Glam Baby Bumps: Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Score Academy Award Nominations

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Score Academy Award Nominations


Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt both scored Academy Award nominations for their dramatic leading roles, it was announced Thursday.

In the Best Actress category, Jolie will face off against Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married); Melissa Leo (Frozen River); Meryl Streep (Doubt) and Kate Winsley (The Reader). Many expected Winslet to get a nod for Revolutionary Road.

Pitt -- whose film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is also up for Best Picture -- also has competition: Richard Jenkins (The Visitor); Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon); Sean Penn (Milk); and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler). Leonard DiCaprio, who wowed critics in Revolutionary Road got shunned.

Jolie and Pitt have scored nods at every major awards show this year, including the Golden Globes. The two are expected at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The complete list:

Best Supporting Actress
:
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis. Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Maria Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Actress:
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Anelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Actor:
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Director:
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
MilkThe Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

GOOD FOR BRAD AND ANGIE! THEY DESERVE IT FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK!

January 22, 2009 at 6:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I HAVN'T SEEN SLUMDOG YET BUT I LOVED BENJAMIN BUTTON

January 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM  

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