Oscar nominations

Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards

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Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
• Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
• Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
• Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
• Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
• Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
• Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
• Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
• Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

• “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
• “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
• “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

• “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

• “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
• “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
• “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

• “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• “The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

• “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
• “The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• “Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
• “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

• “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany
• “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
• “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
• “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
• “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
• “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
• “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
• “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
  

Best motion picture of the year

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
• “Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

• “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
• “Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
• “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films), A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• “Presto” (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
• “This Way Up” A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

• “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
• “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
• “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
• “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• “Wanted” (Universal), Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
• “Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
• “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
• “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
• “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
• “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

• “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
• “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
• “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

It's never been this hard

Oh brother, it's never been this hard... I think. I don't think this will be a good year; too many categories without a clue. I think I have too many nominations for Benjamin Button and The Dark Knight but what can do I. I can't decide against them.

Best picture:

I still don't feel confident about The Dark Knight but I don't have anything to replace it with. Suddenly I don't feel too good about Milk either but I am still keeping it. Maybe WALL-E can happen, who knows.

Alt: The Reader

Best director:

Usually there is one director without best picture nominations. I think Ron Howard could be left out and Darren Aronofsky but I don't dare to go against Directors Guild.

Alt: Darren Aronofsky

Best actor:

I had to choose between Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins. I chose Jenkins as I don't see Brangelina happening and I cannot replace Angelina Jolie (she can be snubbed but she is better choice for me than Brad). If she is snubbed maybe Brad can get in.

Alt: Brad Pitt

Best actress:

From Sally Hawkins, Angelina Jolie and Melissa Leo I chose the first two. Melissa Leo can happen, even Kristin Scott Thomas. Kate Winslet can be snubbed (hope not), but this is the way I will go.

Alt: Melissa Leo

Supporting actor:

These predictions are pretty much the same as everyone else's. If there are surprises it could be Ralph Fiennes.

Alt: Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess

Supporting actress:

Pretty much the same as everyone else's.

Alt: Amy Adams

All the rest categories were hard. For some of them I had a feeling where to go (as the screenplays, editing) but some are just guesses. Too much for The Dark Knight and Benjamin Button but as I said I have no choices.

No guts, no glory:

* The Reader for Best picture
* Kate Winslet snubbed for Revolutionary Road
* Ralph Fiennes supporting actor for The Duchess

Final predictions

Final Predictions

• BEST PICTURE
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Frost/Nixon
• * Milk
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• DIRECTOR
• * Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
• * David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
• * Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
• * Gus Van Sant - Milk
  
• ACTOR
• * Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
• * Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
• * Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
• * Sean Penn - Milk
• * Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
• ACTRESS
• * Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
• * Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
• * Angelina Jolie - Changeling
• * Meryl Streep - Doubt
• * Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
• SUPPORTING ACTOR
• * Josh Brolin - Milk
• * Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
• * Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
• * Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight *
• * Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• * Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• * Viola Davis - Doubt
• * Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
• * Kate Winslet - The Reader
• ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• * Milk - Dustin Lance Black
• * Rachel Getting Married - Jenny Lumet
• * Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Woody Allen
• * Wall-E - Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon
• * The Wrestler - Robert D. Siegel
• ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
• * Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
• * Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
• * The Reader - David Hare
• * Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beuafoy
• ANIMATED FEATURE
• * Kung Fu Panda
• * WALL-E
• * Waltz With Bashir
• DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• * Encounters at the End of the World
• * I.O.U.S.A.
• * Man on Wire
• * Standard Operating Procedure
• * Trouble the Water
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
• * The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
• * The Class - France
• * Everlasting Moments - Sweden
• * The Necessities of Life - Canada
• * Waltz with Bashir - Israel
• CINEMATOGRAPHY
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * The Reader
• * Revolutionary Road
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• ART DIRECTION
• * Australia
• * Changeling
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * The Duchess
• COSTUME DESIGN
• * Australia
• * Changeling
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Duchess
• * Revolutionary Road
• EDITING
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Frost/Nixon
• * Milk
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• VISUAL EFFECTS
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Iron Man
• MAKEUP
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Synecdoche, New York
• SOUND MIXING
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Iron Man
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• * WALL-E
• SOUND EDITING
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Iron Man
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• * WALL-E
• ORIGINAL SCORE
• * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• * The Dark Knight
• * Revolutionary Road
• * Slumdog Millionaire
• * WALL-E
• ORIGINAL SONG
• * Bolt - I Thought I Lost You - Miley Cyrus
• * Gran Torino - Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood, Jamie Callum
• * Slumdog Millionaire - Jaiho - AR Rahmen
• * WALL-E - Down to Earth - Peter Gabriel
• * The Wrestler - The Wrestler - Bruce Springsteen
• ANIMATED SHORT FILM
• DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
• LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

PGA noms

The Producers Guild Nominations

Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight

Animated:
Wall-E
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda

Documentary:
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Standard Operating Procedure

Scripter nominees

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Iron Man
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Makeup finalists

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“The Reader”
“Synecdoche, New York”
“Tropic Thunder”
“The Wrestler”

Visual effects finalists

“Australia”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“Iron Man”
“Journey to the Center of the Earth”
“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”

ASC noms

Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road and The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire (PGA, SAG, ASC)
Chris Menges, The Reader
Claudio Miranda,The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (PGA, SAG, ASC)
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight (PGA, ASC)

WGA noms

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures

The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer; Based on Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics; Batman Created by Bob Kane, Warner Bros. Pictures

Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, Based on his Stage Play, Miramax Films

Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan, Based on his Stage Play, Universal Pictures

Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Cinema Audio Society noms

For Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2008 are:

Motion Pictures:
THE DARK KNIGHT
Ed Novick
Lora Hirschberg
Gary A. Rizzo

IRON MAN
Mark Ulano, CAS
Christopher Boyes
Lora Hirschberg

QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Chris Munro, CAS
Mike Prestwood Smith
Mark Taylor

