Nominations for the 80th Annual Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
• Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
• Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
• Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
• Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
• Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”
• Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild”
• Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
• Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
• Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
• Laura Linney in “The Savages”
• Ellen Page in “Juno"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There”
• Ruby Dee in “American Gangster”
• Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement”
• Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”
• Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton”

Best animated feature

• “Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
• “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird
• “Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction

• “American Gangster”
  Art Direction: Arthur Max
  Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
• “Atonement”
  Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
  Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Golden Compass”
  Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
  Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
  Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
  Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• “There Will Be Blood”
  Art Direction: Jack Fisk
  Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography

• “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” Roger Deakins
• “Atonement” Seamus McGarvey
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Janusz Kaminski
• “No Country for Old Men” Roger Deakins
• “There Will Be Blood” Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design

• “Across the Universe” Albert Wolsky
• “Atonement” Jacqueline Durran
• “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” Alexandra Byrne
• “La Vie en Rose” Marit Allen
• “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

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

Best documentary feature

• “No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)
  A Representational Pictures Production
  Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)
  A Documentary Group Production
  Richard E. Robbins
• “Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
  A Dog Eat Dog Films Production
  Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara
• “Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)
  An X-Ray Production
  Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
• “War/Dance” (THINKFilm)
  A Shine Global and Fine Films Production
  Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best documentary short

• “Freeheld”
  A Lieutenant Films Production
  Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
• “La Corona (The Crown)”
  A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production
  Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
• “Salim Baba”
  A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production
  Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
• “Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild)
  A Daylight Factory Production
  James Longley

Achievement in film editing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” Christopher Rouse
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Juliette Welfling
• “Into the Wild” Jay Cassidy
• “No Country for Old Men” Roderick Jaynes
• “There Will Be Blood” Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film

• “Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production
  Israel
• “The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production
  Austria
• “Katyń” An Akson Studio Production
  Poland
• “Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production
  Kazakhstan
• “12” A Three T Production
  Russia

Achievement in makeup

• “La Vie en Rose” Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
• “Norbit” Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Golden Compass”Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
• “Transformers” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Original score

• “Atonement” Dario Marianelli
• “The Kite Runner” Alberto Iglesias
• “Michael Clayton” James Newton Howard
• “Ratatouille” Michael Giacchino
• “3:10 to Yuma” Marco Beltrami

Original song

• “Falling Slowly” from “Once”
  Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
• “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
  Music by Alan Menken
  Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
• “Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
  Nominees to be determined
• “So Close” from “Enchanted”
  Music by Alan Menken
  Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
• “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
  Music by Alan Menken
  Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Achievement in sound editing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
• “No Country for Old Men”Skip Lievsay
• “Ratatouille” Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
• “There Will Be Blood” Matthew Wood
• “Transformers” Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
• “No Country for Old Men” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
• “Ratatouille” Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
• “3:10 to Yuma” Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
• “Transformers” Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Best animated short

• “I Met the Walrus”
  A Kids & Explosions Production
  Josh Raskin
• “Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada)
  A National Film Board of Canada Production
  Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
• “Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films)
  A BUF Compagnie Production
  Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
• “My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia)
  A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production
  Alexander Petrov
• “Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)
  A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production
  Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best live-action short

• “At Night”
  A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production
  Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
• “Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia)
  A Frame by Frame Italia Production
  Andrea Jublin
• “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films)
  A Karé Production
  Philippe Pollet-Villard
• “Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films)
  An Another Dimension of an Idea Production
  Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
• “The Tonto Woman”
  A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production
  Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Best adapted screenplay

• “Atonement” Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
• “Away from Her” Written by Sarah Polley
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
• “No Country for Old Men” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “There Will Be Blood” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Best original screenplay

• “Juno” Written by Diablo Cody
• “Lars and the Real Girl” Written by Nancy Oliver
• “Michael Clayton” Written by Tony Gilroy
• “Ratatouille” Screenplay by Brad Bird
• Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
• “The Savages” Written by Tamara Jenkins

Motion picture of the year

• “Atonement” (Focus Features)
  A Working Title Production|
  Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
• "Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
  A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production
  Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
• “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
  A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
  Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
  A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
  Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
  A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
  JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best wishes to all of the nominees!

Huckabee Will Cross Picket Line to Appear on Leno

I don't know where you stand in the political spectrum, but this is more than enough reason to avoid this particular Republican candidate.

Unaware that he'd be crossing picket lines? Thought the union worked out a special deal with the show? I can understand that Huckabee isn't into the day-to-day minutiae of the WGA strike, but he, and especially his handlers, know the difference between Jay Leno and David Letterman.

This is an incredibly dumb mistake in a campaign that is fueled only by his professed love of God and his resentment for Mit Romney.

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