List of Academic Award nominees

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The ReaderBest Actor in a Leading Role:Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Sean Penn (Milk) Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)Best Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet (The Reader), Meryl Streep (Doubt), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Melissa Leo (Frozen River)Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Josh Brolin (Milk), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Viola Davis (Doubt), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler), Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Amy Adams (Doubt)Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire), David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Stephen Daldry (The Reader), Gus Van Sant (Milk), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon).—AFP