and the nominees are....

[zagman76]

BEST PICTURE

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

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
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

COSTUME DESIGN

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
RAY
TROY

DIRECTING

THE AVIATOR
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
VERA DRAKE

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
THE CHORUS
DOWNFALL
THE SEA INSIDE
YESTERDAY

MAKEUP

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE SEA INSIDE

MUSIC (SCORE)

FINDING NEVERLAND
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE VILLAGE

MUSIC (SONG)

Accidentally In Love - SHREK 2
Al Otro Lado Del Río - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Believe - THE POLAR EXPRESS
Learn To Be Lonely - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin) - 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

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

BEFORE SUNSET
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
SIDEWAYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

THE AVIATOR
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
HOTEL RWANDA
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE

Nomination Count By Picture

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (2)
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (1)
BEFORE SUNSET (1)
BEING JULIA (1)
BORN INTO BROTHELS (1)
CLOSER (2)
COLLATERAL (2)
DOWNFALL (1)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2)
FINDING NEVERLAND (7)
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2)
HOTEL RWANDA (3)
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (1)
I, ROBOT (1)
KINSEY (1)
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (4)
MARIA FULL OF GRACE (1)
MILLION DOLLAR BABY (7)
RAY (6)
SHARK TALE (1)
SHREK 2 (2)
SIDEWAYS (5)
SPIDER-MAN 2 (3)
SUPER SIZE ME (1)
THE AVIATOR (11)
THE CHORUS (2)
THE INCREDIBLES (4)
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (2)
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (3)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (3)
THE POLAR EXPRESS (3)
THE SEA INSIDE (2)
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL (1)
THE VILLAGE (1)
TROY (1)
TUPAC: RESURRECTION (1)
TWIST OF FAITH (1)
VERA DRAKE (3)
YESTERDAY (1)

[Seth]

wow, I've seen three of those movies and only want to see like 3 others. Stupid Oscars.

[Skeet Slambone]

Johny Depp is going to win best actor. It will be his reward for being such a good left wing soldier.

Depp has been begging for an oscar for years. He carefully chooses his roles to ensure there is some gimmik that will get him exposure for a nomination.

[cableone12]

i dont care, i dont care, dont care , i just dont care

[fandango86]

Johny Depp is going to win best actor. It will be his reward for being such a good left wing soldier.

Depp has been begging for an oscar for years. He carefully chooses his roles to ensure there is some gimmik that will get him exposure for a nomination.

Actually, this is only his second nomination, and he never campaigned for a nomination before. He was actually very surprised when he was nominated last year, as most of his roles are so offbeat they are not even recognized by the old codgers that vote on the Academy awards. Like an 83 year old retired commercial actor is going to watch Edward Scissorhands...You may have been thinking of Jim Carrey, who has been whining about his lack of a nomination since The Cable Guy. Though the present group of A list actors is decidely liberal, the voting body is probably not all that biased. I didn't see Farenheit 911 listed anywhere.

All that being said, he doesn't have a chance against Clint Eastwood. Which of those candidates is most likely to get a bunch of senior citizens to vote for him?

[Seth]

Depp has been begging for an oscar for years. He carefully chooses his roles to ensure there is some gimmik that will get him exposure for a nomination.
Totally untrue, you must be thinking of someone else. Johnny Depp chooses roles that he has never done before. He says in interviews that he tries to never do the same thing twice. Its why I was so surprised he agreed to do "Pirates of the Carribean 2", but then again, his children love it and he's never done a sequel before.

[APortablePhone]

Johny Depp is going to win best actor. It will be his reward for being such a good left wing soldier.

Which is why right-winger Clint Eastwood is also nominated? Sorry fella, not everything is some crazy liberal conspiracy.

[MrSquidlow]

Did I miss anything...I fell asleep half way through the list...

[Mike H]

Sigh... you anti-liberals are just as bad as the people you don't like. Saying Johnny Depp is going to win an award for being a liberal and that he chooses his roles solely for the purpose of winning is absolute lunacy.

[Mike H]

Of all the movies nominated for a major award, I have seen every movie other than the three nobody heard of nominated for best actress. The nominations are pretty fair, though I thought Eternal Sunshine should be nominated for Best Picture over Ray. Jamie Foxx was great in Ray, but the movie was not as good as people make it out to be.

[Skeet Slambone]

I'll admit, I'm shocked that Farenheit 911 isn't all over the nominations.

[Mike H]

Michael Moore withdrew the movie from consideration for Best Documentary because he wanted a Best Picture nom. There was no way that was going to happen.

[fandango86]

Michael Moore withdrew the movie from consideration for Best Documentary because he wanted a Best Picture nom. There was no way that was going to happen.

Calculated risk, based on this being the all-time weakest field for best picture. Schlock like Finding Neverland would never get nominated in a normal year. Ray also was just your standard biopic, and probably also benefits from the weak year. The only thing he missed was that his movie simply wasn't very good, either as entertainment, or as a documentary. Same with Passion of the Christ.

