The International Press Academy has just announced the 13th annual Satellite Award nominees. Although they have no say in what might or might not get nominated for an Oscar, the IPA chose not to recognize There Will Be Blood or Atonement for Best Motion Picture, Drama, nor did it recognize George Clooney for Best Actor for Michael Clayton. It Didn’t nominate Letters from Iwo Jima in 2006 either. These are the first Awards to stir the Oscar pot and really ask the question, What will be nominated for an Oscar? Does it mean that since The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight or The Wrestler wont be nominated for Best Picture come Oscar time? No. It means nothing. Benjamin Button has yet to be in wide release format and few critics have seen it. However, the Satellite Awards did pick the last two Oscar winners for Best Picture. Last year they picked No Country For Old Men, and the The Departed the year before.
Motion Picture, Drama
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Revolutionary Road
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- Frozen River
Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
- Vicky Christina Barcelona
- Tropic Thunder
- In Bruges
- Choke
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
Actress In A Motion Picture, 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
Actor In A Motion Picture, 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
Actress In A Motion Picture, 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 Hollidays
Actor In A Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
- Ricky Gervais – Ghost Town
- Sam Rockwell – Choke
- Josh Brolin – W.
- Michael Cera – Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
- Brandon Gleeson – In Bruges
- Mark Ruffalo – The Brothers Bloom
Actress In A Supporting Role
- Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
- Penelope Cruz – Elegy
- Anjelica Huston – Choke
- Sophie Okonedo – The Secret Life of Bees
- Emma Thompson – Brideshead Revisited
- Viola Davis – Doubt
- Beyonce knowles – Cadillac Records
Actor In A Supporting Role
- Michael Shannon – Rvolutionary Road
- Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
- Rade Sherbegia – Fugitive Pieces
- James Franco – Milk
- Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Motion Picture, Foreign Language Film
- Let the Right One In – Sweden
- The Class – France
- Sangre de mi Sangre – Argentina
- Reprise – Norway
- Gomorrah – Italy
- Caramel – Lebenon/France
Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
- The Tale of Despereaux
- Dr. Suess’ Horton Hears of Who!
- Bolt
- Waltz with Bashir
- The Sky Crawlers
Motion Picture, Documentary
- Man on Wire
- Pray the Devil Back to Hell
- Encouonters at the End of the World
- Religulous
- Anita O’Day – The Life of a Jazz Singer
- Waltz with Bashir
Sreenplay, Original
- Elegy
- The Visitor
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frozen River
- Australia
- Milk
Screnplay, Adapted
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- Slumdog Milionaire
- Revolutionary Road
Original Score
- David Arnold – Quantum of Solace
- Thomas Newman - WALL-E
- John Powell – Dr. Suess’ Horton Hears a Who!
- A.R Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
- David Hirschfelder – Australia
- Danny Elfman – Milk
Original Song
- “Another Way to Die”/Jack White – Quantum of Solace
- “If the World”/Guns N’ Roses – Body of Lies
- “Down to Earth”/ Peer Gabriel – WALL-E
- “By the Boab Tree”/Angela Little – Australia
- “Jaiho”/A.R. Rahman and Gulzar – Slumdog Millionaire
- “The Wrestler”/Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler
Cinematography
- Jess Hall – Brideshead Revisited
- Gyula Pados – The Duchess
- Mandy Walker – Australia
- Tim Orr – Snow Angels
- Tom Stern – Changeling
- Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button