Oscars anyone?
 

Well, it's that time of year again. The Adademy has released this year's oscar nominations.

And the nominees are......


Best Actor

Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Sir Ben Kingsley for House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law for Cold Mountain
Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
Sean Penn for Mystic River


Best Actress

Keisha Castle-Hughes for Whale Rider
Diane Keaton for Something's Gotta Give
Samantha Morton for In America
Charlize Theron for Monster
Naomi Watts for 21 Grams


Best Supporting Actor

Alec Baldwin for The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro for 21 Grams
Djimon Hounsou for In America
Tim Robbins Mystic for River
Ken Watanabe for The Last Samurai


Best Supporting Actress

Shohreh Aghdashloo for House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson for Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden for Mystic River
Holly Hunter for Thirteen
Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain


Best Director

Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood for Mystic River
Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Fernando Meirelles for City of God
Peter Weir for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World


Best Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit


Now...who do you think will win what?

Guess I should post my picks....

Best Actor ~ Jude Law for Cold Mountain...excellent job, great movie

Best Actress ~ Charlize Theron for Monster...didn't see it, but she won the Golden Globe, that should count for something

Best Supporting Actor ~ Benicio Del Toro for 21 Grams...didn't see this either but Benicio is an EXCELLENT actor

Best Supporting Actress ~ Rene Zellweger for Cold Mountain ...she MADE this movie

Best Director ~ Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King...saw the movie..by far the best one of the series (of course they were all excellent) bout time he gets recognized..plus he won the Golden Globe

Best Picture ~ The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King..see above

I'm pleasantly surprised that Murray is nominated. He did an unbelievable job in that movie, as did Sophia Coppola as director.

Denys Arcand, a Quebec filmmaker, has two nominations. He's a genius!

Stars wouldn't feel snubbed.

Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe never took Oscar nominations for granted, and would not feel snubbed by their failure to be listed as finalists for an Academy award, their Australian publicist said.

"No-one expects to be nominated, it's a nice surprise if they do. If they don't, it's not their year," Wendy Day said.

"I don't think either Nicole or Russell expect to win, nobody ever expects it."

Ms Day said she had not yet spoken to either of her star clients about not making the cut for the 76th Annual Academy Awards.

Kidman, considered an Oscar sweetheart after last year's win for The Hours, could not gain enough votes to make it into the best actress category for her epic Cold Mountain.

Her best buddy, Naomi Watts, was nominated for the movie 21 Grams.

"Congratulations go out to Naomi, she's the Aussie nominated this year," Ms Day said.

"It's great when any Australian gets nominated, we've been very lucky in recent years - I think we all expect too much."

Crowe, a best actor Oscar winner for Gladiator in 2001 and a nominee two other years, also failed to make the cut for his starring role in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

But that film's director Peter Weir could walk away from the February 29 ceremony with two Academy Awards.

Weir was nominated in the director's category, and as producer of the film he will claim an Oscar if it wins in the best film race.

Have you got a signed photo of him yet?

My Picks

Murray - Has done his best work late in life, Rushmore and this movie both.

Theron - Anyone that can make themselves look like such hag has my vote

Robbins - He will have the most ads in the trade papers and they like him.

Zellweger - She is always a favorite, even though I cannot stand her.

Director and Picture - It is Jackson's turn and well deserved end to 8 years of his life on this trilogy.

The only one of the bunch that I have seen is; Lost In Translation.Great movie,I loved it.While Bill Murray and Sophia Coppla deserve awards,shouldn't Scarlet Johannson be nominated too? She is a natural.The best new commer to the screen I have seen in years.She has done back to back work that has been released at the same time.I want to see;The Girl with the Gold Earring next.

Pearl Earring

Johannsen was nominated for a Golden Globe, but not the Oscar. Kind of the same way Nicole Kidman was nominated for the Globe and not the Oscar, but in my opinion, Kidmans nomination for the Globe was unjust. Her performance in Cold Mountain was one of her worst performances.

Oh..and is it just me or is Scarlett Johanssen HOT???????

NO! It is not just you...She is HOT!!!! HOT!!! I bought the November Esquire (English version) a couple of months ago.It has pics of Meg Ryan and Scarlett Johannson in it.Between the two,I think I died and gone to heaven.

*Runs out to buy the new Esquire*

I hope Skip is right about Murray. For a second or 2874238752497 during that moving, I would have done him:D