Pitt, Jolie & Ledger – Oscar 09 nominees revealed

I can’t say I was surprised to find it out. Think everyone expected something of the kind.

Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced last night with some of my favorite A-listers leading the nominations.

Some statistics at first. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has 13 nominations, The Dark Knight and Slumdog Millionaire‘s nominations total in 8 for each of the films. Looks like Benjamin Button was the coolest movie this year! At least if look at the noms it has.

Hope the movie gets an Oscar for Achievements in make up, cause they were great in make up, really.

Brad Pitt is nominated for Best Actor for his great performance in the movie, his partner Angelina Jolie’s got the nod as the Best Actress in the Leading role for The Changeling.

Working with Clint Eastwood was a reward in itself that will last me a lifetime. To receive a nomination from the Academy on top of that is a privilege beyond any expectation. It has been an exceptional year for acting, and I am honored to be in the company of these talented actors whose performances all deserve this recognition,” she said meaning Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Meryl Streep (Doubt) and Kate Winslet (The Reader), who she shares the nomination with.

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Heath Ledger is nominated for the Best Supporting Actor for his outstanding portraying of The Joker in The Dark Knight.

Every time I think of Heath, I’m split down the middle,” Josh Brolin who’s also nominated in this category, said. “I think of his performance. I think of the work that he’s done, and then the fact that this tragedy happened. It’s an uncomfortable situation, for sure, but it makes sense to me, because I thought he did a bang-out job,” he added saying that the acclaim for Ledger was bittersweet.

Check out the nominees list here

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role

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

Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role

Josh Brolin in Milk
Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role

Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie in The Changeling
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Kate Winslet in The Reader

Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role

Amy Adams in Doubt
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis in Doubt
Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler

Best Animated Feature Film Of The Year

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

Achievement In Directing

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

Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year

The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany
The Class, France
Departures, Japan
Revanche, Austria
Waltz with Bashir, Israel

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)

‘Down to Earth’ from WALL-E, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
‘Jai Ho’ from Slumdog Millionaire, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
‘O Saya’ from Slumdog Millionaire, Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best Motion Picture Of The Year

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement In Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Adapted Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
Doubt, Written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan
The Reader, Screenplay by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original Screenplay

Frozen River, Written by Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky, Written by Mike Leigh
In Bruges, Written by Martin McDonagh
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E, Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Check out the complete list of nominees is here.

The 81st Oscars will be presented Feb. 22 at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. Don’t miss the show!

P.S. Next month’s spotlight section will be dedicated to awards ceremonies, as February is the awards month of the year. Grammy Awards, the Oscars, Brit Awards, and even Golden Raspberry Awards will all be held next month and fully covered in the spotlight section. Stay tuned to learn more!

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