Mo'Nique Pictures: Actress Mo'Nique and President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tom Sherak announce the nominees at the 83rd Academy Awards Nominations Announcement held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on January 25, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.
Sidney Hicks and Mo'Nique Pictures: Sidney Hicks and Mo'Nique arrive on the red carpet at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California.
"The Hurt Locker" won six times, including Best Picture, to highlight this year's Oscars. The Iraq war drama also earned Best Director honors for Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first woman in Oscar history to win Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.
"There's no other way to describe it. It's the moment of a lifetime," said Bigelow, whose film upset her ex-husband James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" in the major categories.
