The nominations for the 2009 Academy Awards have been announced. Here's the list:

Best Picture

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"Frost/Nixon"

"Milk

"The Reader"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Director

Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"

David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"

Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Best Actor

Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"

Sean Penn, "Milk"

Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"

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"

Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Viola Davis, "Doubt"

Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

Best Original Screenplay

Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"

Courtney Hunt,"Frozen River"

Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Marttin McDonagh,"In Bruges"

Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon,"WALL-E"

Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"

David Hare, "The Reader"

Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"

John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"

Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Animated Feature Film

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, Germany

The Class, France

Departures, Japan

Revanche, Austria

Waltz With Bashir, Israel

And now for the minor categories...