Oscar Nominations: Kate, why not READ this.....

I don't have that much of a problem with these nominations as much as everyone else does. I mean, I sense some awards friends should be on suicide watch.

THE GOOD:
+Milk got 8 nominations.
+Mickey and Marisa.
+The Original Screenplay category - WOW!
+Heath.
+No Clint.
+Melissa and Richard getting in.
+ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE ANNE
+As far as Slumdog, well, at least the MIA song got nominated?

THE BAD:
+No Sally!?!?!??!
+No Woody in original screenplay.
+The Reader gets a Best Picture nominee for basically being a Weinstein production about the Holocaust starring Kate Winslet and having 2 beloved producers that are now dead. Not the actual film.
+The superb Michael Shannon getting nominated for that hammy performance.
+Doubt gets 4 acting nominations.


THE UGLY:
Oh, boy, AMPAS - Did you ever screw the pooch? The most popular movie in 11 years, with some of the best reviews of the year and on a fantastic number of top 10 lists, AND YOU DON'T NOMINATE IT? That's what is really going to hurt. There goes about 5-7 million viewers. Good job. And instead you nominate a movie that was a joke on Extras a couple of years ago?

You stay classy, Academy.


And the nominees are....

Best Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Frost/Nixon - Milk - The Reader - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Directing:
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor:
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Best Original Screenplay:
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
Wall-E

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Film:
Bolt - Kung Fu Panda - Wall-E

Art Direction:
Changeling - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Dark Knight - The Duchess - Revolutionary Road

Cinematography:
Changeling - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Dark Knight - The Reader - Slumdog Millionaire

Costume Design:
Australia - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Duchess - Milk - Revolutionary Road

Documentary Feature:
The Betrayal - Encounters at the End of the World - The Garden - Man on Wire - Trouble the Water

Documentary - Short Subject:
The Conscience of Nhem En - The Final Inch - Smile Pinki - The Witness From the Balcony of Room 306

Film Editing:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Dark Knight - Frost/Nixon - Milk - Slumdog Millionaire

Foreign Language Film:
The Baader Meinhof Complex - The Class - Departures - Revanche - Waltz With Bashir

Makeup:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Dark Knight - Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

Original Score:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Defiance - Milk - Slumdog Millionaire - Wall-E

Original Song:
"Down to Earth" - Wall-E
"Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya" - Slumdog Millionaire

Short Film - Animated:
La Maison en Petits Cubes - Lavatory Lovestory - Oktapodi - Presto - This Way Up

Short Film - Live Action:
Auf der Strecke - Manon on the Asphalt - New Boy - The Pig - Spielzeugland

Sound Editing:
The Dark Knight - Iron Man - Slumdog Millionaire - Wall-E - Wanted

Sound Mixing:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Dark Knight - Slumdog Millionaire - Wall-E - Wanted

Visual Effects:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Dark Knight - Iron Man


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 13
Slumdog Millionaire - 10
Milk - 8
The Dark Knight - 8
Wall-E - 6
Frost/Nixon - 5
The Reader - 5
Doubt - 5
Revolutionary Road - 3