Contrary to some reports there were a few surprises this morning when the Academy announced its nominees.For me it was Robert Downey Jr with a Best Supporting Actor nomination for "Tropic Thunder" (which I liked a lot) and writers Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon for "WALL-E" for Best Original Screenplay.
The nomination for Heath Ledger was expected, especially after the posthumous Golden Globe win, but no love for "The Dark Knight" in the Best Picture category.
Clint Eastwood was left out of the top categories as well for "Gran Torino."
There were 13 nominations for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
This pits Ledger's performance against Philip Seymour Hoffman's in "Doubt" and Downey Jr.'s (very bold) actor-in-black face role in Tropic. (That's not as bad as it sounds but some other actor's scenes actually made me cringe.)
Anyway, it's Iron Man vs. The Joker? Game on.View a complete list of nominees via The Los Angeles Times.
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