Today the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences released the complete list of nominated films. The Oscars will be telecast on ABC and hosted by actor Hugh Jackman.

Here is the list of nominees by category:

Best Picture: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “The Reader,” “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Actor: Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”; Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”; Sean Penn, “Milk”; Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”; Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.”

Actress: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”; Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”; Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”; Meryl Streep, “Doubt”; Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”

Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, “Milk”; Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”; Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”; Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”; Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road.”

Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, “Doubt”; Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”; Viola Davis, “Doubt”; Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”; Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler.”

Director: David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”; Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”; Gus Van Sant, “Milk”; Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”; Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Foreign Film: “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Germany; “The Class,” France; “Departures,” Japan; “Revanche,” Austria; “Waltz With Bashir,” Israel.

Adapted Screenplay: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”; John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt”; Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”; David Hare, “The Reader”; Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Original Screenplay: Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River”; Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky”; Martin McDonagh, “In Bruges”; Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”; Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, “WALL-E.”

Animated Feature Film: “Bolt”; “Kung Fu Panda”; “WALL-E.”

Art Direction: “Changeling,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Duchess,” “Revolutionary Road.”

Cinematography: “Changeling,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Reader,” “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Sound Mixing: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “WALL-E,” “Wanted.”

Sound Editing: “The Dark Knight,” “Iron Man,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “WALL-E,” “Wanted.”

Original Score: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Alexandre Desplat; “Defiance,” James Newton Howard; “Milk,” Danny Elfman; “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman; “WALL-E,” Thomas Newman.

Original Song: “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E,” Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.

Costume: “Australia,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Duchess,” “Milk,” “Revolutionary Road.”

Documentary Feature: “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon),” “Encounters at the End of the World,” “The Garden,” “Man on Wire,” “Trouble the Water.”

Documentary (short subject): “The Conscience of Nhem En,” “The Final Inch,” “Smile Pinki,” “The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306.”

Film Editing: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Makeup: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “Hellboy II: The Golden Army.”

Animated Short Film: “La Maison en Petits Cubes,” “Lavatory – Lovestory,” “Oktapodi,” “Presto,” “This Way Up.”

Live Action Short Film: “Auf der Strecke (On the Line),” “Manon on the Asphalt,” “New Boy,” “The Pig,” “Spielzeugland (Toyland).”

Visual Effects: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “Iron Man.”

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“La Vie En Rose” may have earned 32-year-old French actress Marion Cotillard an Oscar last night.  In that role she wore tons of make-up to portray homely looking singer ‘Edith Piaf’ throughout her life.  In actuality, Cotillard is a real hottie.

But it was her work in “Les jolies choses“ which earned her the respect of the editors of BOPsy.  In the 2001 French film she plays two roles – identical twins.  Scroll down to check out some nude photos of her from that movie….

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Diablo Cody, the former stripper turned screenwriter (loved the Jon Stewart joke last night that said she was the only person to make a pay-cut when changing careers) won an Oscar for her smarmy pregnancy comedy “Juno” which starred Ellen Page and was directed by Jason Reitman.

Apparently, after a crazy night of partying, Cody took her Oscar to bed…. (picture courtesy of her MySpace page)

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The Nielsen ratings are in and they are reporting that last night’s ceremony, the 80th Annual Oscars broadcast on ABC is the least watched since 1974. That’s when the ratings started being tracked.

As expected, without nominated films like “Lord of the Rings” or “Titanic” there’s very little interest for lame red-state Americans to tune in and as a result last night’s Oscar telecast that featured big wins by films like “No Country for Old Men” pulled in only 32 million American viewers (over 800 million viewers worldwide.)

2003 telecast was the previous all-time low with 33 million viewers (”Chicago” won Best Picture in 2003) and last year’s ceremony had 40 million people watching (”The Departed” from Martin Scorsese won Best Picture last year.)

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