Oscar fever has hit tinseltown and even though strike fears still cast a doubt over the elaborate ceremony, the usual euphoria still persists. Nominations have been announced and one Australian has got a double nod. Cate Blanchett has received double nod, one each for her roles in Elizabeth the Golden Age and I’m Not There. The former has got her a nomination for Best Actress and the latter has fetched a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Blanchett stands on the verge of doing something very special. The expectant mum, if she goes on to win, will become only the first ever to achieve the double. As a matter of fact, only 11 people in the history have been nominated in both the two leading and supporting category. Her nomination for lead in Elizabeth the Golden Age is the first-ever for a woman in same role in a sequel. The first installment, too, had fetched her Academy Award nomination in 1998.
Meanwhile here???s a list of nominations in some of the other categories announced at the Beverly Hills:
Best Picture:
??? Atonement
??? Juno
??? No Country For Old Men
??? Michael Clayton
??? There Will be Blood
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 Leading Actor
??? George Clooney — Michael Clayton
??? Daniel Day Lewis — There Will Be Blood
??? Johnny Depp — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
??? Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
??? VIggo Mortensen — Eastern Promises
Best Leading 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
??? Phillip 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 Animated feature
??? Persepolis
??? Ratatouille
??? Surf’s Up
Best Foreign Film
??? Beaufort ??? Israel
??? The Counterfeiters ??? Austria
??? Katyn ??? Poland
??? Mongol ??? Kazakhstan
??? 12 ??? Russia
So race is on for Academy Awards on February 24th. There will be winners regardless the way writers??? strike goes. Fingers crossed for a grand event at the 80th Oscars.
