Oscar Nominations Were Announced

The Oscar nominations,were announced.

Who got lucky? Who will have to wait next time?

All the answers are here .
Best motion picture of the year
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Original screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga, Babel
Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis, Letters from Iwo Jima
Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth
Peter Morgan, The Queen

Achievement in cinematography
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Illusionist
Pan s Labyrinth
The Prestige

Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man s Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns

Achievement in costume design
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
The Queen

Achievement in sound mixing
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Flags of our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man s Chest

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“I Need to Wake Up,” An Inconvenient Truth
“Listen,” Dreamgirls
“Love You I Do,” Dreamgirls
“Our Town,” Cars
“Patience,” Dreamgirls

Best animated feature film of the year
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Best documentary feature
Deliver Us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country

Best animated short film
The Danish Poet
Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time for Nuts

Achievement in directing
Babel, Alejandro Gonz lez I rritu
The Departed, Martin Scorsese
Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood
The Queen, Stephen Frears
United 93, Paul Greengrass

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Pen lope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Adapted screenplay
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal

Achievement in film editing
Babel
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
The Departed
United 93

Achievement in art direction
Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Prestige

Achievement in makeup
Apocalypto
Click
Pan’s Labyrinth

Achievement in sound editing
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man s Chest

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Babel
The Good German
Notes on a Scandal
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Queen

Best foreign language film of the year
After the Wedding
Days of Glory (Indig nes)
The Lives of Others
Pan’s Labyrinth
Water

Best documentary short subject
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream
Two Hands

Best live action short film
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
ramos Pocos (One Too Many)
Helmer & Son
The Saviour
West Bank Story