Awards -- MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors)

For the first time in their history, the MPSE have announced their nominations before the Oscar nods are announced. Normally, it's been in the week after. Either way, like the CAS, this should give us a pretty good indicator of what to expect on Oscar morning. Although, I am more than a little bit surprised at the no-show of District 9 here, in the main category at least, although they did give it a "Foreign" awards, but I think it's one of the category's best contenders. That said, the nominees are..

BEST SOUND EDITING: DIALOGUE AND ADR

• (500) Days of Summer
• Avatar
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• A Serious Man
• Star Trek
• The Stoning of Soraya M.

BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY

• 2012
• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Push
• Star Trek
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Watchmen

BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FOREIGN FEATURE FILM

• The Baader Meinhof Complex
• Coco Before Chanel
• District 9
• An Education
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Red Cliff

BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, MUSIC, DIALOGUE AND ADR IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• 9
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Monsters vs. Aliens
• The Princess and the Frog
• Up

BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A FEATURE

• 2012
• (500) Days of Summer
• Avatar
• An Education
• The Informant!
• It's Complicated
• Sherlock Holmes
• Star Trek

BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A MUSICAL FILM

• Crazy Heart
• Every Little Step
• Nine
• This Is It