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Resul Pookutty
Ian Tapp
Richard Pryke

WALL-E
Tom Myers
Michael Semanick, CAS

DGA noms

David Fincher, Benjamin Button
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk

Critics Choice winners

Best Comedy Movie: Tropic Thunder
Best Acting Ensemble: Milk
Best Young Actor/Actress: Dev Patel
Best Writer: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Action Film: The Dark Knight
Best Composer: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Song: Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
Best Documentary: Man On Wire
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
Best Animated Feature: WALL·E
Best Movie Made for TV: John Adams
Best Actress: tie!!
Meryl Streep, Doubt; Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Art Directors Guild noms

Period Films

CHANGELING
Production Designer: James J. Murakami
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
DOUBT
Production Designer: David Gropman
FROST/NIXON
Production Designer: Michael Corenblith
MILK
Production Designer: Bill Groom

More after the cut.
Fantasy Films

THE DARK KNIGHT
Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas
IRON MAN
Production Designer: J. Michael Riva
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
Production Designer: James Bissell
WALL E
Production Designer: Ralph Eggleston

Contemporary Films

BURN AFTER READING
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
GRAN TORINO
Production Designer: James J. Murakami
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Production Designer: Mark Digby
THE WRESTLER
Production Designer: Timothy Grimes

Golden Globe winners

• Best Picture, Drama: Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Picture, Comedy Musical: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
• Best Actress, Drama: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
• Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
• Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
• Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy: Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
• Best Animated Feature: WALL·E
• Best Actor, Musical/Comedy: Colin Farrell
• Best Actress, Musical/Comedy: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
• Best Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millonaire
• Best Original Song: Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
• Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg

ACE Eddie Awards

NOMINEES FOR 59TH ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARDS

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter

The Dark Knight
Lee Smith, A.C.E.

Frost/Nixon
Mike Hill, A.C.E. & Dan Hanley, A.C.E.

Milk
Elliot Graham

Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Dickens

More after the cut.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
In Bruges
Jon Gregory, A.C.E.

Mama Mia
Leslie Walker

Tropic Thunder
Greg Hayden

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Alisa Lepselter

WALL-E
Stephen Schaffer

Foreign Language Film short list

Austria, “Revanche” (Gotz Spielmann, director)
Canada, “The Necessities of Life” (Benoit Pilon, director)
France, “The Class” (Laurent Cantet, director)
Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex” (Uli Edel, director)
Israel, “Waltz with Bashir” (Ari Folman, director)
Japan, “Departures” (Yojiro Takita, director)
Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out” (Roberto Sneider, director)
Sweden, “Everlasting Moments” (Jan Troell, director)
Turkey, “3 Monkeys” (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director)

Costume designers guild noms

Excellence in period film:

• Deborah Hopper for “Changeling”
• Jacqueline West for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• Michael O’Connor for “The Duchess”
• Danny Glicker for “Milk”
• Albert Wolsky for “Revolutionary Road”

Excellence in contemporary film:

• Laura Jean Shannon and Rebecca Bentjen for “Iron Man”
• Ann Roth for “Mamma Mia!”
• Patricia Field for “Sex and the City”
• Suttirat Larlarb for “Slumdog Millionaire”
• Amy Westcott for “The Wrestler”

Excellence in fantasy film:

• Isis Mussenden for “Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”
• Lindy Hemming for “The Dark Knight”
• Sanja Milkovic Hays for ” The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”

SAG noms

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale - “THE VISITOR” (Overture Films)
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon - “FROST/NIXON” (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk - “MILK” (Focus Features)
BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button - “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy - “THE WRESTLER” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym - “RACHEL GETTING MARRIED” (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins - “CHANGELING” (Universal Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy - “FROZEN RIVER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler - “REVOLUTIONARY ROAD” (Paramount Vantage)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JOSH BROLIN / Dan White - “MILK” (Focus Features)
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus - “TROPIC THUNDER” (Paramount Pictures)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
HEATH LEDGER / Joker - “THE DARK KNIGHT” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEV PATEL / Older Jamal - “SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / Sister James - “DOUBT” (Miramax Flms)
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena - “VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA” (The Weinstein Company)
VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie - “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz - “THE READER” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
DOUBT (Miramax)
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
MILK (Focus Features)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)

Golden Globe noms

Best Picture, Drama
Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Picture Comedy/Musical
Burn After Reading
Happy Go Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
David Fincher, Ben Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

Actor, Drama
Leo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Actress, Drama
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Joie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved you So Long
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Supporting Actor
Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Actor, Comedy
Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrel, In Bruges
James Franco, Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleason, In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman Last Chance Harvey

Actress, Comedy
Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia
Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey

Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
Gomorrah (Italy)
I’ve Loved You So Long
Waltz with Bashir

Animated Feature
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Benjamin Button
Doubt

Score
Benjamin Button
Changeling
Defiance
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon

Song
Down to Earth, Wall-E
Gran Torino
I thought I Lost You, Bolt
Once in a Lifetime, Cadillac Record
The Wrestler, The Wrestler

Critics Choice reactions

I haven't given up on Revolutionary Road. I am surprised that it was completely snubbed which is very odd. I think we will have to wait and see atleast the Golden Globe and SAG noms. Critics Choice awards used to be very good indicator on Academy Awards but last year wasn't so good (Into the Wild). Therefore I don't think that game is over for Revolutionary Road just yet. AMPAS polls close 12 January and many things can still happen. However, somebody must show some love for Revolutionary Road in the near future. I think Globes will.

Anyway, Slumdog is in. Cate for leading is confirmed. Robert Downey Jr sounds good. But the Revolutionary Road thing must wait for now. If it isn't in there are spots to fill: Dev Petal for supporting and so on. I don't see Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie happening. And the Dark Knight for Best picture; really? I need to be convinced.

