So the Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) has announced their nominees, and a lot of people got nominated, some for reasons beyond my comprehension (then again, much of what the Oscars do are beyond my comprehension, as in, I can’t comprehend why they do the things they do, because it just doesn’t make any sense to anyone outside the realm of Hollywoodland). For instance, Will Smith in that manipulative trash “Pursuit of Happyness”, or how Leonardo Dicaprio gets nominated for the awful “Blood Diamond”, but not for “The Departed”, which was by far his best work in years. But anyways, what do I know. Below are the complete list of nominees for the 79th Annual Academy Awards (with my picks in italics).
Best Picture:
“Babel,”
“The Departed,”
“Letters From Iwo Jima,”
“Little Miss Sunshine,”
“The Queen.”
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 Sunshine”;
Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”;
Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel.”
Best Directing:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel”;
Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”;
Clint Eastwood, “Letters From Iwo Jima”;
Stephen Frears, “The Queen”;
Paul Greengrass, “United 93.”
Best Foreign Language Film:
“After the Wedding,” Denmark;
“Days of Glory (Indigenes),” Algeria;
“The Lives of Others,” Germany;
“Pan’s Labyrinth,” Mexico;
“Water,” Canada.
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”;
Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, “Children of Men”;
William Monahan, “The Departed”;
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, “Little Children”;
Patrick Marber, “Notes on a Scandal.”
Best Original Screenplay:
Guillermo Arriaga, “Babel”;
Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, “Letters From Iwo Jima”;
Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”;
Guillermo del Toro, “Pan’s Labyrinth”;
Peter Morgan, “The Queen.”
Best Animated Feature Film:
“Cars,” “Happy Feet,” “Monster House.”
Best Art Direction:
“Dreamgirls,” “The Good Shepherd,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “The Prestige.”
Best Cinematography:
“The Black Dahlia,” “Children of Men,” “The Illusionist,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Prestige.”
Best Sound Mixing:
“Apocalypto,” “Blood Diamond,” “Dreamgirls,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
Best Sound Editing:
“Apocalypto,” “Blood Diamond,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
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:
“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth,” Melissa Etheridge;
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven;
“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett;
“Our Town” from “Cars,” Randy Newman;
“Patience” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.
Best Costume:
“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.”
Best Film Editing:
“Babel,” “Blood Diamond,” “Children of Men,” “The Departed,” “United 93.”
Best Makeup:
“Apocalypto,” “Click,” “Pan’s Labyrinth.”
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),” “Eramos Pocos (One Too Many),” “Helmer & Son,” “The Saviour,” “West Bank Story.”
Best Visual Effects:
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “Poseidon,” “Superman Returns.”
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