It's that time of year again! No shockers, and no double nomination for Kate Winslet. Here are the nominees for the 2009 Academy Awards: Performance by an actor in a leading role Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films) Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features) Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features) Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax) Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) Performance by an actress in a leading role Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics) Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal) Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics) Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax) Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax) PenĆ©lope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company) Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax) Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight) Best animated feature film of the year “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton Achievement in cinematography “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle Achievement in costume design “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, PathĆ© and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky Achievement in directing “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle Best foreign language film of the year “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam Best motion picture of the year “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and CeĆ”n Chaffin, Producers “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers “Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer
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