Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
RICHARD JENKINS - THE VISITOR
FRANK LANGELLA  - FROST/NIXON
SEAN PENN  - MILK *
BRAD PITT  - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
MICKEY ROURKE - THE WRESTLER

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNE HATHAWAY - RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
ANGELINA JOLIE  - CHANGELING
MELISSA LEO  - FROZEN RIVER
MERYL STREEP - DOUBT *
KATE WINSLET - REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JOSH BROLIN  - MILK
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. - TROPIC THUNDER
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - DOUBT
HEATH LEDGER - THE DARK KNIGHT *
DEV PATEL - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS - DOUBT
PENÉLOPE CRUZ  - VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
VIOLA DAVIS - DOUBT
TARAJI P. HENSON  - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
KATE WINSLET  - THE READER*

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
DOUBT (Miramax)
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
MILK (Focus Features)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures) *

--Greg MacLennan

Worst Picture Nominations
Disaster Movie & Meet the Spartans (double nominee from the same writer-directors)
The Happening
The Hottie & The Nottie
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
The Love Guru

Worst Actor Nominations
Larry the Cable Guy, Witless Protection
Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave
Mike Myers, The Love Guru
Al Pacino, 88 Minutes & Righteous Kill
Mark Wahlberg, The Happening & Max Payne

Worst Actress Nominations
Jessica Alba, The Eye & The Love Guru
The cast of The Women (Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Meg Ryan)
Cameron Diaz, What Happens in Vegas
Paris Hilton, The Hottie & The Nottie
Kate Hudson, Fool’s Gold & My Best Friend’s Girl

Worst Supporting Actor Nominations
Uwe Boll (as himself), Uwe Boll’s Postal
Pierce Brosnan, Mamma Mia!
Ben Kingsley, The Love Guru & War, Inc. & The Wackness
Burt Reynolds, Deal & In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Verne Troyer, The Love Guru & Uwe Boll’s Postal

Worst Supporting Actress Nominations
Carmen Electra, Disaster Movie & Meet the Spartans
Paris Hilton, Repo! The Genetic Opera
Kim Kardashian, Disaster Movie
Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection
Leelee Sobieski, 88 Minutes & In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Worst Screen Couple Nominations
Uwe Boll and any Actor, Camera, or Screenplay
Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, What Happens in Vegas
Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore, The Hottie and the Nottie
Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy, Witless Protection
Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel Nominations
The Day the Earth Blowed Up Real Good
Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Speed Racer
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Worst Director Nominations
Uwe Boll, 1968: Tunnel Rats, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale and Uwe Boll’s Postal
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans
Tom Putnam, The Hottie & the Nottie
Marco Schnabel, The Love Guru
M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening

Worst Screenplay Nominations
Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans
The Happening
The Hottie and the Nottie
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
The Love Guru

Worst Career Achievement
Uwe Boll

--Greg MacLennan

For those of you curious how they brought Benjamin to life, and for those who need further proof this film deserves best visual effects, watch this short but very interesting piece. Check it out HERE.

--Greg MacLennan

I'll be the first to admit I was wrong, and I'll be the first to tell the Academy how they were wrong. Benjamin Button leads with 13 nominations, check out the nominees below...

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

(What? No Batman? I guess it wasn't good enough? I guess every other Guild and award giving committee was wrong? Stupid Holocaust, who knew you'd ruin the lives of others this way too!)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

(Happy to see Brad Pitt get a nom even though he won't win. I'm decently happy with this batch.)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader

(Kate Winslet for The Reader? Wasn't that a supporting role? I mean she's won all the other awards for supporting. And why the Revolutionary Road snub? She was amazing in that? I think Oscar just screwed Kate Winslet out of another Oscar. Also I'm sad Cate Blanchett got overlooked again for a great performance.)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)

(Michael Shannon is a sneak attack on the category, but a welcome one. But it would have been nice to see Dev Patel get some acting love for Slumdog Millionaire. Also don't get me wrong, I love RDJ, but I think that spot deserved to go to Colin Farrell)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

(Taraji was awesome, and we're happy everyone knows it. The double Doubt love seems excessive, but at least Marisa Tomei is representing for The Wrestler. But again, where is Kate Winslet? Oh right, she got bumped up to leading and systematically effed out of actually winning. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen.)

