COMPLETE LIST OF ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINEES

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads all ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES LIST (The OSCARS LIST) with 13 time-defying nominations. Slumdog Millionaire is next with 10, while The Dark Knight and Milk notched eight apiece. Meryl Streep, up for the OSCAR AWARD for Best Actress for Doubt, continues her reign as the most-nominated performer in ACADEMY AWARD history, with her 15th nod.

The OSCAR AWARDS will be handed out Feb. 22 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Here's the complete list of nominees:

ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Best Motion Picture of the Year

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Directing

* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
* Gus Van Sant, Milk
* Stephen Daldry, The Reader
* Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

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ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

* Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
* Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
* Sean Penn, Milk
* Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

* Josh Brolin, Milk
* Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
* Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
* Angelina Jolie, Changeling
* Melissa Leo, Frozen River
* Kate Winslet. The Reader
* Meryl Streep, Doubt


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

* Amy Adams, Doubt
* Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Viola Davis, Doubt
* Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

* Bolt
* Kung Fu Panda
* Wall-E

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ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Original Screenplay

* Dustin Lance Black, Milk
* Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
* Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
* Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
* Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, WALL-E


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Adapted Screenplay

* Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
* Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
* David Hare, The Reader
* Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

* The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
* The Class (France)
* Departures (Japan)
* Revanche (Austria)
* Waltz With Bashir (Israel)


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Original Score

* Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* James Newton Howard, Defiance
* Danny Elfman, Milk
* A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
* Thomas Newman, WALL-E


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Original Song

* "Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; WALL-E
* "Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
* "O Saya," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam; Slumdog Millionaire


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Art Direction

* Changeling
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* The Duchess
* Revolutionary Road


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Cinematography

* Changeling
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire

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ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Costume Design

* Australia
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Duchess
* Milk
* Revolutionary Road


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Best Documentary Feature

* The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
* Encounters at the End of the World
* The Garden
* Man on Wire
* Trouble the Water


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Best Documentary Short Subject

* The Conscience of Nhem En
* The Final Inch
* Smile Pinki
* The Witness—From the Balcony of Room 306


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Film Editing

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* Slumdog Millionaire


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Makeup

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* Slumdog Millionaire


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Best Animated Short Film

* La Maison en Petits Cubes
* Lavatory—Lovestory
* Oktapodi
* Presto
* This Way Up


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Best Live Action Short Film

* Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
* Manon on the Asphalt
* New Boy
* The Pig
* Spielzeugland (Toyland)


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Sound Editing

* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man
* Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
* Wanted


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Sound Mixing

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
* Wanted


ACADEMY OSCAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR Achievement in Visual Effects

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man

COLIN FARRELL, HEATH LEDGER & TINA FEY walk away with GOLDEN GLOBES

Colin Farrell won the best actor in a comedy or musical at the Golden Globes here Sunday for his performance in "In Bruges."

Colin Farrell, who plays a hitman struggling to come to terms with a botched job, pipped co-star Brendan Gleeson, Dustin Hoffman ("Last Chance Harvey"), James Franco ("Pineapple Express") and Javier Bardem ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona.")

Colin Farrell, 32, is best known for his roles in "Minority Report", "Miami Vice" and "Alexander." Although this evenings search trends see to be more interested in the COLIN FARRELL SEX TAPE

Late Australian actor Heath Ledger won a posthumous Golden Globe award here Sunday for his performance as psychopathic villain The Joker in Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight."

Batman director Christopher Nolan collected the best supporting actor award on behalf of Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental overdose in January last year at the age of 28.

"For any of us to enjoy his performance he will be eternally missed, but he'll never be forgotten," Nolan told guests at the Beverly Hilton hotel.

The victory cements Heath Ledger's status as the odds-on favorite to win a best supporting actor Oscar at next month's Oscars.

Heath Ledger has already picked up a series of minor awards for his performance in the phenomenally successful Batman sequel.

Perth-born Heath Ledger gained international stardom and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for his heart-breaking performance as a taciturn gay cowboy in the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain.

He had already served notice of his talent with parts in several films including "Monster's Ball", "A Knight's Tale" and "The Patriot."

As Batman's cackling arch-enemy, Heath Ledger earned rave reviews from critics and co-stars.

"I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as The Joker," wrote Rolling Stone's film critic Pete Travers.

The cast and crew of "The Dark Knight" were similarly wowed.

British actor Gary Oldman, who plays Gotham City police officer Lieutenant Jim Gordon, is among those who believes Ledger's performance is Oscar-worthy.

"Over the years when I've seen great performances -- (Jack) Nicholson in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Al Pacino in 'Dog Day Afternoon' -- you go 'wow, there's something really special at work here'. And I think Heath's done that here. It's like he's gone through the sound barrier."

Nolan said Heath Ledger, renowned for taking on difficult, edgy roles, was chosen for the film precisely for that reason.

"For the role of The Joker I was looking for fearlessness," Nolan said. "I needed a phenomenal actor, but he (Ledger) also had to be someone unafraid of taking on such an iconic role.

"Heath created something entirely original. It's stunning, it's captivating," Nolan said.


Tina Fey officially rules the world and has the Golden Globe awards to prove it.

The "30 Rock" star and creator was named best actress in a TV comedy and her NBC series was picked as best comedy Sunday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, capping a run of honors for the series and general acclaim for her Sarah Palin impersonation.

"I want you to know that I really know how very lucky I am to have the year that I've had this year," Fey said.

But there's a dark side, Tina Fey said.

"If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet. And you can find a lot of people there who don't like you," Tina Fey added, drawing laughs and applause from the celebrity-studded ballroom audience.

"I'd like to address some of them now," she continued. "Babs in La Crosse, you can suck it. Diane-fan, you can suck it. Cougar-letter, you can really suck it, 'cause all year you've been after me. All year."

