BEST PICTURE

DIRECTING

• David Fincher, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Stephen Daldry, 'The Reader'
• Danny Boyle, 'Slumdog Millionaire'
• Gus Van Sant, 'Milk'
• Ron Howard, 'Frost/Nixon'

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Brad Pitt, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Mickey Rourke, 'The Wrestler'
• Richard Jenkins, 'The Visitor'
• Sean Penn, 'Milk'
• Frank Langella, 'Frost/Nixon'

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Meryl Streep, 'Doubt'
• Kate Winslet, 'The Reader'
• Anne Hathaway, 'Rachel Getting Married'
• Angelina Jolie, 'Changeling'
• Melissa Leo, 'Frozen River'

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Heath Ledger, 'The Dark Knight'
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'Doubt'
• Robert Downey Jr, 'Tropic Thunder'
• Josh Brolin, 'Milk'
• Michael Shannon, 'Revolutionary Road'

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Penélope Cruz, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
• Viola Davis, 'Doubt'
• Taraji P. Henson, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Amy Adams, 'Doubt'
• Marisa Tomei, 'The Wrestler'

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

• Courtney Hunt, 'Frozen River'
• Mike Leigh, 'Happy Go Lucky'
• Martin McDonagh, 'In Bruges'
• Dustin Lance Black, 'Milk'
• Andrew Stanton y Jim Reardon, 'WALL-E'

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

•  Eric Roth, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• David Hare, 'The Reader'
• Simon Beaufoy, 'Slumdog Millionaire'
• John Patrick Shanley, 'Doubt'
• Peter Morgan, 'Frost/Nixon'

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• 'The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)'
• 'Encounters at the End of the World'
• 'The Garden'
• 'Man on Wire'
• 'Trouble the Water'

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

• 'The Conscience of Nhem En'
• 'The Final Inch'
• 'Smile Pinki'
• 'The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306'

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• 'The Baader Meinhof Complex' (Germany)
• 'La clase' (France)
• 'Departures' (Japan)
• 'Revanche' (Austria)
• 'Waltz with Bashir' (Israel)

FILM EDITING

• Kirk Baxter y Angus Wall, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Lee Smith, 'The Dark Knight'
• Mike Hill y Dan Hanley, 'Frost/Nixon'
• Elliot Graham, 'Milk'
• Chris Dickens, 'Slumdog Millionaire'

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Tom Stern, 'Frost/Nixon'
• Claudio Miranda, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Wally Pfister, 'The Dark Knight'
• Chris Menges y Roger Deakins, 'The Reader'
• Anthony Dod Mantle, 'Slumdog Millionaire'

MUSIC (SCORE)

• Alexandre Desplat, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• James Newton Howard, 'Defiance'
• Danny Elfman, 'Milk'
• A.R. Rahman, 'Slumdog Millionaire'
• Thomas Newman, 'WALL-E' 
  

MUSIC (SONG)

• 'Down to Earth', 'WALL-E', Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman & Peter Gabriel
• 'Jai Ho', 'Slumdog Millionaire', A.R. Rahma & Gulzar
• 'O Saya', 'Slumdog Millionaire', A.R. Rahman & Maya Arulpragasam  
  

ART DIRECTION

• James J. Murakami, 'Frost/Nixon'
• Donald Graham Burt, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Nathan Crowley, 'The Dark Knight'
• Michael Carlin, 'Doubt'
• Kristi Zea, 'Revolutionary Road'

COSTUME DESIGN

• Catherine Martin, 'Australia'
• Jacqueline West, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Michael O’Connor, 'Doubt'
• Danny Glicker, 'Milk'
• Albert Wolsky, 'Revolutionary Road'
  

MAKEUP

• Greg Cannom, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• John Caglione, Jr. & Conor O’Sullivan, 'The Dark Knight'
• Mike Elizalde & Thom Floutz, 'Hellboy II'

SOUND MIXING

• Richard King, 'The Dark Knight'
• Frank Eulner & Christopher Boyes, 'Iron Man'
• Tom Sayers, 'Slumdog Millionaire'
• Ben Burtt & Matthew Wood, 'WALL-E'
• Wylie Stateman, 'Wanted'

SOUND EDITING

• David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce & Mark Weingarten, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo & Ed Novick, 'El caballero oscuro'
• Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke & Resul Pookutty, 'Slumdog Millionaire'
• Tom Myers, Michael Semanick & Ben Burtt, 'WALL-E'
• Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño & Petr Forejt, 'Wanted'
  

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton & Craig Barron, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
• Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber & Paul Franklin, 'The Dark Knight'
• John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick & Shane Mahan, 'Iron Man

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

•  'Bolt'
•  'Kung Fu Panda'
•  'WALL-E'

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

• 'Auf der Strecke (On the Line)'
• 'Manon on the Asphalt'
• 'New Boy'
• 'The Pig'
• 'Spielzeugland (Toyland)'

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

• 'La Maison en Petits Cubes'
• 'Lavatory - Lovestory'
• 'Oktapodi'
• 'Presto'
• 'This Way Up'

HONORARY OSCAR

•  Jerry Lewis

Source: ShowBizCafe.com