Oscar nominations announced

Jan 23, 2007 by Ian Evans

Salma Hayek and Academy President Sid Ganis announced the Academy Award nominations this morning. There were a few little surprises, like a supporting actor nod for Mark Wahlberg in The Departed and no Best Picture nomination for Dreamgirls.

Here’s a quick look at the nominations, we’ll have the full list as soon as possible:

Best Picture

• Babel
• The Departed
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen

Best Director

• Alejandro González Iñárritu Babel
• Martin Scorsese The Departed
• Clint Eastwood Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears The Queen
• Paul Greengrass United 93

Best Actor

• 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

Best Actress

• Penelope Cruz Volver
• Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren The Queen
• Meryl Streep The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet Little Children

Best Supporting Actor

• Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine
• Jackie Earle Haley Little Children
• Djimon Hounsou Blood Diamond
• Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls
• Mark Wahlberg The Departed

Best Supporting Actress

• Adriana Barraza Babel
• Cate Blanchett Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin Little Miss Children
• Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi Babel

Best Foreign Language Film

• After the Wedding, Denmark
• Days of Glory, Algeria
• The Lives of Others, Germany
• Pan’s Labyrinth, Mexico
• Water, Canada

Best Animated Feature

• Cars
• Happy Feet
• Monster House