This should be the Golden Satellite Awards. This is the first announcement with a full set of categories. Too many categories and nominees for actors/actresses IMO, and it's like everybody is nominated, but overall it still should give us some insight. From http://www.pressacademy.com:

Motion Picture, Drama
Maria Full of Grace, HBO/Fine Line Features
Kinsey, Fox Searchlight
Hotel Rwanda, United Artist
Kill Bill Vol 2, Miramax
Vera Drake, New Line/Fine Line
The Aviator, Miramax

Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Ray, Universal
Merchant of Venice, Sony Pictures Classics
Sideways, Fox Searchlight
Napoleon Dynamite, Fox Searchlight
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Touchstone Pictures
The Phantom of the Opera, Warner Bros.

Motion Picture, Foreign Film
Bad Education, (La Mala Educación) Spain
The Motorcycle Diaries, (Diarios de motocicleta) Argentina
House of Flying Daggers, (shi mian mai fu) China
The Sea Inside, (Mar Adentro) Spain
A Very Long Engagement, ( Un long dimanche de fiançailles) France
Don’t Move, (Non ti muovere) Italy

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Teacher’s Pet, Disney
Shrek 2, DreamWorks
The Incredibles, Disney/Pixar
Team America-World Police, Paramount
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Paramount
The Polar Express, Warner Bros

Motion Picture, Documentary
Touching the Void, IFC Films
Born into Brothels, ThinkFilms
Super Size Me, Roadside Attractions / Samuel Goldwyn Films
The Fuente Family: An American Dream, Prometheus Int./Keith Park
Tupac: Resurrection, Paramount
Lighting in a Bottle, Sony Pictures Classics

Director
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator (Miramax)
Taylor Hackford, Ray (Universal)
Alexander Payne, Sideways (Fox Searchlight)
Joshua Marston, Maria Full of Grace (HBO/Fine Line Features)
Bill Condon, Kinsey (Fox Searchlight)
Mel Gibson, The Passion of The Christ (Newmarket/Icon)

Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill 2 (Miramax)
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace (HBO/Fine Line Features)
Laura Linney, P.S. (New Market Films)
Sigourney Weaver, Imaginary Heroes (Sony Pictures Classics)
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake (New Line/Fine Line)
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros)

Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries (Focus Features)
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland (Miramax)
Sean Penn, The Assassination of Richard Nixon (ThinkFilm)
Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside (Fine Line Features)
Liam Neeson, Kinsey (Fox Searchlight)
Kevin Bacon*, The Woodsman (NewMarket Films)
Don Cheadle*, Hotel Rwanda (United Artists)
(*TIE)

Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus Features)
Jena Malone, Saved (United Artists)
Natalie Portman, Garden State (Fox Searchlight)
Annette Bening, Being Julia (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kerry Washington, Ray (Universal)
Emmy Rossum, The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)

Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Jamie Foxx, Ray (Universal)
Kevin Kline, De Lovely (MGM)
Jim Carrey, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus features)
Paul Giamatti, Sideways (Fox Searchlight)
Bill Murray, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Touchstone Pictures)
Gerard Butler, The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)

Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
Gena Rowlands, The Notebook (New Line)
Laura Linney, Kinsey (Fox Searchlight)
Kyra Sedgewick, The Woodsman (NewMarket Films)
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator (Fox Searchlight)
Daryl Hannah, Kill Bill 2 (Miramax)
Natalie Portman, Closer (Columbia)

Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
Peter Sarsgaard, Kinsey (Fox Searchlight)
David Carradine, Kill Bill 2 (Miramax)
Jamie Foxx, Collateral (DreamWorks)
Alfred Molina, Spiderman 2 (Columbia)
Christopher Walken, Around the Bend (Warner Independent Pictures)
Clive Owen, Closer (Columbia)

Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
Regina King, Ray(Universal)
Minnie Driver, The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)
Virginia Madsen, Sideways( Fox Searchlight)
Sharon Warren, Ray(Universal)
Lynn Collins, Merchant of Venice (Sony Pictures Classics)
Cloris Leachman, Spanglish (Columbia)

Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
Jeremy Irons, Being Julia (Sony Pictures Classics)
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways (Fox Searchlight)
Peter Sarsgaard, Garden State (Fox Searchlight)
Patrick Wilson, The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)
Joseph Fiennes, The Merchant of Venice (Sony Pictures Classics)
Mark Wahlberg, I Heart Huckabees (Fox Searchlight)

Screenplay, Original
Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Touchstone)
Keir Pearson & Terry George, Hotel Rwanda (United Artist)
John Logan, The Aviator (Miramax)
Bill Condon, Kinsey (Fox Searchlight)
James L. White, Ray (Universal)

Screenplay, Adapted
Paul Haggis, Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros)
Joel Schumacher, The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Sideways (Fox Searchlight)
Patrick Marber, Closer (Columbia)
Stuart Beattie, Collateral (DreamWorks)

