Nothing stirs up emotions, name-dropping and unbridled snark in Hollywood quite like the Academy Awards nominations, and each of these behaviors was alive and well this morning as the official Oscar contenders for 2010 went public.
In the first few hours after the nominees were announced Twitter-Wood saw all of these reactions, and I’ve retweeted a collection below filled with Anna Kendrick’s shock after seeing her Best Supporting Actress nomination for “Up in the Air,” Lee Unkrich’s wishes to the “Up” crew, Samm Levine’s assessment of the eight nominations received by “Inglourious Basterds” and more. Check ‘em out below in this Twitter-Wood Special Edition.
@AnnaKendrick47 I’d love to say that 140 characters couldn’t cover how I’m feeling right now but I’m honestly speechless 
-Anna Kendrick, Actress (”Twilight,” “Up in the Air”)
@ThatKevinSmith So the AcademyAward noms are announced, and once again, I’m sickened. Where the f— is ORPHAN?! Why does Oscar hate killer Russian midgets?
-Kevin Smith, Actor/Writer/Director (”Clerks,” “Mallrats”)
@BrodyismeFriend No Hangover for Best Picture?? I can now officially move on to other projects until it premieres on Starz. Part of my back-end deal.
-Brody Stevens, Actor (”The Hangover,” “Blind Ambition”)
@SammLevine 8 Oscar nominations for Basterds! Too bad there’s no “Best Actor in a Performance Edited Down to One Line” category. #stillwouldhavebeen8
-Samm Levine, Actor (”Inglourious Basterds,” “I Love You, Beth Cooper”)
@leeunkrich Woo hoo! Congrats to Pete et al for Up’s five Oscar nominations including BEST PICTURE!
-Lee Unkrich, Director (”Toy Story 2,” “Finding Nemo”)
@neilhimself When I will wake up I’ll know whether CORALINE has an Academy Award nomination. Almost don’t want to tweet this in case I jinx it. G’night.
-Neil Gaiman, Writer (”Stardust,” “Coraline”)
@radiomaru Congrats to @AnnaKendrick47 on her Oscar nomination. Wow, I just said those words. To someone I know. Someone I sorta know.
-Bryan Lee O’Malley, Writer (”Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”)
@edgarwright In not unrelated news, Kathryn Bigelow told me last week that after Hot Fuzz, I should put a clip of The Hurt Locker in Scott Pilgrim. True.
-Edgar Wright, Director (”Shaun of the Dead,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”)
@Tyrese4ReaL http://twitpic.com/10o95h – CONGRATS: to Lee Daniels & MoNique and Precious for SIX I repeat SIX OSCAR Nominations..
-Tyrese Gibson, Actor (”Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Legion”)
“The Blind Side” pt. 1: @rainnwilson Congrats to The Blind Side on it’s best picture nomination. Blindness is a devastating handicap and the real story needs to be told.
-Rainn Wilson, Actor (”The Rocker,” “The Office”)
“The Blind Side” pt. 2: @rainnwilson Apologies 2 the blind who were offended by my last tweet. The Blind Side is actually abt the dangers of highway driving & rear view mirrors.
@DougBenson No surprise Oscar nominations. Back to bed! #ilovesleeping
-Doug Benson, Actor (”The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Super High Me”)
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