2009 Oscar Nominations

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2009 Oscar Nominations

The Oscar nominees for the 81st Academy Awards, honoring films released in 2008.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday its list of nominees for the 81st Academy Awards. And the nominees are ...

BEST PICTURE: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BEST PICTURE: "Frost/Nixon"

BEST PICTURE: "Milk"

BEST PICTURE: "The Reader"

BEST PICTURE: "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn for "Milk"

BEST ACTOR: Brad Pitt for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BEST ACTOR: Richard Jenkins (foreground) for "The Visitor"

BEST ACTOR: Mickey Rourke for "The Wrestler"

BEST ACTOR: Frank Langella for "Frost/Nixon"

BEST ACTRESS: Meryl Streep for "Doubt"

BEST ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway for "Rachel Gets Married"

BEST ACTRESS: Angelina Jolie for "Changeling"

BEST ACTRESS: Melissa Leo (left) for "Frozen River"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger for "The Dark Knight" (pictured); Josh Brolin for "Milk"; Robert Downey, Jr. for "Tropic Thunder"; Phillip Seymour Hoffman for "Doubt"; and Michael Shannon for "Revolutionary Road."

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"; Amy Adams for "Doubt"; Viola Davis for "Doubt"; Taraji P. Henson for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; and Marisa Tomei for "The Wrestler."

BEST ANIMATED FILM: "Kung-Fu Panda" (pictured); "Wall-E"; and "Bolt."

BEST SONG: "Jai Ho" for "Slumdog Millionaire," by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam; and "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday its list of nominees for the 81st Academy Awards. And the nominees are ...

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