The nominees have been announced for the 80th Annual Academy Awards of Hollywood, which will be held on 24th February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, as long as the script-writers strike doesn’t prevent the red carpet from being rolled out, as occurred at the recent Golden Globes ceremony. Although we still don’t know which picture will take the most statuettes, for the time-being, the highest numbers of nominees are in tight competition. There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men are tied with eight nominations each, followed by Atonement and Michael Clayton with seven. American Gangster has been the most forgotten film in the run-up to this year’s Oscars, with nominations only for Best Supporting Actress and Best Artistic Direction. In the category for Best Male Performance, the nominees are: George Clooney for Michael Clayton, Daniel Day Lewis for There Will Be Blood, Johnny Depp for Sweeny Todd, Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah, and Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises. The nominees for female actress in a leading role are: Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, (who is a double nominee with her nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for I´m Not There), Julie Christie for Away from Her, Marion Cotillard for La Mome, Laura Linney for The Savages, and Ellen Page for Juno. It should also be noted that the Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias has been selected as a nominee for Best Original Score for the film The Kite Runner, repeating the nomination he received in 2006 for The Constant Gardener.