January 23, 2007

Oscar Nominations

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The nominations for this years Oscars were announced this morning with Dreamgirls leading the running with 8 noms. Here are a selection of these, for the full list see here.
Best Picture
Babel, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen

Lead Actress
Penelope Cruz (Volver), Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada), Kate Winslet (Little Children)

Lead 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)

Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza (Babel), Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)

Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine), Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls), Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)

Animated Film
Cars, Happy Feet, Monster House

Foreign-Language Film
After the Wedding, Days of Glory, The Lives of Others, Pan’s Labyrinth, Water

Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel), Martin Scorsese (The Departed), Clint Eastwood (Letters from Iwo Jima), Stephen Frears (The Queen), Paul Greengrass (United 93)

Original Screenplay
Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Queen

Adapted Screenplay
Borat, Children of Men, The Departed, Little Children, Notes on a Scandal

Filed under: Saturday Night At The Movies by Becca at 4:15 pm

2 Comments »

  1. Self Indulgent but here’s who I want to win. I don’t think many of them stand a chance though:

    Best Picture
    Little Miss Sunshine

    Lead Actress
    Penelope Cruz

    Lead Actor
    Peter O Toole

    Director
    Martin Scorcese

    Supporting Actress
    Abigail Breslin

    Supporting Actor
    Mark Wahlberg

    Animated Film
    Cars

    Foreign Language Film
    Pan’s Labyrinth

    Adapted Screenplay
    Borat

    Original Screenplay
    Little Miss Sunshine

    Commented by Nathaniel on February 5, 2007 at 6:25 pm
  2. I do think that Scorcese will win best director and Pans will win foreign language film!

    Commented by Becca on February 5, 2007 at 7:42 pm

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