Anne Hathaway & James Franco are focus for Oscars 2011 Promo Video (Wardrobe Malfunction)

Anne Hathaway and James Franco wants their hosting duties to be perfect and this brand new promo shows you that they are hilariously focus for the 2011 Oscars.

James Franco & Anne Hathaway 2011 Academy Awards Promo Photos

“The King’s Speech” leads the 2011 Oscars nominations; 83rd Annual Academy Awards Complete List of Nominees

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony will be on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.

James Franco & Anne Hathaway 2011 Academy Awards Promo Photos

Checkout the promo photos for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards featuring this year's hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco. The ceremony will be held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, February 27.

It was just announced that "The King’s Speech” is leading the Oscar race with 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor followed by "True Grit" with 10 nods while "Social Network" And "Inception" both got 8 nominations.

83rd Annual Academy Awards Complete List of Nominees

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“The King’s Speech” leads the 2011 Oscars nominations; 83rd Annual Academy Awards Complete List of Nominees

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards list of nominees were announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday (January 25).

“The King’s Speech” is the film to beat with 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor followed by "True Grit" with 10 nods, "Social Network" And "Inception" both got 8 nominations.

83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony will be hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.

83rd Annual Academy Awards  Complete List of Nominees 

BEST PICTURE

127 HOURS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

INCEPTION (Warner Bros Pictures)

THE FIGHTER (Relativity Media/Paramount Pictures)

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)

THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Co)

THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Sony Pictures)

TOY STORY 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)

TRUE GRIT (Paramount Pictures)

WINTER’S BONE Roadside Attractions

BEST ACTOR

JEFF BRIDGES – TRUE GRIT (Paramount Pictures)

JAVIER BARDEM – BIUTIFUL (Roadside Attractions)

JESSE EISENBERG – THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Sony Pictures)

COLIN FIRTH – THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Company)

JAMES FRANCO – 127 HOURS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ACTRESS

ANNETTE BENING – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)

NICOLE KIDMAN – RABBIT HOLE (Lionsgate)

JENNIFER LAWRENCE – WINTER’S BONE (Roadside Attractions)

NATALIE PORTMAN – BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

MICHELLE WILLIAMS – BLUE VALENTINECONVICTION (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

CHRISTIAN BALE – THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures)

JOHN HAWKES – WINTER’S BONE (Roadside Attractions)

JEREMY RENNER – THE TOWN (Warner Bros Pictures)

MARK RUFFALO – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)

GEOFFREY RUSH – THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Company)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

AMY ADAMS – THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures)

HELENA BONHAM CARTER – THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Company)

MELISSA LEO – THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures)

HAILEE STEINFELD – TRUE GRIT (Paramount Pictures)

JACKIE WEAVER – ANIMAL KINGDOM

BEST ANIMATED PICTURE

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (DreamWorks Animation)

TOY STORY 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)

THE ILLUSIONIST (Sony Pictures Classics)

BEST DIRECTOR

DARREN ARONOFSKY – BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

DAVID FINCHER – THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Sony Pictures)

TOM HOOPER – THE KING’S SPEECH (The Weinstein Co.)

JOEL AND ETHAN COEN – TRUE GRIT (Paramount Pictures)

DAVID O. RUSSELL – THE FIGHTER (Paramount Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

ANOTHER YEAR, Mike Leigh (Sony Pictures Classics)

THE FIGHTER, Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Paramount Pictures)

INCEPTION, Christopher Nolan (Warner Bros Pictures)

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg (Focus Features)

THE KING’S SPEECH, David Seidler (The Weinstein Co)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

127 HOURS, Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy (Fox Searchlight)

TOY STORY 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)

THE SOCIAL NETWORK, Aaron Sorkin (Sony Pictures)

WINTER’S BONE (Roadside Attractions)

TRUE GRIT, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (Paramount Pictures)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Algeria, “Hors la Loi” (“Outside the Law”), Rachid Bouchareb, director;

