The list of nominees for the 2009 Academy Awards was announced this morning, and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - which stars Brad Pitt - leads the list with 13 nomination.Heath Ledger was, as expected nominated post-humously for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight. Other nominations of interest (to someone on the celebrity parent beat): Kate Winslet was nominated for Best Actress for her role in The Reader, as was Angelina Jolie in The Changeling.
Best Motion Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Best Actress In A Leading Role
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - The Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Best Actor In A Leading Role
Mickey Rourke- The Wrestler
Frank Langhella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraiji P Henson - the Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Amy Adams - Doubt
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Froxt/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Wall-E
Bolt
King-Fu Panda
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashier (Israel)
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Courtney Hunt -Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy Go Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E
