OSCARS 2008

[mata_hari]

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i'm looking forward for Cate Blanchett to receive the statuette for her performance in Elizabeth, superb!

and

Johnny Depp too for sweeney todd... he just so deserves iT!

[BertR]

big bets for best actress this year are actually JULIE CHRISTIE for Away from Her and MARION COTILLARD for LA VIE EN ROSE
and for best actor: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS for There Will Be Blood and GEORGE CLOONEY for Michael Clayton and for Best Supporting Actress: CATE BLANCHETT for I'm Not There and AMY RYAN for Gone Baby Gone while for Best Supporting Actor: JAVIER BARDEM for No Country for Old Men and CASEY AFFLECK for JESSE JAMES[br][size=1]_________________________________________________

OSCARS 2008 NOMINEES:

Winners to be announced February 24, 2008

BEST PICTURE:
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Juno
Atonement
Michael Clayton

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

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

BEST ACTRESS:
Julie Christie for Away from Her
Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose
Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Ellen Page for Juno
Laura Linney for The Savages

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Ruby Dee for American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Diablo Cody for Juno
Nancy Oliver for Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton
Brad Bird for Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins for The Savages

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
Sarah Polley for Away from Her
Ronald Harwood for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Christopher Hampton for Atonement

BEST IN CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Roger Deakins for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey for Atonement
Roger Deakins for No Country for Old Men
Janusz Kaminski for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood

BEST IN EDITING:
Christopher Rouse for Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy for Into the Wild
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor for There Will Be Blood

BEST IN ART DIRECTION:
Arthur Max, Beth A. Rubino for American Gangster
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer for Atonement
Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock for The Golden Compass
Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo for Sweeney Todd
Jack Fisk, Jim Erickson for There Will Be Blood

BEST IN COSTUME DESIGN:
Albert Wolsky for Across the Universe
Jacqueline Durran for Atonement
Alexandra Byrne for Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marit Allen for La Vie En Rose
Colleen Atwood for Sweeney Todd

BEST IN MAKE-UP:
Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald for La Vie En Rose
Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji for Norbit
Ve Neill, Martin Samuel for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Dario Marianelli for Atonement
Alberto Iglesias for The Kite Runner
James Newton Howard for Michael Clayton
Michael Giacchino for Ratatouille
Marco Beltrami for 3:10 to Yuma

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
August Rush: Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack, Tevin Thomas("Raise It Up")
Enchanted: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("Happy Working Song")
Enchanted: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("So Close")
Enchanted: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("That's How You Know")
Once: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová(“Falling Slowly” )

BEST IN SOUND:
The Bourne Ultimatum: Scott Millan, David Parker, Kirk Francis
No Country for Old Men: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
Ratatouille: Randy Thom, Michael Semanick, Doc Kane
3:10 to Yuma: Paul Massey, David Giammarco, Jim Stuebe
Transformers: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin

BEST IN SOUND EDITING:
The Bourne Ultimatum: Karen M. Baker, Per Hallberg
No Country for Old Men: Skip Lievsay
Ratatouille: Randy Thom, Michael Silvers
There Will Be Blood: Matthew Wood
Transformers: Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn

BEST IN VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Golden Compass: Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charlie Gibson, John Frazier
Transformers: Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Persepolis: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Ratatouille: Brad Bird
Surf's Up: Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Fälscher, Die (2007)(Austria)
Beaufort (2007)(Israel)
Mongol (2007)(Kazakhstan)
Katyn (2007)(Poland)
12 (2007)(Russia)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
No End in Sight: Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience: Richard Robbins
Sicko: Michael Moore, Meghan O'Hara
Taxi to the Dark Side: Alex Gibney, Eva Orner
War Dance: Andrea Nix, Sean Fine

[obemon]

Boohoo!

Eddie Murphy didn't even get a nod for Norbit.

[BertR]

haha

yeah right he's not getting an oscar nom because naturally he's getting one for the razzies (the movie itself is getting a lot)

good joke!

[sheeshcute]

No Angie on the best actress category.

[BertR]

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO:

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Juno (2007) - Diablo Cody

Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) - Alex Gibney, Eva Orner

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Freeheld (2007) - Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Atonement (2007) - Dario Marianelli

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: There Will Be Blood (2007) - Robert Elswit

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Once (2006) - Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová(“Falling Slowly” )

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Fälscher, Die (2007)(Austria)

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Christopher Rouse

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Marion Cotillard for Môme, La (2007)

Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Scott Millan, David Parker, Kirk Francis

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Karen M. Baker, Per Hallberg

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: No Country for Old Men (2007) - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007)

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Peter & the Wolf (2006) - Suzie Templeton, Hugh Welchman

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: Mozart des pickpockets, Le (2006) - Philippe Pollet-Villard

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (2007)

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: The Golden Compass (2007) - Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Môme, La (2007) - Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Ratatouille (2007) - Brad Bird

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - Alexandra Byrne

[wildfuzz]

hehe..wla ko kta ani dah..

[jdimpas]

RATATOUILLE great movie.. i have downloaded it to the internet..

[nunobone]

for animation.. i think Sufr's Up is better than ratz... Brat Pit did a good job too.

[Visual C#]

Bah, The Golden Compass won over Transformers on Visual Effects... Was the Golden Compass' effects better?