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The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be on Sunday, February 22 8PM ET/5PM PT via ABC.

The 81st Annual Academy Awards Nominees are. . .

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

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 Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams- Doubt
Penelope Cruz- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis- Doubt
Marisa Tomei- The Wrestler
Taraji Henson- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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 Animated Picture

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Animated Short

La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory- Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

Best Foreign Language Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir

Best Art Direction

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Darknight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

Best Cinematography

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Darknight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Custume Design

Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road

Best Documentary Feature

Man on Wire
The Garden
Encounters at the End of the World
Trouble the Water
The Betrayal

Best Documentary Short

The Conscience of Nhem En
The final Inch
Smile Pinki
The witness- From the Balcony Room 306

Best Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Forst/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Live Action Short

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

Best MakeUp

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Original Score

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

Best Original Song

“Down to Earth” Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman- WALL-E
“Jai Ho,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar- Slumdog Millionaire
“O Saya,” A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam- Slumdog Millionaire

Best Sound Editing

The Drak Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

Best Sound Mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The DArk Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

Best Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The DArk Knight
Iron Man