And the Nominees Are...

The celebrity world woke with collective bated breath this morning as the nominees for the Oscars were announced.

Interestingly enough, Dreamgirls, although they had eight nomination, was not included for Best Picture, though Jennifer Hudson is in the running for Best Supporting Actress.

Some nominee highlights:

Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond), Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson), Peter O'Toole (Venus), Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland).

Best Actress - Kate Winslet (Little Children), Penelope Cruz (Volver), Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal), Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada).

Best Supporting Actress - Adriana Barraza (Babel), Rinko Kikuchi (Babel), Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) and Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls).

Best Supporting Actor - Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine), Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls) and Mark Wahlberg (The Departed).

Best Director - Martin Scorsese (The Departed), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel), Clint Eastwood (Letters From Iwo Jima), Stephen Frears (The Queen) and Paul Greengrass (United 93).

Best Picture - Babel, The Departed, The Queen, Letters from Iwo Jima and Little Miss Sunshine.

Complete list of nominees can be found here.