Oscar Nominees Announced

January 22, 2009 at 7:26am PST

Tags: Forest Whitaker, Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Milk, nominations, Oscars, Revolutionary Road, Robert Downey Jr., Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Tropic Thunder

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The nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning by Forest Whitaker and Academy President Sid Ganis at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10. None of cast members from Slumdog were nominated, and the Leonardo Decaprio and Kate Winslet-vehicle Revolutionary Road was almost totally snubbed, with only one major nod coming in the form of a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Michael Shannon.

Gus van Sant's Milk did better than at the Golden Globes, picking up four major nominations, and surprise nominations included Best Actress nominee Melissa Leo in Frozen River, a film that's done well with critics but has been marginally seen by audiences.

On a somewhat somber note, today marks the one year anniversary of the death of Heath Ledger, who, as expected, picked up a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in The Dark Knight.

The major nominees are...

Best Picture:
Frost/Nixon
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader

Best Actor:
Sean Penn (Milk)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Best Actress:
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)

Best Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Josh Brolin (Milk)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)

Best Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Amy Adams (Doubt)
Viola Davis (Doubt)
Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)

Best Director:
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Stephen Daldry (The Reader)

Best Animated Feature:
WALL-E
Kung Fu Panda
Bolt

You can click here to see a the full list of nominees. The event will be broadcast live on February 22 from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

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