Top Oscar nominees

2005-01-25 23:45

Beverly Hills - The following is a list of nominees in the major categories for the 77th-annual Academy Awards, unveiled here on Tuesday.

Best Picture:

-- The Aviator

-- Finding Neverland

-- Million Dollar Baby

-- Ray

-- Sideways

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

-- Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda

-- Johnny Depp for Finding Neverland

-- Leonardo DiCaprio for The Aviator

-- Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby

-- Jamie Foxx for Ray

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

-- Annette Bening for Being Julia

-- Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full of Grace

-- Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake

-- Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby

-- Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

-- Alan Alda for The Aviator

-- Thomas Haden Church for Sideways

-- Jamie Foxx for Collateral

-- Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby

-- Clive Owen for Closer

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

-- Cate Blanchett for The Aviator

-- Laura Linney for Kinsey

-- Virginia Madsen for Sideways

-- Sophie Okonedo for for Hotel Rwanda

-- Natalie Portman for Closer

Best Director:

-- Martin Scorsese for The Aviator

-- Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby

-- Taylor Hackford for Ray

-- Alexander Payne for Sideways

-- Mike Leigh for Vera Drake

Best Foreign-Language Film:

-- As It Is in Heaven (Sweden)

-- The Chorus (Les Choristes) (France)

-- Downfall (Germany)

-- The Sea Inside (Spain)

-- Yesterday (South Africa)

Best Animated Feature Film:

-- The Incredibles

-- Shark Tale

-- Shrek 2

Best Adapted Screenplay:

-- Before Sunset

-- Finding Neverland

-- Million Dollar Baby

-- The Motorcycle Diaries

-- Sideways

Best Original Screenplay:

-- The Aviator

-- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

-- Hotel Rwanda

-- The Incredibles

-- Vera Drake

- SAPA