The nominees, announced early this morning are:BEST PICTURE”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button””Frost/Nixon””Milk”The Reader””Slumdog Millionaire”BEST ACTRESSAnne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”Meryl Streep, “Doubt”Kate Winslet, “The Reader”BEST ACTORFrank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”Sean Penn, “Milk”Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSAmy Adams, “Doubt”Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”Viola Davis, “Doubt”Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”BEST SUPPORTING ACTORJosh Brolin, “Milk”Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”BEST DIRECTORDanny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”Gus Van Sant, “Milk”BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYDustin Lance Black, “Milk”Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River”Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky”Marttin McDonagh, “In Bruges”Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, “WALL-E”BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYSimon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”David Hare, “The Reader”Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt”Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM”The Baader-Meinhof Complex” (Germany)”The Class” (France)”Departures” (Japan)”Revanche” (Austria)”Waltz with Bashir” (Israel)BEST ANIMATED FILM”Bolt””Kung Fu Panda””Wall-E”BEST ART DIRECTION”Changeling””The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button””Dark Knight””The Duchess””Revolutionary Road”BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY”Changeling” Tom Stern”Slumdog Millionaire,” Anthony Dod Mantle”The Reader,” Chris Menges”The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button,” Claudio Miranda”The Dark Knight,” Wally Pfister,BEST FILM EDITING”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall”The Dark Knight,” Lee Smith”Frost/Nixon,” Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill”Milk,” Elliot Graham”Slumdog Millionaire,” Chris DickensBEST COSTUME DESIGN”Australia,” Catherine Martin”The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button,” Jacqueline West”The Duchess,” Michael O’Conner”Milk”, Danny Glicker”Revolutionary Road,” Albert WolskyBEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE”The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)””Encounters at the End of the World””The Garden””Man on Wire””Trouble the Water”BEST ORIGINAL SONG”Slumdog Millionaire,” “Jai Ho,” A.R. Rahman”Slumdog Millionaire,” “O Saya,” A.R. Rahman & M.I.A.”Wall-E,” “Down To Earth,” Peter Gabriel & Thomas NewmanBEST 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 NewmanBEST MAKEUP”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Colleen Callaghan, Fionagh Cush”The Dark Knight,” Peter Robb-King, John Caglione Jr.”Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” Mike Elizalde, Thom FloutzBEST SOUND EDITING”The Dark Knight,” Richard King”Iron Man,” Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes”Slumdog Millionaire,” Tom Sayers”Wall-E,” Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood”Wanted,” Wylie StatemanBEST SOUND MIXING”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Mark Weingarten, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce”The Dark Knight,” Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo”Slumdog Millionaire,” Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty”Wall-E,” Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick”Wanted,” Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr ForejtBEST VISUAL EFFECTS”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Eric Barba”The Dark Knight,” Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber”Iron Man,” John NelsonBEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM”Auf der Strecke (On the Line)””Manon on the Asphalt””New Boy””The Pig””Spielzeugland (Toyland)”BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM”La Maison en Petits Cubes””Lavatory – Lovestory””Oktapodi””Presto””This Way Up”BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM”The Conscience of Nhem En””The Final Inch””Smile Pinki””The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306″