The candidates for the 80th Academy Awards winners were declared on January 22nd for the year 2008, at 5:38 a.m. PST. It was read out by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and performer Kathy Bates. The place chosen for this award giving celebration was the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters.
A ceremonial was organized on February 9th in the year 2008 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Host Jessica Alba gave away the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement on this grand day. The nominations for the best picture category were Atonement, Juno, and Michael Clayton and There Will Be Blood but the Academy Awards winners were No Country for Old Men.
The Academy Awards winners for the Best Director were Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for the film No Country for Old Men. There were various nominations for the best director such as Paul Thomas Anderson for the film There Will Be Blood, Tony Gilroy for the movie Michael Clayton, Jason Reitman for the film Juno and Julian Schnabel for the movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
The candidates for the Academy Awards winners for Best actor were George Clooney in Michael Clayton, Viggo Mortensen performing in Eastern Promises, Johnny Depp performing in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Daniel Day-Lewis for the movie There Will Be Blood, and Tommy Lee Jones for the movie In the Valley of Elah. The winner for the best actor was Daniel Day-Lewis.
The nominations for the best actress for the Academy Awards winners were Julie Christie for the film Away from Her, Cate Blanchett for the movie Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Marion Cotillard for the film La Vie en Rose Laura Linney for the picture The Savages, and Ellen Page for the movie Juno but the victor for best actress was Marion Cotillard.
The Academy Awards winners for the Best Supporting Actor were Javier Bardem for the movie No Country for Old Men.
Among the several nominations was Casey Affleck for the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson's War and Hal Holbrook for the movie Into the Wild, Tom Wilkinson for the movie Michael Clayton.
The Academy Awards winners for the Best Supporting Actress were Tilda Swinton for the film Michael Clayton. Juno by Diablo Cody got the award for the Best Unique script writing.
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