London
(ANI):
Canadian
film
director
James
Cameron"s
Avatar
has
landed
five
top
nomination
spots
at
the
upcoming
Empire
magazine
film
awards.
The
3D
blockbuster
received
nods
in
the
Best
Film
and
Best
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
categories,
while
Cameron,
55,
is
in
the
running
for
the
Best
Director
prize,
reports
the
Daily
Star.
The
movie"s
stars
Sam
Worthington
and
Zoe
Saldana
are
each
tipped
in
the
Best
Actor/Actress
category.
Worthington,
33,
will
be
fighting
for
the
prize
with
Sir
Michael
Caine
(Harry
Brown),
Christoph
Waltz
(Inglourious
Basterds),
Robert
Pattinson
(The
Twilight
Saga:
New
Moon)
and
Robert
Downey
Jr.
(Sherlock
Holmes).
Saldana,
31,
is
up
against
Anne-Marie
Duff
(Nowhere
Boy),
Carey
Mulligan
(An
Education),
Emily
Blunt
(The
Young
Victoria)
and
Melanie
Laurent
(Inglourious
Basterds).
Cameron
will
go
head-to-head
with
ex-wife
Kathryn
Bigelow
(The
Hurt
Locker)
in
the
Best
Director
list,
as
well
as
Neil
Blomkamp
(District
9),
JJ
Abrams
(Star
Trek)
and
Quentin
Tarantino
(Inglourious
Basterds).
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