82nd Academy Awards

82nd Academy Awards
Official poster
Date	March 7, 2010
Site	Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Alec Baldwin Steve Martin
Preshow host(s)	Jess Cagle Kathy Ireland Sherri Shepherd
Produced by	Bill Mechanic Adam Shankman
Directed by	Hamish Hamilton
Highlights
Best Picture	The Hurt Locker
Most awards	The Hurt Locker (6)
Most nominations	Avatar and The Hurt Locker (9)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 37 minutes
Ratings	41.62 million 24.89% (Nielsen ratings)
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The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after its usual late-February date to avoid conflicting with the 2010 Winter Olympics. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and was produced by Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted the show. Martin hosted for the third time; he first presided over the 73rd ceremony held in 2001 and last hosted the 75th ceremony held in 2003. Meanwhile, this was Baldwin's first Oscars hosting stint. This was also the first telecast to have multiple hosts since the 59th ceremony held in 1987.

On June 24, 2009, Academy president Sid Ganis announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2010 ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees instead of five, a practice that was discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944. On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks.