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Academy Award Nominations

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Nominations for the 76th Annual Academy Awards will be announced Tuesday morning, January 27th, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson and his fellow Academy member Sigourney Weaver.
Pierson and Weaver will announce ten of the 24 categories at a 8:30 a.m. (EST) press conference.
Here are the folks I expect to receive nominations, 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
POSSIBLE OTHER 2
* In America
* Seabiscuit
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
POSSIBLE OTHER 2
* Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 21 Grams
* Gary Ross, Seabiscuit
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
POSSIBLE OTHER 2
* Samantha Morton, In America
* Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
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
POSSIBLE OTHER 2
* Russell Crowe, Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World
* Peter Dinklage, The Station Agent
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
* Patricia Clarkson, Pieces Of April
* Laura Linney, Mystic River
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
TOP 5
* Sean Astin, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
* Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
* Albert Finney, Big Fish
* Tim Robbins, Mystic River
* Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai
OTHER CONTENDERS
* Jeff Bridges, Seabiscuit
* Bill Nighy, Love Actually
The list of the ACTUAL nominees will be posted here as soon as it is available.
The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2003 will be presented on February 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & HighlandÆ and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. (PST) with a half-hour arrivals segment.