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Here is a roundup of the Oscar winners for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Best Picture – No Country for Old Men.
2. Best Director – Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men.
3. Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood.
4. Best Original Screenplay – Diablo Cody for Juno.
5. Best Actress – Marion Cotillard for La Môme (aka La Vie en Rose).
6. Best Screenplay Based on Previous Material – Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country For Old Men.
7. Best Supporting Actress – Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton.
8. Best Supporting Actor – Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men.
9. Best Cinematography – There Will Be Blood.
10. Best Original Score – Atonement.
11. Best Song – Falling Slowly for Once.
12. Best Film Editing – The Bourne Ultimatum.
13. Best Sound – The Bourne Ultimatum.
14. Best Sound Editing – The Bourne Ultimatum.
15. Best Art Direction – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
16. Best Visual Effects – The Golden Compass.
17. Best Costume Design – Alexandra Byrne for Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
18. Best Animated Feature Film – Ratatouille.
19. Best Animated Short Film – Peter & the Wolf.
20. Best Live Action Short Film – Le Mozart des pickpockets.
21. Best Feature Documentary – Taxi to the Dark Side.
22. Best Short Documentary – Freeheld.
23. Best Foreign Film – Fälscher, Die.

The candidates for Best Motion Picture of the Year for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Atonement: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster.
2. Juno: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith.
3. Michael Clayton: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent.
4. No Country for Old Men: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin.
5. There Will Be Blood: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar.

The Oscar goes to No Country For Old Men.

The candidates for Best Achievement in Directing for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood.
2. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men.
3. Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton.
4. Jason Reitman for Juno.
5. Julian Schnabel for Scaphandre et le papillon, Le.

The Oscar goes to Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country For Old Men.

The candidates for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. George Clooney for Michael Clayton.
2. Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood.
3. Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
4. Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah.
5. Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises.

The Oscar goes to Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood.

The candidates for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Juno: Diablo Cody.
2. Lars and the Real Girl: Nancy Oliver.
3. Michael Clayton: Tony Gilroy.
4. Ratatouille: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco.
5. The Savages: Tamara Jenkins.

The Oscar goes to Diablo Cody for Juno.

The candidates for Best Documentary, Features, for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. No End in Sight: Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs.
2. Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience: Richard Robbins.
3. Sicko: Michael Moore, Meghan O’Hara.
4. Taxi to the Dark Side: Alex Gibney, Eva Orner.
5. War Dance: Andrea Nix, Sean Fine.

The Oscar goes to Taxi to the Dark Side.

The candidates for Best Documentary, Short Subjects, for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Freeheld (2007): Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth.
2. Corona, La (2008): Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega.
3. Salim Baba (2008): Tim Sternberg, Francisco Bello.
4. Sari’s Mother (2006): James Longley.

The Oscar goes to Freeheld.

The candidates for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score, for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Atonement: Dario Marianelli
2. The Kite Runner: Alberto Iglesias
3. Michael Clayton: James Newton Howard
4. Ratatouille: Michael Giacchino
5. 3:10 to Yuma: Marco Beltrami

The Oscar goes to Dario Marianelli for Atonement.

The candidates for Best Achievement in Cinematography for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: Roger Deakins.
2. Atonement: Seamus McGarvey.
3. No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins.
4. Scaphandre et le papillon, Le: Janusz Kaminski.
5. There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit.

The Oscar goes to Roger Elswit for There Will Be Blood.