My personal favorite was what I labeled ‘the Night of Terror,’ when everything goes bonkers and her legs break backwards. I always love the reaction that scene gets: some people laugh, some shout, some even cry. That particular scene really embodies the type of thrills I was going for in this movie–Aronofsky

For only the second time since 1951, when individual producers rather than companies were first cited in the Best Picture nominations, a producer has received two Best Picture nominations in the same year. Scott Rudin has been nominated for The Social Network and True Grit. In 1974, Francis Ford Coppola and Fred Roos received Best Picture nominations for both The Conversation and the eventual winner, The Godfather Part II.

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) leads with 12 nominations.
Colin Firth – Performance by an actor in a leading role
Geoffrey Rush – Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Helena Bonham Carter – Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Art direction
Cinematography
Costume design
Directing
Film editing
Original score
Best picture
Sound mixing
Original screenplay

Kathy Bates won the 1990 Best Actress Oscar at her first nomination for the thriller-horror film, “Misery.” Bates’ competitors that year were Anjelica Huston in “The Grifters,” Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman,” Meryl Streep in “Postcards from the Edge,” and Joanne Woodward in “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge.”