And The 2007 Academy Awards Nominations Are...

The nominees have been announced for the 80th Annual Academy Awards this morning at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California. No huge surprises here - other than a few noticeable snubs. The nominees were announced by Oscar winner Kathy Bates and AMPAS President - Sid Ganis.

You can see a complete list of nominees HERE.

Here are the major categories:

BEST PICTURE

"Atonement"

"Juno"

"Michael Clayton"

"No Country for Old Men"

"There Will Be Blood"

BEST ACTOR

George Clooney - "Michael Clayton"

Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"

Johnny Depp - "Sweeney Todd"

Tommy Lee Jones - "In the Valley of Elah"

Viggo Mortensen - "Eastern Promises"

BEST 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"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Casey Affleck - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

Javier Bardem - "No Country for Old Men"

Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Charlie Wilson's War"

Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"

Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett - "I'm Not There"

Ruby Dee - "American Gangster"

Saoirse Ronan - "Atonement"

Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"

Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson - "There Will Be Blood"

Joel and Ethan Coen - "No Country for Old Men"

Tony Gilroy - "Michael Clayton"

Jason Reitman - "Juno"

Julian Schnabel - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Definitely no clear front-runners have emerged - so it can be any body's race this year! ''No Country for Old Men'' and ''There Will Be Blood'' lead all the films with the most nominations with eight each.

The 80th Annual Academy Awards will air (hopefully) on Sunday, February 24 on ABC - hosted by Jon Stewart!

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