| Actress in a Leading Role |
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 | Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) | | Angelina Jolie (Changeling) | | Melissa Leo (Frozen River) | | Meryl Streep (Doubt) |  | Kate Winslet (The Reader) |
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| Best Costume Design |
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| Australia | | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | | The Duchess | | Milk | | Revolutionary Road |
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| Best Cinematography |
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| Changeling | | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | | The Dark Knight | | The Reader | | Slumdog Millionaire |
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| Best Director |
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | | Frost/Nixon | | Milk | | The Reader | | Slumdog Millionaire |
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| Best Foreign Language Film |
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| The Baader Meinh OF Complex | | The Class | | Departures | | Revanche | | Waltz With Bashir |
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| Best Film Editing |
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | | The Dark Knight | | Frost/Nixon | | Milk | | Slumdog Millionaire |
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| Best Sound Mixing |
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| The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | | The Dark Knight | | Slumdog Millionaire | | Wall-E | | Wanted |
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| Best Short Film (Live Action) |
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| Auf Der Strecke (On The Line) | | Manon On The Asphalt | | New Boy | | The Pig | | Spielzeugland (Toyland) |
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| Best Actor in a Leading Role |
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| Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) | | Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) | | Sean Penn (Milk) | | Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) | | Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) |
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| Best Picture |
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | | Frost/Nixon | | Milk | | The Reader | | Slumdog Millionaire |
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| Best Music (Song) |
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| Down to Earth (Wall-E) | | Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) | | O Saya (Slumdog Millionaire) |
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| Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) |
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| The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | | Doubt | | Frost/Nixon | | The Reader | | Slumdog Millionaire |
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| Art Direction |
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| Changeling | | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | | The Dark Knight | | The Duchess | | Revolutionary Road |
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| Best Writing (Original Screenplay) |
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| Frozen River | | Happy-Go-Lucky | | In Bruges | | Milk | | Wall-E |
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| Actress in a Supporting Role |
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| Amy Adams (Doubt) | | Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) | | Viola Davis (Doubt) | | Taraji P Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) | | Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) |
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| Actor in a Supporting Role |
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| Josh Brolin (Milk) | | Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder) | | Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) | | Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) | | Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) |
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| Best Makeup |
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | | The Dark Knight | | Hellboy II: The Golden Army |
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| Best Music (Score) |
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | | Defiance | | Milk | | Slumdog Millionaire | | Wall-E |
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| Best Sound Editing |
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| The Dark Knight | | Iron Man | | Slumdog Millionaire | | Wall-E | | Wanted |
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| Best Documentary Feature |
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| The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) | | Encounter At The End Of The World | | The Garden | | Man On Wire | | Trouble The Water |
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| Best Visual Effects |
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| The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | | The Dark Knight | | Iron Man |
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| Best Documentary Short Subject |
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| The Conscience Of Nhem En | | The Final Inch | | Smile Pinki | | The Witness - From The Balcony Of Room 306 |
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| Best Short Film (Animated) |
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| La Maison En Petite Cubes | | Lavatory-Lovestory | | Oktapodi | | Presto | | This Way Up |
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