The List is in

Here are the nominees for the 80th Academy Awards. That is of course, in the hopes that they will actually happen and not go the same way the Golden Globes went... Or in Nikki Finke's words: "it seems so futile to focus attention on the Academy Awards right now when we don't know if there'll even be a real Oscars.".

Also, I'm not too excited about these year's nominees.... And Michael Clayton?!?!?! What's up with that???

In red my pick, in blue what I would've nominated...

Performance by an actor in a leading role George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac! Christian Bale in Rescue Dawn Kurt Russell in Death Proof Joseph Gordon Levitt in The Lookout Sam Riley in Control Performance by an actor in a supporting role Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood Chris Cooper in Breach Performance by an actress in a leading role Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” Julie Christie in “Away from Her” Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” Laura Linney in “The Savages” Ellen Page in “Juno” Keri Russell in Waitress Performance by an actress in a supporting role Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” Isla Fisher in The Lookout Best animated feature film of the year “Persepolis” “Ratatouille” “Surf's Up” Bee Movie Achievement in art direction “American Gangster” “Atonement” “The Golden Compass” “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” “There Will Be Blood” Zodiac Across the Universe Achievement in directing “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Julian Schnabel “Juno” Jason Reitman “Michael Clayton” Tony Gilroy “No Country for Old Men” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen “There Will Be Blood” Paul Thomas Anderson Across the Universe Julie Taymor Death Proof Quentin Tarantino Sweeney Todd Tim Burton Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) “Falling Slowly” from “Once” “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” “Raise It Up” from “August Rush “So Close” from “Enchanted” “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” Best motion picture of the year “Atonement” (Focus Features) “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Once Across the Universe Zodiac Adapted screenplay “Atonement” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Written by Sarah Polley “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson Original screenplay I don't have a pick for these. I've only seen Ratatouille and I'm sure Michael Clayton was included here as a joke “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Diablo Cody “Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM) Written by Nancy Oliver “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Written by Tony Gilroy “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Brad Bird Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Tamara Jenkins Up next: Let's just hope the ceremony actually happens.