2008 Oscar Nominees List

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
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

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Partygoer's Get More Than Good Food

Apparently a catering employee of world famous chef, Wolfgang Puck, forgot the first rule of restaurant workers: Employees must wash their hands before returning to work.

The employee has been diagnosed with acute Hepatitis A, and the health department has issued an "urgent warning" to all partygoers who have sampled Puck's wares at recent events. According to TMZ, that star studded list includes names like Beyonce, Leo di Caprio's girlfriend Bar Rafaeli, and dozens of Sports Illustrated swimsuit models.

The health department's warning has strongly urged anyone who attended the SI party, or any of the 13 other events catered by Puck between Feb. 1- 20, to get an immune globulin shot by tomorrow to prevent illness.

When contacted, a rep from Puck's catering company would not tell TMZ which other events Puck catered, nor would they reveal how many other people may have been exposed to the illness. They did say, however, that no one who attended Sunday's Governor's Ball at the Academy Awards is at risk.

Jennifer Hudson Needs a Backbone

It seems Jennifer Hudson was at the mercy of her stylist, Vogue editor Andre Leon Tally, who is to blame for her much hated Oscar look. She had an alternative that she much preferred, but in a bit of a power struggle, gave in and wore the python bolero jacket and semi-shapeless brown dress that Tally had picked.

"Jennifer was kind of sponsored by Talley and Vogue," snitches a Page Six source. "Andre insisted she wear that hideous Oscar de la Renta dress with the awful, awful gold python bolero. "Jennifer really didn't want to, and so [noted celebrity stylist] Jessica Paster got her a beautiful gold Roberto Cavalli custom-made. But when Andre found out, he went ballistic. Moments before she left for the show, there was a power struggle and Jennifer ended up putting his outfit on."

Hudson need to learn to stand up for herself more, or she'll be eaten alive in Hollywood.

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Suri Cruises the Oscar Rehearsals

Tom Cruise brought his bouncing baby girl, Suri, to the Oscar rehearsal Saturday night. He brought her up on stage with him and said, "This is Suri, she wanted to come check this out this morning."

Baby Suri is 10 months old, and the daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise.

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Vanity Fair Oscar Party

A few pics from the Vanity Fair Oscar party.

Madonna

Victoria Beckham

Leelee Sobieski

Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes

Ali Larter

Portia de Rossi & Ellen DeGeneres

Elsa Pataky & Adrien Brody

Emmy Rossum

Rose McGowan

Gavin Rossdale & Gwen Stefani

Minnie Driver

Beyonce

Angie Harmon

79th Annual Oscar Winners

BEST PICTURE
"Babel"
"The Departed" *Winner*
"The Queen"
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
"Little Miss Sunshine"

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen" *Winner*
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland" *Winner*
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" *Winner*
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine" *Winner*
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"
Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"

BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Paul Greengrass, "United 93"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" *Winner*
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine" *Winner*
Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Patrick Marber , "Notes on a Scandal"
William Monahan, "The Departed" *Winner*
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"After the Wedding" (Denmark)
"Days of Glory (Indigènes)" (Algeria)
"Lives of Others" (Germany) *Winner*
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico)
"Water" (Canada)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Cars"
"Happy Feet" *Winner*
"Monster House"

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Dreamgirls," Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
"The Good Shepherd," Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
"Pan's Labyrinth," Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta *Winner*
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
"The Prestige," Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Black Dahlia," Vilmos Zsigmond
"Children of Men," Emmanuel Lubezki
"The Illusionist," Dick Pope
"Pan's Labyrinth," Guillermo Navarro *Winner*
"The Prestige," Wally Pfister

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Curse of the Golden Flower," Yee Chung Man
"The Devil Wears Prada," Patricia Field
"Dreamgirls," Sharen Davis
"Marie Antoinette," Milena Canonero *Winner*
"The Queen," Consolata Boyle

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Deliver Us from Evil," Amy Berg and Frank Donner
"An Inconvenient Truth," Davis Guggenheim *Winner*
"Iraq in Fragments," James Longley and John Sinno
"Jesus Camp," Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
"My Country, My Country," Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"The Blood of Yingzhou District," Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon *Winner*
"Recycled Life," Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
"Rehearsing a Dream," Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
"Two Hands," Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

BEST FILM EDITING
"Babel," Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
"Blood Diamond," Steven Rosenblum
"Children of Men," Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
"The Departed," Thelma Schoonmaker *Winner*
"United 93," Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

BEST MAKEUP
"Apocalypto," Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
"Click," Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
"Pan's Labyrinth," David Marti and Montse Ribe *Winner*

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla *Winner*
"The Good German," Thomas Newman
"Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass
"Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete
"The Queen," Alexandre Desplat

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Music and lyric by Melissa Etheridge *Winner*
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; lyric by Anne Preven
"Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Siedah Garrett
"Our Town" from "Cars," Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

"Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Music by Henry Krieger; lyric by Willie Reale

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"The Danish Poet," Torill Kove *Winner*
"Lifted," Gary Rydstrom
"The Little Matchgirl," Roger Allers and Don Hahn
"Maestro," Geza M. Toth
"No Time for Nuts," Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)" Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
"Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)" Borja Cobeaga
"Helmer & Son," Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
"The Saviour," Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
"West Bank Story," Ari Sandel *Winner*

BEST SOUND EDITING
"Apocalypto," Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
"Blood Diamond," Lon Bender
"Flags of Our Fathers," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
"Letters from Iwo Jima"," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman *Winner*
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

BEST SOUND MIXING
"Apocalypto," Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
"Blood Diamond," Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
"Dreamgirls," Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton*Winner*
"Flags of Our Fathers," John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall *Winner*
"Poseidon," Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
"Superman Returns," Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

HONORARY ACADEMY AWARD
Ennio Morricone

Clooney Has Had a Little Nip and Tuck

'Sexiest Man Alive' George Clooney admitted to pal Julia Roberts that he's had a little bit of work done on his eyes. Roberts asked Clooney the question during an interview that will appear on Oprah Winfrey's Oscar show.