And how about The Reader? Apparently Critics liked it but is it too late for Ralph Fiennes to be nominated?

Critics Choice noms

NOMINEES FOR THE 14TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
The Wrestler

MORE

BEST ACTOR
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS

Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But the Truth
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
James Franco - Milk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Vera Farmiga - Nothing But the Truth
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Milk
Rachel Getting Married

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk

BEST WRITER (Original or Adapted Screenplay)
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21)
Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees
David Kross - The Reader
Dev Petal - Slumdog Millionaire
Brandon Walters - Australia

BEST ACTION MOVIE
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wanted

BEST COMEDY MOVIE
Burn After Reading
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Role Models
Tropic Thunder
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Adams
Recount
Coco Chanel

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Christmas Tale
Gomorrah
I’ve Loved You So Long
Let the Right One In
Mongol
Waltz With Bashir

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
I.O.U.S.A.
Man On Wire
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Standard Operating Procedure
Young At Heart

BEST SONG
“Another Way to Die” (performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys, written by Jack White) - Quantum of Solace
“Down to Earth” (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman) - Wall-E
“I Thought I Lost You” (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele) - Bolt
“Jaiho” (performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar) - Slumdog Millionaire
“The Wrestler” (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen) - The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER
Alexandre Desp lat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
Danny Elfman - Milk
Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire

National Board of Review

Awards for 2008:

Best Film

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Top Ten Films

(In alphabetical order) BURN AFTER READING, CHANGELING, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, THE DARK KNIGHT, DEFIANCE, FROST/NIXON, GRAN TORINO, MILK, WALL-E, THE WRESTLER

Best Foreign Language Film

MONGOL

Top Five Foreign Films

(In alphabetical order) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, ROMAN DE GARE, A SECRET, WALTZ WITH BASHIR

Best Documentary

MAN ON WIRE

Top Five Documentaries

(In alphabetical order) AMERICAN TEEN, THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON), DEAR ZACHARY, ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED

Top Independent Films

(In alphabetical order) FROZEN RIVER, IN BRUGES, IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS, MR. FOE, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, SNOW ANGELS, SON OF RAMBOW, WENDY AND LUCY, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, THE VISITOR

Best Actor

CLINT EASTWOOD, Gran Torino

Best Actress

ANNE HATHAWAY, Rachel Getting Married

Best Supporting Actor

JOSH BROLIN, Milk

Best Supporting Actress

PENELOPE CRUZ, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Ensemble Cast

DOUBT

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor

DEV PATEL, Slumdog Millionaire

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress

VIOLA DAVIS, Doubt

Best Director

DAVID FINCHER, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Directorial Debut

COURTNEY HUNT, Frozen River

Best Adapted Screenplay

SIMON BEAUFOY, Slumdog Millionaire and ERIC ROTH, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Spotlight Award

MELISSA LEO, Frozen River and RICHARD JENKINS, The Visitor

Best Original Screenplay

NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino

Best Animated Feature

WALL-E

William K. Everson Award For Film History

MOLLY HASKELL and ANDREW SARRIS

The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression

TRUMBO

More ideas

I made a couple new updates. I need a couple more days with Slumdog Millionaire. I am convinced with Marisa Tomei (supporting) and almost with Cate Blanchett (leading). Directors are hard to tell as I am not convinced with the best pictures yet. Next week will tell us more; or it makes everything even more confusing.

More predictions

Ok, more new ideas: Kate Winslet for the double, Benjamin Button for Best Picture etc. I am still looking for a spot for Cate Blanchett (leading/supporting); how could she not get nominated this year? Every second year I get to keep my hopes up for Ralph Fiennes. Now I am keeping my fingers crossed for supporting actor in the Reader. Marisa Tomei seems to have good chances and so on.

New predictions updated

I updated some new predictions to get started. I have no visions for best picture and director yet but I am sure it will start to get clearer soon. Anyway, in three weeks nominations start to roll in (starting with Critics' Choice noms) and if I remember correctly other critic awards may be released even earlier.

New season, new tricks

Updates have been made for the new season (calendar and categories) and of course Heath.

This is the morning of the day of the night of the Oscars

My favourite quote!

And here are my final predictions:

• BEST PICTURE
• * No Country For Old Men *
• DIRECTOR
• * Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men *
• ACTOR
• *Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood *
• ACTRESS
• * Julie Christie - Away From Her *
• SUPPORTING ACTOR
• * Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men *
• SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• * Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There *
• ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• * Diablo Cody - Juno *
• ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• * Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country For Old Men *
• ANIMATED FEATURE
• * Ratatouille *
• DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• * No End In Sight *
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
• * The Counterfeiters (Austria) *
• CINEMATOGRAPHY
• * There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit*
• ART DIRECTION
• * There Will Be Blood*
• COSTUME DESIGN
• * Atonement*
• EDITING
• * The Bourne Ultimatum*
• VISUAL EFFECTS
• * Transformers *
• MAKEUP
• * La Vie en Rose *
• SOUND MIXING
• * Transformers *
• SOUND EDITING
• * Transformers*
• ORIGINAL SCORE
• * Atonement - Dario Marianelli *
• ORIGINAL SONG
• * Once - Falling Slowly*
• ANIMATED SHORT FILM
  
• * Peter & the Wolf*
• DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
  
• * Freeheld*
• LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
  
• * The Mozart of Pickpockets*

I am going with the general consensus. Well, who knows. I have a feeling that Marion Cotillard wins but I am sticking with Julie Christie. And please let Kevin O'Connell finally win!

Edit (6 September 2008): My score: 17/24. I missed Actress (Marion Cotillard), Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton), Costume Design (Elizabeth), Documentary Feature (Taxi to the Dark Side), Sound Editing (The Bourne Ultimatum), Sound Mixing (The Bourne Ultimatum) and Visual Effects (The Golden Compass).

