Academy Award Nominations

[tammyy2j]

Academy Awards 2007
NOMINATIONS



Best Picture
Babel, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole for Venus
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress
Penélope Cruz for Volver
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren for The Queen
Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet for Little Children

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children
Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg for The Departed

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza for Babel
Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi for Babel

Best Director
Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears for The Queen
Paul Greengrass for United 93
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Guillermo Arriaga for Babel
Iris Yama****a for Letters from Iwo Jima
Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo del Toro for Laberinto del Fauno, El
Peter Morgan for The Queen

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 Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips
Children of Men
Alfonso Cuarón, 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 Original Song
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)("I Need To Wake Up")
Dreamgirls (2006)("Listen")
Dreamgirls (2006)("Love You I Do")
Cars (2006)("Our Town")
Dreamgirls (2006)("Patience")

[Bryan]

Academy Awards 2007
NOMINATIONS



Best Picture
Babel, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole for Venus
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress
Penélope Cruz for Volver
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren for The Queen
Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet for Little Children

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children
Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg for The Departed

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza for Babel
Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi for Babel

Best Director
Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears for The Queen
Paul Greengrass for United 93
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Guillermo Arriaga for Babel
Iris Yama****a for Letters from Iwo Jima
Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo del Toro for Laberinto del Fauno, El
Peter Morgan for The Queen

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 Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips
Children of Men
Alfonso Cuarón, 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


I've bolded who I think deserves the awards, but no doubt the Queen will steal away all the awards it's nominated for :rolleyes:

[tammyy2j]

Best Picture - The Departed

Best Actor - Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress - Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Director - Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine


Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Departed- William Monahan


Best Original Song
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)("I Need To Wake Up")

I'm glad Marty, Alan Arkin and The Departed won. Jennifer Hudson didn't deserve to win if Judi Dench had gone supporting it was her oscar. Helen and Forest were shoe ins but i'm glad they won.

[Bryan]

Forest Whitaker really did desrve that award. I'm dissapointed that Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench didn't get their awards for Notes On A Scandal as they were well earnt, but with Helen Mirren as Queen it was a tough year, with many wothry cotenders.

Jennifer Hudson did not deserve her award, when we went to see it everyone in the cinema was swearing and booing everytime she come on screen and started signing another ruddy ballard mid conversation.

I'm glad the Departed won and Scorsee for best Director, but it hasn't been Scorscee's finest peice of work, which is a shame as he deserved recognition for his past films.