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2007 Academy Awards nominations
but Film with the most nominations
do not get best picture

now that was a surprize if i ever saw one, Dreamgirls lead the short list of films with Eight nominations but in a unlikly it did not get the non for best picture or best director, now that is a suprize if i ever saw one

Bable was close behind with seven non as well, it won best drama picture

here the full list:

Complete list of the 79th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif.:

1. Best Picture:
"Babel"
"The Departed"
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"The Queen"

2. Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

3. Actress:
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

4. Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"

5. Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

6. Directing:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Paul Greengrass, "United 93."

7. Foreign Language Film:
"After the Wedding," Denmark
"Days of Glory (Indigenes),"
Algeria; "The Lives of Others," Germany
"Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico
"Water," Canada

8. Adapted Screenplay:
"Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
"Children of Men"
"The Departed"
"Little Children"
"Notes on a Scandal."

9. Original Screenplay:
"Babel"
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"The Queen."

10. Animated Feature Film:
"Cars"
"Happy Feet"
"Monster House"

11. Art Direction:
"Dreamgirls"
"The Good Shepherd"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
"The Prestige"

12. Cinematography:
"The Black Dahlia"
"Children of Men"
"The Illusionist"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"The Prestige"

13. Sound Mixing:
"Apocalypto"
"Blood Diamond"
"Dreamgirls"
"Flags of Our Fathers"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

14. Sound Editing:
"Apocalypto"
"Blood Diamond"
"Flags of Our Fathers"
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

15. Original Score:
"Babel"
"The Good German"
"Notes on a Scandal"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"The Queen"

16. Original Song:
"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth
" Melissa Etheridge; "Listen" from "Dreamgirls" Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven
"Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Siedah Garret
"Our Town" from "Cars," Randy Newman
"Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.

17. Costume:
"Curse of the Golden Flower"
"The Devil Wears Prada"
"Dreamgirls"
"Marie Antoinette"
"The Queen."

18. Documentary Feature:
"Deliver Us From Evil"
"An Inconvenient Truth"
"Iraq in Fragments"
"Jesus Camp"
"My Country, My Country."

19. Documentary (short subject):
"The Blood of Yingzhou District"
"Recycled Life"
"Rehearsing a Dream"
"Two Hands."

20. Film Editing:
"Babel"
"Blood Diamond"
"Children of Men"
"The Departed"
"United 93."

21. Makeup:
"Apocalypto"
"Click"
"Pan's Labyrinth."

22. Animated Short Film:
"The Danish Poet"
"Lifted"
"The Little Matchgirl"
"Maestro"
"No Time for Nuts"

23. Live Action Short Film:
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)"
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)"
"Helmer & Son"
"The Saviour"
"West Bank Story"

24. Visual Effects:
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
"Poseidon"
"Superman Returns."

Academy Award winners previously announced this year:

HONORARY AWARD (Oscar statuette): Ennio Morricone

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD (Oscar statuette): Sherry Lansing

and if you want to know
Oscar is Febuary 25th, Live at 8 PM on ABC