Canada, “Incendies,” Denis Villeneuve, director;

Denmark, “In a Better World,” Susanne Bier, director;

Greece, “Dogtooth,” Yorgos Lanthimos, director;

Mexico, “Biutiful,” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director;

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) – Matthew Libatique

Inception (Warner Bros.) – Wally Pfister

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Danny Cohen

The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Jeff Cronenweth

True Grit (Paramount) – Roger Deakins

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit Through The Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) A Paranoid Pictures Production Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz

Gasland – A Gasland Production Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic

Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) – A Representational Pictures Production Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) – An Outpost Films Production Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger

Waste Land (Arthouse Films) – An Almega Projects Production Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Killing In The Name – A Moxie Firecracker Films Production Nominees to be determined

Poster Girl – A Portrayal Films Production Nominees to be determined

Strangers No More – A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Sun Come Up – A Sun Come Up Production Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

The Warriors Of Qiugang – A Thomas Lennon Films Production Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum

The Fighter (Paramount) Pamela Martin

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris

The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi

Hereafter (Warner Bros) – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell

Inception (Warner Bros) – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) – Production Design: Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) – Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

Inception (Warner Bros) – Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Production Design: Eve Stewart, Set Decoration: Judy Farr

True Grit (Paramount) – Production Design: Jess Gonchor, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) – Colleen Atwood

I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) – Antonella Cannarozzi

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Jenny Beavan

The Tempest (Miramax) - Sandy Powell

True Grit (Paramount) – Mary Zophres

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

Barney’s Version (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot

The Way Back (Newmarket Films/Wrekin Hill Entertainment/Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)

How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) – John Powell

Inception (Warner Bros.) – Hans Zimmer

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Alexandre Desplat

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) – A.R. Rahman

The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)

“Coming Home” from Country Strong (Sony Pictures/Screen Gems) – Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey

“I See the Light” from Tangled (Walt Disney) – Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Glenn Slater

“If I Rise” from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) – Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

“We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Day & Night (Walt Disney) – A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton

The Gruffalo – A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

Let’s Pollute – A Geefwee Boedoe Production Geefwee Boedoe

The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) – A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) - A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

The Confession (National Film and Television School) – A National Film and Television School Production – Tanel Toom

The Crush (Network Ireland Television) – A Purdy Pictures Production – Michael Creagh

God Of Love – A Luke Matheny Production – Luke Matheny

Na Wewe (Premium Films) – A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt

Wish 143 – A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

Inception (Warner Bros) – Richard King

Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague

True Grit (Paramount) – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey

Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) – Mark P. Stoeckinger

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

Inception (Warner Bros) – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley

Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin

The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten

True Grit (Paramount) – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Anne Hathaway Invites PS22 Choir To Academy Awards (Video)

Anne Hathaway delivered a holiday surprise to remember to the children of the PS22 Chorus last Thursday (December 16) at their Annual Winter Concert in New York City.

Anne gave a big announcement by inviting the choir to perform at the Academy Awards ceremony. The kids goes wild hearing the exciting news.

The 28 year-old is hosting the Academy Awards in February 27 with James Franco.

Anne Hathaway: Oscars Is "Intimidating"

Anne Hathaway will be doing the Oscar duties for the 83rd annual Academy Awards with James Franco and Anne knows she's facing a big responsibility.  

Anne tells ET, "I found out that I'm one of three women to host since... I think it was 1987. Maybe I'm the fourth, I'm not sure. I'm still learning all the amazing statistics that I almost don't want to know because it gets a little bit too intimidating."

Definitely a challenge for Anne and a little bit of her charm will surely help do the job.

[Photo courtesy by imitrios Kambouris/Getty Images]

Anne Hathaway & James Franco to Host 83rd annual Academy Awards

Hosting the Oscar magic for the 83rd annual Academy Awards are James Franco and the lovely Anne Hathaway.

