Oscar Nominees

Best Director:

David Fincher for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'





Gus Van Sant for 'Milk'





Danny Boyle for 'Slumdog Millionaire'





Ron Howard for 'Frost/Nixon'





Stephen Daldry for 'The Reader'






Best Actress:

Angelina Jolie for 'Changeling'





Anne Hathaway for 'Rachel Getting Married'





Kate Winslet for 'The Reader'





Melissa Leo for 'Frozen River'





Meryl Streep for 'Doubt'






Best Actor:

Brad Pitt for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'





Frank Langella for 'Frost/Nixon'





Mickey Rourke for 'The Wrestler'





Richard Jenkins for 'The Visitor'





Sean Penn for 'Milk'







Music (Score):

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Alexandre Desplat





DEFIANCE
James Newton Howard





MILK
Danny Elfman





SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
A.R. Rahman





WALL-E
Thomas Newman







Music (Song):

WALL-E
"Down to Earth"
Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel





SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
"Jai Ho"
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar





SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
"O Saya"
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam







Best Picture:

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin





FROST/NIXON
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner





MILK
Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen





THE READER
Nominees to be determined





SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Christian Colson