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- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.BEST PICTURE
The Dark Knight
The Hurt Locker
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
WALL·E
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Departures (Okuribito)
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Doubt - DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJeremy RennerAnthony MackieBrian GeraghtyDuring the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.BEST DIRECTOR
The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Andrew Stanton - WALL·E
Stephen Daldry - The Reader - DirectorGus Van SantStarsSean PennJosh BrolinEmile HirschThe story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn - Milk
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Masahiro Motoki - Departures (Okuribito)
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - DirectorMike LeighStarsSally HawkinsAlexis ZegermanSamuel RoukinA look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
James Franco - Milk
Josh Brolin - Milk
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
Jason Butler Harner - Changeling - DirectorStephen DaldryStarsKate WinsletRalph FiennesBruno GanzPost-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Amy Adams - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - DirectorJohn Patrick ShanleyStarsMeryl StreepPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy AdamsA Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.BEST CASTING
Doubt
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Revolutionary Road - DirectorGus Van SantStarsSean PennJosh BrolinEmile HirschThe story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk
Happy-Go-Lucky
WALL·E
The Hurt Locker
Departures (Okuribito)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Changeling - DirectorRon HowardStarsFrank LangellaMichael SheenKevin BaconA dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Frost/Nixon
Doubt
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
The Dark Knight
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) - DirectorDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaA teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Slumdog Millionaire
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Quantum of Solace
Iron Man
Australia
Bolt
Sex and the City - DirectorDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaA teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.BEST EDITING
Slumdog Millionaire
The Hurt Locker
The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittCate BlanchettTilda SwintonTells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Australia
Slumdog Millionaire
Doubt
Changeling
Departures (Okuribito) - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittCate BlanchettTilda SwintonTells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
The Dark Knight
Australia
Changeling
Milk
Revolutionary Road - DirectorSaul DibbStarsKeira KnightleyRalph FiennesDominic CooperA chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life.BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Duchess
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Australia
The Other Boleyn Girl
Sex and the City
Changeling
Milk - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittCate BlanchettTilda SwintonTells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Duchess
The Divine (Il Divo)
The Dark Knight
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Reader - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittCate BlanchettTilda SwintonTells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.BEST SCORE
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Speed Racer
Departures (Okuribito)
WALL·E
Milk - DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloAnna BonaiutoGiulio BosettiThe story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
The Divine (Il Divo)
Mamma Mia!
Sex and the City
Madagascar 2
Doubt - DirectorAndrew AdamsonStarsBen BarnesSkandar KeynesGeorgie HenleyThe Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.BEST SONG
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - "The Call"
Slumdog Millionaire - "Jai Ho"
WALL·E - "Down to Earth"
The Wrestler - "The Wrestler"
Sex and the City - "All Dressed in Love"
Australia - "By the Boab Tree"
Bolt - "I Thought I Lost You" - DirectorPhyllida LloydStarsMeryl StreepPierce BrosnanAmanda SeyfriedThe story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Mamma Mia! - DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJeremy RennerAnthony MackieBrian GeraghtyDuring the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.BEST SOUND
The Hurt Locker
WALL·E
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Iron Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Quantum of Solace - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
WALL·E
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
The Hurt Locker
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - DirectorMarc ForsterStarsDaniel CraigOlga KurylenkoMathieu AmalricJames Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.BEST STUNTS
Quantum of Solace
The Dark Knight
The Wrestler
The Forbidden Kingdom
Iron Man
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - DirectorAndrew StantonStarsBen BurttElissa KnightJeff GarlinIn the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL·E
Bolt
Madagascar 2 - DirectorYôjirô TakitaStarsMasahiro MotokiRyôko HirosueTsutomu YamazakiSoon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.BEST FOREIGN FILM
Departures (Okuribito)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)
The Divine (Il Divo)