Academy Award Nominations

79th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif.  The ones I've seen are in bold.  Hard to have much interest in it when I've seen so few of the nominated pictures:

1. Best Picture: "Babel," "The Departed," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The Queen."

2. Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"; Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"; Peter O'Toole, "Venus"; Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland."

3. Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"; Helen Mirren, "The Queen"; Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children."

4. Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"; Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"; Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed."

5. Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"; Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel."

A movie I saw last weekend that did not receive a nomination but I thought was worthy - The Painted Veil with Edward Norton, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber. It is based on a novel by Somerset Maugham, and takes place in China in the 1920s during a cholera epidemic.  Great story, great cast.

Comments

[soccerdad]

When's the last time I saw a movie that was later nominated for a major Oscar? Was it Tootsie?
(I've seen some movies - VCR or DVD after the Oscars, but it's rare for me to see a movie in theaters, much less one that gets nominated.
Actually, it wasn't that long ago. Return of the King.

[Gail]

We go out to movies more often now that our kids are older.