We may not be too sure if there is even going to be an Oscar show due to the writer’s strike (although the show producers insist there will be). Still, the nominations were announced this morning and unsurprising to anyone, No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood lead the pack with 8 nominations each. Blood also marks the first nomination tossed out at Paul Thomas Anderson for direction.

There were only a few surprises, like Cate Blanchett picking up a Best Actress nod for her role in Elizabeth: The Golden Age. She was already nominated for that role the first time she played it (Elizabeth) back in 1998.

Even more surprising than what was nominated was the stuff that wasn’t. Sydney Lumet’s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead got the complete shaft. Even Norbit somehow managed to score a nomination. Jonny Greenwood’s hypnotic score for Blood was also snubbed over Marco Beltrami’s 3:10 to Yuma score.

Enough with the pointless rambling and on to the big show. Here are the nominees:

Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Director
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotilliard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James…
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saorise Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco and Jan Pinkava, Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Sarah Polley, Away From Her
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Foreign Film
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12

Documentary Feature
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up

Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James…
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Costume Design
Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Make-Up
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Original Score
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma

Original Song
“Falling Slowly” - Once
“Happy Working Song” - Enchanted
“Raise It Up” - August Rush
“So Close” - Enchanted
“That’s How You Know” - Enchanted

Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers

Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers