tonight, oscar nominations and jaime diaz next. if you've had a coke in the last 20 years, ( screams ) you've had a hand in giving college scholarships... and support to thousands of our nation's... most promising students. ♪ ( coca-cola 5-note mnemonic ) captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the nominations for the 82nd annual academy awards were announced this morning in los angeles. for the first time since 1943, the best picture category was expanded from five to ten, opening the field to popular contenders. leading the top of the list were "avatar" and "the hurt locker." each one nine nominations including best picture and best director in what is already being called a david and goliath battle. "avatar" the 3d science fiction epic directed by james cameron is who t world's highest grossing film. "the hurt locker" directed by catherine bigelow, cameron's former wife, is a tightly wound iraq war drama that has seeked where many films about iraq has not. que