As usual, the Oscars follow the Razzies.

Complete list of nominees below: [I won’t link to all the people and movies. You can find more information on them here.]

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” 
• Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
• Sean Penn in “Milk”
• Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Josh Brolin in “Milk”
• Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
• Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
• Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
• Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
• Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
• Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
• Kate Winslet in “The Reader”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “Doubt”
• Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
• Viola Davis in “Doubt”
• Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Bolt”, Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• “Kung Fu Panda”, John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• “WALL-E” , Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

• “Changeling”, Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• “The Dark Knight”, Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
• “The Duchess”, Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
• “Revolutionary Road”, Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

• “Changeling”, Tom Stern
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Claudio Miranda
• “The Dark Knight”, Wally Pfister
• “The Reader”, Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
• “Slumdog Millionaire”, Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

• “Australia”, Catherine Martin
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Jacqueline West
• “The Duchess”, Michael O’Connor
• “Milk”, Danny Glicker
• “Revolutionary Road”, Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, David Fincher
• “Frost/Nixon”, Ron Howard
• “Milk”, Gus Van Sant
• “The Reader”, Stephen Daldry
• “Slumdog Millionaire”, Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

• “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• “Encounters at the End of the World”, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• “The Garden”, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• “Man on Wire”, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• “Trouble the Water”, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

• “The Conscience of Nhem En”, Steven Okazaki
• “The Final Inch”, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• “Smile Pinki”, Megan Mylan
• “The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306”, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• “The Dark Knight”, Lee Smith
• “Frost/Nixon”, Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• “Milk”, Elliot Graham
• “Slumdog Millionaire”, Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

• “The Baader Meinhof Complex”, Germany
• “The Class”, France
• “Departures”, Japan
• “Revanche”, Austria
• “Waltz with Bashir”, Israel

Achievement in makeup

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Greg Cannom
• “The Dark Knight”, John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
• “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”, Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”,Alexandre Desplat
• “Defiance”, James Newton Howard
• “Milk”, Danny Elfman
• “Slumdog Millionaire”, A.R. Rahman
• “WALL-E”, Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E”, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire”, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
• “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire”, Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam

Best motion picture of the year

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• “Frost/Nixon”, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
• “Milk”, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
• “The Reader”, Nominees to be determined
• “Slumdog Millionaire”, Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

• “La Maison en Petits Cubes”, Kunio Kato
• “Lavatory – Lovestory”, Konstantin Bronzit
• “Oktapodi”, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• “Presto”, Doug Sweetland
• “This Way Up”, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

• “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)”, Reto Caffi
• “Manon on the Asphalt”, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• “New Boy”, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• “The Pig”, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
• “Spielzeugland (Toyland)”, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

• “The Dark Knight”, Richard King
• “Iron Man”, Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• “Slumdog Millionaire”, Tom Sayers
• “WALL-E”, Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• “Wanted”,Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
• “The Dark Knight”, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
• “Slumdog Millionaire”, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
• “WALL-E”,Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
• “Wanted”, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
• “The Dark Knight”, Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
• “Iron Man”, John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• “Doubt”, Written by John Patrick Shanley
• “Frost/Nixon”, Screenplay by Peter Morgan
• “The Reader”, Screenplay by David Hare
• “Slumdog Millionaire”, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

• “Frozen River”, Written by Courtney Hunt
• “Happy-Go-Lucky”, Written by Mike Leigh
• “In Bruges”, Written by Martin McDonagh
• “Milk”, Written by Dustin Lance Black
• “WALL-E”, Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

There are not many surprises here, are there? There are a lot of things I like (like that Happy-Go-Lucky and In Bruges got nominations and that The Dark Knight is featured and Robert Downey Jr’s nomination).

There’s a curious lack of Clint Eastwood (has the Academy finally realised that boredom does not equal art?) and I’m honestly wondering about Waltz with Bashir in the best foreign movie category and not in the best documentary.

But basically, what this tells us is that the films not to be missed are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, Wall-E, The Dark Knight.

Oh, and take that suckers, Austria is nominated AGAIN. :)