2009 Oscar Nominations

Academy Award Nominees for 2009 have just been announced. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the pack with 13. And the Oscar nom goes to...

BEST PICTURE

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

Slumdog Millionaire

The Reader

DIRECTION

David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight

Gus Van Sant, Milk

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Stephen Daldry, The Reader

ACTOR

Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn, Milk

Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Richard Jenkins, Visitor

Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie, Changeling

Meryl Streep, Doubt

Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Melissa Leo, Frozen River

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Josh Brolin, Milk

Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, Doubt

Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis, Doubt

Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button