We are live, bloging on the oscars 2009.

Apparently Anne Hathaway is wearing £1m worth of jewellery! No credit crunch for Hollywood's leading ladies.

Miley Cyrus is the first star to walk the red carpet - at least it guarantees maximum exposure while everyone waits for the nominees. The Disney star looks far older than her 16 years in an ornate silver gown.

We're in for a long night with the red carpet when the ceremony takes place at the Kodak theatre, LA. No one wants to arrive too early but the event organisers will have staggered the arrivals with pinpoint accuracy to avoid embarrassing collisions. Does this mean we won't get to see Brangelina bump into Jen Anniston and her new beau John Meyer? You never know!

Dominic Cooper of Mamma Mia! fame confirms he is taking to the stage but won't confirm exactly why. Rumours have it he's to perform - hopefully wearing spandex.

Zac Efron (rumoured to be dancing with host Hugh Jackman and Dominic Cooper) walks one step ahead of his girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens, who likened herself to Audrey Hepburn in her fishtail black gown - don't think that will go down too well with Hepburn fans!

So, apparently past winners will be presenting awards to this year's winners. Potentially Angelina could be handing Brad an Oscar - weird!

The kids from Slumdog Millionaire have arrived, and are REALLY excited!

Freida Pinto and Dev Patel look very cosy working the red carpet together, but awkwardly trying to avoid questions about a rumoured real-life romance between the pair. Freida looks absolutely stunning in a deep blue dress.

Heidi Klum in a case of deja-vu is wearing red again this year - surely a fashion faux-pas?

Mickey Rourke is wearing a pendant round his neck with a picture of his dead dog on it. He explained the Chihuahua was the love of his life, and he'd told the 18-year-old pet that he would rather have two more years with him than win an Oscar! If he wins Best Actor will he dedicate it to his dog? Highly likely.

Ron Howard (up for Best Director for 'Frost Nixon') all but confirms Arrested Development will be made into a film

Sarah Jessica Parker is wearing what can only be described as a wedding gown, while on the arm of husband Matthew Boderick, clearly trying to put to bed the rumours of divorce.

Kate Winslet looks stunning, standing out from the crowd in a midnight blue dress while the theme of the evening seems to be white weddings gowns.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrived to screaming fans but the pair both played it safe in the fashion department wearing black.

The red carpet is over, the stars have been hussled inside, and we're waiting for the ceremony to begin. Rumour has it Jessica Biel did her own hair for the ceremony, maybe the credit crunch has hit some of the girls.

Reviewing the dresses for the fashion blog coming up later on. Tilda Swinton loves to shock with her dress choices, and this year is no different, with what looks like a sack for a top - but the real disaster goes to Sophia Loren whose hideous outfit looks to be embarrassing Meryl Streep while they have their photo taken together.

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Oscar Nomines 2009.

Actor in a Leading Role

Richard Jenkins THE VISITOR
Frank Langella FROST/NIXON
Sean Penn MILK
Brad Pitt THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Mickey Rourke THE WRESTLER

Actor in a Supporting Role

Josh Brolin MILK
Robert Downey Jr. TROPIC THUNDER
Philip Seymour Hoffman DOUBT
Heath Ledger THE DARK KNIGHT
Michael Shannon REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

Actress in a Leading Role

Anne Hathaway RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Angelina Jolie CHANGELING
Melissa Leo FROZEN RIVER
Meryl Streep DOUBT
Kate Winslet THE READER

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams DOUBT
Penélope Cruz VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Viola Davis DOUBT
Taraji P. Henson THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Marisa Tomei THE WRESTLER

other categories...

Best animated feature film of the year

"Bolt" (Walt Disney) Chris Williams and Byron Howard

"Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) John Stevenson and Mark Osborne

"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

"Changeling" (Universal) Art Direction: James J. Murakami Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt
Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo

"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Nathan Crowley Set Decoration: Peter Lando

"The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films) Art Direction: Michael Carlin Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway

"Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) Art Direction: Kristi Zea Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

"Changeling" (Universal) Tom Stern

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Claudio Miranda

"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister

"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) Chris Menges and Roger Deakins

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

"Australia" (20th Century Fox) Catherine Martin

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Jacqueline West

"The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films) Michael O'Connor

"Milk" (Focus Features) Danny Glicker

"Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) David Fincher

"Frost/Nixon" (Universal) Ron Howard

"Milk" (Focus Features) Gus Van Sant

"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) Stephen Daldry

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" (Cinema Guild)
A Pandinlao Films Production Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath

"Encounters at the End of the World" (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment)
A Creative Differences Production Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser

"The Garden"
A Black Valley Films Production Scott Hamilton Kennedy

"Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures)
A Wall to Wall Production James Marsh and Simon Chinn

"Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films)
An Elsewhere Films Production Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

"The Conscience of Nhem En"
A Farallon Films Production Steven Okazaki

"The Final Inch"
A Vermilion Films Production Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant

"Smile Pinki"
A Principe Production Megan Mylan

"The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306"
A Rock Paper Scissors Production Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Lee Smith

"Frost/Nixon" (Universal) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley

"Milk" (Focus Features) Elliot Graham

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

"The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production - Germany
"The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haut et Court Production - France
"Departures" (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production - Japan
"Revanche" (Janus Films) A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production - Austria
"Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production - Israel

Achievement in makeup

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Greg Cannom

"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan

"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal) Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Alexandre Desplat

"Defiance" (Paramount Vantage) James Newton Howard

"Milk" (Focus Features) Danny Elfman

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman

"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Lyric by Peter Gabriel

"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman
Lyric by Gulzar

"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best motion picture of the year

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
A Kennedy/Marshall Production Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers

"Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers

"Milk" (Focus Features)
A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers

"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production Nominees to be determined

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
A Celador Films Production Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

"La Maison en Petits Cubes"
A Robot Communications Production Kunio Kato

"Lavatory - Lovestory"
A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production Konstantin Bronzit

"Oktapodi" (Talantis Films)
A Gobelins, L'école de l'image Production Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand

"Presto" (Walt Disney)
A Pixar Animation Studios Production Doug Sweetland

"This Way Up"
A Nexus Production Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

"Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency)
An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production Reto Caffi

"Manon on the Asphalt" (La Luna Productions)
A La Luna Production Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont

"New Boy" (Network Ireland Television)
A Zanzibar Films Production Steph Green and Tamara Anghie

"The Pig"
An M & M Production Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh

"Spielzeugland (Toyland)"
A Mephisto Film Production Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Richard King

"Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment) Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Tom Sayers

"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood

"Wanted" (Universal) Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten

"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt

"Wanted" (Universal) Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron

"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin

"Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment) John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Eric Roth
Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord

"Doubt" (Miramax) Written by John Patrick Shanley

"Frost/Nixon" (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Morgan

"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) Screenplay by David Hare

"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

"Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Courtney Hunt

"Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax) Written by Mike Leigh

"In Bruges" (Focus Features) Written by Martin McDonagh

"Milk" (Focus Features) Written by Dustin Lance Black

"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon
Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Celebrity Birthdays November 2007


Here are some celebrity bithday date if you want to send them a birthday card.



BIRTHDAYS

Anne Hathaway will be 25 years old on November 12
Josh Duhamel will be 35 years old on November 14

Maggie Gyllenhaal will be 30 years old on November 16
Chloe Sevigny will be 33 years old on November 18

Owen Wilson will be 39 years old on November 18




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