The 81st Annual Academy Awards also known as the Oscars will be on February 22, 2009, 8:00pm ET/5pm PT on ABC. It will also be Live Via Telecast on ABS-CBN on February 23, 2009 at 9:00 in the morning.The Nominees are:
Best Picture
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Frost/Nixon
3. Milk
4. The Reader
5. Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
1. Danny Boyle- Slumdog Millionaire
2. Ron Howard-Frost/Nixon
3. Gus Van Sant-Milk
4. David Fincher-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Stephen Daldry- The Reader
Best Actor
1. Richard Jenkins- The Visitor
2. Frank Langella-Frost/Nixon
3. Sean Penn-Milk
4. Brad Pitt-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Mickey Rourke-The Wrestler
Best Actress
1. Anne Hathaway-Rachel Getting Married
2. Angelina Jolie-Changeling
3. Melissa Leon- Frozen River
4. Merryl Streep-Doubt
5. Kate Winslet-The Reader
Best Supporting Actor
1. Josh Brolin-Milk
2. Robert Downey Jr.- Tropic Thunder
3. Heath Ledger- The Dark Night
4. Michael Shannon-Revolutionary Road
5. Philip Seymour Hoffman-Doubt
Best Supporting Actress
1. Amy Adams-Doubt
2. Penelope Cruz- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Viola Davis-Doubt
4. Marisa Tomei-The Wrestler
5. Taraji Henson-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Animated Feature
1. Bolt
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. Wall-e
Best Foreign Language Film
1. The Baader Mainhof Complex
2. The Class
3. Departure
4. Revanche
5. Waltz with Bashir
Best Originl Song
1. " Down to Earth" Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman -WALL-E
2. "Jai Ho" A.R. Rahman and Gulzar- Slumdog Millionaire
3. "O Saya" A. R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam- Slumdog Millionaire
Summary of the Nominated Movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -13 nominations
Slumdog Millionaire -10 nominations
Milk -8 nominations
The Dark Knight- 8 nominations
Wall-E- 6 nominations
With 5 nominations:
Frost/Nixon
Reader
Doubt
With 3 nominations:
Changeling
Revolutionary Road
With 2 nominations:
The Duchess
The Wrestler
Iron man
Frozen River
Wanted
With 1 nomination:
The Visitor
Rachel Getting Married
Tropic Thunder
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Kung Fu Panda
Bolt
Australia
Defiance
Hellboy: The Golden Army