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.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Don't forget your Ginger Bread pancake fix

Hmnnn... never been there. Im sad to say, I HAVE been to Cafe Camille!

I'll give it a try on this trip! :-)

[SomeCallMeTim]

Was that Best Actress?? ho hum.... so predictable...

[SomeCallMeTim]

The Queen has a nice chest! :-) Oh my.... I MUST be getting tired....

[SomeCallMeTim]

Ok... 4 in a row from me... that'a sign... Good night... me... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[daisyscarlett]

i can't find one...guess you want to see his bald head...here is a recent photo at a Lakers Game with Adam Sandler but he has a hat on...

[AmishDude]

I have a theory:

Given the amount of weight that Mr. Gore has put on, he must sweat profusely. As a result, I think that when he speaks of global warming, the globe of which he speaks is -- himself!

[SomeCallMeTim]

C'Mon WILL!!

[FaithintheRight]

Best Sctor Award goes to:

Forest Whitaker

[DennisR]

I have also heard it is a very good movie. Probably watch it when it comes out on DVD. But Patricia Heaton and others like her are probably 0.1% of the folks in Hollywood - very bad odds for a corrupt industry that has so much influence on America and even the world.

[SomeCallMeTim]

nope... zzzzzzzzzzz

[hoagy62]

WHAT?????

[DennisR]

We obviously disagree.

[hoagy62]

I just hope Scorcese wins Best Director....

[FaithintheRight]

My Bad ---

Best Actor Award

[newzjunkey]

At this point it's almost a slam dunk for (best Hannity voice) "Maaaaaaarty."

[Sprite518]

They seem to be running the show. The show is heavy left. Please do I really need to explain...

[FaithintheRight]

Best Director goes to:

Marty !!!

[hoagy62]

AT LAST!!!!!!!! Ya-HOOO!

[AmishDude]

This must be why The Shield delayed the start of its next season until March. They'll talk about Oscar-winning Forrest Whitaker. And he's phenominal in that show.

[TheLion]

With the directors win, can best picture be far behind for "The Fallen"?