Academy Award Nominations

Here are the nominees for the 79th Annual Academy Awards. They were announced this morning by previous nominee Salma Hayek and Academy President Sid Ganis.

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Leonardo DiCaprio-Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling-Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole-Venus
Will Smith-The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Penelope Cruz-Volver
Judi Dench-Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren-The Queen
Meryl Streep-The Devil
kate Winslet-Little Children

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin-Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley-Little Children
Djimon Hounsou-Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg-The Departed

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Adriana Barraza-Babel
Cate Blanchett-Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin-Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson-Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi-Babel

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Clint Eastwood-Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears-The Queen
Paul Greengrass-United 93

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN
Babel-Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima-Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis
Little Miss Sunshine-Michael Arndt
Pans Labyrinth-Guillermo Del Toro
The Queen-Peter Morgan

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan-Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Daynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips
Children of Men-Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
The Departed-William Monahan
Little Children-Todd Field, Tom Perrotta
Notes on a Scandal-Patrick Marber

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Black Dahlia-Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men-Emmanuel Lubezki
The Illusionist-Dick Pope
Pans Labyrinth-Guillermo Navarro
The Prestige-Wally Pfister

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
Babel-Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Blood Diamond-Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men-Alfonso Cuaron, Alex Rodriguez
The Departed-Thelma Schoonmaker
United 93-Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Dreamgirls-John Myhre, Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepard-Jeannine Claudia Oppewall, Gretchen Rau, Leslie E. Rollins
Pan's Labyrinth-Eugenio caballero, Pilar Revuelta
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-Rich Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik
The Prestige-Nathan Crowley, Julie Ochipinti

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
The Curse of the Golden Flower-Chung Man Yee
The Devil Wears Prada-Patricia Field
Dreamgirls-Sharen Davis
Marie Antoinette-Milena Canonero
The Queen-Consolata Boyle

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURE, ORIGINAL SCORE
Babel-Gustavo Santaolalla
The Good German-Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal-Phillip Glass
Pans Labyrinth-Javier Navarrete
The Queen-Alexandre Desplat

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SONG
An Inconvenient Truth-Melissa Etheridge "I Need To Wake-Up"
Dreamgirls-Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Ann Preven "Listen"
Dreamgirls-Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett "Love You I Do"
Cars-Randy Newman "Our Town"
Dreamgirls-Henry Krieger, Willie Reale "Patience"

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Apocalypto-Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
Click-Kazuhiro Tsuji, Bill Corso
Pan's Labyrinth-David Marti, Montse Ribe

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Apocalypto-Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Fernando Camara
Blood Diamond-Andy Nelson, AnnaBehimer, Ivan Sharrock
Dreamgirls-Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton
Flags of Our Fathers-John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes, Lee Orioff

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Apocalypto-Sean McCormack, Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond-Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers-Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Letters from Iwo Jima-Alan Robery Murray
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-George Watter II, Christopher Boyes

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall
Poseidon-Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, John Frazier
Superman Returns-Mart Statson, Richard r. Hoover, Neil Corbould Jon Thum

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Car-John Lasseter
Happy Feet-George Miller
Monster House-Gil Kenan

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding)-Denmark
Indigenes (Days of Glory)-Algeria
El Laberinto Del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)-Mexico
Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives of Others)-Germany
Water-Canada

BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES
Deliver Us from Evil-Amy Berg, Frank Donner
An Inconvenient Truth-Davis Guggenheim
Iraq in Fragments-James Longley, Yahya Sinno
Jesus Camp-Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
My Country My Country-Laura Poitras, Jocelyn Glatzer

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECTS
The Blood of Yingzhou District-Ruby Yang, Thoam Lennon
Recycled Life-Leslie Iwerks, Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream-Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Two Hands-Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED
The Danish Poet-Torill Kove
Lifted-Gary Rydstrom
The Little Matchgirl-Roger Allers, Don Hahn
Maestro-Geza M. Toth
No Time for Nuts: Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier

BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION
Binta y la gran idea-Javier Fesser, Luis Manso
Eramos pocos-Borja Cobeaga
Helmer & Son-Soren Pilmark, Kim Magnusson
The Saviour-Peter Templeman, Stuart Parkyn
West Bank Story-Ari Sandel