And The Winner Is?

The 80th Academy Awards airs live February 24 from the Kodak Theatre on ABC beginning at 5 p.m. PT, beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment.

In the Best Picture category, the nominees are Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country For Old Men, and There Will Be Blood.

Best Director contenders include Ethan and Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men), Jason Reitman (Juno), Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), and Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton).

Best Actor nominees in lead category are Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood), George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd), Tommy Lee Jones (In The Valley Of Elah), and Viggo Mortenson (Eastern Promises).

Supporting Actor nominees are Philip Seymour Hoffman (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead), Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James), Hal Holbrook (Into The Wild), Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men), and Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton).

Best Actress nominees in the lead category are Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Julie Christie (Away From Her), Marion Cotillard (La vie en rose), Laura Linney (The Savages), and Ellen Page (Juno).

Supporting Actress nominees are Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There), Ruby Dee (American Gangster), Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton).

For a list of all the nominees, click here

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