The Oscars 79th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Announced

Leslie Cheung almost 18 years ago

Early yesterday morning (January 23) in Los Angeles, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis and actress Salma Hayek announced the nominations for the 79th Academy Awards. A list of nominees is included below.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• 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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

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

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Penélope Cruz - Volver
• Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal
• Helen Mirren - The Queen
• Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet - Little Children

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Adriana Barraza - Babel
• Cate Blanchett - Notes On A Scandal
• Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Best animated feature film of the year

• Cars
• Happy Feet
• Monster House

Achievement in art direction

• Dreamgirls
• The Good Shepherd
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• The Prestige

Achievement in cinematography

• The Black Dahlia
• Children Of Men
• The Illusionist
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Prestige

Achievement in costume design

• Curse Of The Golden Flower
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Dreamgirls
• Marie Antoinette
• The Queen

Achievement in directing

• Babel
• The Departed
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• The Queen
• United 93

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

Achievement in film editing

• Babel
• Blood Diamond
• Children Of Men
• The Departed
• United 93

Best foreign language film of the year

• After The Wedding
• Days Of Glory (Indigènes)
• The Lives Of Others
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Water

Achievement in makeup

• Apocalypto
• Click
• Pan's Labyrinth
  

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• Babel
• The Good German
• Notes On A Scandal
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Queen

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• "I Need To Wake Up" - An Inconvenient Truth
• "Listen" - Dreamgirls
• "Love You I Do" - Dreamgirls
• "Our Town" - Cars
• "Patience" - Dreamgirls

Best motion picture of the year

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

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)
• Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)
• Helmer & Son
• The Saviour
• West Bank Story

Achievement in sound editing

• Apocalypto
• Blood Diamond
• Flags Of Our Fathers
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Achievement in sound mixing

• Apocalypto
• Blood Diamond
• Dreamgirls
• Flags Of Our Fathers
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Achievement in visual effects

• Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Poseidon
• Superman Returns

Adapted screenplay

• Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan
• Children Of Men
• The Departed
• Little Children
• Notes On A Scandal

Original screenplay

• Babel
• Letters From Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Queen

The ceremony will take place at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on February 25 (February 26 Hong Kong time).