010 |title=Oscars show has no sense of timing |last=McNamara |first=Mary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412142838/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/la-et-oscars-review8-2010mar08%2C0%2C2236486.story |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |url-status=live }} Time television critic James Poniewozik also criticized "the choppy paced" ceremony stating, it was "a classic Oscar failing". He also noted that having two hosts was a disadvantage.{{cite magazine|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2010/03/08/the-oscarcast-classic-not-necessarily-in-a-good-way/ |title=The Oscarcast: Classic, Not Necessarily in a Good Way |author-link=James Poniewozik |first=James |last=Poniewozik |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=April 14, 2010 |magazine=Time |publisher=Time Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412114507/http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/03/08/the-oscarcast-classic-not-necessarily-in-a-good-way/ |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |url-status=live }}

Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. The Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert lauded the hosts performance saying that "The delivery was expert and warmly conversational, like one of those old-school comedy teams."{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Matthew|title=A silly, somber, and intimate night: The 82nd Academy Awards|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=March 8, 2010|page=G14}} Hank Stuever of The Washington Post remarked that the telecast "moved along with precision and smart decisions." He also praised Baldwin and Martin writing that they "proved to be classy and quippy throughout the night."{{cite news|last=Stuever |first=Hank |title=Academy Awards: Hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin put on fun Oscars broadcast |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/07/AR2010030703918.html |access-date=August 29, 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108004740/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/07/AR2010030703918.html |archive-date=November 8, 2010 }} Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune gave an average critique of the ceremony but acclaimed the cast.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/03/08/oscar-hosts-fail-to-bring-special-effect-to-show/ |title=Oscar hosts fail to bring special effect to show |date=March 7, 2010 |access-date=April 14, 2010 |work=Chicago Tribune |publisher=Tribune Publishing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413041142/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-08/news/ct-live-0308-oscar-watcher-20100308_1_short-film-awards-oscar-telecast-original-screenplay-award |archive-date=April 13, 2010 }}

The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 41.62 million people over its length, which was a 13% increase from the previous year's ceremony. An estimated 79.68 million total viewers watched all or part of the awards.{{cite news |title=ABC Draws Its Biggest Weekly Audience Since September '08 | url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20100309abc02 | work=The Futon Critic | date=March 10, 2010 | access-date=October 8, 2010}} The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the two previous ceremonies with 24.89% of households watching over a 36.69 share.{{cite magazine|url=http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/03/09/oscars-wins-weeks-ratings/ |date=March 9, 2010 |access-date=April 13, 2010 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. |last=Stransky |first=Tanner |title=Ratings: Oscar's 41 million viewers win week's top prize |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312112951/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/03/09/oscars-wins-weeks-ratings/ |archive-date=March 12, 2010 }} In addition, the program scored a higher 18-49 demo rating with a 12.71 rating over a 31.51 share among viewers in that demographic.{{cite news|last=Kissell |first=Rick |title=Oscars draw 41 million viewers |url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/news/oscars-draw-41-million-viewers-1118016200/ |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105083139/http://variety.com/2010/scene/news/oscars-draw-41-million-viewers-1118016200/ |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }} It was the highest viewership for an Academy Award telecast since the 77th ceremony held in 2005.{{cite news|author=Scott Bowles |title=Low Oscar Ratings Cue Soul-Searching |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2008-02-26-oscar-ratings_N.htm |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company |date=February 26, 2008 |access-date=April 13, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611165643/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2008-02-26-oscar-ratings_N.htm |archive-date=June 11, 2010 }}{{cite news|author-link=Nikki Finke |last=Finke |first=Nikki |title=Oscar Ratings: 'Avatar' Loses But ABC And AMPAS Aren't Blue Despite Greying Viewers |url=https://deadline.com/2010/03/oscar-ratings-add-up-for-abc-27871/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=May 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421140932/http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/oscar-ratings-add-up-for-abc/ |archive-date=April 21, 2010 |url-status=live }}

