Pronunciation Guide to the 79th Academy Award Nominees

Best 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

Supporting Actor

• Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
• Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
• Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
• Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Best Actress

• Penélope Cruz - Volver
• Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren - The Queen
• Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet - Little Children

Supporting Actress

• Adriana Barraza - Babel
• Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Best Director

• Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
• Martin Scorsese - The Departed
• Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears - The Queen
• Paul Greengrass - United 93

Best animated feature film of the year

• John Lasseter - Cars
• George Miller - Happy Feet
• Gil Kenan - Monster House

Adapted screenplay

• Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
  • Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
• Children of Men
  • Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arataand Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
• The Departed
  • Screenplay by William Monahan
• Little Children
  • Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
• Notes on a Scandal
  • Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay

• Babel
  • Written by Guillermo Arriaga
• Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
  • Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
• Little Miss Sunshine
  • Written by Michael Arndt
• Pan's Labyrinth
  • Written by Guillermo del Toro
• The Queen
  • Written by Peter Morgan