Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild”
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton”

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
Laura Linney in “The Savages”
Ellen Page in “Juno”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There”
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster”
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement”
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton”

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”
Art Direction: Arthur Max
Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
“Atonement”
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Golden Compass”
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“There Will Be Blood”
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” Julian Schnabel
“Juno” Jason Reitman
“Michael Clayton” Tony Gilroy
“No Country for Old Men” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” 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” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production
Israel
“The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production
Austria
“Katyn” An Akson Studio Production
Poland
“Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production
Kazakhstan
“12” A Three T Production
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
“The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins

1/22/2008 10:26:28 AM

if the writers strike screws this up, as the academy I'd tell everyone to go fuck themselves and not award anything.

1/22/2008 1:22:07 PM

tl;dr

1/22/2008 2:12:59 PM

damn

no "King of Kong" in the documentary category

1/22/2008 3:59:39 PM

Juno?

REALLY?

1/22/2008 4:09:34 PM

Into the Wild got screwed imo. I saw Michael Clayton and thought it was a pretty decent movie, but it should no way have gotten that many nominations in all those categories.

1/22/2008 4:18:40 PM

Comments:

Strange to see no Best Foreign Language Film for "Diving Bell And The Butterfly" when it received four other nominations especially in Director, Cinematography, Editing, and Screenplay.

I really really really liked Michael Clayton so I'm happy it got a decent amount of nominations considering it was released pretty early for an Oscar contender.

1/22/2008 4:54:14 PM

Norbit = 1 nomination

Zodiac = O nominations

WTF?

1/22/2008 5:24:03 PM

Here are some of the categories where I can actually tell a clear winner (for me, anyway):

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”

Best animated feature film of the year
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird

Achievement in cinematography
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Falling Slowly” from “Once”
(Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

Best motion picture of the year
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

Original screenplay
“Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver

1/23/2008 12:28:16 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/23/oscarnominations.oconnor.ap/index.html

Quote :

"Story Highlights Sound mixer Kevin O'Connell now has 20 Oscar nominations O'Connell's latest is for "Transformers" Though he's never won, O'Connell couldn't be happier with the recognition"

honestly, i don't know what to think of that

1/23/2008 3:46:23 PM

At least someone knows how Susan Lucci felt.

1/23/2008 3:47:20 PM

i actually wouldn't be surprised if juno won best screenplay, the screenwriter's story being so unique and all.

1/23/2008 3:48:18 PM

WALK HARD DIDNT GET ONE NOMINATION??????


THATS BULLSHIT

1/23/2008 3:55:00 PM

^^ I was thinking that if Persepolis gets best animated just for being different, they might throw Brad Bird a bone with screenplay.

1/23/2008 4:00:30 PM

I really wouldn't be surprised if Atonement beat out No Country for Old Men for best picture. The Academy eats that romantic stuff up. Shakesphere in Love beat Saving Private Ryan, Titanic beat LA Confidential, English Patient beat Fargo. No Country is an amazing movie and it'll be a shame if it doesn't get Best Pic.

1/23/2008 5:24:20 PM

Quote :

"Achievement in cinematography"

That's always a hard one for me.

1/23/2008 6:12:29 PM

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
(if ellen page wins this i will slit my wrists irl, no kidding)


Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”

Best animated feature film of the year
“Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

Achievement in art direction
“There Will Be Blood”
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing
“No Country for Old Men” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best documentary feature
“No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Representational Pictures Production
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Achievement in film editing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes

Achievement in makeup
“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Falling Slowly” from “Once”
(Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

Best motion picture of the year
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
(if juno wins this i will slit my wrists irl, no kidding

Adapted screenplay
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy


basically, if juno/ellen page win anything, i'll suicide

1/23/2008 6:51:13 PM

bullshit

you'd work game on her

1/23/2008 7:15:40 PM

lets see some more predictions in the lesser categories. I need to win the pool this year.

