BEST PICTURE

BEST PICTURE

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y “Frost/Nixon.”

Y “Milk.”

Y “The Reader.”

Y “Slumdog Millionaire.”

ACTOR

Y Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor.”

Y Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon.”

Y Sean Penn, “Milk.”

Y Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y Mickey Rourke “The Wrestler.”

ACTRESS

Y Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married.”

Y Angelina Jolie, “Changeling.”

Y Melissa Leo, “Frozen River.”

Y Meryl Streep, “Doubt.”

Y Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Y Josh Brolin, “Milk.”

Y Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder.”

Y Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt.”

Y Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight.”

Y Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road.”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Y Amy Adams, “Doubt.”

Y Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”

Y Viola Davis, “Doubt.”

Y Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler.”

DIRECTOR

Y David Fincher ,“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon.”

Y Gus Van Sant, “Milk.”

Y Stephen Daldry, “The Reader.”

Y Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire.”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Y Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt.”

Y Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon.”

Y David Hare, “The Reader.”

Y Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire.”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Y Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River.”

Y Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky.”

Y Martin McDonagh, “In Bruges.”

Y Dustin Lance Black, “Milk.”

Y Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, “WALL-E.”

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Y “Bolt.”

Y “Kung Fu Panda.”

Y “WALL-E.”

ART DIRECTION

Y “Changeling.”

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y “The Dark Knight.”

Y “The Duchess.”

Y “Revolutionary Road.”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Y “Changeling.”

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y “The Dark Knight.”

Y “The Reader.”

Y “Slumdog Millionaire.”

SOUND MIXING

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y “The Dark Knight.”

Y “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Y “WALL-E.”

Y “Wanted.”

SOUND EDITING

Y “The Dark Knight.”

Y “Iron Man.”

Y “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Y “WALL-E.”

Y “Wanted.”

ORIGINAL SCORE

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Alexandre Desplat.

Y “Defiance,” James Newton Howard.

Y “Milk,” Danny Elfman.

Y “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman.

Y “WALL-E,” Thomas Newman.

ORIGINAL SONG

Y “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E,” Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman.

Y “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar.

Y “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.

COSTUME

Y “Australia.”

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y “The Duchess.”

Y “Milk.”

Y “Revolutionary Road.”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Y “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”

Y “Encounters at the End of the World”

Y “The Garden”

Y “Man on Wire.”

Y “Trouble the Water.”

FILM EDITING

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y “The Dark Knight.”

Y “Frost/Nixon.”

Y “Milk.”

Y “Slumdog Millionaire.”

MAKEUP

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y “The Dark Knight.”

Y “Hellboy II: The Golden Army.”

VISUAL EFFECTS

Y “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Y “The Dark Knight.”

Y “Iron Man.”

This year’s Academy Awards show will be hosted by Hugh Jackman on ABC at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22.