81st Oscar nominations announced
Indians have a lot to be proud of this year. While the economy is hitting rock bottom elsewhere, India has managed to maintain a balance without going to the edge of economical ruin. And now, we have Slumdog Millionaire starring Anil Kapoor and other Indians, which swept the Golden Globe awards a couple of weeks ago. It is now nominated in the Oscars for Best Motion Picture along with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the nominations in 13 categories followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10 nominations. Heath Ledger’s swan song, The Dark Knight, comes third with 8 nominations and Ledger himself gets a posthumous Supporting Actor nomination exactly a year after his death.
Kate Winslet has been nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Reader and Danny Boyle is nominated Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire.
The nominations list for some major awards is:
Best actor nominees:
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Best actress nominees:
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Best director nominees:
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Best picture nominees:
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Frost/Nixon
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Best music written for motion pictures – original score:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
Defiance – James Newton Howard
Milk – Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman
WALL-E – Thomas Newman
Best music written for motion pictures - original song:
'Down to Earth' from WALL-E