The Academy made the official announcement via Twitter page:

“OFFICIAL: James Franco & Anne Hathaway to host #Oscars – Tweet them your advice! #OscarsHosts”

The prestigious event will be held February 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

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Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin to host the Oscars

It seems they want to surpass the hosting success delivered by Neil Patrick Harris in the last primetime Emmys. The Oscars is getting two funny guys to host the next year's awards event.

Their tapping the services of Hollywood veterans Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin to co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

Sharing the hosting spotlight, Steve Martin said,"I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin

For Steve Martin, "I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it's the opportunity of a lifetime."

An Oscar veteran, Martin has hosted the show twice before, in 2001 and 2003, and has appeared as a presenter several times while 30 Rock actor is a first-timer as Oscar host.

81st Oscars Award : list of Winners

Complete list of Winners : 81st Academy Awards

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Amy Adams - Doubt
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

WINNER: Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

WINNER: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader

ANIMATED FEATURE

WINNER: WALL-E
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

WINNER: La Maison En Petits Cubes
Lavatory Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

BEST ART DIRECTION

WINNER: Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Dark Knight
The Changeling
Revolutionary Road

COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER: The Duchess
Australia
Benjamin Button
Milk
Revolutionary Road

BEST MAKEUP

WINNER: Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Changeling
Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

WINNER: Toyland
On The Line (Not the Lance bass one)
Manon on Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Winner: Man on Wire
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Trouble the Water

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Winner: Smile Pinki
The Conscience of Nehm En
The Final Inch
The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306

VISUAL EFFECTS

Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

SOUND EDITING

Winner: The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

SOUND MIXING

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
Wanted

FILM EDITING

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

ORIGINAL SCORE

Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
WALL-E

ORIGINAL SONG

Winner: “Jai Ho” — Slumdog Millionaire
“Down to Earth” — WALL-E
“O Saya” — Slumdog Millionaire

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: Departures
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir

DIRECTING

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire — Danny Boyle
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — David Fincher
Frost/Nixon — Ron Howard
Milk — Gus Van Sant
The Reader — Stephen Daldry

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Kate Winslet — The Reader
Anne Hathaway — Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie — Changeling
Melissa Leo — Frozen River
Meryl Streep — Doubt

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Winner: Sean Penn — Milk
Richard Jenkins — The Visitor
Frank Langella — Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke — The Wrestler

BEST PICTURE

Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader

Penelope Cruz won the Best Supporting Actress in 2009 Oscars

Radiantly stunning, Penelope Cruz won the Best Supporting Actress for her crazy-envy character role in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona at the 81st Academy Award at L.A.’s Kodak Theater.



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Hugh Jackman: "The Musical is Back!" (81st Oscars video)

Hugh Jackman lead a a musical performance that celebrates the achievement of musical movies as he announced that "Musical is back!" during the 81st Academy Awards.

The Oscar host was joined by Beyonce, High School Musical stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens and Mamma Mia! screen partners Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper. They performed great musical hits like Sound of Music, Chicago, Dream Girls, Grease and Moulin Rouge.

Balancing the Oscar fame on the chin

One of the highlight in 81st Academy Award is the acceptance speech of Philippe Petit who won an Oscar for the best documentary category. At the end of his speech he balances the Oscar on his chin.

[via Reuters]

John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston on Oscars date night

With the Oscars event is fast approaching, John Mayer shared that he is very excited and it will be Oscar date with girlfriend Jennifer Aniston.

Meyer said via Popsugar, “It’s my first Oscars. And it’s my first being an Oscar boyfriend.”

He added that it all work after the Oscar event, “After that night, I have a deal almost signed in blood that says I must go into the studio and finish this record. So after Oscar Sunday, Monday morning, I’m invisible.”

Gorgeous Jessica Biel in sci-tech Oscar event

Jessica Biel is colorfully radiant in an Oscar de la Renta gown as she hosted the 81st Academy Awards’ Scientific And Technical Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, Feb. 7.

The highest honor of the evening went to digital graphics pioneer and Pixar Animation Studios president Ed Catmull.

