You can find the nominees list here. I've just begun looking and may post some more thoughts later. On the local side, good times for Cleveland's own Hal Holbrook, nominated for "Into the Wild," and for Cleveland's Ruby Dee, nominated for "American Gangster."
Paul Thomas Anderson, son of Cleveland legend Ernie "Ghoulardi" Anderson, is also looking at a good night since "There Will Be Blood" is up for a bunch of major awards.
I wrote a long column on Oscars odds & ends for tomorrow's Beacon Journal, and thought it was going to be posted today over at Ohio.com. Haven't seen it yet but will add a link here once it's up.
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Can you explain why some of the 'lesser' categories don't always have 5 nominees? I noticed in areas, like animation and make-up, there are only three.
The general rules say there will be no more than five nominees, but some categories have extra rules that can whittle it down more. For instance, the screening committee for animated films chooses no more than three if there are 8 to 15 eligible features submitted, and no more than five if there are 16 or more. There's also a point system in determining nominees. And the academy rules limit the makeup nominees to no more than three. You can read all the rules, and they're quite a read, over at http://www.oscars.org.
Thanks – I am surprised there can only be 3 nominees for make-up.