Salma Hakek woke up bright and early this morning to announce the nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards. There were some pleasant surprises (I didn't really think Dreamgirls was Best Picture worthy) and some total shockers compared with my predictions. To see how I did, use this key:
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** BuzzSugar Wild Card Pick
Wow, I'm actually really glad to see some surprises in there! No nomination for Leo for The Departed (he was nominated for Blood Diamond), but his co-star Mark Wahlberg got a much-deserved nod. Tune in later today for more analysis, and until then, check out the nominees and tell me what you think!
BEST PICTURE
Babel *
The Departed *
The Queen **
Little Miss Sunshine **
Letters from Iwo Jima
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima *
Martin Scorcese, The Departed *
Aljenador Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel *
Stephen Frears, The Queen **
Paul Greengrass, United 93 **
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BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland *
Peter O'Toole, Venus **
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson **
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness *
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren, The Queen *
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal *
Kate Winslet, Little Children *
Penelope Cruz, Volver **
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada **
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls *
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond *
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed **
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine **
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal *
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls *
Adriana Barraza, Babel *
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine **
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel **
BEST ANIMNATED FEATURE
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
ART DIRECTION
Dreamgirls
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Prestige
The Good Shepherd
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Ilusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige
COSTUME DESIGN
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
The Queen
BEST DOCUMENTARY
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
FILM EDITING
Babel
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
The Departed
United 93
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
After the Wedding (Denmark)
Days of Glory (Indigènes) (Algeria)
The Lives of Others (Germany)
Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico)
Water (Canada)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Apocalypto
Click
Pan’s Labyrinth
ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC
Babel
The Good German
Notes on a Scandal
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Queen
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
“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” (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
“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
ADAPATED 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
Juan Antonio Lopez
Milly
Bourjois
Wow, surprised about Leo not getting nominated for The Departed, but I am glad he was for Blood Diamond. I am a bit surprised by Jack not getting a nom either, but YAY for Mark Wahlberg. I have not seen Half Nelson but I hear Ryan Gosling is amazing in it so good for him.
I was pleasantly surprised by all the noms for Blood Diamond! And yeah for Meryl Streep!
1having seen pix of Salma Hayek at the Golden Globes and this morning at the Oscar nominations, I think she's pregnant.
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2I'm not surprised with the choices for the Best Actress competition. I also didn't expect Leo to be chosen for 'Blood Diamond' instead of 'The Departed,' but good for him regardless to make one of the 5 slots.
I'm thrilled for Mark Wahlberg and Ryan Gosling because they were underdogs.
'Dreamgirls' was shut out for Best Picture, but Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson were definite locks, so at least they were recognized.
Big Yay for Clint Eastwood, Penelope Cruz, Helen Mirren and Peter O'Toole as other personal faves!
I admire the Oscars for looking beyond Hollywood for talent in the acting categories. It just goes to show that H-wood isn't the only place that makes exemplary movies and boasts the best talent.
3I totally misunderstood when I was watching the "Today" show this morning. I thought they said "Dreamgirls" didn't get any noms but now I see it was just that they didn't get a Best Pic nom. I'm glad Jennifer Hudson made it. Don't know why people are so shocked about Beyonce not being in there. She's just not one of my fave peeps.
4a couple of shockers, no dreamgirls , no brad?
5i hope children of men win something, i love everything that clive owen does.
6YEAH RYAN GOSLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7Wow Buzz, you did great on your predictions!
8Buzz, Volver wasn't nominated for foreign language?
9I am surprised that DiCaprio's mediocre performance in Blood Diamond got a nomination. I am also surprised by Streep's nomination. I guess this is one instance where name recognition went a long way.
I am very happy that Gosling was nominated for Half Nelson as his performance was excellent. However, the real winner here is Forest Whittaker. He is excellent in The Last King of Scotland and deserves to win this one.
10Shocked that Children of Men did not make the Best Picture list nor did Clive rate a nomination for his awesome role in this film.
11I knew Marie Antoinette would get a nod for best costume design. The costumes were basically the best part of that movie. Beyonce not getting nominated is definitely not a shocker at all. Jennifer was the main part and standout performance.
12Beyonce must be so let down by her no-nom.. She's been going on and on about how she wont be satisfied until she gets an oscar blah blah blah. Well, she wasn't the most deserving this time around anyway.
Michelle
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Marie Antoinette should win for costume design! I'd like Ryan Gosling to win Best Actor but I dunno, I think Leo should win an Oscar he's a great actor but he never wins. Forest Whitaker is most likely gonna win. With all the hype with Jennifer Hudson right now, I wonder what would happen if she DIDN'T win? I haven't seen Dreamgirls but her whole journey to "fame" is all fascinating to everyone and she's celebrated on every magazine cover as if she had already won. I'm glad she got nominated she deserves it more than beyonce. Personally i don't think beyonce's a good actress. She's a hell of a singer but actress, not so much.
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