After winning the Producers Guild Awards, The King's Speech is now on its way of bagging the top prize in the Oscar Awards after the announcement of the nominees tonight.
The King's Speech, which is based on the story of King George VI and his battle with speech problem, amassed a total of 12 nominations; including Best Picture and Best Director for Tom Hooper.
Three of its stars are nominated in the acting categories: Colin Firth (Best Actor), Geoffrey Rush (Best Supporting Actor), and Helena Bonham Carter (Best Supporting Actress).
Aside from The King's Speech, the other nominees for Best Picture are: 127 Hours, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, and Winter's Bone.
The remake of the Western movie True Grithad the second number of nominations with 10; while The Social Networkand The Kids Are All Righthad eight nominations each.
In the Best Actor category, Colin Firthwill go up against last year's winner Jeff Bridges, who is nominated this year for True Grit; former best supporting actor winner Javier Bardem for Biutiful; and first-time nominees Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network and James Franco for 127 Hours.
Golden Globe-winners Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) are nominated for Best Actress, along with past winner Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), former nominee Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), and newcomer Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone).
Tom Hooper's competition for Best Director includes Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan, Joel & Ethan Coen for True Grit, David Fincher for The Social Network, and David O. Russell for The Fighter.
The nominees for Best Supporting Actor, aside from Geoffrey Rush, are Christian Bale for The Fighter, John Hawkes for Winter's Bone, Jeremy Renner for The Town, and Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right.
Helena Bonham Carter will go up against The Fighter's Amy Adams and Melisa Leo, True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld, and Animal Kingdom's Jacki Weaver.
Here are the nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards:
BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter
BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, The Fighter
Mike Leigh, Another Year
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David Seidler, The King's Speech
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Michael Arndt, Toy Story 3
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
Debra Granik and Anne Roselini, Winter's Bone
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
BEST ANIMATED FILM
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland
Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
BEST EDITING
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
The Social Network
BEST MAKEUP
Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman
BEST SCORE
127 Hours
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
BEST SONG
"Coming Home," Country Strong
"I See the Light," Tangled
"If I Rise," 127 Hours
"We Belong Together," Toy Story 3
BEST SOUND EDITING
Inception
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
BEST SOUND MIXING
Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143