Tina Fey, whose winsome take on Republican vice presidential candidate Palin was last year's highlight of "Saturday Night Live," introduced a political note to the Globes ceremony with the help of "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan.

"Tina Fey and I had an agreement that if Barack Obama won, I would speak for the show from now on," Morgan said in accepting the best-series award. "Welcome to post-racial America. I'm the face of post-racial America — deal with it, Cate Blanchett."

Morgan thanked the press association, especially on his own behalf "because a black man can't get no love at the Emmys."

Last year, "30 Rock" won three Emmys, including for best comedy series, writing and for Tina Fey's performance.

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Best Motion Picture - Drama

Slumdog Millionaire

Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.; Fox Searchlight Pictures and
Warner Bros.

 Best Performance by an Actress in a
Motion Picture - Drama

Kate Winslet – Revolutionary
Road

 Best Performance by an Actor in a
Motion Picture - Drama

Mickey Rourke – The
Wrestler

 Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

Vicky Cristina
Barcelona

Mediapro; The Weinstein Company

 Best Performance by an Actress in a
Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

 Best Performance by an Actor in a
Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

Colin Farrell – In
Bruges

 Best Performance by an Actress In A
Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Kate Winslet – The
Reader

 Best Performance by an Actor In A
Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Heath Ledger – The
Dark Knight

 Best Animated Feature Film

Wall-E

Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures

 Best Foreign Language Film

Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

The Country of Israel

Bridgit Folman Film Gang/Les Films D'Ici/Razor Films/Arte France/ITVS
International; Sony Pictures Classics

 Best Director - Motion Picture

Danny Boyle – Slumdog
Millionaire

 Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Slumdog Millionaire

Written by Simon Beaufoy

 Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Slumdog Millionaire

Composed by A. R. Rahman

 

 Best Original Song - Motion Picture

"The Wrestler" – The
Wrestler

Music & Lyrics By: Bruce Springsteen

 Best Television Series - Drama

Mad Men (AMC)

Lionsgate

 Best Performance by an Actress In A
Television Series - Drama

Anna Paquin – True
Blood (HBO)

 Best Performance by an Actor In A
Television Series - Drama

Gabriel Byrne – In
Treatment (HBO)

 Best Television Series - Musical Or
Comedy

30 Rock (NBC)

Universal Media Studios in association with Broadway Video and Little
Stranger Inc.

 Best Performance by an Actress In A
Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

Tina Fey – 30
Rock (NBC)

 Best Performance by an Actor In A
Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

Alec Baldwin – 30
Rock (NBC)

 Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made
for Television

John Adams (HBO)

Playtone in association with HBO Films

 Best Performance by an Actress In A
Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Laura Linney – John
Adams (HBO)

 Best Performance by an Actor in a
Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

 

Paul Giamatti – John
Adams (HBO)

 Best Performance by an Actress in a
Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for
Television

Laura Dern – Recount (HBO)

 Best Performance by an Actor in a
Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for
Television

Tom Wilkinson – John
Adams (HBO)

Preview - TRANSFORMERS - REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

Transformers stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox again play civilian kids Sam and Mikaela, who know the secrets of the heroic Autobots (led by good-guy leader Optimus Prime).
This time, the story finds Sam and Mikaela under attack by the evil Decepticons because of something Sam has learned about the origins of the Transformers and their ancient history on Earth.

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. — The United States military has declared war on giant, shape-shifting alien robots.
Amid blinding platinum dunes baking in the 105-degree sun, scores of elite servicemen and women cluster in and around real tanks, rocket launchers and personnel carriers as they unleash a machine-gun barrage at an invisible (and entirely fictional) enemy: Transformers.

These troops, many of them recently returned from the actual life-and-death realities of Iraq and Afghanistan, aren't professional actors. But for the moment, they are the stars and this is the climactic battle of next summer's sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

"I'm convinced. If we were to actually fight Transformers, this is how we would do it," jokes Lt. Col. Francisco "Paco" Hamm, the Air Force liaison to the film, who oversees the use of the branch's humans and hardware.

The U.S. Department of Defense gave its official stamp of approval to the Michael Bay-directed film, not only allowing production amid the pristine dunes of the Army's New Mexico missile range, but also letting filmmakers follow jets and fighter planes through the sky from nearby Holloman Air Force Base. More scenes were shot on the Navy's aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, and Marines fill the ranks of the strike team battling the invading Transformers.


“As big as the first movie was, this is 10 times as big, 10 times as many set pieces, explosions, and acrobatic stunts,” she told [MTV] about “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. “Shia and I make out a little bit; I don’t know if anyone wants to see that.”

Something tells us that Shia LeBeouf wants to see it.

Regardless, Megan insisted that the blossoming romance between Sam and Mikaela is only one of the many plotlines Bay will be juggling for the June 2009 flick. But according to the actress, some last-minute scrambling has been taking place to make sure their romance can hold its own among all those Autobot vs. Decepticon showdowns.

“You know, we’ve been having script meetings, and we’ve been reworking the script, because they wrote it fast because of the writer’s strike,” she explained. “And, we’ve just been going through and trying to do some character stuff for Shia and myself in the middle of this crazy world that they’re in.”

“I can tell you that we’re on locations in some really exotic places,” she added. “It’s just going to be a badass movie. It’s just going to be a popcorn-visual-spectacle, summer film.”

As for Michael Bay’s main directorial input to his lead actress, Megan had this to say: “His main note to me is just to look hot; so I try my best.”

Sounds like she’s in for an easy paycheck!

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I don’t know about everyone else, but I didn’t mind the Sam/Mikaela storyline in the first film. And it would only be natural to continue developing it for the second one.

Can’t wait to see 10 times the explosions, though!