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Oscar nominations announced!

January 22, 9:15 AMMotherhood ExaminerJeana Lee Tahnk
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Hooray, it is award show season! The Oscar nominations were announced this morning in Hollywood. Among the nominees are the three children's hit movies - WALL•E, Bolt and Kung Fu Panda for best animated film.

And the rest of the nominees are…

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire


Best Actor
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
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Best Director
David Fincher
Ron Howard
Gus Van Sant
Stephen Daldry
Danny Boyle

Best Original Screenplay
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton - WALL•E

Best Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth + Robin Swicord - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir


Best Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fun Panda
WALL•E
 
The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on ABC.
Have you seen any of the movies nominated? If so, what are your predictions?
  
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