The 79th Annual Academy Awards will be honoring the finest that have graced our silver screen year round, so get ready for the biggest night in Hollywood. The buzz for this upcoming event is tremendous. Whose designers’ clothing will be bizarre? Who’s going to present? What couples will grace the red carpet? Literally, tons of questions come to mind.
Well, the nominations are in and it looks like the award show is packed with stiff competion in a slew of categories. Just to name a few, Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness, and Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond are predominantly veterans in the leading role category. Supporting actors Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls, Mark Wahlberg in The Departed, and Djimon Honsu in Blood Diamond. The lady nominees are looking pretty steep in competition as well. Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada, Kate Winslet, Little Children, and Helen Mirren, Queen, make for an entertaining list of Oscar winning hopefuls, in the leading actress category. As for the supporting roles, the rebirth of “Effey,” portrayed by Jennifer Hudson, is nominated for her performance in Dreamgirls. She is up against actresses Cate Blanchett. in Notes on a Scandal, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine.
Dreamgirls and Blood Diamond will definitely shine because although both entertaining movies are not nominated for Best Movie, they are each nominated heavily in other categories. The star-studded event will be hosted by the very funny, Ellen Degeneres, and it is scheduled to hit your plasma on Feb. 25 at 7p.m./ 8et on ABC. So tune in to see who’s taking home a shiny gold man this year. Who knows, maybe the actor or actress you want to see win will thank you. As for the losers who didn’t get nominated (sorry if that seemed harsh) like Beyonce, Angelina, and other countless individuals who didn’t get the chance, it’s not their fault that they’re not the best. Maybe next year they will have the role of their dreams and deliver some powerful performances. Tinseltown’s finest will grace the red carpet in glitz and glamour for the lovely camera and fans, so stay tuned for the best and worst dressed, as well as the interviews that will take place during pre-show and after-math sessions on www.oscars.com, just in case you miss all the action.