Published: Thu, 22 Jan 2009
Description: (NECN) - Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Oscar nominees for ten categories alongside Forest Whitaker. The announcement delivered news that "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" leads the Acad...
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" The 2008 nominees for best performance by an actress in a supporting role are. Amy Adams in doubt. Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. By Phillip Davis in doubt. To -- cheap. Faris makes. The best performance by an actor in a supporting role the nominees up. Just -- in milk. Robert Downey junior in tropic thunder. It would Seymour Hoffman in doubt. He pledges in the Dark Knight. And Michael Shannon and revolution there. For best performance by an actress in a leading role the nominees are. And have to weigh in Rachel getting married. Angelina Jolie in change doing. Melissa Leo in frozen river. Meryl Streep in doubt. And Kate Winslet in the reader. The nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role. Richard Jenkins. And visit. Franklin -- in frost Nixon. John period milk. Brad Pitt. And curious case of Benjamin button. And we can work. And the rest. In the category of best achievement in directing. David fincher for the curious case of Benjamin button. Ron Howard -- frost Nixon. Gus van Zandt -- Steve adultery for the reader. And Danny -- post one dog millionaire. For best original screenplay nominees -- Courtney hunt for frozen river. Likely we're happy go lucky. -- Dustin -- black. For milk. And Andrew Stanton Jim Reardon and -- doctor Wally. For adapted screenplay. We have. Eric Roth and -- for the curious case of Benjamin button. John Patrick Shanley -- doubt. Peter Morgan for frost Nixon. David -- for the reader. And Simon both Roy puts on dog millionaire. For best foreign language film we have. From Germany to bother my -- complex. From France. The class. -- Japan departures. From Austria -- And from Israel waltz with this year. For best animated feature the nominees are. -- Chris Williams and Byron how it. Kung Fu panda John Stevenson and mark Osborne. And while Lee -- And finally I'm pleased to announce that the films selected as the best picture nominees. The 2008. Off. The curious case of Benjamin but. Kathleen Kennedy frank Marshall. And Sean -- Producers. Frost Nixon. Brian grazer and Ron Howard and Eric -- producers. Milk. Dan jinks and Bruce Cohen producers. The reader. Nominees to be announced. And -- dog millionaire. Christian -- Produce. So. Please join us for our. The biggest movie event of -- beer on Sunday February 22 to find out exactly who will be going home without -- It'll be a night to remember CNN everybody in the."