and the nominees are...

As of January 14…
BEST MOTION PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
Milk (Focus Features)
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
The Curious Case of … (Paramount Pics)
Frost/Nixon (Universal Pictures)
Alternate
Doubt (Miramax Films)
Gran Torino (Warner Bros.)

BEST DIRECTING
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher – The Curious Case of …
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Alternate
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
Dark Horse
Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
Longshot
Clint Eastwood

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn – Milk
Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Alternate
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of …
Dark Horse
Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTRESS
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Alternate
Kristen Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
Dark Horses
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Longshot
Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Phillip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionarie
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey, Jr – Tropic Thunder
Alternate
Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon
Dark Horse
Ralph Fiennes – The Reader

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Viola Davis – Doubt
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of …
Alternate
Amy Adams
Dark Horse
Rosemary DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of … - Eric Roth
Doubt – John Patrick Stanley
Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
The Dark Knight
Alternate
The Reader – David Hare
Dark Horse
Revolutionary Road – Justin Haythe

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Most Likely
Milk
The Wrestler
Wall*E
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rachel Getting Married
Alternate
The Visitor
Dark Horse
Happy-Go-Lucky
Longshot
Burn After Reading

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Wall*E
Waltz with Bashir
Kung Fu Panda
Alternate
Doubt

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of … - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
Revolutionary Road – Roger Deakins
The Reader
Alternate
Australia
Dark Horse
Defiance – Eduardo Serra
Longshot
Changeling – Tom Stern

ART DIRECTION
The Curious Case of …
Hellboy II
Revolutionary Road
The Dark Knight
Australia
Alternate
The Reader
Milk
Dark Horse
Indiana Jones 4
Longshot
Synecdoche, New York
Changeling
The Fall

FILM EDITING
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of …
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Alternate
Indianan Jones 4
Dark Horse
Quantum of Solace
Longshot
Wall*E
COSTUME
The Curious Case of …
Revolutionary Road
The Duchess
Australia
The Reader
Alternate
Changeling
Dark Horse
Milk
Longshot
The Fall
The Other Bolyen Girl

MAKEUP
The Curious Case of …
Hellboy II
The Dark Knight
Alternate
Tropic Thunder
Dark Horse
The Reader
Longshot
Synecdoche, New York

ORIGINAL SCORE
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of …
The Dark Knight
Wall*E
Revolutionary Road
Alternate
Milk
Dark Horse
The Reader
Longshot
Changeling

ORIGINAL SONG
The Wrestler - The Wrestler
Wall*E – Down to Earth
Slumdog Millionaire - Jai Ho
Bolt - I Thought I Lost You
Gran Torino - Gran Torino
Alternate
Quantum of Solace - Another Way to Die
Dark Horse
Cadillac Records - Once in a Lifetime
Hamlet 2 - Rock Me Sexy Jesus
Longshot
High School Musical 3: Senior Year - A Night to Remember

SOUND MIXING
Wall*E
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II
Indiana Jones 4
Alternate
The Curious Case of …
Dark Horse
Defiance
Longshot
Cloverfield

SOUND EDITING
Wall*E
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Hancock
Indiana Jones 4
Alternate
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Dark Horse
Defiance
Longshot
Quantum of Solace

VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of …
Hellboy II
The Dark Knight
Alternate
Iron Man
Dark Horse
Australia
Longshot
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Encounters at the End of the World
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
I.O.U.S.A
Alternate
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Dark Horse
Standard Operating Procedure
Longshot
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
Waltz with Bashir
The Class
The Baader Meinhof Complex
3 Monkeys
Alternate
Departures
Dark Horse
Everlasting Moments
The Necessities of Life
Longshot
Revanche
Tear This Heart Out