Well, it’s no big surprise really.  Dreamgirls is leading the Oscar nominations that were released Tuesday.  The film, which stars Beyonce Knowles & newcomer Jennifer Hudson, has snatched up eight Oscar noms.  The one nom the movie did not receive, however, was the much highly touted Best Picture Academy Award or even a Best Director nom.  Who else is surprised about that one?Brad Pitt’s Babel follows the Oscar pack with seven nominations, including Best Picture.  Babel will join The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine & The Queen for the title of Best Picture.  Which I’m rather happy with, if you had Dreamgirls in the mix, that would have been an even tougher decision, right?

The 79th Annual Academy Awards will take place February 25 in Hollywood, of course.  You know you wanna see the complete list of Oscar nominations below.

Best Picture

Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best Actor

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

Best Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Best Supporting Actress

Adriana Barazza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Best Director

Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, Babel
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Animated Feature

Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Original Screenplay

Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Queen

Adapted Screenplay

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal

Foreign Language Film

After the Wedding (Denmark)
Days of Glory (Indigenes) (Algeria)
The Lives of Others (Germany)
Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico)
Water (Canada)

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