The Oscars - nominations and summary!

Will the Blood Diamond be the Dreamgirls best friend? Not likely, mate... Read on!

by Scott Macdonald

With a triumphant 8 nominations, Dreamgirls jumps the pack with its own blend of Chicago style razzle-dazzle. But Babel comes up strong with seven nominations including the crucial Best Picture and Director nods.

The stunning Pan's Labyrinth and her Majesty The Queen fight over six nods, while DiCaprio's The Departed and Blood Diamond scrape a sparkling five apiece - including that coveted Director nod for Marty. Will it be his year, finally? Or will Clint deny him again with his acclaimed Letters From Iwo Jima?

Who was robbed, which of them are overrated? Personally, I'm distraught that Children Of Men is virtually shut out of the top awards - but an Adapted Screenplay will have to do.

Without further ado...

BEST ACTOR
- Blood Diamond
- Half Nelson
- Venus
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Little Children
- Blood Diamond
- Dreamgirls
- The Departed

BEST ACTRESS
- Volver
- Notes On A Scandal
- The Queen
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Little Children

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Babel
- Notes On A Scandal
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Dreamgirls
- Babel

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- John Lasseter
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ART DIRECTION
- John Mayer, Nancy Haigh
- Jeannie Oppewaal, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E. Rollins
- Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta
- Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl A Carasik
- Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti

CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Emmanuel Lubeski
- Dick Pope
- Guillermo Navarro
- Wally Pfister

COSTUME DESIGN
Curse of the Golden Flower - Yee Chung Man
- Patricia Field
- Sharen Davis
- Milena Canonero
- Consolata Boyle

BEST DIRECTOR
- Letters From Iwo Jima
- The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu - Babel
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- The Departed

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Deliver us from Evil



EDITING
- Stephen Mirrione, Douglas Crise
- Steven Rosenblum
- Alex Rodriguez,
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Denmark - After The Wedding
Algeria - Days Of Glory
Germany -
Mexico -

MAKEUP - Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
- Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
- David Marti and Montse Ribe

MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Gustavo Santaolalla -
Thomas Newman - The Good German
Philip Glass -
Javier Navarette -
Alexandre Desplat -

MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"I need to Wake up" -
"Listen" -
"Love You I Do" -
"Our Town" -
"Patience" -

SOUND EDITING
- Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar
- Lon Bender
- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
- Alan Robert Murray
- Christopher Boyes, George Watters II

SOUND MIXING
- Kevin O' Connell, Greg P. Russell, Fernando Camara
- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ivan Sharrock
- Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie Burton
- John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
- Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, Lee Orloff

VISUAL EFFECTS
- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall
- Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett, John Frazier
- Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover, Jon Thum

BEST WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat - , Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer
- , Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- William Monahan
- , Tom Perrotta
- Patrick Marber

BEST WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Guillermo Arriaga
- Iris Yamashita,
- Michael Arndt
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- Peter Morgan

BEST PICTURE





ANIMATED SHORT FILM
The Danish Poet
Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time for Nuts

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea)
Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)
Helmer & Son
The Saviour West Bank Story

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