Ellen Page, Best Actress for Juno! Yay! 
The nominations for the 80th Academy Awards were announced this morning and not only has Ellen been nominated for best leading lady, Juno has been nominated for best picture. (Ellen is pictured here at the Paris premiere)  I find it pretty impressive that Juno is doing so well, especially when it is going up against such heavy weights as Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood and George Clooney in Michael Clayton.  It’s refreshing to see such a young cast and new writer receive such high praise.  Of course the big question with the writer’s strike still in full effect is, will the show go on?  The Oscar peeps say the telecast will happen with or without them. 
Here is the full list:

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton

No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

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

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton