Oscar 2009, 81st Academy Awards

Since January 22nd, the nominees for this year's OSCAR are out. The list as follows:

Best Picture

• <a href="/Summary/600002265/">The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</a>
• <a href="/Summary/600002266/">Frost/Nixon</a>
• <a href="/Summary/600002267/">Milk</a>
• <a href="/Summary/600002268/">The Reader</a>
• <a href="/Summary/600002269/">Slumdog Millionaire</a>

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  Best Director

  • Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Stephen Daldry – The Reader
  • David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
  • Gus Van Sant – Milk

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    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

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      Best Actress

      • Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
      • Angelina Jolie – Changeling
      • Melissa Leo – Frozen River
      • Meryl Streep – Doubt
      • Kate Winslet – The Reader

        </ul>

        Best Supporting Actor

        • Josh Brolin – Milk
        • Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
        • Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
        • Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
        • Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

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          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

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            Best Original Screenplay

            • WALL-E - Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter
            • Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
            • Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
            • In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
            • Milk - Dustin Lance Black

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              Best Adapted Screenplay

              • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
              • Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
              • The Reader - David Hare
              • Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
              • Doubt - John Patrick Shanley

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                Best Animated Feature

                • Bolt – Chris Williams and Byron Howard
                • Kung Fu Panda – Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
                • WALL-E – Andrew Stanton

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                  Best Foreign Language Film

                  • Revanche (Austria) in German
                  • The Class (France) in French
                  • The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany) in German
                  • Departures (Japan) in Japanese
                  • Waltz with Bashir (Israel) in Hebrew

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                    Best Animated Short

                    • La Maison En Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato
                    • Lavatory - Lovestory - Konstantin Bronzit
                    • Oktapodi - Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
                    • Presto - Doug Sweetland
                    • This Way Up - Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

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                      Best Art Direction

                      • Changeling – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
                      • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
                      • The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
                      • The Duchess – Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
                      • Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

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                        Best Cinematography

                        • Changeling – Tom Stern
                        • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
                        • The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
                        • The Reader – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
                        • Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle

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                          Best Costume Design

                          • Australia – Catherine Martin
                          • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
                          • The Duchess – Michael O'Connor
                          • Milk – Danny Glicker
                          • Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky

                            </ul>

                            Best Documentary Feature

                            • Nerakhoon (Nerakhoon)
                            • Encounters at the End of the World
                            • The Garden
                            • Man on Wire
                            • Trouble the Water

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                              Best Documentary Short

                              • The Conscience of Nhem En
                              • The Final Inch
                              • Smile Pinki
                              • The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

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                                Best Film Editing

                                • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
                                • The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
                                • Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
                                • Milk – Elliot Graham
                                • Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens

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                                  Best Live Action Short

                                  • On the Line (Auf der Strecke)
                                  • Manon On the Asphalt
                                  • New Boy
                                  • The Pig
                                  • Toyland (Spielzeugland)

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                                    Best Makeup

                                    • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom
                                    • The Dark Knight – John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
                                    • Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

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                                      Best Original Score

                                      • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
                                      • Defiance – James Newton Howard
                                      • Milk – Danny Elfman
                                      • Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman
                                      • WALL-E – Thomas Newman

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                                        Best Original Song

                                        • "Down to Earth" from WALL-E – Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (music), Peter Gabriel (lyrics)
                                        • "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)
                                        • "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

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                                          Best Sound Editing

                                          • The Dark Knight – Richard King
                                          • Iron Man – Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
                                          • Slumdog Millionaire – Tom Sayers
                                          • WALL-E – Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
                                          • Wanted – Wylie Stateman

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                                            Best Sound Mixing

                                            • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
                                            • The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
                                            • Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
                                            • WALL-E – Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
                                            • Wanted – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

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                                              Best Visual Effects

                                              • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
                                              • The Dark Knight – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
                                              • Iron Man – John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan

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                                                Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

                                                • Jerry Lewis

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