MPSE noms

Sound Editing:

• American Gangster
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• The Bucket List
• Ghost Rider
• Michael Clayton
• No Country for Old Men
• Pirates
• Transformers

Difficult year but pretty good predictions

I missed:

• Director (Sean Penn) Jason Reitman - Juno
  
• Actor (Emile Hirsch) Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
• Actress (Angelina Jolie) Laura Linney - The Savages
  
• Adapted Screenplay (Into the Wild) - Away From Her
  
• Animated Feature (The Simpsons Movie) Surf's Up
  
• Documentary Feature (Autism: The Musical, Body of War, Lake of Fire) Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Taxi to the Dark Side, War/Dance
  
• Foreign Language Film (The Unknown - Italy, The Year My Parents Wen on Vacation - Brazil) Katyn (Poland), Mongol (Kazakhstan)
  
• Art Direction (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) American Gangster
  
• Costume Design (The Assassination of Jesse James, Hairspray) Across the Universe, La Vie En Rose
  
• Editing (Michael Clayton) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  
• Makeup (The Diving Bell and Butterfly, Sweeney Todd) Norbit, Pirates of the Caribbean
  
• Sound Mixing (Into the Wild, There Will Be Blood) Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma
  
• Sound Editing (Beowulf, Pirates of the Caribbean, 300) The Bourne Ultimatum, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
  
• Original Score (Lust, Caution, Assassination of Jesse James, There Will Be Blood) 3:10 to Yuma, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton
  
• Original Song (American Gangster, Hairspray, Into the Wild) Happy Working Song & So Close (Enchanted), Raise it Up (August Rush)

The Big Six: 27/30
The Big Eight: 36/40
The Whole Lot: 72/99

I thought this year was hard to predict but the "big" categories went ok. The rest was hard and the results were not so good. This year Foreign Film and Documentary were impossible to predict and Score and Song have been like that for years.

Edit: Actually it was not a bad year at all: Apparently I was one of the lucky winners in the Awardsdaily prediction contest.

Oscar noms

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
• Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
• Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
• Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
• Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
• Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
• Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
• Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
• Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
• Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
• Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
• Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
• Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
• Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
• Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year

• "Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
• "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
• "Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction

• "American Gangster" (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
• "Atonement" (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• "The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography

• "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins
• "Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
• "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design

• "Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
• "Atonement" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
• "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
• "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
• "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

• "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
• "Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
• "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature

• "No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
• "Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
• "Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
• "War/Dance" (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best documentary short subject

• "Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
• "La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
• "Salim Baba" A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
• "Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley

Achievement in film editing

• "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse
• "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
• "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year

• "Beaufort" Israel
• "The Counterfeiters" Austria
• "Katyn" Poland
• "Mongol" Kazakhstan
• "12" Russia

Achievement in makeup

• "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
• "Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• "Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
• "The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias
• "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
• "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
• "3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• "Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
• "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
• "Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.): Nominees to be determined
• "So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
• "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best motion picture of the year

• "Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
• "Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
• "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best animated short film

• "I Met the Walrus" A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
• "Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski "Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
• "My Love (Moya Lyubov)" (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov
• "Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best live action short film

• "At Night" A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
• "Il Supplente (The Substitute)" (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin
• "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
• "Tanghi Argentini" (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
• "The Tonto Woman" A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Achievement in sound editing

• "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
• "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Matthew Wood
• "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing

• "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
• "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
• "3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
• "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects

• "The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
• "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay

• "Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
• "Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
• "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay

• "Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody
• "Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
• "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
• "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird

CDG noms

Guild noms in the contemporary film category were

• Blades of Glory
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Into the Wild
• Juno
• Ocean’s Thirteen

Up for period pic honors at the guild’s Feb. 19 awards are

• Atonement
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• La Vie en rose
• Sweeney Todd
• 3:10 to Yuma

The following films will compete in the fantasy category:

• Enchanted
• The Golden Compass
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
• 300

EW predicts and Atonement takes the cover

BEST PICTURE:

• No Country for Old Men
• There Will Be Blood
• Atonement
• Michael Clayton
• Juno

BEST DIRECTOR:

• Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
• Sean Penn, Into the Wild
• Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Joe Wright, Atonement

BEST ACTOR:

• Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• George Clooney, Michael Clayton
• Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
• Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
• Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd

BEST ACTRESS:

• Julie Christie, Away from Her
• Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
• Ellen Page, Juno
• Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
• Laura Linney, The Savages

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
• Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
• Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
• Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
• Ruby Dee, American Gangster
• Catherine Keener, Into the Wild

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Diablo Cody, Juno
• Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
• Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
• Brad Bird, Ratatouille
• Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
• Christopher Hampton, Atonement
• Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson’s War
• Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

ADG noms

Period Film

• AMERICAN GANGSTER PD: Arthur Max
• ATONEMENT PD: Sarah Greenwood
• ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE PD: Guy Hendrix Dyas
• SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET PD: Dante Ferretti
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD PD: Jack Fisk

Fantasy Film

• THE GOLDEN COMPASS PD: Dennis Gassner
  
• HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX PD: Stuart Craig
  
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END PD: Rick Heinrichs
• RATATOUILLE PD: Harley Jessup
• 300 PD: James Bissell

Contemporary Film

• THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM PD: Peter Wenham
• THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY PD: Michel Eric and Laurent Ott
• THE KITE RUNNER PD: Carlos Conti
• MICHAEL CLAYTON PD: Kevin Thompson
• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN PD: Jess Gonchor

ACE Eddie noms

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):

• The Bourne Ultimatum – Universal Christopher Rouse, A.C.E.
• Into the Wild – Paramount Vantage Jay Cassidy, A.C.E.
• Michael Clayton – Warner Bros. Pictures John Gilroy, A.C.E.
• No Country for Old Men – Paramount Vantage/Miramax Roderick Jaynes
• There Will Be Blood - Paramount Vantage/Miramax Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):

• Hairspray – New Line Cinema Michael Tronick, A.C.E.
• Juno – Fox Searchlight Pictures Dana E. Glauberman
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End – Disney Craig Wood & Stephen Rivkin, A.C.E.
• Ratatouille – Disney Darren Holmes, A.C.E.
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – DreamWorks/Paramount Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.

