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Oscar noms just in!

Most were more or less expected,No Country For Old Men & There Will Be Blood both frontrunners with 8 noms each.Some of the pleasant surprises were 13-year old Saoirse Ronan's Best Supporting Actress nod for Atonement-small chance,Cate Blanchett's (for I'm Not There) pretty much secured that one-and Ellen Page gets a deserving nom in the Best Actress category-a fourth for Juno,inc two for Best Film and Best Director.

I haven't seen most of the films,so I can't say much-except that Blanchett was a bit weak in the Elizabeth sequel-she's done much better,numerous times elsewhere- and Philip Seymour Hoffman was just passable in Charlie Wilson's War.I'll take the noms for Norbit & Transformers as a joke-these people are so funny sometimes.Disappointing that Into The Wild & Atonement were both snubbed from the Best Director category,and James McAvoy conspicuously left out.Let's keep an open mind and see how it goes.The Oscars will be broadcasted on Feb 24,hosted by Jon Stewart.

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