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Ledger, Rourke Nab Oscar Nods

Benjamin Button, Slumdog lead the pack

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 22, 2009 8:16 AM CST

(Newser) – Exactly a year after his death, Heath Ledger has been nominated for an Academy Award, AP reports. Ledger's Supporting Actor nod was the only nom for The Dark Knight, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire rose to the top with 13 and 10 nominations respectively. Other nominees:

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

  • Best Actor: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor; Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Sean Penn, Milk; Brad Pitt; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
  • Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie, Changeling; Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Meryl Streep, Doubt; Kate Winslet, The Reader
  • Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk; Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight; Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
  • Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Doubt; Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Viola Davis, Doubt; Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie both received Best Actor/Actress Oscar nominations, AP reports.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie both received Best Actor/Actress Oscar nominations, AP reports.   (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Heath Ledger portrays The Joker in a scene from  The Dark Knight.  Ledger's performance is so remarkable that Ledger became just the seventh actor in Oscar history to earn a posthumous nomination.
Heath Ledger portrays The Joker in a scene from "The Dark Knight." Ledger's performance is so remarkable that Ledger became just the seventh actor in Oscar history to earn a posthumous nomination.   (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Stephen Vaughan)
Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up at the Golden Globes and is looking to do the same at the Oscars.
"Slumdog Millionaire" cleaned up at the Golden Globes and is looking to do the same at the Oscars.   (AP Photo/NBC,Paul Drinkwater)
Heath Ledger won a Golden Globe posthumously and may do the same at the Academy Awards.
Heath Ledger won a Golden Globe posthumously and may do the same at the Academy Awards.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Kate Winslet won two Golden Globes, but she won't be able to repeat the feat at the Oscars.
Kate Winslet won two Golden Globes, but she won't be able to repeat the feat at the Oscars.   (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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