And the Oscar Goes to...

Don’t miss the debut of the 80th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, February 24, 2008. With the writers’ strike FINALLY coming to an end, it can be deduced that there will be awards distributed that evening. Surprisingly, the fans are not the only ones looking forward to seeing all of their favorite stars; the actors are also very excited. The complete Oscar Nominee List is very long, so here is a basic rundown of the nominations:

Best Picture

• Atonement
• Michael Clayton
• No Country for Old Men
• There Will be Blood
• Juno

Best Director

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

Best Actor

• 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 Motensen, Eastern Promises

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• Julie Christie, Away From Her
• Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
• Ellen Page, Juno
• Laura Linney, The Savages

Best Supporting Actor

• Casey Affleck, The Assaniation 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
• Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There

Best Supporting Actress

• Ruby Dee, American Gangster
• Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
• Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
• Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Animated Feature Film

• Persepolis
• Ratatouille
• Surf’s Up

Tune in February 24 to see the winners!