WGA noms

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• JUNO, Written by Diablo Cody, Fox Searchlight
• MICHAEL CLAYTON, Written by Tony Gilroy, Warner Bros. Pictures
• THE SAVAGES, Written by Tamara Jenkins, Fox Searchlight
• KNOCKED UP, Written by Judd Apatow, Universal Pictures
• LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, Written by Nancy Oliver, MGM

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, Screenplay by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Based on the Novel by Cormac McCarthy, Miramax
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD, Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, Based on the Novel Oil by Upton Sinclair, Paramount Vantage
• THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, Based on the Book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, Miramax
• INTO THE WILD, Screenplay by Sean Penn, Based on the Book by Jon Krakauer, Paramount Vantage
• ZODIAC, Screenplay by James Vanderbilt, Based on the Book by Robert Graysmith, Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

• THE CAMDEN 28, Written by Anthony Giacchino, First Run Features
• NANKING, Screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley, Story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman, THINKFilm
• NO END IN SIGHT, Written by Charles Ferguson, Magnolia Pictures
• THE RAPE OF EUROPA, Written by Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, Menemsha Films
• SICKO, Written by Michael Moore, Lionsgate/The Weinstein Company
• TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, Written by Alex Gibney, THINKFilm

CAS noms

• “The Bourne Ultimatum”
• “Into the Wild”
• “No Country for Old Men”
• “300″
• “Transformers”

DGA noms

• Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
• Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
• Sean Penn, Into the Wild
• Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

No Country For Old Men wins Scripter

• Atonement
• Into the Wild
• No Country for Old Men*
• There Will Be Blood
• Zodiac

VES noms

VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS DRIVEN MOTION PICTURE

• "I Am Legend" - Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith
• "Transformers" - Scott Farar, Shari Hanson, Russel Earl, Scott Benza
• "The Golden Compass" - Michael Fink, Susan MacLeod, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Hal Hickel, Charlie Gibson
• "Spider-Man 3" - Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook

SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A MOTION PICTURE

• "Ratatouille" - Michael Fong, Apurva Shah, Christine Waggoner, Michael Fu
• "Zodiac" - Eric Barba, Craig Barron, Janelle Croshaw, Chris Evans
• "We Own the Night" - Kelly Port, Julian Levi, Brad Parker, Olivier Sarda
• "The Kite Runner" - David Ebner, Les Jones, Todd Perry, Leif Einarsson
• "Blades of Glory" - Mark Breakspear, Randy Starr, Shauna Bryan, Kody Sabourin

BEST SINGLE VISUAL EFFECT of the YEAR

• "Transformers" - Desert Highway Sequence - Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Shawn Kelly, Michael Jamieson
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Jack and Davy duel - John Knoll, Jill Brooks, Francois Lambert, Philippe Rebours
• "300" - Crazy horse sequence - Chris Watts, Gayle Busby, Kirsty Millar
• "Surf�S Up" - Riding the visual effects tube - Rob Bredow, Lydia Bottegoni, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman
• "Spider-Man 3" - The birth of Sandman - Scott Stokdyk, Terry Clotiaux, Spencer Cook, Doug Bloom

ANIMATED CHARACTER IN A LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE

• "Spider-Man 3" - Sandman - Chris Yang, Bernd Anger, Dominick Cecere, Remington Scott
• "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" - Crusoe - Richard Frances-Moore, Martin Hill, Marco Revelant, Daniel Barrett
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World�s End" - Davy Jones - Hal Hickel, Marc Chu, Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser
• "Enchanted" - Pip - Tom Gibbons, James W. Brown, David Richard Nelson, John Koester
• "Transformers" - Optimus Prime - Rick O'connor , Doug Sutton, Keiji Yamaguchi, Jeff White
• "I Am Legend" - The Infected Leader - David Schaub, Marco Marenghi, Josh BeveridgeANIMATED CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE

• "Surf's Up" - Chicken Joe - David Schaub, Moon Jun Kang, Brian Casper, Andreas Procopiou

• "Shrek the Third" - King Harold - John Cleese, Guillaume Aretos, Tim Cheung, Sean Mahoney

• "Beowulf" - Beowulf - Keith Smith, Scott Holmes, Pericles Michielin, Kenn Mcdonald

• "Surf's Up" - Cody - David Schaub, Pete Nash, James Crossley, Shia Labeouf

• "Ratatouille" - Colette - Janeane Garofalo, Jaime Landes, Sonoko Konishi , Paul Aichele

EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE

• "Beowulf" - dragon chase - Theo Vandernoot, Vincent Serritella, Rob Engle, Pericles Michielin
• "Shrek the Third" - effects - Matt Baer, Greg Hart, Krzysztof Rost, Anthony Field
• "Ratatouille" - food - Jon Reisch, Jason Johnston, Eric Froemling, Tolga Goktekin
• "Surf�s Up" - riding wave - CG Style - Rob Bredow, Daniel Kramer, Matt Hausman, Danny Dimian
• "Ratatouille" - rapids - Darwyn Peachey, Chen Shen

CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN A LIVE ACTION MOTION PICTURE