Clooney said that it is important to look awake, so he went under the knife to acchieve that. When the tables were turned, and the same question was put to Roberts, she insisted that she hadn't undergone any procedures..."yet".

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Jennifer Hudson Does Vogue

Oh boy! If there wasn't a rivalry between 'Dreamgirls' Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce before, there is sure to be one now. Jennifer is set to appear on the cover of the March issue of Vogue magazine, as the first ever black singer. Hudson follows in the Vogue covergirl footsteps of Oprah, Iman, and Halle Berry.

Beyonce has denied rumors of friction between the two stars since Hudson was nominated for numerous awards for her 'Dreamgirls' role and Beyonce wasn't. Most recently an Oscar, which many think Jennifer will win. The Vogue cover will be just another of many feathers in the Idol loser's hat.

Jennifer was voted off 'American Idol' in the third season, though she was favored to win. Fantasia Barrino went on to eventually beat out the other contestants to win on that season.

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2007 Oscar Nominees

From: Oscar.com
NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 79TH AWARDS

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole - VENUS
Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL

Best animated feature film of the year
CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE

Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in costume design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN

Achievement in directing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93

Best documentary feature
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

Best documentary short subject
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
RECYCLED LIFE
REHEARSING A DREAM
TWO HANDS

Achievement in film editing
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93

Best foreign language film of the year
AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER

Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO
CLICK
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
BABEL
THE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS

Best motion picture of the year
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN

Best animated short film
THE DANISH POET
LIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS

Best live action short film
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
HELMER & SON
THE SAVIOUR
WEST BANK STORY

Achievement in sound editing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in sound mixing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
DREAMGIRLS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in visual effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
POSEIDON
SUPERMAN RETURNS

Adapted screenplay
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
LITTLE CHILDREN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Original screenplay
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

Pitt Admits DiCaprio Envy

From Contact Music
Hollywood star Brad Pitt is demanding more masculine film roles after confessing to feeling envious of Leonardo DiCaprio's recent movie successes. DiCaprio garnered a Best Actor Oscar nomination yesterday (23JAN07) for his role as a South African mercenary in Blood Diamond, while his other blockbuster The Departed is up for Best Motion Picture. He plays an undercover cop in the crime thriller. Now Pitt is keen to match the critical acclaim he's attracted by signing up for more macho parts, like his Tyler Durden character in Fight Club. He says, "I caught myself on the phone the other day. Leo has been playing some real strong men these last few years and I found myself saying, 'I want to play more of a man.' I got off the phone and I thought, 'No, live like a man, and the movies will follow.'"

2007 Oscar Nominee List

From Wild About Movies
Below, the complete list of the "79th Annual Academy Award" nominees!

Best motion picture of the year

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)
Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)


Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)


Performance by an actress in a leading role

Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)
Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)


Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)


Best animated feature film of the year

“Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
“Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller
“Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan


Achievement in art direction

“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
“The Good Shepherd” (Universal)
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
“The Prestige” (Buena Vista)


Achievement in cinematography

“The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond
“Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki
“The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro
“The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister


Achievement in costume design

“Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man
“The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field
“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis
“Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle


Achievement in directing

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears
“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass


Best documentary feature

“Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)
“An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
“Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing)
"Jesus Camp" (Magnolia Pictures)
“My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)r


Best documentary short subject

“The Blood of Yingzhou District”
“Recycled Life”
“Rehearsing a Dream”
“Two Hands”


Achievement in film editing

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
“Children of Men” (Universal)
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)


Best foreign language film of the year

“After the Wedding” Denmark
“Days of Glory (Indigènes)” Algeria
“The Lives of Others” Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Mexico
“Water” Canada


Achievement in makeup

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Click” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
“The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman
“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

“Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven

“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett

“Our Town” from “Cars”
(Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

“Patience” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Willie Reale


Best animated short film

“The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada)
“Lifted” (Buena Vista)
“The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista)
“Maestro” (Szimplafilm)
“No Time for Nuts” (20th Century Fox)


Best live action short film

“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”
“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak)
“Helmer & Son”
“The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
“West Bank Story”


Achievement in sound editing

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
“Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)


Achievement in sound mixing

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
“Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)


Achievement in visual effects

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
“Poseidon” (Warner Bros.)
“Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)


Adapted screenplay

“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox)
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
“Children of Men” (Universal)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by William Monahan
“Little Children” (New Line)
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Screenplay by Patrick Marber


Original screenplay

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Michael Arndt
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Written by Guillermo del Toro
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
Written by Peter Morgan


Academy President Sid Ganis and past Oscar® nominee Salma Hayek announced the nominations for the 79th Academy Awards.