Nominations for the 78th Annual Academy Awards have just been announced, the nominees are:
BEST PICTURE
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
Munich
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul Haggis, Crash
George Clooney, Good Night, And Good Luck
Steven Spielberg, Munich
BEST ACTOR
Philip S. Hoffman, Capote
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, And Good Luck
BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice
Charlize Theron, North Country
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana
Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllehnaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and The Whale
Syriana
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
tHE Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Howl's Moving Castle
Corpse Bride
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Italy
France
Palestine
Germany
South Africa
BEST ART DIRECTION
Good Night, And Good Luck
Harry Potter and the GOF
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride and Prejudice
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Batrman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, And Goo Luck
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride and Prejudice
Walk the Line
BEST EDITING
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Munich
Walk the Line
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
God Sleeps in Rwanda
The Mushroom Club
A Note of Triumph
BEST MAKEUP
The Chronicles of Narnia
Cinderella Man
Star Wars Episode III
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Pride and Prejudice
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"In the Deep" - Crash
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - Hustle & Flow
"Travelin' Thru" - Transamerica
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Badgered
The Moon and The Son
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper M.
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One Man Band
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The Runaway
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time is Up
Six Shooter
BEST SOUND EDITING
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the Worlds
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Chronicles of Narnia
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Chronicles of Narnia
King Kong
War of the Worlds
Brokeback Mountain leads the pack with 8 nominations, Crash follows with 6. Ziyi Zhang got snubbed! Sadly, Maria Bello as well...
