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2008 Academy Awards

Release Date:
Sunday, February 24, 2008

MPAA Rating:
NR

Starring:
John Stewart,

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Jon Stewart will host the 80th Academy Awards® telecast, producer Gil Cates announced. This will mark Stewart's second stint as Oscar host.

"Jon was a terrific host for the 78th Awards," said Cates. "He is smart, quick, funny, loves movies and is a great guy. What else could one ask for?"

Stewart has been host and executive producer of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, winner of four consecutive Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, since 1999. The show has also been bestowed with two Peabody Awards. In 2004 Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show also authored "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction," which was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor and was a staple on The New York Times best seller list for 46 consecutive weeks.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.

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Nominations Predictions
Tim Berroth

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The nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22. For what it’s worth, here are my predictions in the six major categories. Check back in tomorrow and see how I did!

BEST PICTURE

Juno
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Sweeney Todd

BEST ACTOR

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In The Valley Of Elah
Viggo Mortenson, Eastern Promises

BEST ACTRESS

Julie Christie, Away From Her
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Keira Knightley, Atonement

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Robert Downey Jr., Zodiac
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Saorise Ronan, Atonement
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson’s War

BEST DIRECTOR

Joe Wright, Atonement
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Sidney Lumet, Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly


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