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This years' pick of Oscar nominations has left it wide open as to who will walk away with the hardware, as no clear favorites have emerged, and the usual surprises coming forth. 

Some things that didn't surprise were the leaders in the number of nominations this year. Tied for first place with eight nominations each were "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country For Old Men." Right behind them were "Michael Clayton" and "Atonement," which received seven nominations each.

For the best film of they year, the nominations were Michael Clayton, Juno, Atonement, There Will be Blood and No Country for Old Men.

The actor in a lead role nominations went to Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah; Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises; Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood; and George Clooney, for Michael Clayton.

Actresses nominated in the leading role category were Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose; Laura Linney, The Savages; Julie Christie, Away From Her; and Ellen Page, Juno.

A full list of the nominations:

Best Picture

"There Will Be Blood"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"Atonement"
"No Country for Old Men"

Actor in a Leading Role

Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"

Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"
Ellen Page, "Juno"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"

Actor in a Supporting Role
 
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"

Actress in Supporting Role 

Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"

Directing

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Jason Reitman, "Juno"

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"
Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
Diablo Cody, "Juno"

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"
Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

Best Documentary Feature

"War Dance"
"No End in Sight"
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
"Sicko"

Best Documentary Short Subject

"Sari's Mother"
"Freeheld"
"Salim Baba"
"La Corona"

Best Foreign Language Film

"Mongol"
"Beaufort"
"The Counterfeiters"
"Katyn"
"12"

Best Animated Feature Film

"Ratatouille"
"Persepolis"
"Surf's Up"

Art Direction

"American Gangster"
"The Golden Compass"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Atonement"

Costume Design

"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Across the Universe"
"Atonement"
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"La Vie en Rose"

Cinematography

"Atonement"
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"There Will Be Blood"
"No Country for Old Men"

Editing

"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Into the Wild"
"There Will Be Blood"

Makeup

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
"La Vie en Rose"
"Norbit"

Music (Original Score)

"Ratatouille"
"Atonement"
"Michael Clayton"
"The Kite Runner"
"3:10 to Yuma"

Music (Original Song)

"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted"
"Falling Slowly" from "Once"
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush"
"So Close" from "Enchanted"
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted"

Animated Short Film

"Meme les Pigeons Vont au Paradis"
"I Met the Walrus"
"Madame Tutli-Putli"
"Peter & the Wolf"
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)"

Live Action Short Film

"At Night"
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets"
"Tanghi Argentini"
"The Tonto Woman"
"Il Supplente)"

Visual Effects

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
"The Golden Compass"
"Transformers"

Sound Editing

"Ratatouille"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Transformers"
"There Will Be Blood"

Sound Mixing

"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Ratatouille"
"Transformers"
"No Country for Old Men"