Nominations for the 78th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning, January 31st, 2006.

5,856 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were given the opportunity to vote. Those who mailed in their ballot sent it directly to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the international accounting firm, for tabulation. Academy President Sid Ganis and Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino announced ten of the nominations for the 78th Academy Awards at 5:30am to an audience of over 430 international media.

The announcement was made announced in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Sorvino won an Academy Award in 1995 for her supporting role in "Mighty Aphrodite."

Official screenings of all pictures with a nomination will begin this weekend for members at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Screenings in some categories also will be held in the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and San Francisco.

And the 2006 Academy Awards nominations go to ...

2006 Academy Award Nominations

Actor In A Leading Role

Philip Seymour Hoffman
CAPOTE

Terrence Howard
HUSTLE & FLOW

Heath Ledger
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Joaquin Phoenix
WALK THE LINE

Phoenix received a best supporting actor nomination in 2000 for "Gladiator."

David Strathairn
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

Strathairn, 55, is the only best actor nominee over 40.

On March 14th, his movie will be released on DVD.

Actor In A Supporting Role

George Clooney
SYRIANA

Matt Dillon
CRASH

After learning about his nomination, Dillon said:

I'm just delighted. It's kind of a crazy thing. I called my mom and dad right away. They were just so happy for me.

Paul Giamatti
CINDERELLA MAN

Giamatti's reaction to the good news:

"I'm not trying to be falsely modest when I say how odd it is to hear my name in conjunction with the Academy Awards.

It's not that I'm denigrating myself. It’s just not something that occurred to me as a possibility.

Jake Gyllenhaal
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

William Hurt
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

Hurt won an Oscar in 1986 for his role in "Kiss of the Spider Woman."

Actress In A Leading Role

Judi Dench
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

The Best Actress nominee stated this afternoon:

It's not ever old hat. No, no, never! It feels grand.

I got the news just after lunch today from my agent. So that was exciting.

It made it a very eventful lunch!

Felicity Huffman
TRANSAMERICA

Huffman's real reaction on January 31st:

I feel like I'm in a parallel universe where fantastic and wonderful things happen and your dreams come true.

My real life is happening somewhere else.

Keira Knightley
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Charlize Theron
NORTH COUNTRY

Reese Witherspoon
WALK THE LINE

First-time Oscar nominees for best actress include Reese Witherspoon, Felicity Huffman and 20-year-old Keira Knightley.

Actress In A Supporting Role

Amy Adams
JUNEBUG

Catherine Keener
CAPOTE

Frances McDormand
NORTH COUNTRY

Rachel Weisz
THE CONSTANT GARDENER

Michelle Williams
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Animated Featured Film

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
Hayao Miyazaki

TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE
Tim Burton and Mike Johnson

WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
Nick Park and Steve Box

Art Direction

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Jim Bissell (Art Direction); Jan Pascale (Set Decoration)

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Stuart Craig (Art Direction); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)

King Kong - 2006

KING KONG
Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA based on the best selling book by Arthur Golden
John Myhre (Art Direction); Gretchen Rau (Set Decoration)

PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)

Cinematography

BATMAN BEGINS
Wally Pfister

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Rodrigo Prieto

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Robert Elswit

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Dion Beebe

The New World

THE NEW WORLD
Emmanuel Lubezki

Costume Design

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Gabriella Pescucci

Memoirs of a Geisha

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Colleen Atwood

MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Sandy Powell

PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Jacqueline Durran

WALK THE LINE
Arianne Phillips

Documentary Feature

DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE
Hubert Sauper

ENRON - THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot

March of The Penguins

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau

MURDERBALL
Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro

STREET FIGHT
Marshall Curry

Documentary Short

THE DEATH OF KEVIN CARTER: CASUALTY OF THE BANG BANG CLUB
Dan Krauss

GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA
Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman

THE MUSHROOM CLUB
Steven Okazaki

A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN
Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson

Film Editing

CINDERELLA MAN
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley

THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Claire Simpson

CRASH
Hughes Winborne

MUNICH
Michael Kahn

WALK THE LINE
Michael McCusker

Foreign Language Film

DON'T TELL
Italy

JOYEUX NOEL
France

PARADISE NOW
Palestine

SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS
Germany

TSOTSI
South Africa

Make-Up

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Howard Berger and Tami Lane

CINDERELLA MAN
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson

STAR WARS, EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH
David Elsey and Annette Miles

Music (Score)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Gustavo Santaolalla

THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Alberto Iglesias

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
John Williams

MUNICH
John Williams

PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Dario Marianelli

Music (Song)

"In the Deep" from CRASH
Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker; Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York

"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from HUSTLE & FLOW
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard

"Travelin' Thru" from TRANSAMERICA
Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton

Short Film Animated

BADGERED
Sharon Colman

THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION
John Canemaker and Peggy Stern

THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO
Anthony Lucas

9
Shane Acker

ONE MAN BAND
Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

Short Film Live Action

AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY)
Ulrike Grote

CASHBACK
Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager

THE LAST FARM
Runar Runarsson and Thor S. Sigurjonsson

OUR TIME IS UP
Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente

SIX SHOOTER
Martin McDonagh

Sound Editing

KING KONG
Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Wylie Stateman

WAR OF THE WORLDS
Richard King

Sound Mixing

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson

KING KONG
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett

WALK THE LINE
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland

WAR OF THE WORLDS
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins

Visual Effects

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar

KING KONG
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor

WAR OF THE WORLDS
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana

CAPOTE
Screenplay by Dan Futterman

THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
Screenplay by Josh Olson

MUNICH
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Writing (Original Screenplay)

CRASH
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov

MATCH POINT - released in theaters on January 20th, 2006
Written by Woody Allen

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE -- to be released on DVD March 21st
Written by Noah Baumbach

SYRIANA
Written by Stephen Gaghan

Directing

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Ang Lee

Lee's reaction after receiving his Academy Award nomination:

I'm so proud of [the cast] with or without nominations.

They just did great work.

It's a relief to see some of them get recognized.

CAPOTE
Bennett Miller

CRASH
Paul Haggis

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
George Clooney

MUNICH
Steven Spielberg

Best Picture

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Diana Ossana and James Schamus

CAPOTE
Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven

CRASH
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
Grant Heslov

Stars of "The Constant Gardener"

Pride and Prejudice

To watch the trailer on any one of the nominated films, and to learn more about the upcoming Academy Awards, go to:

Oscar.com features a complete listing of all the nominees, film trailers, and exclusive photo galleries and videos from past Oscar Nights. This year, the site also includes many interactive quizzes like "Your Perfect Oscar Date," "Name the Oscar Winner," "Which Character Are You?" and "Know Your Oscar History," which allows users to test their Academy Awards knowledge.

Throughout the weeks leading up to Oscar Night, Oscar.com will continue to release new content to keep Oscar fans updated as the show approaches. On the big night, the site will include an exclusive live webcast from the red carpet as well as interviews backstage from all the winners in the press room.

The site includes exclusive coverage ranging from style and fashion updates, special features on nominated films and nominees, and video featurettes from official Oscar.com fashion expert, Tom Julian, who celebrates eleven years with Oscar.com and his twelfth year on the red carpet.

Harry Lin, vice president, ABC.com, which operates Oscar.com, said:

Fans are looking to the Internet to extend and enhance their television experience and Oscar.com is the premier online source that offers dedicated, engaging, and in-depth coverage at everything Oscars.

With even more exciting and exclusive content this year and a redesigned site that illustrates the allure and elegance of the Academy Awards, Oscar.com continues to be the definitive site that offers viewers all around the world Oscar news and entertainment.

Congratulations to all the nominees, to all those who almost made it, to the many responsible for helping make these films but who will not walk down the red carpet, to those lucky 3,400 who will walk down the red carpet and get at seat at the Kodak, and to the special few who will be blessed to take home that coveted prize on Sunday, March 5th, 2006.

We'll be watching ABC, this year's host "The Daily Show'' comedian Jon Stewart, star presenters Jessica Alba, Jennifer Anniston, Jamie Foxx (last year's best actor), Morgan Freeman (last year's best supporting actor), two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, Hilary Swank (last year's best actress), Sandra Bullock, and Luke and Owen Wilson (to name a few celebrities), as well as all the decked-out nominees "in the house."

The 2006 Oscars will take place in March rather than late February in order to avoid clashing with the Winter Olympics. Smart move!

The ceremony will be televised live on March 5th by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 pm PST / 8pm EST.

Look for photos of those who came to the Kodak Theater at Hollywood & Highland and made our selection for best dressed, most "rugged elegant" men, women and couples.

Inspire & Be Inspired.

Here's to healthy, adventuresome, soulful, "going for the golden trophy" living!

~ Jennifer Carolyn King, Rugged Elegance, LLC

2006 Golden Globe Awards Best Dressed, Most Rugged Elegant Movie & Television Stars