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The 80th annual Academy Awards are handed out in Hollywood today.
Following is a list of the main Oscar contenders and those who took home a little golden statue. The winners are indicated in bold and with an *)
BEST PICTURE
Atonement
Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Juno
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 ACTOR
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
* Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
* Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
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 DIRECTOR
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
* Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Persepolis
* Ratatouille
Surf's Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Beaufort (Israel)
* The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan)
12 (Russia)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Sarah Polley, Away From Her
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* Diablo Cody, Juno
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
SCREENPLAY - ADAPTED
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Sarah Polley, Away from Her
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
* Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
ART DIRECTION
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
* Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
SHORT FILM - ANIMATED
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
* Peter & the Wolf
SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
* Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
MAKEUP
* La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
* Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement: Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
* There Will Be Blood
ORIGINAL SCORE
* Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
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