Actor Forest Whitaker was up bright and early in Beverly Hills this morning to announce the nominations for the 81st Academy Awards.
And the nominees are …
BEST FILM: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader.BEST ACTOR: Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), Brad Pitt (Button), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
BEST ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Kate Winslet (The Reader), Meryl Streep (Doubt), Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), Heath Ledger (Dark Knight), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road), Josh Brolin (Milk)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams (Doubt), Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Viola Davis (Doubt), Taraji P. Henson (Button), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle (Slumdog), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Gus Van Sant (Milk), David Fincher (Button), Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
BEST ANIMATED FILM: Bolt, Kung Fu Panda, Wall-E
The big surprise? Aside from Marisa Tomei’s nod, the big surprise was that there was no surprise at all!
[Bauer Griffin]
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Glad to see The Reader made it, I loved the book.
This will be Kate’s year, for sure!
Ihope it’s kate. She’s done exceptional work for the past 3 years and is most worthy of the honor.
WHY NOT HAVE HEATH BY HIMSELF!! SINCE WE ALL KNOW THAT HE IS GOING TO WIN..!!!
Special catagory for the dead accidental overdose celebrities who wore makeup in the whole movie…
who knows maybe Chris Nolan had to do the best scenes since Heath was ill during the filming of
this movie…and could not finish his second movie.. Does this mean that the other movie that Johnny
Depp and others finished for him will be in Heaths name too if he gets nominated…
CELEBRATE THE “ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE OF HEATH LEDGER” A YEAR AGO TODAY..What a privilege it must be to have the nominations on the anniversary of his death.. and He of all people get
nominated.!!
This is going to be a tough choice. Meryl or Kate for sure. Eeeps.
I’m pretty happy with the nominations. I think Doubt should have been in best movie though, it was awesome.
These are my picks:
Film: Slumdog
Actor: Brad Pitt
Actress: Meryl or Ange
S Actor: Heath
S Actress: Amy Adams
Director: David Fincher
Animated: Wall E
Oh and Laura Sweetson, get some class.
my picks:
Film: Slumdog
Actor: Mickey Rouke
Actress: Kate Winslet
S. Actor: Heath (100%)
S. Actress: Amy Adams
Director: David Fincher
Animation: Wall-E
I’m so happy for Richard Jenkins and Michael Shannon. They’re two very wonderful yet underrater actors.
My only problem with the nominations was the absence of a nod to Horton Hears a Who?!?