Live Sunday, February 24 5:00 PT, 8:00 ET on ABC
The 80th annual awards show will be held Feb. 24 at the Kodak Theatre and will feature a host of A-list stars. Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman will be among the presenters. Others include Denzel Washington, Martin Scorsese, Cate Blanchett, Cameron Diaz, Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks.
John Stewart will be this year’s Oscar host. Stewart has been host and executive producer of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, winner of four consecutive Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, since 1999.
Nominations
Best motion picture of the year
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Performance by an actor in a leading role
- George Clooney in Michael Clayton
- Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
- Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Julie Christie in Away from Her
- Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
- Laura Linney in The Savages
- Ellen Page in Juno
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
- Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
- Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There
- Ruby Dee in American Gangster
- Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
- Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
- Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton
Achievement in directing
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Julian Schnabel
- Juno: Jason Reitman
- Michael Clayton: Tony Gilroy
- No Country for Old Men: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- There Will Be Blood: Paul Thomas Anderson
Achievement in cinematography
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: Roger Deakins
- Atonement: Seamus McGarvey
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Janusz Kaminski
- No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins
- There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit
Adapted screenplay
- Atonement: Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
- Away from Her: Written by Sarah Polley
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
- No Country for Old Men: Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- There Will Be Blood: Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay
- Juno: Written by Diablo Cody
- Lars and the Real Girl: Written by Nancy Oliver
- Michael Clayton: Written by Tony Gilroy
- Ratatouille: Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
- The Savages: Written by Tamara Jenkins
