Acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi epic ‘Avatar’ and Kathryn Bigelow’s war thriller ‘The Hurt Locker’ have bagged maximum nominations for the upcoming 82nd annual Academy Awards. Both films have been named in nine categories.‘Aavatar’ has received nominations under the best picture, art direction, cinematography, director, film editing, music (original score), sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects category.

The Oscar has to be the most thrilling,” she said from her home in the East Bay Area. “The most meaningful is obviously the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Jai ho and ‘Slumdog’ have not only ruled the Oscars but have also emerged as the top ‘HollyWords’ that influenced the English language most in 2008.‘Jai ho’ Oscar winning original score composed by A R Rahman from Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and the word ‘Slumdog’, from the same film, that was used to describe young slum-dwellers in Mumbai were named the top two Hollywood words of 2008 by the Global Language Monitor (GLM) in its 6th Annual Survey..