2009 Oscar nominations
January 22, 2009
The 81st annual Academy Awards will be presented Feb. 22 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. Nominees in major categories:
Best actor
Richard Jenkins
“The Visitor”
Brad Pitt
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Frank Langella
“Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn
“Milk”
Mickey Rourke
“The Wrestler”
Best actress
Melissa Leo
“Frozen River”
Anne Hathaway
“Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie
“Changeling”
Meryl Streep
“Doubt”
Kate Winslet
“The Reader”
Best director
Danny Boyle
“Slumdog Millionaire”
David Fincher
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Ron Howard
“Frost/Nixon”
Stephen Daldry
“The Reader”
Gus Van Sant
“Milk”
Best supporting actor
Josh Brolin
“Milk”
Robert Downey Jr.
“Tropic Thunder”
Philip S. Hoffman
“Doubt”
Heath Ledger
“The Dark Knight”
Michael Shannon
“Revolutionary Road”
Best supporting actress
Amy Adams
“Doubt”
Penelope Cruz
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis
“Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei
“The Wrestler”
Best foreign language film
“Waltz With Bashir”
Israel
“Revanche”
Austria
“Departures”
Japan
“The Baader Meinhof Complex”
Germany
“The Class”
France
Best picture
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Reader”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“Milk”
Best animated film
“WALL-E”
“Bolt”
“Kung Fu Panda”
Original graphic by Scott Bell (c) 2009, MCT.
