Here are the Oscar Nominations that were announced today!
I guess the big suprise was that "Dreamgirls" was not nominated for Best Picture, even though they won Best Picture at the Golden Globes and everyone was sure it would. "Dreamgirls" did get the most nominations with 8! What did you think of these movies and/or nominations?

Performance by an actor in a leading role

•       Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”
  

•       Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”
  

•       Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
  

•       Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”
  

•       Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”

 
Performance by an actor in a supporting role

•       Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
  

•       Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”

•       Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”
  

•       Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”
  

•       Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”
  

 
Performance by an actress in a leading role

•       Penélope Cruz in “Volver”
  

•       Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”

•       Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
  

•       Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”

•       Kate Winslet in “Little Children”
  

 
Performance by an actress in a supporting role

•       Adriana Barraza in “Babel”
  

•       Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
  

•       Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
  

•       Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
  

•       Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”
  

 
Best animated feature film of the year

•       “Cars”
  

•       “Happy Feet”

•       “Monster House”
  

 
Achievement in art direction

•       “Dreamgirls”

Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
    

• “The Good Shepherd”

Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
     

• “Pan’s Labyrinth”
  

Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
    

• “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
   

•   “The Prestige”
  

Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
 
Achievement in cinematography

•       “The Black Dahlia” -Vilmos Zsigmond

•       “Children of Men” -Emmanuel Lubezki

•       “The Illusionist” -Dick Pope

•       “Pan’s Labyrinth” -Guillermo Navarro

•       “The Prestige” -Wally Pfister

 
Achievement in costume design

•       “Curse of the Golden Flower”-Yee Chung Man

•       “The Devil Wears Prada” - Patricia Field

•       “Dreamgirls” -Sharen Davis

•       “Marie Antoinette” - Milena Canonero

•       “The Queen” -Consolata Boyle

 
Achievement in directing

•       “Babel” -Alejandro González Iñárritu

•       “The Departed” -Martin Scorsese

•       “Letters from Iwo Jima”- Clint Eastwood

•       “The Queen”-Stephen Frears

•       “United 93”-Paul Greengrass

 
Best documentary feature

•       “Deliver Us from Evil” 

•       “An Inconvenient Truth”

•       “Iraq in Fragments”
  

•       “Jesus Camp”
  

•       “My Country, My Country”
  

Best documentary short subject

•       “The Blood of Yingzhou District”

•       “Recycled Life”

•       “Rehearsing a Dream”

•       “Two Hands”

 
Achievement in film editing
     

•      “Babel” -Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise

•      “Blood Diamond” -Steven Rosenblum

•      “Children of Men”-Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón

•       “The Departed”-Thelma Schoonmaker
  

•       “United 93” -Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
  

Best foreign language film of the year

•       “After the Wedding”-Denmark

•       “Days of Glory (Indigènes)”-Algeria
  

•       “The Lives of Others” -Germany
  

•       “Pan’s Labyrinth”-Mexico
  

•       “Water” A Hamilton-Canada
  

 
Achievement in makeup

•       “Apocalypto”-Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano

•       “Click”-Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso

•       “Pan’s Labyrinth”- David Marti and Montse Ribe

 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
      “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
      “The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman
      “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass
      “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete
      “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures
(Original song)
     

• “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”-Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
  

    

•  “Listen” from “Dreamgirls”-Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler-Lyric by Anne Preven
  

•       “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”-Music by Henry Krieger-Lyric by Siedah Garrett
  

•       “Our Town” from “Cars-Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
  

•       “Patience” from “Dreamgirls-Music by Henry Krieger-Lyric by Willie Reale
  

 
Best motion picture of the year

•       “Babel”

•       “The Departed”
  

•       “Letters from Iwo Jima”
  

•       “Little Miss Sunshine”

•       “The Queen”
  

Best animated short film

•       “The Danish Poet”
  

•       “Lifted”

•       “The Little Matchgirl”
  

•       “Maestro”
  

•       “No Time for Nuts”
  

Best live action short film

•       “Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”

•       “Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)”

•       “Helmer & Son”

•       “The Saviour”

•       “West Bank Story”

Achievement in sound editing
     

•      “Apocalypto”-Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
  

•       “Blood Diamond”-Lon Bender

•       “Flags of Our Fathers”-Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
  

•       “Letters from Iwo Jima” -Alan Robert Murray
  

•       “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”-Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

 
Achievement in sound mixing

•       “Apocalypto”-Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
  

•       “Blood Diamond”-Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
  

•       “Dreamgirls” -Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
  

•       “Flags of Our Fathers” -John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
  

•       “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”-Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
  

 
Achievement in visual effects

•       “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”-John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
  

•       “Poseidon” -Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
  

•       “Superman Returns”-Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
  

 
Adapted screenplay

•       “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” -Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer/ Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
  

•       “Children of Men”-Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
  

•       “The Departed” -Screenplay by William Monahan

•       “Little Children” -Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
  

•       “Notes on a Scandal” -Screenplay by Patrick Marber
  

 
Original screenplay

•       “Babel” -Written by Guillermo Arriaga

•       “Letters from Iwo Jima” -Screenplay by Iris Yamashita / Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis

•       “Little Miss Sunshine” -Written by Michael Arndt
  

•       “Pan’s Labyrinth” -Written by Guillermo del Toro
  

•       “The Queen” -Written by Peter Morgan