The 2009 Oscar nominations have arrived! There were some surprises in who was nominated and who was left out of the prestigious awards this year.  Some were especially surprising because they actually won at other award shows thus far this year!

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Brad Pitt’s movie Benjamin Button has 13 nominations total, including Best Actor for Brad and Best Director for David Finchner.    Slumdog Millionaire also received 10 nominations, a surprise for a movie that garnered no buzz until the Golden Globes two weeks ago.

Oscar nominations to be announced in less than an hour and a half, that’s 5:30 am Los Angeles time at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The nominees are expected to include Daniel Day-Lewis, Johnny Depp and Cate Blanchett for movies There Will Be Blood, Sweeney Todd and I’m Not There.

John Depp, Cate Blancett, Daniel Day-Lewis

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