Biel described animated movies and says “They’re so emotional. And most of the Pixar films, I usually laugh, cry, am frightened. Those types of movies could and should — if they’re good enough — win an Oscar. Why not?”





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2009 Academy Awards Poster

Checkout the poster for the 2009 Academy Awards. Hosted by Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman.

The 81st annual Academy Awards will be on February 22, 2009 at Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA., 5 PT / 8 ET on ABC.

Click HERE for the list of nominees.

Angelina Jolie thrilled over the Oscar nomination and working with Clint Eastwood

After her partner shared his reaction about the Oscar nod, Angelina Jolie who is nominated for Best Actress category for her movie Changeling.

"Working with Clint Eastwood was a reward in itself that will last me a lifetime," she says of the film's director. "It has been an exceptional year for acting, and I am honored to be in the company of these talented actors whose performances all deserve this recognition."

Another movie that she is included is the hit animated movie Kung Fu Panda, for best animated feature film.

"I am also happy that Kung Fu Panda was noticed by the Academy and proud to be a part of a film my entire family loves so much."

Beauty and grace....
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OSCARS 2009 nomination list

The nomination list of the 81st Annual Academy Awards were released. Brad Pitt's “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button” topped the list with 13 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.

The late Heath Ledger also got the nod for Best Supporting actor which he has a big chance to win after taking home the Golden Globe.

The 81st annual Academy Awards will be on February 22, 2009 at Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. Checkout the complete list below....

BEST PICTURE
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST DIRECTOR
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - David Fincher
FROST/NIXON - Ron Howard
MILK - Gus Van Sant
THE READER - Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Danny Boyle

BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins for THE VISITOR
Frank Langella for FROST/NIXON
Sean Penn for MILK
Brad Pitt for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Mickey Rourke for THE WRESTLER

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway for RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Angelina Jolie for CHANGELING
Melissa Leo for FROZEN RIVER
Meryl Streep for DOUBT
Kate Winslet for THE READER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin for MILK
Robert Downey Jr. for TROPIC THUNDER
Philip Seymour Hoffman for DOUBT
Heath Ledger for THE DARK KNIGHT
Michael Shannon for REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams for DOUBT
Penelope Cruz for VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Viola Davis for DOUBT
Tarija P. Henson for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Marisa Tomei for THE WRESTLER

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
FROZEN RIVER
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
IN BRUGES
MILK
WALL-E

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DOUBT
FROST/NIXON
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
AUSTRALIA
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DUCHESS
MILK

BEST FILM EDITING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

BEST SOUND MIXING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E
WANTED

BEST SOUND EDITING
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E
WANTED

BEST MAKEUP
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DEFIANCE
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - “O Saya”
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - “Jai Ho”
WALL-E - “Down to Earth”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
BOLT
KUNG FU PANDA
WALL-E

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX - Germany
THE CLASS - France
DEPARTURES - Japan
REVANCHE - Austria
WALTZ WITH BASHIR - Israel

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE BETRAYAL
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
THE GARDEN
MAN ON WIRE
TROUBLE THE WATER

Oscars' Top 9 Best Foreign Language Film, "Ploning" failed to get the nod (2009)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences releases their top nine films that has the chance to be included in the nomination list on January 22 and be proclaim Best Foreign Language Film on the Oscars awards night.

The top 9 out of 65 films around the world:

"Waltz With Bashir" (Israel) *Golden-Globe winner
"Revanche" (Austria)
"The Necessities of Life" (Canada)
"The Class" (France)
"The Baader Meinhof Complex" (Germany)
"Departures" (Japan)
"Tear This Heart Out" (Mexico)
"Everlasting Moments" (Sweden)
"3 Monkeys" (Turkey)

This short list will be narrowed down to five nominees by specially selected committees, both in Los Angeles and New York, who will spend this weekend screening three films per day.

Dante "Nico" Garcia's movie "Ploning" starring Judy Ann Santos from the Philippines failed to reached the cut.

The 81st annual Academy Awards will be on February 22, 2009 at Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.