• "Sweeney Todd" - The Old Bailey - Raf Morant, Julian Gnass, Nakia Mcglynn, Christine Wong
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - the maelstrom - Frank Losasso Petterson , Paul Sharpe , Joakim Arnesson , David Meny
• "Zodiac" - Washington and Cherry - Wei Zheng, Greg Szafranski, Janelle Croshaw, Karl Denham
• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - The Hall Of Prophecy - David Vickery, Philippe Leprince, Trina Roy, Jolene Mccaffrey
• "Rush Hour 3" - Barry Williams, Robert Weaver , Jay Cooper , Masahiko Tani

• "I Am Legend" - Times Square hunt - Daniel Eaton, Blaine Kennison, Ron Gress, Daveed Shwartz

MODELS OR MINIATURES IN A MOTION PICTURE

• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Practical And Digital Ships - Ken Bailey, Bruce Holcomb, Carl Miller , Geoff Heron
• "Live Free Or Die Hard" - Freeway Sequence - F35 Miniature And Effects - Ian Hunter, Scott Schneider, Scott Beverly, John Cazin
• "Transformers" - Dave Fogler , Ron Woodall , Alex Jaeger, Brian Gernand
• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - Hogwarts School - Jose Granell, Nigel Stone
• "Spider-Man 3" - Building / Crane Destruction Miniature And Effects - Ian Hunter, Scott Beverly, Forest Fischer, Raymond Moore

COMPOSITING IN A MOTION PICTURE

• "Transformers" - Pat Tubach , Beth D'amato , Todd Vaziri , Mike Conte
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Death Of Beckett - Lou Pecora, Joel Behrens, Ted Andre, Kevin Lingenfelser
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Eddie Pasquarello , Katrin Klaiber, Jen Howard, Shawn Hillier
• "I Am Legend" - Seaport Evacuation - Darren Lurie, John Sasaki, Rita Kunzler, Fish Essenfeld
• "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" - Crusoe - Areito Echevarria, Gareth Dinneen, Norman Cates, Caterina Schiffers
• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - Hall of Prophecy and Comp Shots - Jolene Mccaffrey, Jelena Stojanovic, Victor Wade, Adam Pashke

SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A MOTION PICTURE

• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - John Richardson, Stephen Hamilton, Richard Farns, Stephen Hutchinson

ASC noms

• The Assassination of Jesse James - Roger Deakins
• No Country for Old Men - Roger Deakins
• There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Janusz Kaminski
• Atonement - Seamus McGarvey

Critics Choice winners

• Best Picture - No Country for Old Men
• Best Directors - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Best Actress - Julie Christie - Away From Her
• Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
• Best Picture Made for Television - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
• Best Documentary -Sicko
• Best Family Film - Enchanted
• Best Animated Film - Ratatouille
• Joel Siegel Humanitarian Award - Don Cheadle
• Best Foreign Language Film - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Best Supporting Actress - Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
• Best Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
• Best Song - Falling Slowly - Once
• Best Composer - Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
• Best Comedy - Juno
• Best Young Actor - Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
• Best Young Actress - Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
• Best Screenplay - Diablo Cody - Juno
• Best Ensemble - Hairspray

Screen Actors Guild nominees

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• GEORGE CLOONEY / Michael Clayton – “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Daniel Plainview – “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage)
• RYAN GOSLING / Lars Lindstrom – “Lars And The Real Girl” (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment)
• EMILE HIRSCH / Christopher McCandless– “Into The Wild” (Paramount Vantage)
• VIGGO MORTENSEN / Nikolai – “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• CATE BLANCHETT / Queen Elizabeth I – “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal Pictures)
• JULIE CHRISTIE / Fiona – “Away From Her” (Lionsgate)
• MARION COTILLARD / Edith Piaf – “La Vie En Rose” (Picturehouse)
• ANGELINA JOLIE / Mariane Pearl – “A Mighty Heart” (Paramount Vantage)
• ELLEN PAGE / Juno MacGuff – “Juno” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

• CASEY AFFLECK / Robert Ford – “The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• JAVIER BARDEM / Anton Chigurh – “No Country For Old Men” (Miramax Films)
• HAL HOLBROOK / Ron Franz – “Into The Wild” (Paramount Vantage)
• TOMMY LEE JONES / Ed Tom Bell – “No Country For Old Men” (Miramax Films)
• TOM WILKINSON / Arthur Edens – “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• CATE BLANCHETT / Jude – “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
• RUBY DEE / Mama Lucas – “American Gangster” (Universal Pictures)
• CATHERINE KEENER / Jan Burres – “Into The Wild” (Paramount Vantage)
• AMY RYAN / Helene McCready – “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax Films)
• TILDA SWINTON / Karen Crowder – “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

3:10 TO YUMA (Lionsgate)

• CHRISTIAN BALE / Dan Evans
• RUSSELL CROWE / Ben Wade
• PETER FONDA / Byron McElroy
• GRETCHEN MOL / Alice Evans
• DALLAS ROBERTS / Grayson Butterfield
• VINESSA SHAW / Emmy Roberts
• BEN FOSTER / Charlie Prince
• ALAN TUDYK / Doc Potter
• LOGAN LERMAN / Will Evans

AMERICAN GANGSTER (Universal Pictures)

• ARMAND ASSANTE / Dominic Cattano
• JOSH BROLIN / Detective Trupo
• RUSSELL CROWE / Richie Roberts
• RUBY DEE / Mama Lucas
• CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Huey Lucas
• IDRIS ELBA / Tango
• CUBA GOODING, JR. / Nicky Barnes
• CARLA GUGINO / Laurie Roberts
• JOHN HAWKES / Freddie Spearman
• TED LEVINE / Lou Toback
• JOE MORTON / Charlie Williams
• LYMARI NADAL / Eva
• JOHN ORTIZ / Javier J. Rivera
• RZA / Moses Jones
• YUL VAZQUEZ / Alfonse Abruzzo
• DENZEL WASHINGTON / Frank Lucas

HAIRSPRAY (New Line Cinema)

