The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for this year's Oscars - The 81th annual Academy Awards. you can tune into ABC on February 22th at 8:00 PM (Eastern Time) to see who wins.
And the Nominees are...
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn, "Milk"
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Penélope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
"Bolt", Chris Williams and Byron Howard
"Kung Fu Panda", John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
"WALL-E", Andrew Stanton
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
"Changeling"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Duchess"
"Revolutionary Road"
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Changeling"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Duchess"
"Revolutionary Road"
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
"Australia"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Duchess"
"Milk"
"Revolutionary Road"
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", David Fincher
"Frost/Nixon", Ron Howard
"Milk", Gus Van Sant
"The Reader", Stephen Daldry
"Slumdog Millionaire", Danny Boyle
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
"The Garden"
"Man on Wire"
"Trouble the Water"
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
"The Baader Meinhof Complex"
"The Class"
"Departures"
"Revanche"
"Waltz with Bashir"
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Defiance"
"Milk"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E"
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire"
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire"
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
"Wanted"
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL-E"
"Wanted"
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Iron Man"
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", Screenplay by Eric Roth
"Doubt", Written by John Patrick Shanley
"Frost/Nixon", Screenplay by Peter Morgan
"The Reader", Screenplay by David Hare
"Slumdog Millionaire", Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Frozen River", Written by Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky", Written by Mike Leigh
"In Bruges", Written by Martin McDonagh
"Milk", Written by Dustin Lance Black
"WALL-E", Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon
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