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.

[goodnesswins]

I didn't think the Pursuit of Happyness was sad....it was very uplifting!

[spectre]

Now, now..Armsted..Rita is NOT one of my favorites!

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Al Gore is not only a lefty fav for Globull warming, but he has gotten in the ring for the stool miners on more than one occasion......Hollywood loves that.

Shocked that he won one of these non-political awards

[kabar]

I notice they interjected Katrina to demonstrate the dangers of global warming. The global warming crowd is a cult. They even believe they can control the earth's climate!!!

[goodnesswins]

I didn't listen.....

[april15Bendovr]

Just finished watching FahrenHYPE9/11. Your right it is a great movie. I had no idea before watching that Dick Morris had such a large role in the documentary.

[mplsconservative]

BIG BARF BAG!

NO...NO.....NO!

[KavMan]

no one ever thank the troops ::shakeshead::

[montag813]

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

I would take Gore in a heartbeat if the alternative is a Clinton dictatorship or Obama Hussein Islamic Republic.

[colorado tanker]

indifferent?

What a bad call. Ellen's an actress. She plays in sitcoms but she's not a comedienne. The great emcees are people who can do standup like Bob Hope and Billy Crystal. I can't believe the Academy fumbled this.

[spectre]

The Dems STILL think he won the election over Bush. Why NOT run him again?

He's bloated, totally bloated..

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[SomeCallMeTim]

The Pursuit of Happyness is an OUTSTANDING film... you should not let anything stop you from seeing it.

It's inspirational... and, more or less based on a true story. I'm not sure why it has been passed up. For me, Will Smith deserves the Oscar for this film above anyone else I've seen.

[isthisnickcool]

Al has figured out how to grow new hair.

[spectre]

Hair Club for Men?

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[John W]

Ellen actually started as a stand-up comedian.

[paulat]

Al has figured out how to grow new hair.

I noticed that, too.

[John W]

"Before I get flamed...there's a lot of Amurricans who go for style over substance."

But, Al Gore has neither.

[hoagy62]

Actually, Celine sang that song rather well.

[Trteamer]

Ecophobia. Al Gore is giving kids nightmares. Be afraid, be very afraid.

[colorado tanker]

Ellen actually started as a stand-up comedian

Then why is she playing this so "straight" - and dull?