The nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, and there were few surprises.

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 Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James…
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

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

Best Director:
Julian Schanbel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
The Coens, 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
Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, Ratatouille
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 & Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

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

Best Animated Film:
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up

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

The Oscar ceremony is scheduled for February 24. I’m not sure how the writer’s strike will affect our red carpet fun, so cross your fingers for a quick resolution.

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