2006 Academy Awards Nominations
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As with last year, it is my intention to quickly post the nominations and some thoughts, along with as many Oscars contests as I can find.
The nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at 8:30am EST. If you're reading this after this time, you can read the nomination results here. In the meantime, here's a list of the most likely contenders for Oscar nods, taken from the Hollywood Stock Exchange's NominOptions list:
Best Picture
- Brokeback Mountain
- Capote
- Cinderella Man
- The Constant Gardener
- Crash
- Good Night and Good Luck
- A History of Violence
- King Kong
- Match Point
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Munich
- The New World
- Pride & Prejudice
- Syriana
- Walk the Line
Best Director
- Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
- Bennett Miller - Capote
- David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
- Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
- George Clooney - Good Night and Good Luck
- James Mangold - Walk the Line
- Paul Haggis - Crash
- Peter Jackson - King Kong
- Rob Marshall - Memoirs of a Geisha
- Ron Howard - Cinderella Man
- Stephen Frears - Mrs. Henderson Presents
- Stephen Gaghan - Syriana
- Steven Spielberg - Munich
- Terrence Malick - The New World
- Woody Allen - Match Point
Best Actor
- Anthony Hopkins - The World's Fastest Indian
- Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto
- David Strathairn - Good Night and Good Luck
- Eric Bana - Munich
- Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
- Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
- Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Match Point
- Nathan Lane - The Producers
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
- Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener
- Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
- Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
- Tommy Lee Jones - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Viggo Mortensen - A History of Violence
Best Actress
- Charlize Theron - North Country
- Claire Danes - Shopgirl
- Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
- Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof
- Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
- Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
- Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
- Naomi Watts - King Kong
- Natasha Richardson - The White Countess
- Q'orianka Kilcher - The New World
- Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
- Renee Zellweger - Cinderella Man
- Sarah Jessica Parker - The Family Stone
- Toni Collette - In Her Shoes
- Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Supporting Actor
- Barry Pepper - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Bob Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Presents
- Clifton Collins Jr. - Capote
- Craig T. Nelson - The Family Stone
- Don Cheadle - Crash
- Donald Sutherland - Pride & Prejudice
- Frank Langella - Good Night and Good Luck
- George Clooney - Syriana
- Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
- Matt Dillon - Crash
- Matthew Broderick - The Producers
- Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
- Richard Jenkins - North Country
- Terrence Howard - Crash
- William Hurt - A History of Violence
Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams - Junebug
- Brenda Blethyn - Pride & Prejudice
- Catherine Keener - Capote
- Diane Keaton - The Family Stone
- Frances McDormand - North Country
- Gong Li - Memoirs of a Geisha
- Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
- Maria Bello - A History of Violence
- Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
- Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
- Scarlet Johansson - Match Point
- Shirley MacLaine - In Her Shoes
- Taraji Henson - Hustle & Flow
- Thandie Newton - Crash
- Uma Thurman - The Producers
Best Original Screenplay
- Broken Flowers
- Cinderella Man
- Crash
- The Family Stone
- Good Night and Good Luck
- Hustle & Flow
- Match Point
- Me and You and Everyone We Know
- Mrs. Henderson Presents
- The New World
- Syriana
- The Squid and the Whale
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- The Upside of Anger
- Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- The White Countess
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Brokeback Mountain
- Capote
- The Constant Gardener
- A History of Violence
- In Her Shoes
- Jarhead
- King Kong
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Munich
- North Country
- Pride & Prejudice
- The Producers
- Shopgirl
- Syriana
- Walk the Line
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