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Sunday
30Nov2008

'Slumdog,' 'Milk' Lead Satellite Award Nominees

The nominees have been announced for the 13th annual Satellite Awards, presented by the International Press Association. It works very much the way the Golden Globes does (or is that do?), although there are awards in technical categories as well. The awards will be handed out on Sunday, December 14th in beautiful Century City, California.

The big news is probably that Meryl Streep has received nominations both Best Actress categories, for Doubt and Mamma Mia!, though I think most people would probably have assumed that much, given the weak year of performances (no offense to Kat Dennings, but does she really deserve a nomination for something based on Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist; does the film deserve three?). Mark Ruffalo also got the double dip, which wasn't expected, for The Brothers Bloom and What Doesn't Kill You.

Elsewhere, The Dark Knight got passed over for Best Picture, nabbing nominations for both Christopher Nolan and Heath Ledger. Slumdog Millionaire and Milk emerged as the most-nominated films of the year, with six each. Robert Downey Jr. received a supporting nomination for Tropic Thunder, which was good to see, while Benjamin Button and Elegy, both of which are based on previously published works, are nominated in the original screenplay category, and that is not good to see. If you're looking for a major snub, by the way, Benjamin Button was pretty much shut out.

Here are the nominees in the major categories:

Best Picture (Drama)
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Revolutionary Road
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Frozen River

Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Happy-Go-Lucky
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Tropic Thunder
In Bruges
Choke

Best Actress (Drama)
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Lisa Kudrow - Kabluey
Kat Dennings - Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Catherine Deneuve - A Christmas Tale
Debra Messing - Nothing Like the Holidays

Best Actor (Drama)
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Mark Ruffalo - What Doesn't Kill You
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Sean Penn - Milk

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)
Ricky Gervais - Ghost Town
Sam Rockwell - Choke
Josh Brolin - W.
Michael Cera - Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Mark Ruffalo - The Brothers Bloom

Best Supporting Actress
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Penelope Cruz - Elegy
Anjelica Huston - Choke
Sophie Okonedo - The Secret Life of Bees
Emma Thompson - Brideshead Revisited
Beyoncé Knowles - Cadillac Records

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Rade Sherbedgia - Fugitive Pieces
James Franco - Milk
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

Best Director
Thomas McCarthy - The Visitor
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Stephen Daldry - The Reader

Best Original Screenplay

Elegy
The Visitor
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frozen River
Australia
Milk

Best Adapted Screenplay
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Revolutionary Road

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