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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:

* BuzzSugar Shoo-In
** 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