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The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and they basically mimicked the Golden Globe nominations with a few slight differences. This year, there is an expected high number of Latinos nominated for their work in Hollywood. While we can all be guilty of focusing in on only a few of the categories (Best actress, Best Film, Etc…) there are many nominations that we need to be celebrating. Like the following:

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Achievement in Art Direction
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta

Achievement in Cinematography
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro

Achievement in directing
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
“Pan’s Labyrinth” A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production (Mexico)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete

Best motion picture of the year
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers

Original screenplay
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Written by Guillermo del Toro

Achievement in Film Editing
“Children of Men” (Universal)
Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón

Adapted Screenplay
“Children of Men” (Universal)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

Congratulations to all of the nominees! See the full list of nominees after the jump.

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