Good morning, starshine

[cleolinda]

Oscar nominations coming up in about twenty minutes. Then I'll be working on (another) catchup linkspam and a Secret Life update, plus trying to get some more actual work done today. And yes, I did hear about the Dakota Fanning/New Moon thing. There'll be ETA(s) in a bit after the nominations are up.

(I can't believe I got up for this. I was all like, "Whatever, they'll be still there when I get up, they don't self-destruct in five seconds," and then I woke up at 6:50 without even meaning to anyway.)

ETA: So. Robert Downey Jr. and Heath Ledger both got Supporting Actor nominations; Kate Winslet only got nominated for lead; big cheers in the auditorium for Melissa Leo for Best Actress and Michael Shannon for Supporting Actor; Benjamin Button had a surprisingly (I thought) strong showing; and your five Best Picture nominees are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, and Slumdog Millionaire. AwardsDaily, if you can get through, has typed up the list of the categories we know.

ETA: WHERE IS THE COMPLETE LIST? I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE COSTUMES!

ETA: THE LIST IS ON THE MAIN OSCAR.COM PAGE BUT NOT ON THE NOMINEES PAGE. WHY ARE PEOPLE STUPID. Wait, are there really just three songs nominated, and two of them from Slumdog Millionaire?

ETA: IMDB has a list you can actually read. There really do seem to be only three songs. Snap.

Comments

[trede.livejournal.com]

When I hover over that link it shows me a thumbnail of a content-rich Oscar Nominations page, but when I click on it all I see is "Coming soon". I really want to watch the live webcast :(

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Right, it'll redirect you to "Coming soon" until the nominations are announced. The thumbnail is probably showing you last year's nominations, which I imagine they only took down fairly recently.

[meredithsg.livejournal.com]

Is it kind of ironic that it's also the anniversary of Ledger's death?

[madelrocio7.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't worry, I got up for this, too. I'm kinda excited. Well, anyway, here we go.

[trede.livejournal.com]

Just read a liveblog. Really disappointed now :(

[trede.livejournal.com]

(just to clarify I really wanted Wall-E to get a Best Picture nomination)

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

Ahaha. I just turned on the tv the check the weather before scampering off to work, and I caught the tail end of the noms. Did I think to check BBC News or CNN for the rest of them? OF COURSE NOT. I thought "oh hay, I bet Cleo knows." WINAR.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeee.

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

See, I know better than to sit refreshing news feeds for the list. I know you'll have it up before anyone else. Yay you!

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

Also: the main Oscars.com page has the nominations, but not the nominees page. Leading to me saying WTF.

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

Good lord, Sally Hawkins DIDN'T get a nomination for Best Actress *boggles*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

OMG SHE DIDN'T. I didn't even think about that.

[trede.livejournal.com]

Does the academy actually want nobody to watch the ceremony this year? They did so terribly in viewership last year, and now they've blown their chance to win back the interest of the world by ignoring hugely popular and critically acclaimed films such as Wall-E (the "Best Animated Picture" award is such a condescending pat on the head) and The Dark Knight (not even a director nomination?). This year will be a snoozefest.

[demonoflight.livejournal.com]

Wasn't last year a snoozefest too? And the year before that? And the year before that? Granted, I really enjoyed the inbetween segments when Jon Stewart and Ellen DeGeneres hosted the awards, but the Academy Awards are ridiculously boring in general.

Hugh Jackman will send me to sleep two minutes into the beginning of the ceremony, for sure.

[amberdulen.livejournal.com]

Awesome, another Oscars season where I haven't seen any of the Best Picture noms! Oh well, I only watched lousy movies this year anyway.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

I actually watched some good films this year (Gran Torino, The Wrestler), yet somehow I still didn't pick a winner.

[demonoflight.livejournal.com]

I think I can hear all twenty rabid Wall-E fans who thought it has any chance at all at getting a Best Picture nomination screaming in agony. Welcome to the real world, guys.

Damn it, I want to know who's nominated for the Foreign Film and Animated Feature awards already...

[isca.livejournal.com]

Narg, it hurts...

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

No the Dark Night. Fantastic. Oh well, I'm one more person who won't be watching!

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

Costumes from Oscar.com:

Australia -- Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- Jacqueline West
The Duchess -- Michael O'Connor
Milk -- Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road -- Albert Wolsky

Main splash page with drop menu, not nominees page.

...aaaand you had edited the post between me typing and posting comment. I fail, but not as hard as Oscar.com

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You don't fail! You didn't know I'd already figured out that OSCAR.COM BITES.

[jcipa.livejournal.com]

Hmm. It's a lame year for Oscars.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

THIS.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Wait, are there really just three songs nominated, and two of them from Slumdog Millionaire?

