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Oscar Nominations Coming Tomorrow (January 22, 2009 @ 8:30AM)

Since the nominations will be out tomorrow, I thought I would start this now.

courtneybangelcakes

Kate and Leo better pick up noms.

taovande

Is it wrong that I'm super excited?

Mavericks

i am so excited too! I can't wait for the nominees. Here in Asia it's already January 22 but then I realize that in the US it's still January 21 :p So 12 hours to go!

smoothaise

I can't wait to see who's nominated!!! This will be exciting.

mukooh

normally my family and i don't watch the academy awards.....we'll have someone record them for us and watch them the next day....fast forwarding through most of the show....except for the nominations that interest us....

in regards to those nominations i hoping that melissa leo is nominated and wins the academy award for best actress for her performance in 'frozen river'....a film that hardly anyone i know has seen or knows about....yet her performance in that film is garnering glowing reviews.....i was lucky to have seen this film in a theater about 6 months ago.....it's been brought back to one theater, in orange county, this past week because of the critical acclaim the movie and actress is getting.....

taovande

Well, you'll definitely be sitting through that category at the Oscars, Mukooh. Melissa Leo was nominated!

Sadly Kate Winslet was only nominated in one category, for Best Actress for The Reader. I thought she put herself in as Supporting for that movie, and Lead for Revolutionary?

I'm confused on the Best song category also....The website is listing 3 songs. 2 from Slumdog, and 1 from Wall-E. Nothing from Bruce Springsteen? I'm confused??

taovande

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Frost/Nixon (2008): Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner

Milk (2008): Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Michael London

The Reader (2008): Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Redmond Morris, Sydney Pollack

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Christian Colson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:

Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I)

Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)

Sean Penn for Milk (2008)

Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:

Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)

Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)

Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008/I)

Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

Josh Brolin for Milk (2008)

Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)

Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)

Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)

Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)

Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:

Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)

David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)

Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:

Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh

In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh

Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black

WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord

Doubt (2008/I): John Patrick Shanley

Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan

The Reader (2008): David Hare

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:

Changeling (2008): Tom Stern

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda

The Dark Knight (2008): Wally Pfister

The Reader (2008): Roger Deakins, Chris Menges

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

The Dark Knight (2008): Lee Smith

Frost/Nixon (2008): Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill

Milk (2008): Elliot Graham

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:

Changeling (2008): James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

The Dark Knight (2008): Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando

The Duchess (2008): Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway

Revolutionary Road (2008): Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:

Australia (2008): Catherine Martin

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Jacqueline West

The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor

Milk (2008): Danny Glicker

Revolutionary Road (2008): Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom

The Dark Knight (2008)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat

Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard

Milk (2008): Danny Elfman

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman

WALL·E (2008): Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Gulzar("Jai Ho")

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, M.I.A("O Saya")

WALL·E (2008): Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")

Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008): Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

WALL·E (2008)

Wanted (2008)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:

The Dark Knight (2008)

Iron Man (2008)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

WALL·E (2008)

Wanted (2008)

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Edson Williams

The Dark Knight (2008): Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin

Iron Man (2008)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:

Bolt (2008)

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

WALL·E (2008)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)(Germany)

Entre les murs (2008)(France)

Revanche (2008)(Austria)

Okuribito (2008)(Japan)

Vals Im Bashir (2008)(Israel)

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:

The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008)

Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

The Garden (2008/I)

Man on Wire (2008)

Trouble the Water (2008)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:

The Conscience of Nhem En

The Final Inch

Smile Pinki

The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:

Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya (2007): Konstantin Bronzit

La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato

Oktapodi (2007): Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi

Presto (2008): Doug Sweetland

This Way Up (2008): Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:

Auf der Strecke (2007)

Manon on the Asphalt

New Boy (2007)

The Pig

Spielzeugland (2007)

lala000

She was lead for both movies I thought.

Overall, I'm surprised Revolutionary Road did so poorly, seems like they favored The Reader much more.

Anyways, most of it is not a surprise. Very happy for Heath, Kate, and Slumdog.

goodbreakingbad

I hope Slumdog sweeps it! And I can't believe Leo got snubbed!

Sternbetrachter

they forgot Leo yet again

Brucas4life

I'm surprised Leo wasn't nominated. Very strange.

I am so pleased Kate got her nomination. And it's good to see Heath Ledger got a nomination for The Dark Knight, which was expected. I hope both of those win in their category

Logan

My favorite Artist singer Bruce Springsteen didn't get the nod for best Orginal Score for the Wrestler Happy to see the Wrestler got 3 nominations !

Heath Ledger, I think if he didn't get nominated there would have been a huge uproar

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button i count 9 nominations . Excellent movie saw it last weekend well worth the 2hr 25 min .

Sad to see Grand Torino, another very well done movie,didn't get any nominations.

I disagree on supporting actor Josh Brolin in Milk , i personaly thought Emile Hersh had a larger supporting role and did a bang up job. Hell he was in PG movie Speed racer, this role he played Harvey Milk gay lover !

We will see come oscar night

crazy_diamond

Bit of a surprise with the noms

Surprised that 'Revolutionary Road' was so overlooked, though Kate and Leo would be a shoe-in for best actor and actress and also Sam for Best director, very strange

I've never even heard of a couple of the movies that have got noms, 'Frozen River' for example..

Glad that Frost/Nixon got some noms, but was hoping for Michael Sheen to get a nom. Glad that 'Milk' got some noms, that is an amazing film

Glad that Heath got a nom for TDK, and surprised with the nom for RDJ for 'Tropic Thunder'

Uh Blah

Heath is a lock to win.


Well to be honest there were about 3 lovers But I do agree with the nomination of Brolin. In the end though I don't think the movie will get much if any awards.

are you kidding? I thought he was hysterical in that role!