For Your Consideration...The 2009 Oscars

The 2009 Academy Awards were announced this week and I want to know who you think is going to win. Each week I will be putting a poll on the site asking who you think deserves to win in each category. So for your consideration...the 2009 Oscar nominees are:

Best Picture:

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Frost/Nixon
3. Milk
4. The Reader
5. Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor:

1. Richard Jenkins-The Visitor
2. Frank Langella-Frost/Nixon
3. Sean Penn-Milk
4. Brad Pitt-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Micky Rourke-The Wrestler

Best Actress:

1. Anne Hathaway-Rachel Getting Married
2. Angelina Jolie-Changeling
3. Melissa Leo-Frozen River
4. Meryl Streep-Doubt
5. Kate Winslet-The Reader

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Josh Brolin-Milk
2. Robert Downey, Jr.-Tropic Thunder
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman-Doubt
4. Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight
5. Michael Shannon-Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Amy Adams-Doubt
2. Penelope Cruz-Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Viola Davis-Doubt
4. Taraji P. Henson-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Marisa Tomei-The Wrestler

Best Animated Film:

1. Bolt
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. Wall-E

Best Directing:

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button-David Fincher
2. Frost/Nixon-Ron Howard
3. Milk-Gus Van Sant
4. The Reader-Stephen Daldry
5. Slumdog Millionaire-Danny Boyle

And those are the nominees in the major categories. Now that you know, vote for your favorite each week in the poll. Remember the polls will change each week so vote early and often.