• NIKKI BLONSKY / Tracy Turnblad
• AMANDA BYNES / Penny Pingleton
• PAUL DOOLEY / Mr. Spritzer
• ZAC EFRON / Link Larkin
• ALLISON JANNEY / Prudy Pingleton
• ELIJAH KELLEY / Seaweed
• JAMES MARSDEN / Corny Collins
• MICHELLE PFEIFFER / Velma Von Tussle
• QUEEN LATIFAH / Motormouth Maybelle
• BRITTANY SNOW / Amber Von Tussle
• JERRY STILLER / Mr. French
• JOHN TRAVOLTA / Edna Turnblad
• CHRISTOPHER WALKEN / Wilbur Turnblad

INTO THE WILD (Paramount Vantage)

• BRIAN DIERKER / Rainey
• MARCIA GAY HARDEN / Billie McCandless
• EMILE HIRSCH / Chris McCandless
• HAL HOLBROOK / Ron Franz
• WILLIAM HURT / Walt McCandless
• CATHERINE KEENER / Jan Burres
• JENA MALONE / Carine McCandless
• KRISTEN STEWART / Tracy Tatro
• VINCE VAUGHN / Wayne Westerberg

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Miramax Films)

• JAVIER BARDEM / Anton Chigurh
• JOSH BROLIN / Llewelyn Moss
• GARRET DILLAHUNT / Wendell
• TESS HARPER / Loretta Bell
• WOODY HARRELSON / Carson Wells
• TOMMY LEE JONES / Ed Tom Bell
• KELLY MACDONALD / Carla Jean Moss

Golden Globe noms

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

• AMERICAN GANGSTER
  Imagine Entertainment/Scott Free Productions; Universal Pictures
• ATONEMENT
  Working Title Productions; Focus Features
  
• EASTERN PROMISES
  Kudos Pictures – UK Serendipity Point Films – Canada A UK/Canada Co-Production; Focus Features
• THE GREAT DEBATERS
  Harpo Films; The Weinstein Company/MGM
• MICHAEL CLAYTON
  Clayton Productions LLC; Warner Bros. Pictures
• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
  A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax/Paramount Vantage
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD
  A Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Paramount Vantage and Miramax Films

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

• CATE BLANCHETT — ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
• JULIE CHRISTIE — AWAY FROM HER
• JODIE FOSTER — THE BRAVE ONE
• ANGELINA JOLIE — A MIGHTY HEART
• KEIRA KNIGHTLEY — ATONEMENT

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

• GEORGE CLOONEY — MICHAEL CLAYTON
• DANIEL DAY-LEWIS — THERE WILL BE BLOOD
• JAMES MCAVOY — ATONEMENT
• VIGGO MORTENSEN — EASTERN PROMISES
• DENZEL WASHINGTON — AMERICAN GANGSTER

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
  Revolution Studios International; Sony Pictures Releasing
• CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
  Universal Pictures/Relativity Media/Participant Productions/Playtone; Universal Pictures
• HAIRSPRAY
  New Line Cinema in association with Ingenious Film Partners; New Line Cinema
• JUNO
  Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production; Fox Searchlight Pictures
• SWEENEY TODD
  Parkes/Mac Donald and Zanuck Company; Warner Bros. Pictures

5.BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• AMY ADAMS – ENCHANTED
• NIKKI BLONSKY – HAIRSPRAY
• HELENA BONHAM CARTER – SWEENEY TODD
• MARION COTILLARD – LA VIE EN ROSE
• ELLEN PAGE – JUNO

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• JOHNNY DEPP — SWEENEY TODD
• RYAN GOSLING — LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
• TOM HANKS — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN — THE SAVAGES
• JOHN C. REILLY — WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY

7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• BEE MOVIE
  DreamWorks Animation; DreamWorks Animation
• RATATOUILLE
  Pixar; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Distribution
• THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
  Gracie Films; Twentieth Century Fox

8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (ROMANIA)
  Mobra Films; IFC First Take
• THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (FRANCE AND USA)
  A Kennedy/Marshall Company and Jon Kilik Production; Miramax/Paramount Vantage
• THE KITE RUNNER (USA)
  DreamWorks Pictures Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Paramount Classics Participant Productions Present a Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Parkes/Macdonald Production Distributed by Paramount Classics
• LUST, CAUTION (TAIWAN)
  Haishang Films; Focus Features
• PERSEPOLIS (FRANCE)
  247 Films; Sony Pictures Classics

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

• CATE BLANCHETT — I’M NOT THERE
• JULIA ROBERTS — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
• SAOIRSE RONAN —ATONEMENT
• AMY RYAN — GONE BABY GONE
• TILDA SWINTON — MICHAEL CLAYTON

10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

• CASEY AFFLECK — THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
• JAVIER BARDEM —NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
• JOHN TRAVOLTA — HAIRSPRAY
• TOM WILKINSON — MICHAEL CLAYTON

11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

• TIM BURTON — SWEENEY TODD
• ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN — NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
• JULIAN SCHNABEL — THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
• RIDLEY SCOTT — AMERICAN GANGSTER
• JOE WRIGHT — ATONEMENT

12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

• DIABLO CODY — JUNO
• ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN — NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
• CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON — ATONEMENT
• RONALD HARWOOD — THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
• AARON SORKIN — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR

13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

• MICHAEL BROOK, KAKI KING, EDDIE VEDDER — INTO THE WILD
• CLINT EASTWOOD — GRACE IS GONE
• ALBERTO IGLESIAS — THE KITE RUNNER
• DARIO MARIANELLI — ATONEMENT
• HOWARD SHORE — EASTERN PROMISES