Best Achievement in Directing

Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk

( I guess Batman directed itself did it? One of the best and most ambitious films of the year just was on auto-pilot was it? Oh and sure, Darren Aronofsky doesn't deserve anything for crafting such an intimate and real film. Oh well, at least we can seek solace in the fact that Danny Boyle is going to win, I'd be okay with David Fincher too.)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Wall E

(Frozen River? What's that? But I'm happy about In Bruges and Wall-E love.Course Wall-E couldn't have been much of a screenplay since it has no words.)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

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

(And Batman takes a back seat to the Holocaust yet again!)

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Tom Stern Changeling
Claudio Miranda The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister The Dark Knight
Roger Deakins, Chris Menges The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle Slumdog Millionaire

(If Wally doesn't take it I'll be sad, but Benjamin Button and Slumdog did a fine job were both great too. And Maryse Alberti on The Wrestler, why forget him? And say what you want about Australia, but Mandy Walker did a phenomenal job on it. I guess the Academy wanted to show how wrong they could get it with this category.)

Best Achievement in Editing

Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith The Dark Knight
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill Frost/Nixon
Elliot Graham Milk
Chris Dickens Slumdog Millionaire

(I'm happy with Benjamin and Slumdog, and could see those winning. But I loved The Dark Knight too.)

Best Achievement in Art Direction

James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis Changeling
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando The Dark Knight
Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway The Duchess
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt Revolutionary Road

(Again a happy toss up between The Dark Knight and Benjamin, but The Duchess did look impressive.)

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Catherine Martin Australia
Jacqueline West The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Michael O'Connor The Duchess
Danny Glicker Milk
Albert Wolsky Revolutionary Road

(The Duchess seems like a sure shot, the Academy loves this shit. But Australia was totally wicked too.)

Best Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

(It's hard to deny Benjamin this award, and if not him, then Hellboy was pretty incredible. It's hard to say that when the Dark Knight was so good too.)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

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

(What? Dark Knight overlook again?! I hope Slumdog, Wall-E or Benjamin win then.)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Slumdog Millionaire A.R. Rahman, Gulzar ("Jai Ho")
Slumdog Millionaire A.R. Rahman, M.I.A ("O Saya")
WALL·E Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman ("Down to Earth")

(How in the hell did they overlook the Boss for "The Wrestler", simply mind boggling. I was really looking forward to him growling it out on stage and seeing Mickey Rourke cry.)

Best Achievement in Sound
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL·E
Wanted

(Gotta go Dark Knight.)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL·E
Wanted

(Gotta hit the Dark Knight again!)

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

(Hands down Benjamin Button. They married those visual effects and made you weep with them. The other two were great, but Benjamin made my jaw hit the floor.)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL·E

(Wall-E for the win!)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
Entre les murs (France)
Revanche (Austria)
Okuribito (Japan)
Vals Im Bashir (Israel)

(I'm ignorant to this category this year.)

Best Documentary, Features

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

(See above.)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

(See above.)

Best Short Film, Animated

Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

(Presto is the best thing since sliced bread. It's on your Wall-E DVD. It can't lose.)

--Greg MacLennan

It's a slow day for news, and Oscar nominations are tomorrow, so I thought I'd take a stab and put in my predictions before the actuals came out. What do you guys think? I put a star next to who of my predicted 5 I think will walk away with the gold man himself. Also, I'm only doing the top 6 categories, because...well...I'm lazy.

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire*

Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire*
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler

Best Actor
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler*
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sean Penn, Milk
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Best Actress
Meryl Streep, Doubt*
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky
Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight*
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionare
Josh Brolin, Milk
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader*
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Penelope Cruz, Vicky, Christina, Barcelona
Viola Davis,  Doubt

--Greg MacLennan

BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Kathleen Kennedy / Frank Marshall / Ceán Chaffin
FROST/NIXON  Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner / Brian Grazer / Ron Howard
MILK  Dan Jinks / Bruce Cohen
THE READER  Anthony Minghella / Sydney Pollack / Donna Gigliotti / Redmond Morris
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Christian Colso

DIRECTOR
CHANGELING  Clint Eastwood
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  David Fincher
FROST/NIXON  Ron Howard
THE READER  Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BURN AFTER READING  Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
CHANGELING  J. Michael Straczynski
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG  Philippe Claudel
IN BRUGES  Martin McDonagh
MILK  Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON  Peter Morgan
THE READER  David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD  Justin Haythe
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX  Bernard Eichinger / Uli Edel
GOMORRAH  Domenico Procacci / Matteo Garrone
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG  Yves Marmion / Philippe Claudel
PERSEPOLIS  Marc-Antoine Robert / Xavier Rigault / Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud
WALTZ WITH BASHIR  Serge Lalou / Gerhard Meixner / Yael Nahl Ieli / Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS  Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud
WALL•E  Andrew Stanton
WALTZ WITH BASHIR  Ari Folman

