Island Native Nominated For Academy Award

If you watch the Academy Awards this Sunday, don't forget to keep an eye out for a  graduate. 

Deb Adair, a Portsmouth native, is nominated for an Oscar in the category of "Sound Mixing" for her work in the 2011 film "Moneyball," starring Brad Pitt and directed by Bennett Miller. 

Other films nominated in the same category are "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "Hugo," "Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon" and  "War Horse." 

This is not the first Hollywood nomination for the 45-year-old re-recording mixer for Sony Pictures. 

Adair, also a graduate of Syracuse University, won an Emmy in both 1995 and 1996 for her work on Disney's "Aladdin" and an Emmy in 1997 for her work on Disney's "The Lion King."

The Oscars will be awarded during the 84th Academy Awards, which will air live Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. on ABC.