Oscar Noms- The Academy Hates Sean Penn

BEST PICTURE

Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
(No surprises)

DIRECTOR
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno (I was surprised, then remembered his dad is a major Hollywood player)
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
The Coens, No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
(No Atonement director or Sean Penn)

ACTOR
Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day Lewis, TWBL
Johnny D, Sweeney T
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah (Heh?!?!)
Viggo Mortensen (It was that naked fight scene that clinched it)

ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages (what?!?!)
Ellen Page, Juno
(No big surprises except I don't know much about the Laura Linney movie...guess people really didn't want to vote for Angelina in A Mighty Heart)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck, Jesse James
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
(No surprises)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
(no surprises)


No original song nomination for Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Don't leave out michael moore (possible relative) nomination for Sicko??? Bravo Michael. He didn't think he'd ever be invited back.
mo