The 80th Annual Academy Awards will be held live on February 24, 2008 at 8 p.m. EST. Actor and actress Oscar nominees attend the awards in hopes that they will be receive golden statue of success - the "Academy Award of Merit". The Oscar ceremony for the 2007 outstanding film achievements will be presented at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center.
Jon Stewart, host and executive producer of Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, will be the host for the Academy Awards for the second time. Producer Gil Cates said, "Jon was a terrific host for the 78th awards. He is smart, quick, funny, loves movies and is a great guy. What else could one ask for?" The "Red Carpet" event before the Academy Awards seems to almost be as important as the awards themselves. Extensive coverage of before the Oscars, who is dressed the best and worst, are highly publicized.
Some of the most popular category nominations for the 2008 Oscar nominations include (I have bolded who my favorites are to win!):
Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney in "The Savages"
Ellen Page in "Juno"
Best animated feature film of the year nominees
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"
Best motion picture of the year nominees
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
Original screenplay nominees
"Juno"
"Lars and the Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Ratatouille"
"The Savages"
There are some terrific movies, actors and actresses in the running this year and it will be exciting to see who wins in each category! So now you can pick your favorites and plan to be in front of the television on February 24th for the 80th Annual Academy Awards!
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Jon Stewart, host and executive producer of Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, will be the host for the Academy Awards for the second time. Producer Gil Cates said, "Jon was a terrific host for the 78th awards. He is smart, quick, funny, loves movies and is a great guy. What else could one ask for?" The "Red Carpet" event before the Academy Awards seems to almost be as important as the awards themselves. Extensive coverage of before the Oscars, who is dressed the best and worst, are highly publicized.
Some of the most popular category nominations for the 2008 Oscar nominations include (I have bolded who my favorites are to win!):
Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney in "The Savages"
Ellen Page in "Juno"
Best animated feature film of the year nominees
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"
Best motion picture of the year nominees
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
Original screenplay nominees
"Juno"
"Lars and the Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Ratatouille"
"The Savages"
There are some terrific movies, actors and actresses in the running this year and it will be exciting to see who wins in each category! So now you can pick your favorites and plan to be in front of the television on February 24th for the 80th Annual Academy Awards!
And Oh yeah Source
