Hey folks, Harry here... Well - it's Oscar Morning. Soon we'll see an old fart and probably Jennifer Hudson or Helen Mirren announcing the nominees. (Can't remember if its the prior year's actress or Supporting actress) So - I'm up... no sleep - to give you the low down. I'm sure we'll all have our surprises and disappointments. For me - I'm positive that Edgar Wright's HOT FUZZ won't be nominated for BEST EDITING, like it deserves. And we already know the brilliant score for THERE WILL BE BLOOD was disqualified for use of existing themes. FUCK THE ACADEMY - YOU PRICKS!!! SIgh. So, we can already be mad about that. And what the fuck was up with I AM LEGEND being in that final smaller group for Visual Effects - are they blind? Those were the worst animated allegedly Human-esque figures in quite some time. Anyway - Check back here... and start discussing the concept of the Oscars. Having an unscripted Oscars might mean... simple introductions or heartfelt straight talk... rather than all the goofy shit that usually gets written for presenters. Or - it could just turn into inanity, moreso than usual. We'll see. Be back soon with the goods...

whoa - it's Kathy Bates

Best Actor

George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best Supporting Actor

Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Rudy Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Animated Feature

Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Art Direction

American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

Cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Costume Design

Across The Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd

Best Director

Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Best Documentary Feature

No End In Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi To The Dark Side
War/Dance

Best Documentary Short Subject

Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

Best Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Into The Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Foreign Language Film

Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12

Best Makeup

La Vie En Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Music Original Score

Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma

Best Music - Original Song

Once
Enchanted
August Rush
Enchanted
Enchanted

Best Picture

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

Best Animated Short Film

I Met The Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même Les Pigeons vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & The Wolf

Best Live Action Short Film

At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart Des Pickpokets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Best Sound Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Best Sound Mixing

The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Transformers

Best Visual Effects

The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Adapted Screenplay

Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Original Screenplay

Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

The Leading nominated films are NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and THERE WILL BE BLOOD - Locked in immortal combat for 8 Nominations each! I have to say - I'm real real happy that PERSEPOLIS got nominated for Animated Film - and I think there's a pretty good chance that it could upset RATATOUILLE - but I would still say that's a 20 to 1 shot. I would have loved to have seen PERSEPOLIS get a Foreign Language Film nom too... alas.