And the nominees are...

The nominees for the 80th Academy Awards were announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Jon Stewart will serve as Oscar host for a second time when the awards ceremony is broadcast live by ABC from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on February 24.

Despite the continued strike by the Writers Guild of America, there have been no indications that the indulgent Academy Awards Ceremony will follow in the footsteps of the recent Golden Globes Ceremony which was scaled back to a press conference-style presentation.

The Oscars will continue as originally planned.

The following is a list of some of the announced nominees.

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Performance by an actor in a leading role
- George Clooney in Michael Clayton
- Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
- Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
- Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
- Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton

Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Julie Christie in Away from Her
- Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
- Laura Linney in The Savages
- Ellen Page in Juno

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There
- Ruby Dee in American Gangster
- Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
- Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
- Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Best animated feature film of the year
- Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
- Ratatouille (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
- Surf's Up (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction
- American Gangster: Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
- Atonement: Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- The Golden Compass: Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- There Will Be Blood: Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: Roger Deakins
- Atonement: Seamus McGarvey
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Janusz Kaminski
- No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins
- There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design
- Across the Universe: Albert Wolsky
- Atonement: Jacqueline Durran
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Alexandra Byrne
- La Vie en Rose: Marit Allen
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Julian Schnabel
- Juno: Jason Reitman
- Michael Clayton: Tony Gilroy
- No Country for Old Men: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- There Will Be Blood: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
- No End in Sight: A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
- Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience: A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
- Sicko: A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
- Taxi to the Dark Side: An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
- War/Dance: A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Achievement in film editing
- The Bourne Ultimatum: Christopher Rouse
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Juliette Welfling
- Into the Wild: Jay Cassidy
- No Country for Old Men: Roderick Jaynes
- There Will Be Blood: Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year
- Beaufor: Israel
- The Counterfeiters: Austria
- Katyn: Poland
- Mongol: Kazakhstan
- 12: Russia

Best motion picture of the year
- Atonement
- Juno
- Michael Clayton
- No Country for Old Men
- There Will Be Blood

Achievement in visual effects
- The Golden Compass
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Transformers

Adapted screenplay
- Atonement: Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
- Away from Her: Written by Sarah Polley
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
- No Country for Old Men: Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- There Will Be Blood: Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
- Juno: Written by Diablo Cody
- Lars and the Real Girl: Written by Nancy Oliver
- Michael Clayton: Written by Tony Gilroy
- Ratatouille: Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
- The Savages: Written by Tamara Jenkins

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