81st Annual Academy Awards® Nominations Coverage
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Welcome to Digital Hit Entertainment's coverage of the 81st Annual Academy Award® nominations.
The nominations for the 81st Oscars® were announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
And the nominees are:
Best Picture
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kathleen Kennedy [Producer], Frank Marshall [Producer] and Ceán Chaffin [Producer] - Frost/Nixon
Brian Grazer [Producer], Ron Howard [Producer] and Eric Fellner [Producer] - Milk
Dan Jinks [Producer] and Bruce Cohen [Producer] - The Reader
Anthony Minghella [Producer], Sydney Pollack [Producer], Donna Gigliotti [Producer] and Redmond Morris [Producer] - Slumdog Millionaire
Christian Colson [Producer]
Best Director
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher - Frost/Nixon
Ron Howard - Milk
Gus Van Sant - The Reader
Stephen Daldry - Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Brad Pitt - Frost/Nixon
Frank Langella - Milk
Sean Penn - The Visitor
Richard Jenkins - The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Changeling
Angelina Jolie - Doubt
Meryl Streep - Frozen River
Melissa Leo - Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway - The Reader
Kate Winslet
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger - Doubt
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Milk
Josh Brolin - Revolutionary Road
Michael Shannon - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Taraji P. Henson - Doubt
Amy Adams - Doubt
Viola Davis - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Penelope Cruz - The Wrestler
Marisa Tomei
Best Animated Feature
- Bolt
Chris Williams [Director] and Byron Howard [Director] - Kung Fu Panda
John Stevenson [Director] and Mark Osborne [Director] - WALL·E
Andrew Stanton
Best Art Direction
- Changeling
James J. Murakami [Art Direction] and Gary Fettis [Set Decoration] - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Donald Graham Burt [Art Direction] and Victor J. Zolfo [Set Decoration] - The Dark Knight
Nathan Crowley [Art Direction] and Peter Lando [Set Decoration] - The Duchess
Michael Carlin [Art Direction] and Rebecca Alleway [Set Decoration] - Revolutionary Road
Kristi Zea [Art Direction] and Debra Schutt [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography
- Changeling
Tom Stern - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Claudio Miranda - The Dark Knight
Wally Pfister - The Reader
Chris Menges and Roger Deakins - Slumdog Millionaire
Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Costume Design
- Australia
Catherine Martin - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Jacqueline West - The Duchess
Michael O'Connor - Milk
Danny Glicker - Revolutionary Road
Albert Wolsky
Best Documentary Feature
- The Betrayal
Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath - Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser - The Garden
Scott Hamilton Kennedy - Man on Wire
James Marsh and Simon Chinn - Trouble the Water
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Best Documentary Short Subject
- The Conscience of Nhem En
Steven Okazaki - The Final Inch
Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant - Smile Pinki
Megan Mylan - The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
Best Editing
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall - The Dark Knight
Lee Smith - Frost/Nixon
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley - Milk
Elliot Graham - Slumdog Millionaire
Chris Dickens
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Baader Meinhof Complex
- The Class
- Departures
- Revanche
- Waltz with Bashir
Best Makeup
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Greg Cannom - The Dark Knight
John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan - Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Best Original Score
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Alexandre Desplat - Defiance
James Newton Howard - Milk
Danny Elfman - Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman - WALL·E
Thomas Newman
Best Original Song
- Slumdog Millionaire "O Saya"
A.R. Rahman [Music and Lyrics] and Maya Arulpragasam [Music and Lyrics] - Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho"
A.R. Rahman [Music] and Gulzar [Lyrics] - WALL·E "Down to Earth"
Peter Gabriel [Music and Lyrics] and Thomas Newman [Music]
Best Animated Short Film
- La Maison en Petits Cubes
Kunio Kato - Lavatory - Lovestory
Konstantin Bronzit - Oktapodi
Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand - Presto
Doug Sweetland - This Way Up
Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
Best Live Action Short Film
- Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Reto Caffi - Manon on the Asphalt
Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont - New Boy
Steph Green and Tamara Anghie - The Pig
Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh - Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Jochen Alexander Freydank
Best Sound Editing
- The Dark Knight
Richard King - Iron Man
Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes - Slumdog Millionaire
Tom Sayers - WALL·E
Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood - Wanted
Wylie Stateman
Best Sound Mixing
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten - The Dark Knight
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick - Slumdog Millionaire
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty - WALL·E
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt - Wanted
Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
Best Visual Effects
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron - The Dark Knight
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin - Iron Man
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Roth [Screenplay and Screen Story by] and Robin Swicord [Screen Story by] - Doubt
John Patrick Shanley [Written by] - Frost/Nixon
Peter Morgan [Screenplay by] - The Reader
David Hare [Screenplay by] - Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy [Screenplay by]
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Frozen River
Courtney Hunt [Written by] - Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh [Written by] - In Bruges
Martin McDonagh [Written by] - Milk
Dustin Lance Black [Written by] - WALL·E
Andrew Stanton [Screenplay and Original Story by], Jim Reardon [Screenplay by] and Pete Docter [Original Story by]
