Entertainment | 01/22/2009 12:30 pm

Academy Award Nominations Include Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway, 'Milk,' 'Benjamin Button'

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

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The Oscar madness has officially begun with the announcement of the Academy Award nominations! And it’s going to be quite the race.

"Dark Knight" star Heath Ledger earned an Academy Award nomination on the one-year anniversary of his death. Meanwhile, "Milk" was nominated in eight categories and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" achieved noms in 13 categories. We’re sure to tune in to the ceremony on February 22. Below are the dames nominated for best actress and the films that garnered a best picture nom.

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway "Rachel Getting Married"
Angeline Jolie "Changeling"
Melissa Leo "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep "Doubt"
Kate Winslet "The Reader"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola David "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei "The Wrester"

Best Picture:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Congratulations to all! Click here for the rest of the nominees.

8 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

I was hoping The Wrestler, would have received an Oscar nomination for best picture.

By Catherine Kaiman on 01/22/2009 2:01 pm

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Did you see the movie ? I’ve been told that Mickey Rourke was wonderful, but the movie was terrible. Is that wrong ?

By EKA - on 01/22/2009 11:12 pm

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Just ordered Frozen River on Netflix. It got wonderful reviews. And I hope to see Slumdog soon.

By Brooklyn Gal on 01/22/2009 2:26 pm

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I have no idea who will win an Oscar this year, but I do predict that the Academy Awards will have a fewer share of audience than in recent years. The numbers have been drifting downward for some time now. Why? One guess. Maybe the Academy could arrange a special appearance via a communication link to President Obama. It certainly would not hurt the ratings. Congratulations to all who have been nominated.

By Bonnie Oliver on 01/22/2009 4:52 pm

I saw Benjamin Button and found it very boring and much too long! I am totally stunned that it received 13 nominations including Best Picture. What did I miss? Linda Lee

By Linda Masci on 01/22/2009 8:29 pm

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IMO the committee over thinks the nominations and attempts to distinguish themselves from the Golden Globes. I would have preferred that they award Heath Ledger a lifetime achievement Oscar and pay him a special tribute and let those vote on the performances based on their merits.

By Tee Zee on 01/22/2009 11:07 pm

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Kate Winslet was amazing in The Reader. But how was she missed for Revolutionary Road? Michael Shannon for supporting in that picture. Amazing performance! But MILK for Best Picture? Really?! It was terrible. I struggled through it. Thought it was miscast across the board and not well directed. Haven’t seen Button yet. It looks like one you know you should go see because of the cast, but, it doesn’t send you racing to the box office. I’ll watch anything with Frank Langella in it though. So glad he got a nod.

By Buh- Bye on 01/23/2009 10:13 am