2008 Oscar Nominations are out

Oh! Canada. What a great day to be a Canadian. I am so pleased with the nominations this year. I am very happy that Juno got some major love, especially for Ellen Page, Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody and film itself. I am also happy that Sarah Polley got a nomination for Away from Her and that Julie Christie got nominated. I think Julie Christie will win this, she was amazing and devasting in that film. The best picture race looks interesting, first time that I've seen three out of the five before the nominations came out (Atonement, Michael Clayton and Juno) but I think the winner will be No Country for Old Men.

I am also very stoked that Once got nominated for Original song for "Falling Slowly." It's up against three songs from Enchanted and one from August Rush. I hope Once wins, the nominated song is one of my all-time favourite songs and I hope that the three Enchanted songs cancel each other out like the three songs from Dreamgirls did last year.

I am also rooting for Ratatouille to win Best Animated Film. I'll make my predictions closer to the Academy Awards and here is hoping that the ceremony actually happens.

Here are the nominees for the 2008 Oscars:

BEST PICTURE: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
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 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 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 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 DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood; Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men; Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton; Jason Reitman, Juno; Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Brad Bird, Ratatouille; Diablo Cody, Juno; Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton; Tamara Jenkins, The Savages; Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men; Christopher Hampton, Atonement; Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Sarah Polley, Away From Her
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Persepolis, Ratatouille, Surf's Up
BEST ART DIRECTION: American Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass, Sweeney ToddThere Will Be Blood
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Assassination of Jesse James…, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Across the Universe, Atonement, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, La Vie en Rose, Sweeney Todd
BEST DOCUMENTARY: 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 BabaSari’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 (Israel), The Counterfeiters (Austria), Katyn (Poland), Mongol (Kazakhstan) ,12 (Russia)
BEST MAKEUP: La Vie en Rose, Norbit, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Atonement, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma
BEST ORIGINAL SONG': 'Falling Slowly,'' Once; ''Happy Working Song,'' Enchanted; ''Raise It Up,'' August Rush; ''So Close,'' Enchanted; ''That's How You Know,'' Enchanted
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
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: I Met the Walrus, Madame Tutli-Putli, Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven), My Love (Moya Lyubov), Peter & the Wolf
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT: At Night, Il Supplente (The Substitute), Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets), Tanghi Argentini, The Tonto Woman