Who will take home this year’s Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actor and a host of other trophies?
Here’s a look at the nominees, announced today, in the most significant categories…
BEST PICTURE
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Milk
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTOR
- Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
- Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn, Milk
- Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS
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Anne Hathway, Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie, Changeling
- Melissa Leo, Frozen River
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
- Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Josh Brolin, Milk
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
- Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Amy Adams, Doubt
- Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis, Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler