Oscar night could be a good time for the people behind “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” thanks to the film receiving 13 nominations for the 81st Academy Awards.
The film picked up a wide variety of nominations including - Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress
Other Best Picture nominees included Universal’s “Frost/Nixon,” Focus Features’ “Milk,” the Weinstein Co.’s “The Reader,” and Fox Searchlight’s “Slumdog Millionaire.”
The nominations were announced today, Thursday, Jan. 22nd, at Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences h.q. in BevHills. The nominations were announced by the Academy’s Sid Ganis and actor Forest Whitaker.
The awards ceremony will be held on Feb. 22nd at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The show will be produced by Laurence Mark, executive produced by Bill Condon, and hosted by Hugh Jackman. It will air live on television on ABC.
Oscar nominations include:
"Slumdog Millionaire"
Best Picture:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "Frost/Nixon" "Milk" "The Reader" "Slumdog Millionaire"
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"
Best Actor:
Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor" Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"
Angelina Jolie in "The Changeling"
Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married" Angelina Jolie, "Changeling" Melissa Leo, “Frozen River” Meryl Streep, "Doubt" Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
Clint Eastwood on the set of "The Changeling"
Best Director:
Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" Stephen Daldry, "The Reader" Clint Eastwood, "Changeling" David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin, "Milk" Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder" Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt" Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”
Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
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"
"WALL-E"
Best Animated Feature:
"WALL-E" "Kung Fu Panda" "Bolt"
"Doubt"
Best Adapted Screenplay:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "Doubt" "Frost/Nixon" "The Reader" "Slumdog Millionaire"
"In Bruges"
Best Original Screenplay:
"Frozen River" "Happy-Go-Lucky" "In Bruges" "Milk" "Wall-E"
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