Atonement, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, or There Will Be Blood -- which movie will win the Academy Award for Best Picture? Vote below for your choice!*
*Sorry, Juno fans, but its chances -- just like any quirky comedy nominated in this category -- means I left it out of this poll.
The nominees for this year's Academy Awards were announced today. Following are the candidates in the major categories:
Best Picture: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood.
Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton; Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah; Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises.
Actress: Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Julie Christie, Away From Her; Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose; Laura Linney, The Savages; Ellen Page, Juno.
Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men; Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War; Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton.
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There; Ruby Dee, American Gangster; Saoirse Ronan, Atonement; Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone; Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.
Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Jason Reitman, Juno; Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men; Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood.
Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, Atonement; Sarah Polley, Away from Her; Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men; Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood.
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno; Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl; Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, Ratatouille; Tamara Jenkins, The Savages.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced today that The Daily Show's Jon Stewart will host the 2007 Academy Awards on February 24. This marks Stewart's second time as the ceremony's emcee; he hosted the Oscars two years ago and got mixed reviews.
"I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm," Stewart said in a statement.
I like Stewart, but I think I would feel better about this choice if Stephen Colbert was onboard as co-host. They were very funny when they were co-presenters at last year's Emmy Awards, and Colbert's straight-faced irony would be a good counterbalance for Stewart's sometimes smug sarcasm.
