(They actually don’t like it when people say “Oscars” instead of “Academy Awards”… but until Martin Scorsese wins one, I’m calling them “Oscars” :D )

I’ll just be covering the awards most people actually care about :P And the nominees are…

BEST PICTURE: Babel, Letters From Iwo Jima, The Departed, The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine

BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond, Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson, Peter O’Toole for Venus, Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness, Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz for Volver, Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal, Helen Mirren for The Queen, Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada, Kate Winslet for Little Children

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine, Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children, Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond, Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls, Mark Walhberg for The Departed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Adriana Barraza for Babel, Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal, Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine, Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls, Rinko Kikuchi for Babel

BEST DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood for Letters From Iwo Jima, Stephen Frears for The Queen, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu for Babel, Martin Scorsese for The Departed, Paul Greengrass for United 93