The 81st Academy Awards ceremony will honor its selection of the best films of 2008 and is scheduled for Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It will be televised in the United States on ABC.
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Nomiated Movies
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the nominations with a total of 13. Slumdog Millionaire received ten, The Dark Knight and Milk received eight, and Doubt, The Reader, and Frost/Nixon each received five.
The animated film WALL*E received six, tying it with Beauty and The Beast for the most nominated animated film in Oscar history. Find more details at Oscar Awards 2009 – List Of Nominations.
The following 15 films received multiple nominations.
13 nominations : The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
10 nominations : Slumdog Millionaire
8 nominations : The Dark Knight , Milk
6 nominations : WALL-E
5 nominations : Doubt , Frost/Nixon , The Reader
3 nominations : Changeling, Revolutionary Road
2 nominations : The Duchess, Frozen River, Iron Man, Wanted, The Wrestler
81st Academy Awards nominees and winners
The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced live on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy\’s Beverly Hills headquarters. The winners are to be announced during the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Jerry Lewis will be honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Who Is Performing At Oscar Awards 2009 Evening
Australian performer Hugh Jackman is set to host the ceremony for the first time. Academy Award-nominated producer Laurence Mark has been tapped to produce and Academy Award-winning writer/director Bill Condon to executive-produce.
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