The biggest surprise during this morning’s announcement of nominees for the 2007 Academy Awards was that they were able to find someone—Kathy Bates, "a good friend of the Academy"—who was willing to risk the ire of the striking writers by participating. Cate Blanchett, the new Meryl Streep, garnered nominations for playing Queen Elizabeth and Bob Dylan. Also, remember Michael Clayton? The academy does! Nor was sentimental indie favorite Juno shut out.
Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett: I’m Not There
Ruby Dee: Gone Baby Gone
Saoirse Ronan: Atonement
Tilda Swinton: Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actor
Case Affleck: The Assassination of Jesse James …
Javier Bardem: No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman: Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook: Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson: Michael Clayton
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie: Away From Her
Marion Cotillard: La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney: The Savages
Ellen Page: Juno
Best Actor:
George Clooney: Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis: There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp: Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones: In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen: Eastern Promises
Best Director:
Julian Schnabel: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Wrightman: Juno
Tony Gilroy: Michael Clayton
The Coen Bros.: No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson: There Will Be Blood
Best Original Screenplay:
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Foreign-Language Film:
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12
Best Animated Feature Film:
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
