Academy Awards - Live Thread 79th Oscar Awards

25 February 2007 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

The Queen

Peter Morgan's "The Queen" is nominated for six Academy Awards, including one for best picture.

The Departed

Under Martin Scorsese's directing, "The Departed" is nominated for five Oscars.

Babel

"Babel" is nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture and director.

Letters From Iwo Jima

"Letters" is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best director and best picture.

Little Miss Sunshine

"Sunshine" is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture

Leonardo DiCaprio

Nominated for his role in "Blood Diamond," this is Dicaprio's third nomination.

Ryan Gosling

Nominated for "Half Nelson," this is Gosling's first Oscar nod.

Peter O'Toole

This is veteran actor Peter O'Toole's eighth Academy Award nomination.

Forest Whitaker

Whitaker is nominated for playing the brutal dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland."

Will Smith

Smith is nominated for an Oscar for the second time for his roll in the film "The Pursuit of Happyness."

Penelope Cruz

Cruz, nominated for "Volver," plays a woman whose life is thrown into chaos.

Kate Winslet

Winslet plays a discontented wife in "Little Children," earning her fifth nomination.

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren played royalty in "The Queen," earning her third Orcar nomination.

Judi Dench

No stranger to the Academy, this is Dench's sixth nomination.

Meryl Streep

Streep played a well-dressed, outrageously demanding editor in "The Devil Wears Prada."

Mark Wahlberg

In "The Departed," Wahlberg explores the underbelly of the Boston police force.

Alan Arkin

No one plays a heroin-addicted Grandpa like Alan Arkin, nominated for "Little Miss Sunshine."

Eddie Murphy

"Dreamgirls" was a box office hit, and earned Eddie Murphy his first Oscar nomination.

Jackie Earle Haley

Nominated for "Little Children," this is Haley's first Oscar nod.

Djimon Huonsou

This is Huonou's second nomination -- this time, for "Blood Diamond."

Rinko Kikuchi

Kikuchi, up for "Babel" in which she plays a deaf teenager in Tokyo.

Jennifer Hudson

Nominated for "Dreamgirls," this is Jennifer Hudson's first Oscar nod.

Abigail Breslin

This is young Breslin's first nod, for "Little Miss Sunshine."

Cate Blanchett

This is Blanchett's third Oscar nod -- this time, for "Notes on a Scandal."

Adriana Barraza

This is Barraza's first nomination, for Amelia in "Babel."

Clint Eastwood

Eastwood is also nominated for Best Picture for "Letters From Iwo Jima."

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Inarritu is nominated for directing "Babel."

Martin Scorsese

Scorsese is a familiar face at the Oscars -- this is his eight nomination.

Stephen Frears

Frears got the nod in 1990. This time, it's for directing "The Queen."

Paul Greengrass

Greengrass is up for "United 93," his first nomination.

[daisyscarlett]

What's the verdict on Ellen DeGeneris?

Mixed reviews for my part....she's a lot better than Letterman or Whoopi, not as good as Crystal...

[daisyscarlett]

algore coming up...

[SomeCallMeTim]

What's the verdict on Ellen DeGeneris?

I've liked her when she was on.. but, where is she? Is she hosting or not???

Uh oh.. here comes Al.....

[spectre]

AL GORE WINS!!!!!

[paulat]

Brilliant bit with having Spielberg take pic of her and Clint.

[RummyChick]

well crap...al gore won and everyone is standing.

[goodnesswins]

Gore wins.......now we know the OSCARS really are a political farce....

[SomeCallMeTim]

I'm sweating... it's so warm...

[KavMan]

didn't i hear al gore couldn't be on stage because he was written in as a producer or something?

[rintense]

I'm shocked. Not.

[spectre]

OK, his 15 minutes of fame are up! He's such a Geek..

sw

[ArmstedFragg]

AL GORE WINS!!!!!

Took me a minute there to figure out whether you meant tonight, or you were just channeling Rita Cosby again.

[isthisnickcool]

Al Gore and Michael Moore. Makers of fakery.

[Torie]

Gore was graceful. He has not lost as much weight as that early photo suggested. He isn't running for president.

[paulat]

Holy crap!! (Pardon my french) The AlGore coronation!!

To: wouldntbprudent
If he loses some weight and gets back the "handsome" look...I think he's got a real shot. Before I get flamed...there's a lot of Amurricans who go for style over substance.

I will go on record now. I think he has 2008 locked up.

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[ozarkgirl]

Thanks for the ping!

Mom, daughter and I were talking, the only thing we wish we would have seen was "The Queen".

We probably would have liked Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happiness" (just because we like Will Smith) but daughter wasn't able to see because her dad said it was too sad.

Hollywood needs to work on putting out some better films if these are our choices.

[daisyscarlett]

didn't i hear al gore couldn't be on stage because he was written in as a producer or something?

Yeah, the Academy gave him special permission to speak...

[SomeCallMeTim]

Actually, I thought Al's first schtick was well-done.... pretty funny... and, the second was short and sweet... Considering how it COULD have been....I can deal with it..

[hellinahandcart]

I figured that's what must have happened. My husband is upstairs watching it, and I just heard him shouting profanities.

[LdSentinal]

He'll lose more weight. He's running.