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Thursday, January 31, 2008

 

Nominations for 80th Annual Academy Awards

Director Shekhar Kapur's film ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age' has received two nominations, ‘Actress in a Leading Role' category and ‘Costume Design' category for the 80th Annual Academy Awards. Australian actress Cate Blanchett, has been nominated for ‘Actress in a Leading Role' as Elizabeth I in the film ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age'.

She is also nominated in the ‘Actress in a Supporting Role' category for her gender-bending portrayal of music legend Bob Dylan in the film ‘I'm Not There'.

It is the 11th time in the Academy's history that an actor or actress has been nominated in the leading and supporting categories in the same year, but no one has won both.

Blanchett, who received her first Oscar nomination for her leading role as Elizabeth I in ‘Elizabeth', is only the fifth actor -- and the only woman -- to be nominated for playing

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