The nominations have been announced yesterday, and these are the main categories:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole - VENUS
Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN


Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL

Achievement in directing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93

Best motion picture of the year
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN

Original screenplay
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

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Other Categories:

Best animated feature film of the year
CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE


Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE


Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE


Achievement in costume design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN


Best documentary feature
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

Achievement in film editing
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93


Best foreign language film of the year
AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER

Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO
CLICK
PAN'S LABYRINTH


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
BABEL
THE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS


Best animated short film
THE DANISH POET
LIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS


Best live action short film
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

Adapted screenplay
BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
LITTLE CHILDREN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Who/what do you think should win:

- Best Actor:
- Best supporting actor:
- Best Actress:
- Best supporting actress:
- Best Director:
- Best picture:
- Best Screenplay:

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- Is there any actor you think should have been nominated this year but wasn't?

- Is there any actor/actress who got nominated that in your opinion doesn't deserve to be nominated?

The nominations are not fair for other movies that should be in the list as well. There are many actors and actresses that should be there too, in the movies they acted in.

where did Jhonny Depp go?... he should've been nominated as well.

of all actors Eddy?.. hmm... not exactly my fave but oh well... can't say he doesn't deserve it.

And The Oscar Goes To...



Best Picture
"The Departed"


Achievement in Directing
Martin Scorsese - "The Departed"


Best Original Screenplay
"Little Miss Sunshine"


Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Departed"


Best Actress
Helen Mirren - "The Queen"


Achievement in Cinematography
"Pan's Labyrinth"


Best Actor
Forest Whitaker - "The Last King of Scotland"


Best Film Editing
"The Departed"


Achievement in Sound Editing
"Letters From Iwo Jima"


Best Foreign-Language Film
"The Lives of Others" - Germany


Best Original Song
"I Need to Wake Up" - Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge - "An Inconvenient Truth"


Achievement in Sound Mixing
"Dreamgirls"


Best Original Score
"Babel"


Best Art Direction
"Pan's Labyrinth"


Best Documentary Feature
"An Inconvenient Truth"


Best Documentary Short
"The Blood of Yingzhou District"


Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson - "Dreamgirls"


Best Animated Feature Film
"Happy Feet"


Achievement in Makeup
"Pan's Labyrinth"


Achievement in Costume Design
"Marie Antoinette"


Best Animated Short Film
"The Danish Poet"


Best Live-Action Short Film
"West Bank Story"


Best Visual Effects
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"


Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - "Little Miss Sunshine"

Poor Meryl Streep, I wished she wins the Oscar! :(

The Departed's been pretty successful I see

I voted for the Departed ... yhoooooooooooooo ,, The movie deserved the four Oscars

You're all going to watch those dull celebrities prancing around .. making their speeches?

May the hottest win :).

I was happy to see Scorsese finally win something, it was about time and the departed was certainly an amazing movie, one of my favs from last year.

Most of my predictions came true (mirren , whittaker and hudson) all got their oscars and lived up to the buzz around them. I was pleasantly surprised though that alan Arkin won the supporting role oscar instead of murphy who everyone though would win but I'm glad he didn't.

Not the best award show i've seen..the speaches weren't as interesting to listen to and it was very predictable but congrats to the winners.

The Departed, well deserved. Although I hoped The Prestiege would win something

The award of Best Film Editing should have gone to "Children of Men", & the same for Achievement in Cinematography. But, since I didn't watch the winner of this award "Pan's Labyrinth", so I can't really say that.


"The Departed" was the 1st by winning four awards, then "Pan's Labyrinth" comes second, this movie comes from Mexico I guess, so its good to see a Spanish spoken movie among the English ones.

And what all the fuzz about Algore? Does that have something to do with his "coming" campaign?

I've had this question in my head for a long time...why in the world is it called the "Oscars"? i mean, who is Oscar anyway?