BENJAMIN BUTTON AND FROST/NIXON LEAD OSCAR NOMINATIONS
BRAD PITT’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON and FROST/NIXON are leading the 2009 Academy Awards nominations.
Pitt is nominated in the Best Actor category, competing against Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Richard Jenkins (The Visitor).
Pitt’s movie is in the running for the Best Picture award, alongside Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, Frost/Nixon and Milk.
Pitt’s partner Angelina Jolie is nominated for Best Actress for her role in Changeling against Kate Winslet (The Reader), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Meryl Streep (Doubt), Melissa Leo (Frozen River).
Heath Ledger won a nomination for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight; he will battle it out in the Best Supporting Actor category against Josh Brolin (Milk), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road).
The award nominations were announced by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker, who took home the the Best Actor Oscar in 2007 for his role in The Last King Of Scotland, at a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday (22Jan09) morning.
The Academy Awards ceremony will take place in L.A. on 22 February (09).
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