Oscar Nominations 2008 are announced

**sharon_b** · January 22nd, 2008, 07:56 AM

The nominations for the 80th Academy Awards have been announced in Hollywood.

Hopes high for Hollywood's night of the year

Thriller No Country For Old Men and California-set oil drama There Will Be Blood led the nominations with eight each.

These are the nominations in the main categories:

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
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

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**buttmunch** · January 22nd, 2008, 08:18 AM

More complete list:

Best Picture
'Atonement'
'Juno'
'Michael Clayton'
'No Country for Old Men'
'There Will Be Blood'

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
Jason Reitman, 'Juno'
Tony Gilroy, 'Michael Clayton'
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 'No Country for Old Men'
Paul Thomas Anderson, 'There Will Be Blood'

Best Actor
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'

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'
Julie Christie, 'Away From Her'
Marillon Cotillard, 'La Vie en Rose'
Laura Linney, 'The Savages'
Ellen Page, 'Juno'

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'
Javier Barden, 'No Country for Old Men'
Phililp Seymour Hoffman, 'Charlie Wilson's War'
Hal Holbrook, 'Into the Wild'
Tom Wilkinson, 'Michael Clayton'

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, 'I'm Not There'
Ruby Dee, 'American Gangster'
Saiorse Ronan, 'Atonement'
Amy Ryan, 'Gone Baby Gone'
Tilda Swinton, 'Michael Clayton'

Best Foreign Film
'Beaufort' (Israel)
'Counterfeiters' (Austria)
'Katyn' (Poland)
'Mongol' (Kazakhstan)
'12' (Russia)

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

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, 'Atonement'
Sarah Polley, 'Away From Her'
Ronald Harwood, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 'No Country for Old Men'
Paul Thomas Anderson, 'There Will Be Blood'

Best Animated Feature Film
'Persepolis'
'Ratatouille'
'Surf's Up'

Best Art Direction
'American Gangster'
'Atonement'
'The Golden Compass'
'Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'
'There Will Be Blood'

Best Cinematography
'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'
'Atonement'
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
'No Country for Old Men'
'There Will Be Blood'

Oscars and Academy Awards Nominations: 2008 Nominees and Winners - Moviefone

**buttmunch** · January 22nd, 2008, 08:25 AM

Let's vote. Here are mine:

Picture: No Country for Old Men

Director: The Coen Brothers

Actor: would love to see Johnny Depp win but think it will go to Daniel Day Lewis

Actress: Should go to Marillon Cotillard but will probably go to Julie Christie

Supporting Actor: Tough category but I'll go with either Casey Affleck or Javier Barden

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett although I'd love to see Ruby Dee win

Foreign Film: 12

Original Screenplay: Michael Clayton

Adapted Screenplay:Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 'No Country for Old Men'

Animated: Ratatouille

Art Direction: Sweeny Todd

Best Cinematography: No Country For Old Men

Now, what I'd really like to know is why actor still comes before actress and supporting actor before supporting actress?

**buttmunch** · January 22nd, 2008, 08:30 AM

Fab...it says the server is busy when I try to post and in the end I end up double posting, through no fault of my own. Can someone delete one?

**Laurent** · January 22nd, 2008, 08:37 AM

Wow, Cate Blanchett managed to get nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

**yanna** · January 22nd, 2008, 09:15 AM

^It's happened before. One year, actually Emma Thomson and Holly Hunter were both nominated for both Supporting and Lead roles. Whoopie Goldberg made a crack about how it's no wonder there are no good parts available for actresses because they've taken them all.

I was surprised with Ruby Dee's nomination. I thought her role was extremely small. Though she did do a good job.

**Lily** · January 22nd, 2008, 09:22 AM

^Yes, Sigourney Weaver was also nominated for both categories (Best Actress for "Gorillas in the Mist" and Best Supporting Actress for "Working Girl").

I think Daniel Day-Lewis will win, and he is astonishing, but I want Johnny to win. Boy do I want Johnny to win.

Javier Bardem will win, and as for Best Actress? I would LOVE if Cotillard won.

Ha ha, St. Vagina wasn't nominated. HA HA HA HA

**yanna** · January 22nd, 2008, 09:31 AM

^Neither was Brad Shitt

. I haven't seen Bardem's performance but I've been hearing a lot about Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James... He was also excellent in Gone Baby Gone so that might give him more of an edge.

I just hope the screenwriters' strike will be over by then because I don't want the Oscars to be cancelled too.

**memebot** · January 22nd, 2008, 09:38 AM

Javier Bardem, hands down. He was sooo creepy in No Country For Old Men!

**sputnik** · January 22nd, 2008, 10:23 AM

cate blanchett had better win for best supporting actress. and i'm pissed 'i'm not there' is not nominated for best film. actually i'm pissed off in general at how that movie seems to have been overlooked by everyone. it's probably my favourite film of 2007. haven't seen 'no country for old men' yet though.

**DoveFeatheredRaven** · January 22nd, 2008, 11:04 AM

I am just thrilled Keira Knightley wasn't nominated. This will give her something else to whine about besides how obsessed the world is with her weight. Also glad Angelina Jolie wasn't nominated. The race would have turned into "her, her, her" and when she didn't win, it would have been more about that than whoever does win.

I am disappointed Waitress and/or Adrienne Shelly wasn't recognized.

**buttmunch** · January 22nd, 2008, 11:24 AM

^^I thought the same thing when I saw the list: thank god that scrawny cow wasn't nominated. I bet she's STILL on the line bitching out her agent, management and anyone else she can think of to blame.

**Sweetie** · January 22nd, 2008, 11:53 AM

Cate Blanchett is everywhere. I am so tired of hearing her name.

**DoveFeatheredRaven** · January 22nd, 2008, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Sweetie

Cate Blanchett is everywhere. I am so tired of hearing her name.

But you are hearing her name for the right reasons- her work and the quality of it. She just happens to get loads of good roles, or perhaps she makes them good. I would much rather hear about her for an actual reason than something stupid like giving an interview to whine about being skinny.

**Sweetie** · January 22nd, 2008, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by DoveFeatheredRaven

But you are hearing her name for the right reasons- her work and the quality of it. She just happens to get loads of good roles, or perhaps she makes them good. I would much rather hear about her for an actual reason than something stupid like giving an interview to whine about being skinny.

I'm not hearing about her for the right reasons, I am hearing about her because she's in a million different roles. She has to get something right somewhere down the line.

I don't find her to be as great as everyone is saying but I don't find her to be bad either.