Oscar 2008 Nominations: Foreigners and Those Missing in Action

Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Oscar 2008 Nominations: Part I
Roger Deakins is competing against himself in the best cinematography category: for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and There Will Be Blood.
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Jonny Greenwood’s much praised score for There Will Be Blood was deemed ineligible reportedly because "the majority of the music was not composed specifically for the film." Alan Menken’s score for Enchanted was also deemed ineligible because it was based on the "predominant use of songs" and not on actual scoring of dramatic/comedy scenes. There was no "best adapted/best song score" category this year — though apparently there should have been. (More at The Envelope.)
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Best costume design nominee [...]

Oscar 2008 Predictions: Acting Categories

George Clooney in Michael Clayton

Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Film, Director, Foreign Language Film
Best Actor:

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Possibly: Denzel Washington, American Gangster; Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening; James McAvoy, Atonement; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild; Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl; Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
 

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Best Actress:

Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page, Juno
Angelina Jolie, A [...]

San Francisco Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 10, 2007
 

Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
 

Best Film: The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford by Andrew Dominik
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: George Clooney for Michael Clayton
Best Actress: Julie Christie for Away from Her
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins for The Savages
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah [...]