Original Score
Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles (Disney/Pixar)
David A. Stewart, John Powell, Mick Jagger Alfie (Paramount)
HOWARD SHORE, The Aviator (Miramax)
Danny Elfman, Spiderman 2 (Columbia)
John Swihart Napoleon, Dynamite (Fox Searchlight)
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Finding Neverland (Miramax)

Original Song
"Million Voices" - Hotel Rwanda, Wyclef Jean, Jerry “Wonder” Duplessis &
Andrea Guerra
”The Book Of Love” - Shall We Dance, Stephen Merritt
"Blind Leading the Blind” - Alfie, Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart
"Shine Your Light” - Ladder 49, Robbie Robertson
“Learn To Be Lonely” - The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Weber
“Believe” - The Polar Express, Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri

Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Paramount)
Robert Richardson, The Aviator (Miramax)
John Mathieson, The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)
Bruno Delbonnel, A Very Long Engagement (Warner Bros Independent)
Bill Pope, Anette Haellmigk, Spiderman 2 (Columbia)
Xiaoding Zhao, House of Flying Daggers (Sony Pictures Classics)

Visual Effects
Michele Ferron, Louis Morin, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus Features)
John Sullivan, Collateral (DreamWorks)
Stephen Lawes, Scott E. Anderson, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Paramount)
Andy Brown, Kirsty Millar, House of Flying Daggers (Sony Pictures Classics)
John Dystra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier, Spiderman 2 (Columbia)
Rob Legato, Pete Travers, Matthew Gratzner, Bruce Steinheimer, The Aviator (Miramax)

Film Editing
Dylan Tichenor, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (Paramount)
Thelma Schoonmaker, The Aviator (Miramax)
John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen, Closer (Columbia)
Jim Miller, Paul Rubell, Collateral (DreamWorks)
Long Cheng, House of Flying Daggers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Bob Murawski, Spiderman 2 (Columbia)

Sound (Editing & Mixing)
Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal, Philip Stockton, The Aviator (Miramax)
Lee Orloff, Elliott L. Koretz, Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Collateral (DreamWorks)
Tom Dawe, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Martin Evans, The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Spiderman 2 (Columbia)
Joseph Geisinger, Paul N.J. Ottosson, Susan Dudeck, Jing Tao, House of Flying Daggers (Sony Pictures Classicss)
Joakim Sundström, Code 46 (United Artists)

Art Direction & Production Design
Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo, The Aviator (Miramax)
John Hill, De Lovely (MGM)
Maria Djurkovic , Tatiana MacDonald, Vanity Fair (Focus Features)
Zhong Han, House of Flying Daggers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Anthony Pratt, Celia Bobak The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)
Kevin Conran, Kirsten Conran, Pier Luigi Basile, Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow (Paramount)

Costume Design
Sandy Powell, The Aviator (Miramax)
Janty Yates De Lovely (MGM)
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor, Vanity Fair (Focus Feature)
Emi Wada, House of Flying Daggers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Alexandra Byrne, The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros)
Stella McCartney, Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow (Paramount)

Mary Pickford award for Outstanding Artistic contribution to the Entertaiment Industry - Susan Sarandon

Tesla Award for In Recognition of Visionary Achievement in the Field of Visual Technology - Jerry Lewis

Outstanding New Talent - Freddie Highmore

Best Ensemble - Sideways

They also have TV categories, which I didn't list here.

Observations:

1. The Aviator and The Phantom of the Opera lead with 11 nominations each.

2. Million Dollar Baby didn't get nominated for Best Picture, Director, or Actor.

3. Some of the nominees are very bizarre. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is nominated for Visual Effects, but not for Screenplay. Leo is snubbed for Best Actor, even with 11 noms for The Aviator.

4. Finding Neverland only got 2 nominations, and Spanglish had merely 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind had 3. Satellites aren't that relevant when coming to predict for the Oscar, but they do give an glimpse of the names and races, so I think Spanglish is dead for the best picture race. I never thought it was much in the race anyway.

5. Tons of technical nominations for House of Flying Daggers. It confirms my belief that it will get nominated in at least two technical categories at Oscar. Emi Wada is a given for Costume, and it's a strong contender for Cinematography and Art Direction as well.

Outstanding for Phantom of the Opera and The Aviator.......i really want both movies to score an Oscar nomination.......and their spots are looking better and better each time......

Fiinding Neverland didn't do well here with only 2 nominations......though i doubt it will hurt its chances since this is not a major critics award or anything.....

As Xiayun said, this is merely a "feeler" nomination list.....to see who is up and who has recognition at this early stage.....

This bodes very well for Phantom and The Aviator because they are now recognised as established contenders even before their actual release......

Wohooo.........fantastic stuff

atleast Gibson got nominated.

GO KILL BILLL!!!!!!!

A remarkable absence was felt by Before Sunset.

You guys are right..... way too many acting categories to really tell much!