What are your choices for your ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Oscar Nominations?

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PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
Terrence Howard - HUSTLE & FLOW
Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Joaquin Phoenix - WALK THE LINE
David Strathairn - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
George Clooney - SYRIANA
Matt Dillon - CRASH
Paul Giamatti - CINDERELLA MAN
Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
William Hurt - A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench - MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA
Keira Knightley - PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Charlize Theron - NORTH COUNTRY
Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - JUNEBUG
Catherine Keener - CAPOTE
Frances McDormand - NORTH COUNTRY
Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE
WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
KING KONG
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
BATMAN BEGINS
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
THE NEW WORLD

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTSPRIDE & PREJUDICE
WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
MURDERBALL
STREET FIGHT

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
THE DEATH OF KEVIN CARTER: CASUALTY OF THE BANG BANG CLUB
GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA
THE MUSHROOM CLUB
A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
CINDERELLA MAN
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
CRASH
MUNICH
WALK THE LINE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
DON'T TELL
JOYEUX NOèL
PARADISE NOW
SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS
TSOTSI

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
CINDERELLA MAN
STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
MUNICH
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
"In the Deep" - CRASH
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW
"Travelin' Thru" - TRANSAMERICA

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BADGERED
THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION
THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO
9
ONE MAN BAND

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY)
CASHBACK
THE LAST FARM
OUR TIME IS UP
SIX SHOOTER

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
KING KONG
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
KING KONG
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
WALK THE LINE
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
KING KONG
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
MUNICH

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MATCH POINT
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
SYRIANA

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Joaquin Phoenix - WALK THE LINE


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Paul Giamatti - CINDERELLA MAN


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - JUNEBUG


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE


ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
KING KONG


ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
BATMAN BEGINS


ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
MUNICH

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS


ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
CRASH


ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

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


ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
"In the Deep" - CRASH


BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
MUNICH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BADGERED


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
KING KONG


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
KING KONG


ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
KING KONG


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
MUNICH

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

The New World - Best Cinematography

That's the one that I will stand up and cheer for if it pulls off the win.

Yep.

I'd also love of Hurt pulled off a win for HOV, and Huffman for BA.

The only one I don't have a clear favorite in is lead actor. They all did well, and I have yet to see Hustle & Flow (accidentally) but will by then. Right now I'd love, really, if Strathairn or Hoffman pulled it off over Ledger, though. But even Phoenix was good. They all did on par performing, its just that those two really stood out for me this year. I think them and Ganz were the only three men I mentioned by name in my annual wrapdown, and Kilcher, Alche, and the ladies from My Summer of Love were the only women.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
Terrence Howard - HUSTLE & FLOW
Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
>>>Another strong year for male performances


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
>>>hehe, no one really that I care about or thought really deserved it.


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - JUNEBUG
Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
>>>Both were quite stunningly brilliant


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR


ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
KING KONG


ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.


ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN


ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE



BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT


ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
CRASH


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR


ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP


ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
MUNICH


ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
"In the Deep" - CRASH
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW
>>>I'm actually REALLY happy for these two. ESPECIALLY 'Pimp' I'm glad it beat out the title song

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING



ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
KING KONG
WAR OF THE WORLDS


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MATCH POINT
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

Now that is a good reply, Raffiki > Veteran

Oscar Comments from the Stars themselves > about 10 of the big ones.

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Morning glory for dazed Oscar nominees

Link for quotes are below.

http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/reu ... xSDGF.VLcF

Here are the 10 above who give paragraph long quotes

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* Felicity Huffman
* Steven Spielberg
* Terrence Howard
* George Clooney
* Amy Adams
* Joaquin Phoenix
* Rachel Weisz
* Paul Giamatti
* Matt Dillon
* writer-director Noah Baumbach

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
Terrence Howard - HUSTLE & FLOW
David Strathairn - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

^I'm really happy to see all of these. I loved Ledger, but the above come from actors that REALLY deserve some recognition. I'm probably most pleased with the Strathairn nomination.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
^I don't really favor any actors. No surprises or anything particularly interesting. Meh.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA
Keira Knightley - PRIDE & PREJUDICE

^Love these two. So much. I'm especially glad to see Felicity get a nod.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Catherine Keener - CAPOTE
^Incredibly solid actress that I'll be rooting for, though every nominee (sans McDormand) really deserved it.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE
^Woo! Great flick.

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
^Who does NOT love the period studio sets here?

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE NEW WORLD
^Hands down some of the best cinematography I've ever seen. I'm really hoping it'll pull the win, but it will likely fall into the hands of BBM.

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

^Perhaps Geisha's strongest point - the lovely costume design.


ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
CAPOTE

^I'm not sure if Miller is the most deserved director- I haven't seen Capote. I just tend to treasure the underdog.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
^Meh.


ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
MUNICH
^Nothing needs to be said. Munich had fantastic technicals, especially editing.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
nada

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH
^Fabulous makeup on some of the aliens.

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
MUNICH
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
^I want them all to win

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)

"Travelin' Thru" - TRANSAMERICA

^Dolly Parton looks to have really captured the spirit of Trans with this one. I just love her voice.

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
MUNICH
^Definitely another case of being the underdog picture. Let's go, Munich. I'd be happy with any win, besides Crash.


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
WALK THE LINE


ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

as it seems with you, 2 of my favorite low ley nominations are David Strathairn from Good Luck... and Catherine Keener who is usually great.

My fave nomination is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for Costume Design and Corpse Bride for Animated Feature.

Joy

as much as you liked Charlie, I wouldn't have minded it getting a couple other nominations.

Yeah, I'd love to have seen it get at least a nomination for Art Direction. I thought the movie was so beautiful production-wise.

Joy

IMO, I think it could have beaten 1 or 2 of these

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
KING KONG
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Felicity Huffmann