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VLADIVOSTOK, January 10, vladivostoktimes.com 5777 US addressees got letters marked “Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences”. The letters contain papers with titles of the movies and names of their creators who will become the nominees for Oscar-2010, as Vladivostok Ezhednevnye Novosti reports.

The voting process will last less than a month – all papers must be filled in and sent back till 5 pm on January 23, 2010. The organizers note that to prevent mistakes they marked each paper with its number and checked the addressees’ directions.

According to the experts, the main competition in the nomination “Best movie” will be held between five movies: “Avatar” by James Cameron, “The Hurt Locker” by Kathryn Bigelow, “Inglourious Bastards” by Quentin Tarantino, “Nine” by Rob Marshal, and “Up in the Air” by Jason Reitman.

“Up in the Air” has become the leader in number of nominations for the second (in status) American film award “Golden Globe”.  As Dni.ru reported, the story about a corporate lawyer who thought that the sky is a separate state, has 6 nominations – three for actors and one for best film, best director, and best screenplay.

This year 10 films will have a chance to participate in the main Oscar nomination. “It allows the experts to include fantastic films (which usually participate in other nominations) in this list” as the academy President Sid Ganis explained. Also cartoon movies can participate in this nomination.

One more intrigue of Oscar-2010 is probable sixteenth nomination of Meryl Strip for the best actress – she already has two Oscars and this year she made double in “Golden Globe”. She will compete with herself in the nomination “Best woman role in comedy or musical”: she is included in the list for two films “It’s Complicated” and “Julie and Julia” .

The Oscar nominees will be announced on February 2 and the winners will got Oscars in a month – on March 7.