The Oscar nominees have officially been announced. Mostly all was as predicted, with only a few surprises like Dreamgirls not being nominated for Best Picture and Ryan Gosling sneaking into the Best Actor category.

And the Nominees are:

Best Actor
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”*
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Departed”
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”*
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”

Best Actress
Penelope Cruz in “Volver”
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”
Helen Mirren in “The Queen”*
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”
Kate Winslet in “Little Children”

Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza in “Babel”*
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi in “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”

Best motion picture of the year
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine*

Best animated feature film of the year
Cars
Happy Feet*
Monster House

Best foreign language film of the year
Pan’s Labyrinth*
Days of Glory
Water
After The Wedding

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