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The 79th Oscar Academy awards nominees were announced yesterday, but the finals are set for 25th of February
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The musical "Dreamgirls" got eight nominations, but surprisingly was shut out in the best picture category after being considered a potential front-runner.
The "Babel" drama is close behind with seven, including best picture and acting honors for two newcomers: Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi.
Other best-picture nominees is Martin Scorsese's bloody crime saga "The Departed," Clint Eastwood's World War II spectacle "Letters From Iwo Jima," the road-trip comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and the monarchy-in-crisis chronicle "The Queen."
With Golden Globe musical winner "Dreamgirls" out of the running, the race could come down to Golden Globe drama winner "Babel" and "The Departed," though "The Queen" could be a dark-horse contender as well.

The year's top-grossing movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," grabbed four nominations in technical categories, including visual effects

Prim Oscar voters maintained their track record of ignoring over-the-top comic performances, snubbing Sacha Baron Cohen for his Golden Globe-winning role in the raucous "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."

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babel for me

....the queen was good but not as good.
I LOVED Little Miss Sunshine....haven't seen Dream Girls yet...it came out right after I left the states, I hope it comes to Dubai soon!

I so miss the movies releases on time in the US

in my opinion

best movie: the departed
best actor: Forrest Whitaker
best actress : Meryl Streep

Yep, Meryl Streep - two-time Oscar winner , padding her record as the most-nominated actor ever, this time as a demonically demanding boss in "The Devil Wears Prada.

Full details for the nominees are here:
http://varban.g.minev.googlepages.com/o ... demyawards