Dan’s Potential Nominees for the Academy Awards
The Nominations for this year’s Academy Awards will be announced early Tuesday morning.
There will be 5 nominees in each of the 6 major categories – Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress. Later today I’ll narrow this list of potential nominees down to 7 for each category.
These are the ones that I am leaning toward right now.
Everything is in Alphabetical order:
BEST PICTURE
TOP 5
* The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
* Cold Mountain
* Lost In Translation
* Mystic River
* Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
OTHERS
* American Splendor
* House Of Sand And Fog
* In America
* Kill Bill: Vol. 1
* Seabiscuit
* 21 Grams
BEST DIRECTOR
TOP 5
* Sofia Coppola, Lost In Translation
* Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
* Peter Jackson, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
* Anthony Minghella, Cold Mountain
* Peter Weir, Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
OTHERS
* Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 21 Grams
* Gary Ross, Seabiscuit
* Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
BEST ACTRESS
TOP 5
* Jennifer Connelly, House Of Sand And Fog
* Diane Keaton, Something’s Gotta Give
* Nicole Kidman, Cold Mountain
* Charlize Theron, Monster
* Naomi Watts, 21 Grams
OTHERS
* Jamie Lee Curtis, Freaky Friday
* Samantha Morton, In America
* Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
* Evan Rachel Wood, Thirteen
BEST ACTOR
TOP 5
* Paul Giamatti, American Splendor
* Ben Kingsley, House Of Sand And Fog
* Jude Law, Cold Mountain
* Bill Murray, Lost In Translation
* Sean Penn, Mystic River
OTHERS
* Russell Crowe, Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
* Johnny Depp, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl
* Peter Dinklage, The Station Agent
* Sean Penn, 21 Grams
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
TOP 5
* Shoreh Aghdashloo, House Of Sand And Fog
* Hope Davis, American Splendor
* Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
* Scarlett Johansson, Lost In Translation
* Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain
OTHERS
* Emma Bolger, In America
* Patricia Clarkson, Pieces Of April
* Holly Hunter, Thirteen
* Laura Linney, Mystic River
* Emma Thompson, Love Actually
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
TOP 5
* Sean Astin, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
* Albert Finney, Big Fish
* Bill Nighy, Love Actually
* Tim Robbins, Mystic River
* Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai
OTHER CONTENDERS
* Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
* Paul Bettany, Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
* Jeff Bridges, Seabiscuit
* Chris Cooper, Seabiscuit
* Djimon Hounsou, In America
* Ian McKellen, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
* Andy Serkis, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
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