14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

• "DESPEDIDA" — LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
  Music by: Shakira, Antonio Pinto
  Lyrics by: Shakira
• "GRACE IS GONE" — GRACE IS GONE
  Music by: Clint Eastwood
  Lyrics by: Carole Bayer Sager
• "GUARANTEED" — INTO THE WILD
  Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder
• "THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW" — ENCHANTED
  Music & Lyrics by: Alan Menken
• "WALK HARD" — WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY
  Music & Lyrics by: Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, Kasdan

Critics Choice noms

Best Picture

• American Gangster
• Atonement
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Into the Wild
• Juno
• The Kite Runner
• Michael Clayton
• No Country for Old Men
• Sweeney Todd
• There Will Be Blood

Best Actor

• George Clooney - Michael Clayton
• Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
• Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
• Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
• Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
• Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best Actress

• Amy Adams - Enchanted
• Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• Julie Christie - Away from Her
  
• Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
• Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
• Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actor

• Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
• Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
• Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress

• Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
• Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
• Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
• Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
• Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Acting Ensemble

• Hairspray
• Juno
• No Country for Old Men
• Sweeney Todd
• Gone Baby Gone
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Best Director

• Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
• Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• Sean Penn - Into the Wild
• Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Joe Wright - Atonement

Best Writer

• Diablo Cody - Juno
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
• Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
• Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
• Sean Penn - Into the Wild
• Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War

Best Animated Feature

• Bee Movie
• Beowulf
• Persepolis
• Ratatouille
• The Simpsons Movie

Best Young Actor

• Michael Cera - Juno
• Michael Cera - Superbad
• Freddie Highmore - August Rush
• Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
• Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd

Best Young Actress

• Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
• Dakota Blue Richards - The Golden Compass
• AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Terabithia
• Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

Best Comedy Movie

• Dan in Real Life
• Hairspray
• Juno
• Knocked Up
• Superbad

Best Family Film

• August Rush
• Enchanted
• The Golden Compass
• Hairspray
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Best Picture Made for Television

• The Company
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
• Tin Man
• The War

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
• La Vie en Rose
• Lust, Caution
• The Orphanage

Best Song

• "Come So Far", Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley - Hairspray
• "Do You Feel Me", Anthony Hamilton - American Gangster
• "Falling Slowly", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Jesse L. Martin and Cast - Once
• "That's How You Know", Amy Adams - Enchanted
• "Guaranteed", Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
  

Best Composer

• Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
• Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
• Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
• Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
• Dario Marianelli - Atonement
• Alan Menken - Enchanted

Best Documentary

• Darfur Now
• In the Shadow of the Moon
• The King of Kong
• No End In Sight
• Sharkwater
• Sicko

Updates for the new season

I have made some updates in the calender and predictions section. Predictions are still more or less notes but we are getting there.

And the winners are

• Best Picture: The Departed
• Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
• Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
• Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Best Editing: The Departed (Babel)
• Best Original Song - I Need to Wake Up, An Inconvenient Truth (Dreamgirls - Listen)
• Best Original Screenplay - Little Miss Sunshine
• Best Original Score- Babel (The Queen)
• Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
• Documentary Short - The Blood of Yingzhou District
• Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
• Foreign Language Film - The Lives of Others (Pan's Labyrinth)
• Visuals Effects - Pirates
• Best Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth (Children of Men)
• Best Costume Design: Marie Antoinette (Dreamgirls)
• Best Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
• Best Animated Feature: Happy Feet (Cars)
• Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine (Dreamgirls - Eddie Murphy)
• Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls
• Sound Editing: Letters from Iwo Jima
• Live Action Short: West Bank Story (Binta and the Great Idea)
• Best Animated Short: The Danish Poet (The Little Matchgirl)
• Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth
• Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth

I got 14/24. Well, this was a difficult year. Some of my wrong predictions made me very happy such as editing, supporting actor and original song. I think the majority of people had predicted pretty much the same way as I did (at least according to the charts in Oscarwatch) and refering to the that there were quite a few surprises.

Well, I didn't do that well this year but it really doesn't matter since Marty won. I have waited this to happen for so long and pretty much lost my faith during the years. I am happy to include this to my favourite Oscar moments - Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola presenting the award to Marty. What a night!

Final predictions are up

My final predictions are up; they have been for a couple of days now but I wanted to keep my options open for the best picture. Anyway, I have decided not to change anything anymore (enough is enough). I will stick to The Departed; based mostly on my hope it will win but as we all know it - it is anyone´s game. If it wins I am happy but if it does not I am not surprised. I don´t remember the last time when the best picture was this difficult to figure out. There were quite a few other very difficult categories this year and now we will have to see how things end up on Monday (Finnish time).

Difficult year, difficult predictions.

My "No Guts, No Glory" predictions are:

• Leonardo DiCaprio (best actor)
• Mark Wahlberg (supporting actor)
• Borat (adapted screenplay)

ADG winners

Art Directors Guild winners are:

CONTEMPORARY FILM

• “Casino Royale” — Peter Lamont - WINNER

PERIOD FILM

• “Curse of the Golden Flower” — Huo Tingxiao - WINNER

FANTASY FILM

• “Pan’s Labyrinth” — Eugenio Caballero - WINNER

CDG winners

Costume Designers Guild winners are:

Period:

• Chung Man Yee, "Curse of the Golden Flower" - WINNER

Contemporary:

• Consolata Boyle for "The Queen" - WINNER

Fantasy:

• Lala Huete, "Pan's Labyrinth" - WINNER
  

Cinema Audio Society honors Dreamgirls

Cinema Audio Society honors Dreamgirls for outstanding sound mixing for 2006.

Children of Men wins ASC

Emmanuel Lubezki was honored for "Children of Men" in the feature film competition at the 21st Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards.

Babel and the Departed win ACE Eddie awards

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):

• BABEL
  Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E. & Douglas Crise

-TIED WITH-

• THE DEPARTED
  Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):

• DREAMGIRLS
  Virginia Katz, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY:

• AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
  Jay Cassidy, A.C.E. & Dan Sweitlik