2008 Oscar Nominations Announced

by Bodog Beat Entertainment Buzz  |  January 22nd, 2008

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart will host the Academy Awards for a second year in a row on Feb. 24. (AP Images)

 

The nominations for the 2008 Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning, and No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood lead the pack. Both films were given eight nominations each, including Actor in a Leading Role for Daniel Day-Lewis and Actor in a Supporting Role for Javier Bardem.

Ellen Page, the 21-year-old actress from Halifax, Canada, in this year's surprise little film, Juno, won her first nomination for Actress in a Leading Role. However, she'll be up against veterans like Cate Blanchett, nominated for her roles in Elizabeth: The Golden Age as well as I'm Not There.

 

The Complete List of Academy Award Nominees:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Johnny Depp (Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah), Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)

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

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Julie Christie (Away From Her), Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose), Laura Linney (The Savages), Ellen Page (Juno)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There), Ruby Dee (American Gangster), Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Persepolis, Ratatouille, Surf's Up

ART DIRECTION: American Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, There Will Be Blood

CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Assissination 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, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

DIRECTING: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno, Michael Clatyon, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood

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

FILM EDITING: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Beaufort, The Counterfeiters, Katyn, Mongol, 12

MAKEUP: La Vie En Rose, Norbit, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

MUSIC (SCORE): Atonement, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma

MUSIC (SONG): Once, Enchanted, August Rush

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

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): I Met the Walrus, Madame Tutli-Putli, Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven), My Love (Moya Lyubov), Peter and the Wolf

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): At Night, Il Supplente (The Substitute), Le Mozart de Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets), Tanghi Argenitini, The Tonto Woman

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, 3:10 to Yuma, Transformers

VISUAL EFFECTS: The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribeean: At World's End, Transformers

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY): Atonement, Away From Her, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY): Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, Michale Clayton, Ratatouille, The Savages

The 80th annual Oscars will air Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. PST/ 8 p.m. EST on ABC. Think you know who will take home awards on the big night? Check out all the Oscar betting odds in the Bodog Sportsbook!

 

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