昨日早上（當地時間1月23日），美國電影藝術及科學學院主席 Sid Ganis 及女演員 Salma Hayek 在美國洛杉磯公布第79屆奧斯卡電影頒獎禮提名名單。提名名單如下：
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- Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
- Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
- Peter O'Toole - Venus
- Will Smith - The Pursuit Of Happyness
- Forest Whitaker - The Last King Of Scotland
- Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
- Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
- Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
- Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
- Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
- Penélope Cruz - Volver
- Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal
- Helen Mirren - The Queen
- Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
- Kate Winslet - Little Children
- Adriana Barraza - Babel
- Cate Blanchett - Notes On A Scandal
- Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
- Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
- Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
- Cars
- Happy Feet
- Monster House
- Dreamgirls
- The Good Shepherd
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- The Prestige
