77th Annual Academy Awards

Note:  I really couldn't care less about the movies that have been nominated this year.  There are a few that I hope win in their categories (The Incredibles and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) but overall I'm barely interested.

The Nominations
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Best motion picture of the year
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
Sideways

Achievement in directing
The Aviator, Martin Scorsese
Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood
Ray, Taylor Hackford
Sideways, Alexander Payne
Vera Drake, Mike Leigh

Performance by an 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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Alda, The Aviator
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen, Closer

Performance by an 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

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman, Closer

Original screenplay
The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hotel Rwanda
The Incredibles
Vera Drake

Adapted screenplay
Before Sunset
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
The Motorcycle Diaries
Sideways

Best documentary feature
Born into Brothels
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Super Size Me
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist of Faith

Best foreign language film of the year
As It Is in Heaven
The Chorus (Les Choristes)
Downfall
The Sea Inside
Yesterday

Best animated feature film of the year
The Incredibles
Shark Tale
Shrek 2

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original 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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original 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 (Les Choristes)

Achievement in cinematography
The Aviator
House of Flying Daggers
The Passion of the Christ
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement

Achievement in film editing
The Aviator
Collateral
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray

Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I, Robot
Spider-Man 2

Achievement in art direction
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement

Achievement in costume design
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ray
Troy

Achievement in makeup
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Passion of the Christ
The Sea Inside

Achievement in sound mixing
The Aviator
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Ray
Spider-Man 2

Achievement in sound editing
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Spider-Man 2

Best documentary short subject
Autism Is a World
The Children of Leningradsky
Hardwood
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Sister Rose's Passion

Best live action short film
Everything in This Country Must
Little Terrorist
7:35 in the Morning ( 7:35 de la Mañana)
Two Cars, One Night
Wasp

Best animated short film
Birthday Boy
Gopher Broke
Guard Dog
Lorenzo
Ryan