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61st Annual Emmy Awards

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A close up of the statuette is seen during the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations at The Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences in 2005 in North Hollywood, California. Asia and Latin America dominate this year's nominations for television's international Emmy awards, to be announced in New York next month. Photo:Vince Bucci/AFP
Asia, Latin America dominate International TV Emmys October 05, 2009. AFP A close up of the statuette is seen during the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations in 2005
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The Nominees Are…

Winners are in blue

 

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Best Picture | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Animated Feature | Best Animated Short |
Best Foreign Language Film | Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography | Best Costume Design |
Best Documentary Feature | Best Documentary Short | Best Editing | Best Live Action Short | Best Makeup |
Best Original Score | Best Original Song | Best Sound Editing | Best Sound Mixing | Best Visual Effects |

 

Best Picture

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Milk
  • The Reader
  • *Slumdog Millionaire
  •  

    Best Director

  • *Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
  • Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
  • Gus Van Sant - Milk
  • David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Stephen Daldry - The Reader
  •  

    Best Actor

  • Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
  • Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
  • *Sean Penn - Milk
  • Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
  •  

    Best Actress

  • Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
  • Angelina Jolie - Changeling
  • Melissa Leo - Frozen River
  • Meryl Streep - Doubt
  • *Kate Winslet - The Reader
  •  

    Best Supporting Actor

  • Josh Brolin - Milk
  • Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
  • *Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
  • Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
  •  

    Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Adams - Doubt
  • *Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Viola Davis - Doubt
  • Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
  • Taraji Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  •  

    Best Original Screenplay

  • Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
  • Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
  • *Dustin Lance Black - Milk
  • Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter - WALL-E
  •  

    Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
  • Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
  • David Hare - The Reader
  • *Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
  •  

    Best Animated Feature

  • Bolt
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • *WALL-E
  •  

    Best Animated Short

  • *La Maison en Petits Cubes
  • Lavatory - Lovestory
  • Oktapodi
  • Presto
  •  

    Best Foreign Language Film

  • The Baader Meinhof Complex
  • The Class
  • *Departures
  • Revanche
  • Waltz With Bashir
  •  

    Best Art Direction

  • Changeling
  • *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Duchess
  • Revolutionary Road
  •  

    Best Cinematography

  • Changeling
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Reader
  • *Slumdog Millionaire
  •  

    Best Costume Design

  • Australia
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • *The Duchess
  • Milk
  • Revolutionary Road
  •  

    Best Documentary Feature

  • *Man on Wire
  • The Garden
  • Encounters at the End of the World
  • Trouble the Water
  • The Betrayal
  •  

    Best Documentary Short

  • The Conscience of Nhem En
  • The Final Inch
  • *Smile Pinki
  • The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
  •  

    Best Editing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Milk
  • *Slumdog Millionaire
  •  

    Best Live Action Short

  • Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
  • Manon on the Asphalt
  • New Boy
  • The Pig
  • *Spielzeugland (Toyland)
  •  

    Best Makeup

  • *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army
  •  

    Best Original Score

  • Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • James Newton Howard - Defiance
  • Danny Elfman - Milk
  • *A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
  • Thomas Newman - WALL-E
  •  

    Best Original Song

  • "Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newma - WALL-E
  • *"Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar - Slumdog Millionaire
  • "O Saya," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam - Slumdog Millionaire
  •  

    Best Sound Editing

  • *The Dark Knight
  • Iron Man
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • WALL-E
  • Wanted
  •  

    Best Sound Mixing

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • *Slumdog Millionaire
  • WALL-E
  • Wanted
  •  

    Best Visual Effects

  • *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • Iron Man
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