Oscar Nominations

Oscar nominations were released today - glancing through, no real huge surprises. My predictions were actually pretty damn good (pat myself on the back) other than thinking American Gangster would be a big contender (only got a nomination in supporting actress for Ruby Dee out of the big categories). Best Actor and Best Actress did offer some surprises, with Tommy Lee Jones (for In the Valley of Elah) and Viggo Mortensen (for Eastern Promises) picking up nominations and Denzel and James McAvoy (among others) getting snubbed. For Best Actress, Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth 2) and Laura Linney (The Savages) each picked up nominations and unfortunately Keira Knightley was snubbed. Outside of no nominations for Knightley and Denzel I'm pretty happy with everything. Jeremy will be happy to see Michael Clayton heavily represented (a little more heavily than I had thought it would). Here are the nominations, and in italics my early pick for the winner: Best Picture No Country for Old Men Atonement Juno There Will Be Blood Michael Clayton Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood George Clooney, Michael Clayton Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah Best Actress Julie Christie, Away From Her Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose Ellen Page, Juno Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age Laura Linney, The Savages Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone Saoirse Ronan, Atonement Ruby Dee, American Gangster Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood Jason Reitman, Juno Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Best Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood Atonement The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Away From Her Best Original Screenplay Juno Michael Clayton The Savages Ratatouille Lars and the Real Girl