[Mike H]

Did you see Finding Neverland? This one could be considered a chick flick (though not really), but it was damn good.

[stealingsinatra]

Anybody else out there hoping that this is the year that academy finally acknowledges Scorcese for a best director nod? How has this man been working for all these years and hasn't picked up at least one statue yet?

[SOS]

Academy Awards: No Moore Oscar (http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=3117)

C'était certainement un amasseur d'argent, agrégeant plus de $100 millions l'année dernière, mais Fahrenheit 911 ne sera jamais un gagnant de récompense d'académie. Aujourd'hui, l'académie a fermé hors du film pendant qu'il recevait les nominations zéro. Il y a plusieurs mois, il y avait impétueux parlent du marquage de film grand aux Oscars ; cependant, il ne gagnera pas même un. La raison est que Michael Moore était trop arrogant pour permettre à son film d'être considéré parmi des documentaires. Au lieu de cela, il a espéré que son film aurait des chances pleines dans la meilleure catégorie d'image. Cependant, sans des nominations, la stratégie de Moore a complètement pétardé. Moore a gagné en 2003 pour son "bowling documentaire pour colombin" et aurait eu probablement une chance forte parmi des documentaires encore cette année avec son morceau de coup d'anti-Bush. Cependant, Moore est devenu trop impétueux et a été pris dans la scène de Hollywood. Ce n'est pas la première fois que Michael Moore a cru ses propres coupures de pression. L'année dernière, il a pensé que son "le documentaire" changerait les résultats de la course présidentielle. D'ailleurs, une description plus précise de Fahrenheit 911 serait propagande, au lieu de documentaire. Néanmoins, il a cru que son film était si efficace dans trashing George W. Bush que des millions d'Américains seraient persuadé de voter pour le kerry de John. Cependant, Bush gagné avec une marge beaucoup plus grande dans cette élection qu'en 2000 et le film de Moore a pu avoir eu réellement l'effet opposé de mobiliser des électeurs de Bush. Aucun doute, Michael Moore n'est un homme doué. Il a une capacité de faire les documentaires qui sont profitables et deviennent des événements dans eux-mêmes. Cependant, Moore ne va pas influencer le public américain la manière qu'il veut. La plupart des personnes le regardent en tant que gauchiste dévot qui éclabousse son libéralisme à travers l'écran. Il aura toujours un moment difficile se relier avec "les états rouges" et correctement ainsi. Sa philosophie est anathème aux millions d'Américains. Ce qui est ainsi étonner aujourd'hui est celui dans sa propre communauté, cette partage ses opinions libérales, Moore a été complètement fermé dehors. Ce doit être tout à fait un coup à un moi plutôt gonflé.

[Mike H]

Anybody else out there hoping that this is the year that academy finally acknowledges Scorcese for a best director nod? How has this man been working for all these years and hasn't picked up at least one statue yet?

I think Scorcese should only get an Academy Award if he deserves it for that year. He should not have won for Gangs of New York, for instance, because although that movie was good, there were better ones that year. I would not have a problem with him winning for The Aviator, though I would not mind seeing Clint Eastood or Alexander Payne winning either.

[Ben's Bulge]

Didn't Eastwood win for The Unforgiven?

[Rob]

i havent seen any of these...

[Mike H]

Didn't Eastwood win for The Unforgiven?

I think so, but there is no "the" in the title.

[Jolie]

Finding Neverland was awesome. Definitely deserved the nomination (of course I havent seen the others that were nominated). I wouldnt consider it a chick flick at all.

[Mike H]

I agree with you, but I could see how someone could make the arguement. I thought Finding Neverland was a great movie, personally, easily one of the best of the year and better than overrated movies like The Aviator.

[Blaxicab]

I've seen 2 of those movies. Shrek and Harry Potter. The other ones look awful.

[MilitantRabbit]

hopefully, the 2006 nominations will be better. but i love this year's noms because that ass-cunt Julia Roberts isn't nominated and Natalie Portman is.

it may be a golfer year for the oscars

[OnePremier]

Goddamn Paul Giamatti(Sideways) and Jim Carrey(Eternal Sunshine of the SPotless Mind) got shafted for best actor nods and that fuckin pisses me off.

Now mark my words, although Ray was excellent, Jamie Foxx will NOT win best actor...he WILL win best supporting actor for collateral. I wont go into explanations unless someone asks.

DEFINENTLY deserving of best actor is Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda. That guy is the best and most underrated black actor (possibly actor in general) ever. He was unbelievable in boogie nights, out of sight, traffic, etc. Hotel Rwanda was an un-fucking-believable movie

Scorsese will win best director, no doubt about it. He's long overdue

And as much as I LOVE natalie portman, Sophie Okonedo should win best supporting actress. She and Cheadle made one of the most heartwrenching, introspective films that i've ever seen.

just my 2 cents

[Hudson]

My money is on aviator or passion, for best film, the artsy fartsy or think they are, academy goes nuts for that type of shit.
and House of flying daggers for cinematography

[Mike H]

Uhhh.... Passion was not nominated for Best Picture (nor should it have been).