The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were announced earlier today. With the announcements came a wide array of reactions from the newly crowned nominees. From the elation of a familiar name's nomination -- hello, Penelope Cruz -- to the sheer glee from a surprised first-time nominee -- hi there, Carey Mulligan -- it's been a banner day for many movie stars.
Sandra Bullock spoke to the "Today" show by phone and admitted that it was the first she had heard of her nomination. The "Blind Side" star said she slept through the announcement, which isn't entirely surprising, given that the nominees were read at 5 a.m. PT.
When asked how she would prepare for the Oscars, Bullock joked, "I do believe some liposuction is in order, a very strict diet regime, and I will acquire a very light English accent." She added, "I was going to say that I should start wearing glasses, but I already wear glasses, so I am already sort of there."
However, not everyone could sleep through the anxiousness surrounding today's big news. "Up" director Pete Docter spoke to New York Magazine and admitted he was wide awake and ready for a reaction.
"My wife and I woke up early, grabbed the computer, sat in bed, and listened to the nominations," Docter said. "It's surreal to have your name read out over the Internet at 5:30 in the morning."
Always an Oscar favorite, Penelope Cruz said she was "completely surprised and elated" by her nomination for her "Nine" performance, and thrilled to have been given the nod for work she so thoroughly enjoyed.
"['Nine' director] Rob Marshall is not only a genius, but an absolute joy to work with," Cruz said. "I woke up every morning excited to collaborate with this amazingly talented group of actors. Filming this movie was such a special experience and to be nominated for this role makes me so happy."
Carey Mulligan -- scoring her first nomination for the indie favorite "An Education" -- was openly blissed-out by the news.
"This is beyond anything I've ever dreamed of," 24-year-old Mulligan gushed. "I've definitely never felt such excitement and nausea this early in the morning!"
Also showing elation -- on live television, no less -- was "The Hurt Locker" actor Jeremy Renner, who watched the announcement from the "Today" show studios alongside costar Anthony Mackie. Renner immediately embraced his fellow "Hurt Locker" alumnus upon hearing the news, an embrace so long it seemed as though it might last through the entire day.
"Pretty fantastic," Renner said of his feeling about being nominated. "I jumped on this guy. He held me up like he did for the entire movie, anyway." Commenting on his stiff competition in the Best Actor category, Renner joked, "I've got to break some serious legs."
Kathryn Bigelow, only the fourth female director to ever be nominated for an Oscar, was clearly stunned by the news.
"I certainly, if one can give the impression that the impossible is possible, then I am perhaps overwhelmed with joy," Bigelow said. "But I do think that I hope someday we can lose the modifier and that becomes a moot point whether the person is male or female and they're just filmmakers making statements that they believe in."
(Bigelow also appeared on the "Today" Show, along with the two stars of the "The Hurt Locker," and artfully dodged every single question concerning her ex-husband and fellow Oscar favorite, "Avatar" director James Cameron.)
Awards dynamo Mo'Nique, also speaking to "Today," almost broke down in tears on the phone (a preview of her Oscar acceptance speech?).
"I am floating," the "Precious" actress said. "I am that little girl standing in the mirror with the towel wrapped around her, baby, brush in hands, singing my song."
"As soon as I heard, I jumped up and down," Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique's "Precious" co-star said. "For some reason I kept screaming, 'I'm gonna get a car, I'm gonna get a car.' I don't know why."
"This is my fifth nomination and I'm more proud of that than all the rest of it, I think," Morgan Freeman, who stars alongside Oscar-winner Matt Damon in "Invictus," said. "Getting nominated, to me, that's the plateau. After you're nominated, it's like a crap shoot, it's like throwing dice."
"I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones," said best actor nominee, Colin Firth (who showed off his vocal tones in "Mamma Mia"). "Perhaps I should do another musical."
A lot of nominees took to their Twitter accounts, but some couldn't express themselves in 140 characters or less.
Anna Kendrick, best supporting actress nominee for "Up in the Air," addressed this conundrum with a tweet that read: "I'd love to say that 140 characters couldn't cover how I'm feeling right now, but I'm honestly speechless."
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