Oscar nominations released

The Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the Oscar nominations for the 2004-2005 season today, Tuesday, Jan. 25. Official Silver Chips Online predictions will be published within the week. The nominations are:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• "The Aviator"
  
• "Finding Neverland"
  
• "Million Dollar Baby"
• "Ray"
  
• "Sideways"

• Don Cheadle for "Hotel Rwanda"
• Johnny Depp for "Finding Neverland"
• Leonardo DiCaprio for "The Aviator"
• Clint Eastwood for "Million Dollar Baby"
• Jamie Foxx for "Ray"

• Annette Bening for "Being Julia"
• Catalina Sandino Moreno for "Maria Full of Grace"
• Imelda Staunton for "Vera Drake"
• Hilary Swank for "Million Dollar Baby"
• Kate Winslet for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

• Alan Alda for "The Aviator"
• Thomas Haden Church for "Sideways"
• Jamie Foxx for "Collateral"
• Morgan Freeman for "Million Dollar Baby"
• Clive Owen for "Closer"

• Cate Blanchett for "The Aviator"
• Laura Linney for "Kinsey"
• Virginia Madsen for "Sideways"
• Sophie Okonedo for "Hotel Rwanda"
• Natalie Portman for "Closer"

• Clint Eastwood for "Million Dollar Baby"
• Taylor Hackford for "Ray"
• Mike Leigh for "Vera Drake"
• Alexander Payne for "Sideways"
• Martin Scorsese for "The Aviator"

• John Logan for "The Aviator"
• Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
• Terry George and Keir Pearson for "Hotel Rwanda"
• Brad Bird for "The Incredibles"
• Mike Leigh for "Vera Drake"

• Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke for "Before Sunset"
• David Magee for "Finding Neverland"
• Paul Haggis for "Million Dollar Baby"
• Jose Rivera for "Diarios de motocicleta"
• Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor for "Sideways"

• Robert Richardson for "The Aviator"
• Xiaoding Zhao for "Shi mian mai fu"
• Caleb Deschanel for "The Passion of the Christ"
• John Mathieson for "The Phantom of the Opera"
• Bruno Delbonnel for "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

• Thelma Schoonmaker for "The Aviator"
• Jim Miller and Paul Rubell for "Collateral"
• Matt Chesse for "Finding Neverland"
• Joel Cox for "Million Dollar Baby"
• Paul Hirsch for "Ray"

• Dante Ferretti and Francesca LoSchiavo for "The Aviator"
• Gemma Jackson and Trisha Edwards for "Finding Neverland"
• Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl Carasik for "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
• Anthony Pratt and Celia Bobak for "The Phantom of the Opera"
• Aline Bonetto for "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

• Sandy Powell for "The Aviator"
• Alexander Byrne for "Finding Neverland"
• Colleen Atwood for "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
• Sharen Davis for "Ray"
• Bob Ringwood for "Troy"

• Jan A.P. Kaczmarek for "Finding Neverland"
• John Williams for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
• Thomas Newman for "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
• John Debney for "The Passion of the Christ"
• James Newton Howard for "The Village"

• Bruno Coulais and Christophe Barratier for "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" in "Les Choristes"
• Jorge Drexler for "Al Otro Lado Del Río" in "Diarios de motocicleta"
• Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart for "Learn To Be Lonely" in "The Phantom of the Opera"
• Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri for "Believe" in "The Polar Express"
• David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Matthew Malley, Dan Vickrey, Charles Gillingham and Jim Bogios for "Accidentally In Love" from "Shrek 2"

• Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso for "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
• Keith VanderLaan and Christien Tinsley for "The Passion of the Christ"
• Jo Allen and Manolo García for "Mar adentro"

• Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal for "The Aviator"
• Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo and Doc Kane for "The Incredibles"
• William B. Kaplan, Randy Thom, Tom Johnson and Dennis S. Sands for "The Polar Express"
• Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa for "Ray"
• Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger for "Spider-Man 2"

• Michael Silvers and Randy Thom for "The Incredibles"
• Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard for "The Polar Express"
• Paul N.J. Ottosson for "Spider-Man 2"

• Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George and John Richardson for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
• John Nelson, Andy Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri for "I, Robot"
• John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier for "Spider-Man 2"

• Brad Bird for "The Incredibles"
• Bill Damaschke for "Shark Tale"
• Andrew Adamson for "Shrek 2"

• Christophe Barratier (France) for "Les Choristes"
• Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany) for "Der Untergang"
• Alejandro Amenábar (Spain) for "Mar adentro"
• Kay Pollak (Sweden) for "Så som i himmelen"
• Darrell Roodt (South Africa) for "Yesterday"

• Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman for "Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids"
• Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa for "Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel, Die"
• Morgan Spurlock for "Super Size Me"
• Karolyn Ali and Lauren Lazin for "Tupac: Resurrection"
• Eddie Schmidt and Kirby Dick for "Twist of Faith"

• Gerardine Wurzburg for "Autism Is a World"
• Polak, Hanna, Celinski and Andrzej for "The Children of Leningradsky"
• Erin Faith Young and Hubert Davis for "Hardwood"
• Robert Hudson and Robert Houston for "Mighty Times: The Children's March"
• Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer for "Sister Rose's Passion"

• Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory for "Birthday Boy"
• Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller for "Gopher Broke"
• Bill Plympton for "Guard Dog"
• Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth for "Lorenzo"
• Chris Landreth for "Ryan"

• Gary McKendry for "Everything in This Country Must"
• Ashvin Kumar for "Little Terrorist"
• Nacho Vigalondo for "7:35 de la mañana"
• Taika Cohen and Ainsley Gardiner for "Two Cars, One Night"
• Andrea Arnold for "Wasp"

The 77th annual Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. EST/ 5 p.m. PST on ABC.