And the oscar goes to...

It's a little soon to hear this sentence, but we just know who is going to be nervous when they hear it. Today we know the nominees list for the Academy Awards.

These nominees are quite different to the winner of the Golden Globes, where in the principal categories, "Slumdog Millionaire" won by a landslide, a film that has just been nominated for Best Motion Picture and Adapted Screenplay, and other technical Oscars (ten in total).

The big surprise has been "The curious case of Benjamin Button". They can be happy because it has five of the seven important Oscars, in addition to the artistic Oscars, making thirteen nominees in total. And if Brad Pitt doesn't win the Oscar, maybe will be more lucky his wife, Angelina Jolie with "Changeling" the only film by Clint Eastwood which is going to be in the awards.

Also a surprise, but more for it absence, is "Revolutionary Road" which has nothing, not even, with Kate Winslet for Actress in a Leading Role, a nomination does have for "The Reader". Happiness is what the makers of "Milk" are feeling. It has eight nominations, two of them main awards: Actor in a Leading Role and Actor in a Supporting Role. "The Reader" has four nominees and the one for Kate Winslet. "Doubt" has five, fore of the main Oscars, although two of its actresses were nominated for Actress in a Supporting Role. "Frost/Nixon”, also has five, but just one is for a main award. And "The Wrestler" which has Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei as the only representatives of the film.

Oscar also to "Wall-E" as Best Animated Feature Film, which means that finally the aim to be nominated as Best Film didn't work, but I’m sure that it is the best animated film. It’s the only one of them ("Bolt" and "Kung Fu Panda" are the others) that is in six categories, including Original Screenplay.

Now the nominee list is common knowledge, it's time to do the pools; the Oscar web site has the entire list. In one month we will know the result. Make your bets.