79th Annual Academy Awards® Coverage
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Welcome to Digital Hit's coverage of the 79th Annual Academy Awards® nominations. The nominations for this year were announced on January 23rd, 2007 at 8:30AM Eastern.
And the nominees are:
Best Picture
- Babel
Alejandro González Iñárritu [Producer], Jon Kilik [Producer] and Steve Golin [Producer] - The Departed
Graham King [Producer] - Letters From Iwo Jima
Clint Eastwood [Producer], Steven Spielberg [Producer] and Robert Lorenz [Producer] - Little Miss Sunshine
David T. Friendly [Producer], Peter Saraf [Producer] and Marc Turtletaub [Producer] - The Queen
Andy Harries [Producer], Christine Langan [Producer] and Tracey Seaward [Producer]
Best Director
- Babel
Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Departed
Martin Scorsese - Letters From Iwo Jima
Clint Eastwood - The Queen
Stephen Frears - United 93
Paul Greengrass
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio - Half Nelson
Ryan Gosling - The Last King of Scotland
Forest Whitaker - The Pursuit of Happyness
Will Smith - Venus
Peter O'Toole
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- The Devil Wears Prada
Meryl Streep - Little Children
Kate Winslet - Notes On A Scandal
Judi Dench - The Queen
Helen Mirren - Volver
Penelope Cruz
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Blood Diamond
Djimon Hounsou - The Departed
Mark Wahlberg - Dreamgirls
Eddie Murphy - Little Children
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Miss Sunshine
Alan Arkin
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Babel
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Adriana Barraza - Dreamgirls
Jennifer Hudson - Little Miss Sunshine
Abigail Breslin - Notes On A Scandal
Cate Blanchett
Best Animated Feature
- Cars
John Lasseter - Happy Feet
George Miller - Monster House
Gil Kenan
Best Art Direction
- Dreamgirls
John Myhre [Art Direction] and Nancy Haigh [Set Decoration] - The Good Shepherd
Jeannine Oppewall [Art Direction], Gretchen Rau [Set Decoration] and Leslie E. Rollins [Set Decoration] - Pan's Labyrinth
Eugenio Caballero [Art Direction] and Pilar Revuelta [Set Decoration] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Rick Heinrichs [Art Direction] and Cheryl A. Carasik [Set Decoration] - The Prestige
Nathan Crowley [Art Direction] and Julie Ochipinti [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography
- The Black Dahlia
Vilmos Zsigmond - Children of Men
Emmanuel Lubezki - The Illusionist
Dick Pope - Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo Navarro - The Prestige
Wally Pfister
Best Costume Design
- Curse of the Golden Flower
Yee Chung Man - The Devil Wears Prada
Patricia Field - Dreamgirls
Sharen Davis - Marie Antoinette
Milena Canonero - The Queen
Consolata Boyle
Best Documentary Feature
- Deliver Us from Evil
Amy Berg and Frank Donner - An Inconvenient Truth
Davis Guggenheim - Iraq in Fragments
James Longley and John Sinno - Jesus Camp
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady - My Country, My Country
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Best Documentary Short Subject
- The Blood of Yingzhou District
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon - Recycled Life
Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad - Rehearsing a Dream
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon - Two Hands
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
Best Editing
- Babel
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise - Blood Diamond
Steven Rosenblum - Children of Men
Alex Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuarón - The Departed
Thelma Schoonmaker - United 93
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best Foreign Language Film
- After the Wedding
- Days of Glory
- The Lives of Others
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Water
Best Makeup
- Apocalypto
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano - Click
Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso - Pan's Labyrinth
David Marti and Montse Ribe
Best Original Score
- Babel
Gustavo Santaolalla - The Good German
Thomas Newman - Notes On A Scandal
Philip Glass - Pan's Labyrinth
Javier Navarrete - The Queen
Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song
- Cars "Our Town"
Randy Newman [Music and Lyrics] - Dreamgirls "Love You I Do"
Henry Krieger [Music] and Siedah Garrett [Lyrics] - Dreamgirls "Listen"
Henry Krieger [Music], Scott Cutler [Music] and Anne Preven [Lyrics] - Dreamgirls "Patience"
Henry Krieger [Music] and Willie Reale [Lyrics] - An Inconvenient Truth "I Need to Wake Up"
Melissa Etheridge [Music and Lyrics]
Best Animated Short Film
- The Danish Poet
Torill Kove - Lifted
Gary Rydstrom - The Little Matchgirl
Roger Allers and Don Hahn - Maestro
Geza M. Toth - No Time for Nuts
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Best Live Action Short Film
- Éramos Pocos
Borja Cobeaga - Binta and the Great Idea
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso - Helmer & Son
Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson - The Saviour
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn - West Bank Story
Ari Sandel
Best Sound Editing
- Apocalypto
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar - Blood Diamond
Lon Bender - Flags of Our Fathers
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - Letters From Iwo Jima
Alan Robert Murray - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Best Sound Mixing
- Apocalypto
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara - Blood Diamond
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock - Dreamgirls
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton - Flags of Our Fathers
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Best Visual Effects
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall - Poseidon
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier - Superman Returns
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thurm
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sacha Baron Cohen [Screenplay and Story], Anthony Hines [Screenplay and Story], Peter Baynham [Screenplay and Story], Dan Mazer [Screenplay] and Todd Phillips [Story] - Children of Men
Alfonso Cuarón [Screenplay], Timothy J. Sexton [Screenplay], David Arata [Screenplay], Mark Fergus [Screenplay] and Hawk Ostby [Screenplay] - The Departed
William Monahan [Screenplay] - Little Children
Todd Field [Screenplay] and Tom Perrotta [Screenplay] - Notes On A Scandal
Patrick Marber [Screenplay]
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Babel
Guillermo Arriaga [Screenplay] - Letters From Iwo Jima
Iris Yamashita [Screenplay and Story] and Paul Haggis [Story] - Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Arndt [Screenplay] - Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro [Screenplay] - The Queen
Peter Morgan [Screenplay]
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