And one of them is not "Rock me Sexy Jesus"?

eta: I also totally want A.R. Rahman to win for best score, because every time I see an interview with him, he is the most humble, adorable man ever.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

I want to see MIA at the Oscars, crazy spandex outfits and pregnancy belly especially.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Wait, are there really just three songs nominated, and two of them from Slumdog Millionaire?

Wait, really?! Oh, my God, that's AWESOME. I've been listening to that soundtrack nonstop for a week now.

Oh, oh! Is "Jai Ho" one of them?! *checks* YAY! My two favorite songs on the soundtrack! And maybe the entire cast can go onstage and do the credits dance? 'Cause that would ROCK.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

But... what about the other two slots? I mean, I'm glad those two songs got nominated, but... only three altogether? What?

[mermaidkween.livejournal.com]

Only three songs nominated? I am so confused.

I think Repo's awesomeness made them exclude it altogether.

[lilplayahater08.livejournal.com]

They just couldn't take the awesomeness that was Chase the Morning. Its sad :(

[bleakwinters.livejournal.com]

I have both Frost/Nixon and Milk on my computer, maybe I should watch them. Meh at the nominations so far. I accept that TDK wasn't the epic of epic, but really, not even a nod?

And yes, cue arguments of 'Heath will win because he's dead'. I loved his role and I think he deserves the nomination, but how many will moan and bitch if he wins that he got it because he's dead?

Also, Wall-e getting 'Best Animated Picture' nomination is a load of trollop. It was a great film.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Meh, there'll be moaning and bitching whether he wins (he didn't deserve it just because he's deeeead!) or not (he was snubbed just because he's deeeeeead!). the week right after the Oscars will be very entertaining for me.

On a slightly different note, I'm happy Josh Brolin got a nom--it's in Heath's category, so he'll most likely get nothing, but still. He might actually be Heath's, er, biggest contender, because I recall hell breaking loose last year when he wasn't nommed for No Country for Old Men. The Academy might want to make it up to him.

[cherrymaryberry.livejournal.com]

The snubbed Leo!!! =( *sob*

[cherrymaryberry.livejournal.com]

They*

[punzerel.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised at the Best Picture noms. I don't know - I would have expected Revolutionary Road to be in there. It's interesting that Slumdog Millionaire got nominated. I loved the movie, but it almost seems like a case of "one of these things is not like the others" next to the other 4.

[punzerel.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Michael Shannon for Best Supporting, well done. I thought he was fantastic.

[meatbridge.livejournal.com]

Angry alien (http://www.angryalien.com/) (which, if you didn't know, is a site that makes these 30 second recaps of movies starring bunnies) now has a version of Twilight up.

[the_rainbow_jen]

OH GOD.

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

No Best Actor for Eastwood? BLASPHEMY. BLASPHEMY, I TELL YOU.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to get a real "Shakespeare in Love" vibe from Slumdog Millionaire. A movie that will win Best Picture and afterwards no one quite knows why.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

I really quite liked Slumdog Millionaire. Totally subjective, of course, but I'm glad it's up for BP, and I don't find it a second-rate contender. It's a nice change from all the other ~srs~, ~proper~ films, and it's not remotely as feel-goody as it's been accused of.

Truth be told, I'm not sure how many of the BP noms will survive the test of time. The Reader, for all the controversy, is, in essence, another Holocaust film (in a year filled with good Holocaust films), Benjamin Button will lose relevance as soon as the studios catch up with the technology they used, because that's essentially all that's it's getting praised for, and Frost/Nixon and Milk are essentially fictionalised documentaries that don't necessarily bring lots of new stuff to the table--haven't seen them yet and can't wait, really, but as for being timeless... doesn't sound like it.

[mogumogu.livejournal.com]

Well, I simply cannot see Wall-E NOT winning best animated feature.

How do you feel about that? The animation bloggers aren't big fans of animated movies having their own category when they compete with live action in the theaters and especially now that a lot of live action movies have enough special effects animation to practically be animated films with some humans. What's your thought?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I actually don't mind it, because at least that way animation gets recognized in some way. Given how competitive this year was, would it be better if Wall-E hadn't gotten a best any kind of picture nomination at all?

Although yeah, I can see how it's a deterrent to nominating something as both Best Animated and Best Picture--it would feel, wrongly or rightly, like overkill. And the reason to nominate an animated film alongside live action would be, IMO, to say, "The story here is just as good and important and moving."

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Man, I was holding out hope for "Rock Me Sexy Jesus." I also kind of wish "Decode" had qualified. I can just see Hayley Williams rocking out at the Kodak Theater.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

Decode would have been awesome.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Can we just save time and give Heath Ledger's family the Best Supporting Actor award now?

I always look forward to best Makeup Effects. Out of the three listed, I vote for HELLBOY. But only because the artist who makes Mickey Rourke appear vaguely human is not nominated...

Marisa Tomei is nominated for Best Supporting Actress? Jack Palance's ghost will come to the stage and give her the award no matter who wins!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, this isn't even the first time she's been nominated again since she won.