In July 2010, the ceremony presentation received 12 nominations at the 62nd Primetime Emmys.{{cite news|last=O'Neil |first=Tom |title=Emmys love for Oscars continues with 12 nominations |url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/07/emmys-love-for-oscars-continues-with-12-nominations.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 12, 2010 |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819172053/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/07/emmys-love-for-oscars-continues-with-12-nominations.html |archive-date=August 19, 2010 |url-status=live }} The following month, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming (David Rockwell and Joe Celli).{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Kenneth |title=The 2009 Tony Awards Broadcast Wins Emmy; Neil Patrick Harris Is a "Glee"-ful Winner |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142270-The-2009-Tony-Awards-Broadcast-Wins-Emmy-Neil-Patrick-Harris-Is-a-Glee-ful-Winner |work=Playbill |date=August 21, 2010 |access-date=September 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925184255/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142270-The-2009-Tony-Awards-Broadcast-Wins-Emmy-Neil-Patrick-Harris-Is-a-Glee-ful-Winner |archive-date=September 25, 2010 }}

The annual In Memoriam tribute, produced by Chuck Workman,{{cite news|first=Sandy |last=Cohen |title=Oscar's {{'}}In Memoriam{{'}} segment is touching to watch, painful to make |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2010-03-03-oscar-memorial-segment_N.htm |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company |date=March 3, 2010 |access-date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306133003/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2010-03-03-oscar-memorial-segment_N.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2010 }} was presented by actress Demi Moore. Singer James Taylor performed The Beatles' song "In My Life" during the tribute.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/mar/07/oscars-2010-liveblog |title=Oscars 2010 liveblog: the 82nd Academy Awards as it happened |last=Brooks |first=Xan |date=March 7, 2010 |work=The Guardian |access-date=March 31, 2010 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309224442/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/mar/07/oscars-2010-liveblog |archive-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=live }}

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• Patrick Swayze – Actor
• Maurice Jarre – Composer
• Monte Hale – Actor
• Jean Simmons – Actress
• Tullio Pinelli – Writer
• Éric Rohmer – Director
• Ken Annakin – Director
• David Carradine – Actor
• Gareth Wigan – Executive
• Daniel Melnick – Producer
• Howard Zieff – Director
• Dom DeLuise – Actor
• Army Archerd – Journalist
• Ron Silver – Actor
• Brittany Murphy – Actress
• Lou Jacobi – Actor
• Simon Channing Williams – Producer
• Betsy Blair – Actress
• Joseph Wiseman – Actor
• Jack Cardiff – Cinematographer
• Kathryn Grayson – Actress
• Arthur Canton – Public relations
• Nat Boxer – Sound
• Millard Kaufman – Writer
• Roy E. Disney – Executive
• Larry Gelbart – Writer
• Horton Foote – Writer
• Robert Woodruff Anderson – Writer
• Budd Schulberg – Writer
• Michael Jackson – Musician
• Natasha Richardson – Actress
• Jennifer Jones – Actress
• David Brown – Producer
• Karl Malden – Actor

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A separate tribute was held earlier in the evening for the late filmmaker John Hughes, presented by actors Matthew Broderick, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Macaulay Culkin and Jon Cryer.{{cite news|first=Eric |last=Ditzian |title=Oscar Night Belongs To 'The Hurt Locker' |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1633366/story.jhtml |website=mtv.com |publisher=MTV (Viacom Media Networks) |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311192029/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1633366/story.jhtml |archive-date=March 11, 2010 }}{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/la-et-oscars-hughes8-2010mar08,0,5063722.story |title=John Hughes High School reunion |date=March 8, 2010 |last=Braxton |first=Greg |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412143820/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/la-et-oscars-hughes8-2010mar08%2C0%2C5063722.story |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|website=CBS News |publisher=CBS Corporation |title=Oscars: What You Didn't See on TV |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscars-what-you-didnt-see-on-tv/ |access-date=January 4, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021152252/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscars-what-you-didnt-see-on-tv/ |archive-date=October 21, 2014 }} The 77th telecast had previously featured a special memorial to Johnny Carson presented by Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg.{{cite news|last=Sutherland |first=Ben |title=Rock sparkles on Oscar debut |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4303485.stm |access-date=December 26, 2013 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=February 28, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211051628/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4303485.stm |archive-date=December 11, 2013 }}

• 67th Golden Globe Awards
• 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 30th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 52nd Grammy Awards
• 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 63rd British Academy Film Awards
• 64th Tony Awards
• List of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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