It’s nomination time again and here are the nominations for some of the main categories of the 2008 Academy Awards.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

1. George Clooney – Michael Clayton
2. Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood
3. Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
4. Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
5. Viggo Mortenson – Eastern Promises

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Cate Blancett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2. Julie Christie – Away From Her
3. Marion Cotillard – Ma Vie En Rose
4. Laura Linney – The Savages
5. Ellen Page - Juno

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
2. Javier Bardem – No Country For Old Men
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
4. Hal Holbrook – Into The Wild
5. Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Cate Blancett – I’m Not There
2. Ruby Dee – American Gangster
3. Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
4. Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
5. Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
2. Jason Reitman – Juno
3. Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
4. Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men
5. Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood

BEST PICTURE

1. Juno
2. Atonement
3. Michael Clayton
4. No Country For Old Men
5. There Will Be Blood

It’s great to see Irish actress Saoirse Ronan nominated for best supporting actress and Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s song "Falling Slowly" from the film Once has been nominated for best song.