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81st ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS | Sunday, 8:30 p.m., ABC
Best Actor nominees: Jenkins, Langella, Penn, Pitt, Rourke Best Actress nominees: Hathaway, Jolie, Leo, Streep, Winslet
BEST PICTURE CINEMATOGRAPHY ❏ “The Curious Case ❏ “Changeling” of Benjamin Button” ❏ “The Curious Case ❏ “Frost/Nixon” of Benjamin Button” ❏ “Milk” Golden ❏ “The Dark Knight” ❏ “The Reader” ❏ “The Reader” ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST ACTOR COSTUME DESIGN ❏ Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor” Moments ❏ “Australia” ❏ Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon” ❏ “The Curious Case ❏ Sean Penn, “Milk” of Benjamin Button” ❏ Brad Pitt, “The Curious ugh Jackman will host this year’s ceremony ❏ “The Duchess” Case of Benjamin Button” Hlive from Hollywood, a departure from the ❏ “Milk” ❏ Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler” recent tradition of comedian emcees. The actor ❏ “Revolutionary Road” BEST ACTRESS is no stranger to the stage: He won a Tony Award DIRECTING ❏ Anne Hathaway, in 2004. Before the big event at 8:30 p.m., ABC ❏ Danny Boyle, “Rachel Getting Married” airs Barbara Walters’s annual special with some “Slumdog Millionaire” ❏ Angelina Jolie, “Changeling” of the contenders at 7 p.m., and a half-hour ❏ Stephen Daldry, ❏ Melissa Leo, “Frozen River” “The Reader” ❏ Meryl Streep, “Doubt” covering the stars’ arrival on the red carpet ❏ David Fincher, ❏ Kate Winslet, “The Reader” beginning at 8 p.m. Use our full ballot to mark “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR predictions and keep track of the awards. ❏ Ron Howard, ❏ Josh Brolin, “Milk” “Frost/Nixon” ❏ Robert Downey Jr., ❏ Gus Van Sant, “Milk” “Tropic Thunder” MORE COVERAGE: Find complete ❏ Philip Seymour Hoffman, coverage of the Academy Awards FILM EDITING “Doubt” including Ann Hornaday's predictions ❏ “The Curious Case ❏ Heath Ledger, in today's Style & Arts section. of Benjamin Button” “The Dark Knight” ❏ “The Dark Knight” ❏ Michael Shannon, ❏ “Frost/Nixon” “Revolutionary Road” ❏ “Milk” BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ❏ “The Conscience of Nhem En” ❏ “Frozen River” ❏ Amy Adams, “Doubt” MAKEUP ❏ “The Final Inch” ❏ “Happy-Go-Lucky” ❏ Penélope Cruz, ❏ “The Curious Case ❏ “Smile Pinki” ❏ “In Bruges” “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” of Benjamin Button” ❏ “The Witness — From the ❏ “Milk” ❏ Viola Davis, “Doubt” ❏ “The Dark Knight” ❏ “WALL•E” ❏ Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Balcony of Room 306” ❏ “Hellboy II: Case of Benjamin Button” BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM BEST ORIGINAL SCORE The Golden Army” ❏ Marisa Tomei, ❏ ❏ “The Curious Case “The Baader Meinhof SOUND EDITING “The Wrestler” of Benjamin Button” Complex,” Germany ❏ “The Dark Knight” ❏ ❏ “Defiance” BEST ANIMATED FEATURE “The Class,” France ❏ “Iron Man” ❏ ❏ “Milk” ❏ “Bolt” “Departures,” Japan ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” ❏ ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” ❏ “Kung Fu Panda” “Revanche,” Austria ❏ “WALL•E” ❏ ❏ “WALL•E” ❏ “WALL•E” “Waltz With Bashir,” Israel ❏ “Wanted” BEST ORIGINAL SONG BEST ANIMATED SHORT BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT SOUND MIXING ❏ ❏ “Down to Earth,” ❏ “La Maison en Petits Cubes” “Auf der Strecke ❏ “The Curious Case “WALL•E” ❏ “Lavatory — Lovestory” (On the Line)” of Benjamin Button” ❏ ❏ “Jai Ho,” ❏ “Oktapodi” “Manon on the Asphalt” ❏ “The Dark Knight” ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” ❏ “Presto” “New Boy” ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” ❏ ❏ “O Saya,” ❏ “This Way Up” “The Pig” ❏ “WALL•E” ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” ❏ “Wanted” BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ART DIRECTION ❏ “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY VISUAL EFFECTS ❏ ❏ “Changeling” ❏ “Encounters at the “The Curious Case ❏ “The Curious Case ❏ “The Curious Case End of the World” of Benjamin Button” of Benjamin Button” ❏ of Benjamin Button” ❏ “The Garden” “Doubt” ❏ “The Dark Knight” ❏ ❏ “The Dark Knight” ❏ “Man on Wire” “Frost/Nixon” ❏ “Iron Man” ❏ ❏ “The Duchess” ❏ “Trouble the Water” “The Reader” ❏ “Slumdog Millionaire” ❏ “Revolutionary Road”
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