And the Nominations Are...

Following with tradition, the Academy Award Nominations are:

Best Picture:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
''Frost/Nixon"
''Milk"
''The Reader"
''Slumdog Millionaire"

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."

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

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

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."

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

Foreign Film:
"The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany
"The Class," France
"Departures," Japan
"Revanche," Austria
"Waltz With Bashir," Israel

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."

Original Screenplay:
Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"
Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"
Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, "WALL-E."

Animated Feature Film:
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"WALL-E."

Art Direction:
"Changeling,"
''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"
''The Dark Knight,"
''The Duchess,"
''Revolutionary Road."

Cinematography:
"Changeling,"
''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"
''The Dark Knight," '
'The Reader,"
''Slumdog Millionaire."

Sound Mixing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," '
'The Dark Knight,"
''Slumdog Millionaire,"
''WALL-E,"
''Wanted."

Sound Editing:
"The Dark Knight,"
''Iron Man,"
''Slumdog Millionaire,"
''WALL-E,"
''Wanted."

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

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

Costume:
"Australia,"
''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"
''The Duchess,"
''Milk,"
''Revolutionary Road."

Documentary Feature:
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon),"
''Encounters at the End of the World," '
'The Garden,"
''Man on Wire," '
'Trouble the Water."

Documentary (short subject):
"The Conscience of Nhem En,"
''The Final Inch,"
''Smile Pinki,"
''The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306."

Film Editing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"
''The Dark Knight,"
''Frost/Nixon,"
''Milk,"
''Slumdog Millionaire."

Makeup:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"
''The Dark Knight,"
''Hellboy II: The Golden Army."

Animated Short Film:
"La Maison en Petits Cubes,"
''Lavatory — Lovestory,"
''Oktapodi,"
''Presto,"
''This Way Up."

Live Action Short Film:
"Auf der Strecke (On the Line),"
''Manon on the Asphalt,"
''New Boy,"
''The Pig," ''Spielzeugland (Toyland)."

Visual Effects:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"
''The Dark Knight,"
''Iron Man."