LEADING ACTOR
FRANK LANGELLA  Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL  Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN  Milk
BRAD PITT  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
MICKEY ROURKE  The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS
ANGELINA JOLIE  Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS  I’ve Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP  Doubt
KATE WINSLET  The Reader
KATE WINSLET  Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.  Tropic Thunder
BRENDAN GLEESON  In Bruges
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN  Doubt
HEATH LEDGER  The Dark Knight
BRAD PITT  Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS  Doubt
PENÉLOPE CRUZ  Vicky Cristina Barcelona
FREIDA PINTO  Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON  Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI  The Wrestler

MUSIC
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Alexandre Desplat
THE DARK KNIGHT  Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard
MAMMA MIA!  Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  A. R. Rahman
WALL•E  Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHANGELING  Tom Stern
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Claudio Miranda
THE DARK KNIGHT  Wally Pfister
THE READER  Chris Menges / Roger Deakins
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Anthony Dod Mantle

EDITING
CHANGELING  Joel Cox / Gary D. Roach
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Kirk Baxter / Angus Wall
THE DARK KNIGHT  Lee Smith
FROST/NIXON  Mike Hill / Dan Hanley
IN BRUGES  Jon Gregory
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Chris Dickens

Check out the rest of the nominations HERE.

--Greg MacLennan

That's not to say they weren't classy, but this past Sunday in Los Angeles, California the 66th Annual Golden Globes were held. There were some surprises, some upsets, and some drunk people. Here are the list of film winners.

Best Picture - Drama
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
Vicky Christina Barcelona

Best Actor - Drama
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Actress - Drama
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell - In Bruges

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Song
"The Wrestler" - Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler

Best Original Score
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Film
Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film
Waltz with Bashir

There you have it, Kate Winslet finally won...twice, Benjamin Button got completely shut out, and Slumdog Millionaire is officially awesome. What do you guys think? Did they get it right? Did they get it wrong? Did they forget to nominated the right person or film? Let us know what you think in the comment section.

- Greg MacLennan

The Directors Guild of America has announced their nominations. And here they are:

David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Christopher Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHT
Ron Howard, FROST/NIXON
Gus Van Sant, MILK

No real surprises here, but generally speaking you got your best picture contenders here, and though many predicted Batman would make it, it was still far from a lock. Well people, welcome to a world where a man dressed in a rubber suit can win an Oscar.

- Greg MacLennan

The ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) nominations are as follows:

Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Revolutionary Road and The Reader)
Anthony Dod Mantle, BSC (Slumdog Millionaire)
Chris Menges, ASC, BSC (The Reader)
Claudio Miranda (The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button)
Wally Pfister, ASC (The Dark Knight)

Comments - Slumdog was awesome, Benjamin Button was near flawless, and The Dark Knight...well, that dude made magic with an IMAX camera, how can you not give it to him?

The WGA (Writers Guild of America) has nominated the following films:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Comments - Nice to see the Coens aren't forgotten, and every nomination for a Darren Aronofsky movie is a welcome one.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures
The Dark Knight, Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan; Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer; Based on Characters Appearing in Comic Books Published by DC Comics; Batman Created by Bob Kane, Warner Bros. Pictures
Doubt, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, Based on his Stage Play, Miramax Films
Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan, Based on his Stage Play, Universal Pictures
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Comments - Looks like they got it right for the most part.

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Written by Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker, InterPositive Media
Chicago 10, Written by Brett Morgen, Roadside Attractions
Fuel, Written by Johnny O'Hara, Greenlight Theatrical / Intention Media
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Screenplay by Alex Gibney, From the Words of Hunter S. Thompson, Magnolia Pictures
Waltz with Bashir, Written by Ari Folman, Sony Pictures Classic

The Producer's Guild has spoken, and here's who they have nominated as the best films of the year. You'll notice Batman has swooped in and nabbed a nom, and it appears as though its Oscar chances are real. The rest aren't really big surprises. Here's how it all shook out:

The Producers Guild Nominations

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

Animated:
Wall-E
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda

Documentary:
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Standard Operating Procedure