Oscar Nominations Full of Snubs and Slights
Posted on January 25, 2007
The nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced this week and -- as usual -- there are some obvious snubs and slights. Here are some highlights of the nominees in major categories:
Best Picture:
Actor:
Actress:
Supporting Actor:
Supporting Actress:
Director:
Dreamgirls had eight nominations but did not get a Best Picture nomination -- which it did not deserve. In fact, it didn't deserve eight nominations because it's no Chicago. Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy are the standouts from that film and rightly deserved to be noticed, however.
In the best actor category, Ed Norton for The Illusionist and Matt Damon for The Good Shepherd were shocking oversights. Brad Pitt was overlooked for Babel, but that's not surprising -- or upsetting, for that matter. The Queen is overhyped -- Kirsten Dunst in Marie Antoinette was a more worthy choice here. We can only hope that Martin Scorcese wins for Best Director for The Departed, because he really deserves it. Akeelah and the Bee was overlooked entirely, which is a shame. But of all the slights, we think Thank You For Smoking was the biggest oversight. Aaron Eckhart deserves a Best Actor nod for his brilliant portrayal of a cynical tobacco lobbyist.
The 2007 Oscars airs Sunday, February 25, 8:00 p.m. Eastern/5:00 p.m. Pacific on ABC.
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