And the Nominees are...

BEST PICTURE
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)* “Milk” (Focus Features)* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTOR
* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)* Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTRESS
* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)* Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)* Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)* Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)* Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)* Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)* Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)* Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)* Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST DIRECTOR
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard* “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
* “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard* “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton
BEST ART DIRECTION
* “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando* “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway* “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
* “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
* “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West* “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor* “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker* “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
* “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath* “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser* “The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy* “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn* “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
* “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki* “The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant* “Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan* “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
BEST FILM EDITING
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley* “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany* “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France* “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan* “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria* “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel
BEST MAKEUP
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan* “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat* “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard* “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
* “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel* “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar* “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
* “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato* “Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit* “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand* “Presto” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland* “This Way Up”, A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
* “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi* “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont* “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie* “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh* “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank
BEST SOUND EDITING
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King* “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood* “Wanted” (Universal),Wylie Stateman
BEST SOUND MIXING
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt* “Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin* “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord* “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt* “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh* “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh* “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter