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.

[Cementjungle]

The kooks are outside the place too, not just inside!

[DollyCali]

I did not see that one...

[potlatch]

Sure hope not! Even the fact he was nominated gives me a pain, lol.

[DollyCali]

After the Oscars most of the movies(winners) come back to first run. By in large I think all movies are better on big screen. I have BIG TVs & quality sound systems. But it is NOT the same. I love our Cinemark Stadium Seating theaters here in NE Ohio

[NordP]

Again, STARWISE - very well put - you could be my movie critic. United 93 and Dreamgirls are probably the only two on the whole list, that I've seen--and we agree 100%. I should ask you before we go to any in the future now. We hardly go anymore though, because they can't shut up and act, and then it ruins the movie, or we end up boycotting it altogether.

I used to LOVE going to movies--now I just get to see them on planes. I used to LOVE watching the Oscars--silently dreaming that I would get to go one day. Oh, and I REALLY LOVED watching the fashions. --I'll probably still watch the "pregame show." ;-)

[Caramelgal]

“lol...the only movie I've seen on this list is The Queen..and it was most excellent!”

I’ve not seen any of the nominated movies but then I’ve not been out to the movies much this year.

I think Helen Mirren is an excellent actor and I very much want to see The Queen. I understand her portrayal of QE2 was very compelling and real human and sympathetic character.

The only other movie I’m interested in seeing is “Little Children". I never heard of it before today when I saw an interview with Kate Winslet with some clips.

[STARWISE]

Award for the actor who's aged the toughest:

Jackie Earl Haley, of the original Bad News Bears

On the right:

[swmobuffalo]

Hi Dolly! Can't we heckle just a wee little bit?! :)

I'll miss most of the Oscars anyway, we have church tonite! Probably will come home and watch a movie.

[altura]

Hi, Dolly,

I plan to join you tonite, but, thankfully, it's not for three more hours!

Can't wait to see the portly priest of the church of the latter day global warming get his award.

[DollyCali]

Hi.. I agree re: United 93.

It would be hard for me to vote. I saw all movies for all categories I posted & they are so different. Hard to say one is better than another. I did NOT see, nor will see Gore's flick

[altura]

This year's nominees make last year's seem exciting, and only 5 people in the world saw anything that was up last year.

[DollyCali]

oh my! that is aging "rough"

[altura]

Dang it, Dolly. If I can't heckle then ....

[DollyCali]

Do you think he will get it? I dont but maybe it is just wishful thinking

[DollyCali]

(well, a tiny bit is okay)'

LOL

[altura]

If I didn't have the "words" on my TV, I could never watch anything British.

[altura]

No, Dolly, I plan on Major heckling. So guess I'd better join the other thread.

[DollyCali]

The only thing I DONT LIKE about the Oscars is what I dont like about TV in general. COMMERCIALS.

I watch very little TV. This year did start watching 24 & it is the first series since the late 80s & Dallas

[DollyCali]

YUP

[Sprite518]

My Dentist, Doctor, and Grocer (No Lawyer)respect my opinion and do not try to lecture to me about policy as the Hollywood elitist do.