The producer of 'The Hurt Locker', Nicolas Chartier, has been banned from the Oscars.

There was some significant success for Irish projects when the nominations for this year's Academy Awards were announed today.

James Cameron's sci-fi epic 'Avatar' is among 10 movies nominated in the Best Picture category for the 2010 Academy Awards, it was announced today.

Blockbuster sci-fi spectacle 'Avatar' is tipped for big Oscar nominations success today in a list which could see director James Cameron pitted against his ex-wife.