2/7/2008 3:56:38 AM

First Oscar was just handed out:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/cgi_team_creates_realistic_oscar

2/20/2008 9:05:58 AM

i think Gone, Baby Gone deserved a little more recognition

2/20/2008 9:13:07 AM

No doubt. I would have replaced Atonement with Gone Baby Gone. I would also think that the best supporting actress role is between Ryan and Blanchett

2/20/2008 9:39:46 AM

on all things considered yesterday, they interviewed the two dudes who work for price waterhouse cooper who hand count the ballots every year.

they also deliver the winner envelopes via briefcase to the show, and hand off the winning envelopes to the presenter as they go on stage.

apparently it's all completed the night before, and one of the guys was talking about how they were the only two who knew the results.. he'd sit sunday morning with the paper, look at the predictions, drink some coffee and snicker.

sounds like one of the coolest jobs ever.

2/20/2008 9:41:33 AM

We're playing this tonight at Galaxy Cinema. Admission is free, so if you wanna see dat 190% Oscar drank in HD on the big screen, come on out tonight around 7 or 8 and check it out. We're gonna be sending out a big order for pizzas at about 8:15, so if you want dinner and get here before then you can get one for 7 or 8 bucks. Anyways, come on out doodz.

2/24/2008 12:31:42 PM

basically, if juno/ellen page win anything, i'll suicide

2/24/2008 12:57:07 PM

Let's suicide pact, b.

But it WILL win best original screenplay. Which is sad.

2/24/2008 1:11:42 PM

Quote :

"Achievement in makeup “Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji"

wtf

27 of 100 on metacritic

Count me in on the Juno pseudo-suicide pact.

2/24/2008 1:22:43 PM

Oh, btw, we just decided we're giving out prizes at the Galaxy thing tonight. At least 5 gift certificates, but I'll give out more if more than 50 or so people show up (we've already given out about 100 tickets, but I doubt everybody who got one is coming).

Plus we got wine 'n' cheese and these awesome bagel chips. And two dolla PBRs. So, basically, you should probably come out. Did I mention the tickets are free?

2/24/2008 1:55:49 PM

I will attend this soirée of Academy Award fail show. 7pm?

2/24/2008 2:19:43 PM

As soon as our Opera ends.

2/24/2008 2:22:21 PM

there better be some blood

2/24/2008 3:08:59 PM

Hannah Montana is one of the presenters.

*carl face*

2/24/2008 3:20:03 PM

^^http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=695

2/24/2008 3:25:47 PM

yea i saw that - pretty funny

2/24/2008 3:36:05 PM

Quote :

"We're playing this tonight at Galaxy Cinema. Admission is free, so if you wanna see dat 190% Oscar drank in HD on the big screen, come on out tonight around 7 or 8 and check it out. We're gonna be sending out a big order for pizzas at about 8:15, so if you want dinner and get here before then you can get one for 7 or 8 bucks. Anyways, come on out doodz."

I'll be there serving foodz to you fine folks, if you didn't have reason enough to come visit.

2/24/2008 4:07:16 PM

Meh. A little heavy on the political jokes...

2/24/2008 8:41:13 PM

jon stewart was hilarious

there were, what, like 3 political jokes? most making fun of the dems anyway. he was pretty fuckin' funny

2/24/2008 8:47:18 PM

Stewart is so out of place. And not funny. When will they bring back Steve Martin or Billy Crystal????

2/24/2008 8:53:12 PM

get a sense of humor

2/24/2008 9:00:45 PM

stewart needs to cut loose and have fun

2/24/2008 9:01:10 PM

hey, I love Stewart in his element. But a silent monologue to start the oscars really sucks. Crystal used to know how to do the Oscars right.

2/24/2008 9:02:53 PM

the rock is built like a brick shithouse

2/24/2008 9:08:09 PM

oops

[Edited on February 24, 2008 at 9:09 PM. Reason : dbl post]

2/24/2008 9:08:38 PM

Philip Seymour Hoffman was awesome in Charlie Wilson's War

2/24/2008 9:22:04 PM

they should just let awardees speak in their native tongue and have a translator and a transcriber

2/24/2008 9:36:38 PM

are the oscars usually replayed? got something to do but would rather not miss the more important awards

2/24/2008 9:41:34 PM

ZOMG CORMAC MCCARTHY SIGHTING!!!1

2/24/2008 9:49:34 PM

Quote :

"they should just let awardees speak in their native tongue and have a translator and a transcriber"

2/24/2008 9:52:11 PM

Do I have to commit suicide yet?

2/24/2008 10:01:09 PM

I think you're safe on the ellen page thing.

2/24/2008 10:13:11 PM