Academy Award Nominations

The 80^th Academy Awards ceremony dignified the best films in 2007. 24 categories were presented at this ceremony. The producer of the ceremony was Gil Gates. The show was hosted by Jon Stewart.

On January 22 at 5:38 a.m. PST the Academy President Sid Ganis and actress Kathy Bates announced the nominees. Such films as No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood got 8 nominations each. During the ceremony the picture No Country for Old Men was in the lead by receiving 4 Oscars. Four years in succession no film got more than 4 awards.

Since 37^th Academy Awards it was the first time when the Academy awarded all the acting Oscars to non-American actors. These actors are: Daniel Day-Lewis (British)-(Best Actor) – There Will Be Blood; Marion Cotillard (French) – (Best Actress) – La Vie en rose; Javier Bardem (Spanish) – (Best Supporting Actor) – No Country for Old Man; Tilda Swinton (British) – (Best Supporting Actress) – Michael Clayton. It is worth mentioning that the actress Marion Cotillard was the second actress who was awarded to an Oscar for a non-English Speaking part. The first non- English speaking actress to receive an Oscar was Sophia Loren. Cotillard is also the forth actress born in France who earned an Oscar. The other French actresses to receive the Academy Honorary Award are: Claudette Colbert (in 1934), Simone Signoret (in 1959), and Juliette Binoche (in 1996).

The recipients of the award in the category Best Director became the Coen’s Brothers. It was for the second time when an Oscar was shared between 2 persons for one film. In 1961, Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise won Oscars for their picture West Side Story.

It should be noted that Robert F. Boyle, aged 98, became the oldest recipient of an Oscar.

In spite of low American ratings, the 80th Academy Awards ceremony was ranked high in Canada for the 2007-2008 television seasons.