Oscar Nods Announced

[Kire]

BEST PICTURE
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER

DIRECTING
THE AVIATOR
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
VERA DRAKE

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE INCREDIBLES
SHARK TALE
SHREK 2

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BORN INTO BROTHELS
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
SUPER SIZE ME
TUPAC: RESURRECTION
TWIST OF FAITH

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
AUTISM IS A WORLD
THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY
HARDWOOD
MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH
SISTER ROSE'S PASSION


ART DIRECTION
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE AVIATOR
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

COSTUME DESIGN
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
RAY
TROY

FILM EDITING
THE AVIATOR
COLLATERAL
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY


FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
THE CHORUS
DOWNFALL
THE SEA INSIDE
YESTERDAY

MAKEUP
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE SEA INSIDE

MUSIC (SCORE)
FINDING NEVERLAND
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE VILLAGE

MUSIC (SONG)
"Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2
"Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
"Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS
"Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BIRTHDAY BOY
GOPHER BROKE
GUARD DOG
LORENZO
RYAN

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST
LITTLE TERRORIST
7:35 IN THE MORNING
TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
WASP

SOUND EDITING
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
SPIDER-MAN 2

SOUND MIXING
THE AVIATOR
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RAY
SPIDER-MAN 2

VISUAL EFFECTS
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
I, ROBOT
SPIDER-MAN 2

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
BEFORE SUNSET
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
SIDEWAYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
THE AVIATOR
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
HOTEL RWANDA
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/nominees.html

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Thanks for posting!

[DrGonzoLives]

2. "Learn to be Lonely"

Wasn't that from the original vomit-inducing Weber musical? If so, how can it be nominated for Original Song?

[NewJeffCT]

3. no Fahrenheit 9/11 for Documentary, eh?

Damn those Hollywood liberals!

[Kire]

5. wasn't in the running

Michael Moore only submitted it for Best Picture consideration.

[Kire]

4. Happy Surprises

Clint Eastwood - Best Director and Best Actor
Jamie Foxx - Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor
Kate Winslet - Best Supporting Actress for "Eternal Sunshine" (a movie release very early last year -- still one of my faves, her performance especially)
Morgan Freeman rocked!

[DrGonzoLives]

8. I think Foxx will win

for "Collateral" of the two - it would be awesome to see Cheadle win Best Actor, but it might go to Eastwood in one of those "career recognition" things. That's not really a bad thing in Eastwood's case, but there you go.

[robbedvoter]

6. F911 not named in the documentary category? F* Hollywood!

[Kire]

9. see post #5

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

10. Repeat, F-9/11 wasn't eligible in the documentaries.

[DrGonzoLives]

13. Moore DID NOT submit it

for Best Documentary, because he wanted it out on DVD before the election. Calm down, people, sheesh.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

7. No nominations at all for Farhenheit 9-11..

I can see/hear O'Lielly, Sean Insanity & Oxycontin Rush today.

[Kire]

11. none for Passion of the Christ, either

:shrug:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

16. Maybe the Academy decided to just forego all the

political BS by not nominating either film.

Who knows, who cares.

BTW, who's hosting the show this year?

[Kire]

17. Chris Rock to Host!

he said he's going to steal one for Jamie Foxx if he doesn't win

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

20. Chris Rock. Good choice, should be an interesting show. n/t

[Kire]

31. actually, I was wrong

It got nominated for Cinematography, Score and Makeup,

[Kellanved]

35. That's because it was already shown on TV.

Documentaries shown on TV within of 9 months of their theatrical release can't be nominated.



Edit: that rule only applies for documentaries.

[sniffa]

12. what a joke

or a bunch of feces. the oscars are on par now with the grammies for phony award shows. these peopLe suck! i hate them aLL!!!

whew! that feLt good.

[Kire]

15. don't forget to spray with air freshener

I gotta go in there, next.

[sir_captain]

14. House of Flying Daggers was screwed

Chinese films get screwed as usual

[Emops]

18. Alan Alda in "The Aviator?"

He was great, yes, but he was only in a couple scenes.

[Kire]

19. yeah, that's one of my "unhappy surprises"

pretty much my only one I can think of, so far

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

21. It's not unprecedented. Didn't Judi Dench win a

Supporting Actress Oscar for Shakespear in Love a few years back and she was only on-screen like 10 minutes or so?

[LibDemAlways]

32. Back in 77 an actress named

Beatrice Straight won Best Supporting for Network and she was in exactly one scene.

[terrya]

22. The Academy is really shying away from controversy this year.

I'm a little surprised that both Fahrenheit 09/11 or The Passion of Christ is more or less shut out...only a music score nomination for "Passion"

Otherwise, pretty safe choices.

My quick guess is that "The Aviator" will win Best Picture, Jamie Foxx Best Actor, Hillary Swank Best Actress and Martin Scorcese Best Director.

[Stockholm]

23. LOL Fundies would throw a hissy fit if they watched

As it is in heaven, talk about analogies to the political situation in the US and real message of Christianity and Christ...

Funny really, yesterday the Swedish movie awards "The Golden Bug" took place and this film was nominated in 8 categories, but won none!?

Good film though, I give it four DU out of a possible five.

[saltpoint]

24. 'Was sorry to see the Academy skipped over --

-- Jonathan Cauette's film TARNATION.

I thought it was one of the best films of the year, no question. Anyone else like it?

[Kire]

25. no, but wasn't it made for $218?

I look forward to seeing it someday.

[saltpoint]

30. Something like that. Some ungodly low amount of bucks.

It should be out in DVD one of these days soon, I think.

[Bertha Venation]

26. where's the guy who starred in "Sideways?"

Wasn't he supposed to be just awesome? Is this a big snub?

[Kire]

27. that's kind of sad

he was on SNL this weekend making all kinds of jokes about it, too

[joeybee12]

29. He and Liam Nessam were screwed--Don Cheadle and Clint

undeservedly got the nominations that should have gone to these two.

[LibDemAlways]

34. He got robbed.

He was the soul of the movie and the one Haden-Church and Madsen "supported."

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

36. I agree

Paul Giamatti was the soul of that movie. He was also great in American Splendor.

[joeybee12]

28. My Happy Surprise--NO Meryl Streep!

Goddam, she blows her nose and they give her one. Not a fan--she's a really big, hammy actress who never hits the right notes.

Awful surprises--Clint Eastwood--haven't seen Million Dollar Baby, but I think his movies suck--one of the worst directors around. Never could act, and I doubt he finally figured out how to now.

And how could Liam Neesam NOT be nominated?

[terrya]

33. My happy surprise - no Tom Cruise.

Jamie Foxx was nominated for "Collateral"...but ol' Tom wasn't. :-)

I was curious as to why Liam Neeson wasn't nominated, also. It was a very good performance.

[joeybee12]

37. I didn't think we had to worry about that! Still, you never can tell who

they're gonna nominate.

Didn't see Collateral. Heard Jamie was good, but I'm not sure if he'll win for this, or for Ray. Probably Ray, because without Liam, his stiffest competition will be Leo, and I don't think they'll give it to him.

[Lavender Brown]

38. Catalina Sandino Moreno

She was really great as Maria, I'm glad she was recognized!

[supernova]

39. YAY!! JOHNNY!!

It's so nice for him to be nominated. :D It would be so nice for him to win one after so many years of superior performances. :D

But, I'm afraid this is Jamie Foxx's year. *sigh*