Here are the contenders for Academy Awards in the 77th annual ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 27:
Best Picture
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
Sideways
Best Actor
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Best Actress
Annette Bening, Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine…
Best Supporting Actor
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Alan Alda, The Aviator
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen, Closer
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman, Closer
Best Director
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford, Ray
Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
More Nominees
- Best Original Screenplay
Brad Bird, The Incredibles
Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
John Logan, The Aviator
Keir Pearson and Terry George, Hotel Rwanda
- Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Haggis, Million Dollar Baby
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke, Before Sunset
David Magee, Finding Neverland
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways
José Rivera, The Motorcycle Diaries
- Animated Feature
The Incredibles
Shark Tale
Shrek 2
- Art Direction
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement
- Cinematography
The Aviator
The House of Flying Daggers
The Passion of the Christ
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement
- Costume
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ray
Troy
- Documentary Feature
Born Into Brothels
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Super Size Me
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist of Faith
- Documentary Short Subject
Autism Is a World
The Children of Leningradsky
Hardwood
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Sister Rose's Passion
- Film Editing
The Aviator
Collateral
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
- Foreign Language Film
As It Is in Heaven (Sweden)
The Chorus (France)
Downfall (Germany)
The Sea Inside (Spain)
Yesterday (South Africa)
- Makeup
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Passion of the Christ
The Sea Inside
- Original Score
John Debney, The Passion of the Christ
James Newton Howard, The Village
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Finding Neverland
Thomas Newman, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
John Wiliams, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Original Song
'Accidentally in Love' from Shrek 2
'Al Otro Lado del Rio' from The Motorcycle Diaries
'Believe' from The Polar Express
'Learn to be Lonely' from The Phantom of the Opera
'Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)' from The Chorus
- Short Film (Animated)
Birthday Boy
Gopher Broke
Guard Dog
Lorenzo
Ryan
- Short Film (Live Action)
Everything in This Country Must
Little Terrorist
7:35 in the Morning
Two Cars, One Night
Wasp
- Sound Editing
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Spider-Man 2
- Sound Mixing
The Aviator
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Ray
Spider-Man 2
- Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I, Robot
Spider-Man 2
so i cant tell you exactly who i want to win yet because im going to see sideways on sunday, and its been winning everything lately..i do know one thing though clive and natalie are gunna bring it home for closer! they both won best sup. for the globes, and there gunna do it for the oscars too... and i hope johnny depp wins...its his year.
so the update on who i thinks gunna win: coming soon.