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Here's the complete list of the 80th annual Academy Awards.

What happened to my beloved "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." It was my pick for the best film of 2007 for it's bold performances and film making by Tim Burton. I'm glad that Johnny Depp was at least nominated.

Emile Hirsch and Sean Penn should have been nominated for "Into The Wild." Tommy Lee Jones was OK in "In the Valley of Elah"...but to snub Denzel?

Cate Blanchette for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age?" Everytime someone throws on a hoop skirt, they get nominated. There were far better performances.

Everyone is asking me if I think they'll be an Oscars show. The answer is, yes. The Directors and Producers Guilds came to an agreement with the writers recently. David Letterman struck a seperate deal for his company, Worldwide Pants. I excpet the Academy and ABC to do the same thing to avoid losing hundreds of millions of dollars if the show DOESN'T go on.

Speaking of money, the five best picture nominations have grossed $119,320,000 combined, so far. The worst film of the year, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" has made more. Very sad.

Here's the list...what do you think?

1. Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton,"
"No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

2. Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis,
"There Will Be Blood"; Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon
Barber of Fleet Street"; Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of
Elah"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises."

3. 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."

4. Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse
James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for
Old Men"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Philip Seymour Hoffman,
"Charlie Wilson's War"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."

5. Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby
Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan,
"Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

6. Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly"; Jason Reitman, "Juno"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael
Clayton"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men";
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

7. Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters,"
Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah
Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and
the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old
Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

9. Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver,
"Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad
Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara
Jenkins, "The Savages."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille";
"Surf's Up."

11. Art Direction: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The
Golden Compass," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet
Street," "There Will Be Blood."

12. Cinematography: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the
Coward Robert Ford," "Atonement," "The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

13. Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old
Men," "Ratatouille," "3:10 to Yuma," "Transformers."

14. Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for
Old Men," "Ratatouille," "There Will Be Blood," "Transformers."

15. Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli; "The Kite
Runner," Alberto Iglesias; "Michael Clayton," James Newton
Howard; "Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino; "3:10 to Yuma," Marco
Beltrami.

16. Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen
Hansard and Marketa Irglova; "Happy Working Song" from
"Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "Raise It Up"
from "August Rush," Nominees to be determined; "So Close" from
"Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "That's How You
Know" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

17. Costume: "Across the Universe," "Atonement,"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "La Vie en Rose," "Sweeney Todd
the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

18. Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight," "Operation
Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience," "Sicko," "Taxi to
the Dark Side," "War/Dance."

19. Documentary (short subject): "Freeheld," "La Corona (The
Crown)," "Salim Baba," "Sari's Mother."

20. Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Diving Bell
and the Butterfly," "Into the Wild," "No Country for Old Men,"
"There Will Be Blood."

21. Makeup: "La Vie en Rose," "Norbit," "Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World's End."

22. Animated Short Film: "I Met the Walrus," "Madame
Tutli-Putli," "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go
to Heaven)," "My Love (Moya Lyubov)," "Peter & the Wolf."

23. Live Action Short Film: "At Night," "Il Supplente (The
Substitute)," "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of
Pickpockets)," "Tanghi Argentini," "The Tonto Woman."

24. Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass," "Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World's End," "Transformers."

The awards show, if it happens, will be February 24th. Jon Stewart will host.