2008 Oscar Winners - Surprises and Expectations
Here are the results of the 2008 Oscar Awards. I have listed the
nominees and the winner at the start of each category. Be updated! Well, some of the winners were expected to win like Daniel Day-Lewis who portray the lead role in “There Will Be Blood”. Some are a complete surprise. Enjoy.
Best Motion Picture
WINNER: “No Country for Old Men”
· “Atonement”
· “Juno”
· “Michael Clayton”
· “There Will Be Blood”
Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
· George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
· Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
· Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
· Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”
List Of Oscar Nominees - 80th Oscar Nominations
The Oscar’s nominations had been announced today. Despite of the controversies that surrounded the prestigious awards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have concluded their list of nominations and nominees on January 22, 2008. The film “No Country for Old Men” had garnered the leading bets of 8 nominations including best actor,best director and best picture.
Best picture nominees include “Atonement”, “Michael Clayton”, “There Will Be Blood”, and “Juno”. Let’s just see, whose bets will win, even though the guild of writers are still n protest. Here are the complete list of nominations that the Academy had release:
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 SUPORTING 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 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