Oscar Nominations for 2009
Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Academy Award Nominees
Jan 22, 2009
While only one will win in each category at the 81st Academy Awards on February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, all those nominated will undoubtedly be soon quoted to say they are ‘just honored to be nominated.’ So who won the nods this year for their work?
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams -- Doubt
Penelope Cruz -- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis -- Doubt
Taraji P. Henson -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei -- The Wrestler
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin -- Milk
Robert Downey Jr. -- Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Doubt
Heath Ledger -- The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon -- Revolutionary Road
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway -- Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie -- Changeling
Melissa Leo -- Frozen River
Meryl Streep -- Doubt
Kate Winslet -- The Reader
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 Director
David Fincher -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard -- Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant -- Milk
Stephen Daldry -- The Reader
Danny Boyle -- Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay
Frozen River
Happy Go Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
Wall-E
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Best Foreign Language Film
The Class
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Revanche
Departures
Waltz with Bashir
Best Animated Feature
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda
Wall-E
Best Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
According to the official Academy Awards website,
“Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar. While the origins of the moniker aren’t clear, a popular story has it that upon seeing the trophy for the first time, Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick remarked that it resembled her Uncle Oscar.
Since the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929, 2,701 statuettes have been presented. Each January, additional new golden statuettes are cast, molded, polished and buffed by R.S. Owens & Company, the Chicago-based awards manufacturer retained by the Academy since 1982.”
Actor Hugh Jackman will host the 81st Academy Awards ceremony. Check out all the nominees, read about Oscar history, or even print out a ballot for the big night at Oscar.com.
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