Legends Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood are squaring off once again at the 79th Academy Awards picking up Best Director nominations while their films “The Departed” and “Letters From Iwo Jima” are in competition for Best Picture.
Moldova.ORG -- “The Departed” and “Letters From Iwo Jima” are up against “Babel”, “Little Miss Sunshine” and “The Queen” in the Best Picture category.
The nominees for Best Director are Scorsese for “The Departed”, Eastwood for “Letters From Iwo Jima”, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for “Babel”, Stephen Frears for “The Queen” and Paul Greengrass for “United 93”.
At the 2005 Oscars, Scorsese's “The Aviator” lost out in the Best Director and Best Picture categories to Eastwood's “Million Dollar Baby”.
“Dreamgirls” has the most nominations with eight nods including Best Supporting Actor for Eddie Murphy and Best Supporting Actress for Jennifer Hudson.
The nominations for Best Actor are Leonardo DiCaprio for “Blood Diamond”, Ryan Gosling for “Half Nelson”, Peter O'Toole for “Venus”, Will Smith for “The Pursuit Of Happyness” and Forest Whitaker for “The Last King Of Scotland”.
O'Toole's nomination is his eighth, although he has never won. He was named the recipient of a Special Oscar For Lifetime Achievement in 2003.
Publication date: 24 January 2007
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