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Oscar Nominees in Photos

Slumdog , Benjamin Button , Milk join Reader and Frost/Nixon in best-picture fight

By Leela de Kretser, Newser User

Posted Feb 21, 2009 1:31 PM CST

(Newser) – The countdown begins to Hollywood's night of nights, with big guns that "are easier to admire and respect than to love" competing for top honors, writes David Gritten in the Daily Mail. No doubt the tabloids are hoping for a Brangelina sweep of the Best Actor and Best Actress categories. Will underdog fave Slumdog Millionaire nab Best Film? Click the image to view a slideshow of the nominated actors; to view trailers of the best-picture nominees, click "video."

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Best actress: Anne Hathaway, shown in a scene from "Rachel Getting Married." (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best actress: Kate Winslet, shown in a scene from "The Reader." (The Weinstein Co.)

Best actress: Meryl Streep, who portrays Sister Aloysius in a scene from "Doubt." (Miramax Film Corp)

Best actress: Angelina Jolie, shown in a scene from "Changeling." (Universal Pictures)

Best actress: Melissa Leo, right, and Misty Upham in a scene from "Frozen River." (Sundance Film Festival)

Best actor: Brad Pitt, shown in a scene from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." (Paramount Pictures)

Best actor: Mickey Rourke, shown in a scene from "The Wrestler." (Fox Searchlight)

Best actor: Richard Jenkins, left, and Hazz Sleimann are shown in a scene from "The Visitor". (Overture Films)

Best actor: Frank Langella portrays Richard Nixon in a scene from the film, "Frost/Nixon." (Universal Pictures)

Best actor: Sean Penn, who portrays gay rights activist Harvey Milk in a scene from in a scene from "Milk." (AP Photo/Focus Features, Phil Bray)

Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger stars as The Joker in a scene from "The Dark Knight." (Warner Bros. )

Best supporting actor: Josh Brolin, who portrays San Francisco city supervisor Dan White, in a scene from "Milk." (Focus Features)

Best supporting actor: Robert Downey Jr., shown in a scene from "Tropic Thunder." (Paramount Pictures)

Best supporting actor: Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road." (Paramount)

Best supporting actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, who portrays Father Flynn, right, in a scene from "Doubt." (Miramax Film Corp)

Best supporting actress: Amy Adams, who portrays Sister James in a scene from "Doubt." (Miramax Film Corp)

Best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz, who stars as Maria Elena in a scene from "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." (The Weinstein Co.)

Best supporting actress: Viola Davis, shown in a scene from "Doubt." (Miramax Film Corp)

Best supporting actress: Taraji P. Henson, shown in a scene from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." (Paramount Pictures)

Best supporting actress: Marisa Tomei, in a scene from "The Wrestler." (Fox Searchlight)

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A trailer for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." (TrailerMagic)

The trailer for "Milk." (GTAfan86)

Trailer for "The Reader." (ufospl)

A "Frost/Nixon" trailer. (AmericanSuperstarTV)

A "Slumdog Millionaire" trailer. (sfv1ds)

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Oscar Nominees in Photos