Oscar Nominations Are Out; An Oscar Ceremony Is Probably Out, Too

The Writers' Strike has pretty much zapped any awards season excitement, but the Oscar nominations were announced today. Nothing for Denzel Washington, which is surely an outrage to many of you, but Ruby Dee was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for American Gangster and, uh, Norbit was nominated for best makeup. An Oscar and a Razzie nomination in one week! Incredible.

Having seen all of the films nominated for best picture, my bet's on No Country For Old Men, although Atonement won the Golden Globe. Check out the nominations after the jump.

Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Ratatouille (written by Brad Bird; story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird)
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Sarah Polley, Away from Her
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Foreign Language Film
Beaufort, Israel
The Counterfeiters, Austria
Katyn, Poland
Mongol, Kazakhstan
12, Russia

Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Costume Design
Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Music (Score)
Atonement, Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner, Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton, James Newton Howard
Ratatouille, Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma, Marco Beltrami

Music (Song)
"Falling Slowly," from Once: Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song," from Enchanted: Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up," from August Rush: Nominees to be determined
"So Close," from Enchanted: Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know," from Enchanted:Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Makeup
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
Transformers

Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Short Film (Animated)
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & the Wolf

Short Film (Live Action)
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Documentary Feature
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

Documentary Short
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

Jan 22, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 19 Responses

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Comments (19)

No. 1 · solitaire

I love these nominations (for the most part), but I thought Paul Dano should have gotten a supporting actor nof for his steller performance in "There will be blood". I also think "The diving bell and the butterfly" should have gotten a best picture nod. Curious that they nominated the films director (Julian Schabel), and not the film. Duh

Yay for Marion Cotillard for her amazing turn in "La vie en rose", and i'm so happy for Ruby Dee. Is this her first nod?

Sorry for Denzel, but i'm glad "American Gangster" got shut out for the most part. The film was the glorification of an ignorant thug, and nothing more.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 12:24 pm

No. 2 · daria of Gorgeous Black Women

Best Picture
You're right that it's between At and NCfOM, but I'm actually gonna go with No Country for Old Men

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men (::swoooooon::)

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There

Best Director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay
all good but this one will win:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Foreign Language Film
The Counterfeiters

Animated Feature
Ratatouille unfortunately

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 1:34 pm

No. 3 · blackmistressdiva

Best Picture
No Country for Old Men

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There

Best Director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, Atonement

Foreign Language Film
The Counterfeiters, Austria

Animated Feature
Persepolis

Art Direction
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cinematography
Atonement

Costume Design
Atonement

Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Music (Score)
3:10 to Yuma, Marco Beltrami

Makeup
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Sound Editing
Transformers

Sound Mixing
Transformers

Visual Effects
Transformers

Documentary Feature
Sicko

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 1:40 pm

No. 4 · JillyBean819

Maybe these production companies and producers will think about this the next time they think about cutting those writers out of pay for something that they helped to create.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 2:31 pm

No. 5 · JillyBean819

I'm still pissed that this awards show continues to NOT honor the 'Science Fiction' & 'Horror/Thriller' movies categories.

Horror movies are a huge part of the movie industry that deserve to be recognized. Plus, I LOVE a good horror movie.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 2:35 pm

No. 6 · blackmistressdiva

Jilly - Sci-fi and horror flicks usually have their own awards. Usually handed out at conventions like ComicCon.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 2:41 pm

No. 7 · daria of Gorgeous Black Women

These writers and the networks need to work. this. shit. out. NOW.

If I miss the Oscar fashions, I will protest against the protesters. Just agree to a ceasefire or something. Golden Globe fashions are so-so anyway. It's the homecoming dance. Oscars = Prom.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 3:01 pm

No. 8 · blackmistressdiva

I usually throw a much anticipated Oscar party ever year. I'm sad that I won't get to do that. Otherwise - if someone I know isn't moninated…I don't care as much anymore.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 3:15 pm

No. 9 · JillyBean819

BMD,

That blows though. Horror is such an underrated genre. There are horror movies that deserve an award. An example is 'The Descent'.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 4:40 pm

No. 10 · blackmistressdiva

Heath Ledger died!

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 5:03 pm

No. 11 · daria of Gorgeous Black Women

OMFG. :-O

I seriously hope drugs were not involved.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 5:26 pm

No. 12 · daria of Gorgeous Black Women

"Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger, 28, has died of a possible drug overdose involving sleeping pills in New York, police have confirmed." –Sydney Morning Herald

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 5:28 pm

No. 13 · Michelle

I am beyond sad about Heath. I LOVED "Brokeback Mountain" and was looking forward to seeing him as the Joker. Now, part of me doesn't even want to see it.

So sad.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 5:48 pm

No. 14 · blackmistressdiva

Jilly - Horror has a special place in my heart b/c I specialize in character and creature effects. Most of the bigger films I have worked on have either been sci-fi or horror - granted they've been indie or B-flicks.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 6:53 pm

No. 15 · Michelle

You work on horror films, bmd?! Wow! Can I be your new bff?

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 7:01 pm

No. 16 · blackmistressdiva

Yea. I can do beauty makeup, obviously, but my love is blood, guts and monsters.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 7:13 pm

No. 17 · blackmistressdiva

Some of my recent movies are on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Carpool-.....amp;sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Fallen-O.....B000A3XY6Y

http://www.amazon.com/Dreamlan.....amp;sr=1-2

Do me a favor. Go buy them. LMAO.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 7:21 pm

No. 18 · blackmistressdiva

Oops forgot this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Hair-Sho.....amp;sr=8-1

Ok. I'll stop shamelessly promoting myself here on Lauren's blog.

Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 7:42 pm

No. 19 · LeAnne@hairsmystory.com

Once again, like the Grammy's, the Oscars (IMO) are grappling for any old nonsense to garner viewers. Norbit? Okay…
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Posted: Jan 23, 2008 at 9:24 am