The Oscar nominations were announced today with a few surprises. I was actually one of the many who thought Sacha Baron Cohen would have been nominated for his Borat role. Too bad; at least he got a nomination for Best Addapted Screenplay. Nice to see Ryan Gosling get a nom for his amazing performance in Half Nelson. And this has to be the year that Martin Scorsese wins.

The Razzie nominations were also announced today. For those of you who don’t know, the Razzies are the awards given to the worst in film.

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*** Oscar Nominations ***

Best motion picture of the year:
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole – Venus
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg – The Departed

Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Penélope Cruz – Volver
Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren – The Queen
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet – Little Children

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Adriana Barraza – Babel
Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel

Achievement in directing:
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Paul Greengrass – United 93

Best animated feature film of the year:
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Achievement in art direction:
Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Prestige

Achievement in cinematography:
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Illusionist
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Prestige

Achievement in costume design:
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
The Queen

Best documentary feature:
Deliver Us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country

Best documentary short subject:
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands

Achievement in film editing:
Babel
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
The Departed
United 93

Best foreign language film of the year:
After the Wedding
Days of Glory (Indigènes)
The Lives of Others
Pan’s Labyrinth
Water

Achievement in makeup:
Apocalypto
Click
Pan’s Labyrinth

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
Gustavo Santaolalla – Babel
Thomas Newman – The Good German
Philip Glass – Notes on a Scandal
Javier Navarrete – Pan’s Labyrinth
Alexandre Desplat – The Queen

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
“I Need to Wake Up” – An Inconvenient Truth
“Listen” – Dreamgirls
“Love You I Do” – Dreamgirls
“Our Town” – Cars
“Patience” – Dreamgirls

Best animated short film:
The Danish Poet
Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time for Nuts

Best live action short film:
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)
Helmer & Son
The Saviour
West Bank Story

Achievement in sound editing:
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Achievement in sound mixing:
Apocalypto”
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Achievement in visual effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns

Adapted screenplay:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal

Original screenplay:
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Queen

*** Razzie Nominations ***

Worst Picture:
Basic Instinct 2
BloodRayne
Lady In The Water
Little Man
The Wicker Man

Worst Actor:
Tim Allen – The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, The Shaggy Dog, Zoom
Nicolas Cage – The Wicker Man. Dan Whitney – Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Rob Schneider – Benchwarmers, Little Man
Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans – Little Man

Worst Actress:
Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff – Material Girls
Lindsay Lohan – Just My Luck
Kristanna Loken – BloodRayne
Jessica Simpson – Employee Of The Month
Sharon Stone – Basic Instinct 2

Worst Supporting Actor:
Danny DeVito – Deck The Halls
Ben Kingsley – BloodRayne
M Night Shyamalan – Lady In The Water
Martin Short – Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
David Thewlis – Basic Instinct 2, The Omen

Worst Supporting Actress:
Kate Bosworth – Superman Returns
Kristin Chenoweth – Deck The Halls, Pink Panther, RV
Carmen Electra – Date Movie, Scary Movie 4
Jenny McCarthy – John Tucker Must Die
Michelle Rodriguez – BloodRayne

Worst Director:
Uwe Boll – BloodRayne
Michael Caton-Jones – Basic Instinct 2
Ron Howard – The Da Vinci Code
M Night Shyamalan – Lady In The Water
Keenan Ivory Wayans – Little Man

Worst Screenplay:
Basic Instinct 2
BloodRayne
Lady In The Water
Little Man
The Wicker Man

Worst Screen Couple:
Tim Allen and Martin Short – Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Nicolas Cage and his bear suit – The Wicker Man
Hilary and Haylie Duff – Material Girls
Sharon Stone’s breasts – Basic Instinct 2
Shawn Wayans and/ either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans – Little Man

Worst Remake Or Rip-Off:
Little Man
Pink Panther
Poseidon
The Shaggy Dog Story
The Wicker Man

Worst Prequel Or Sequel:
Basic Instinct 2
Big Momma’s House 2
Garfield 2: A Tail Of Two Kitties
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Worst Excuse For A Family Film:
Deck The Halls
Garfield 2: A Tail Of Two Kitties
RV
Santa Clause 3
The Shaggy Dog

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