Nominations Announced for 77th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA Nominations for the 77th Annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday, January 25 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Academy members choose the nominees in their selected fields, with the exception of the Animated Feature and Foreign Language Film categories, where nominations were selected by vote of screening committees. All voting members are able to select the Best Picture nominees. 5,808 ballots were mailed to members in late December and were returned for tabulation by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the international accounting firm.

Some of the presenters at the 77th Academy Awards include Penélope Cruz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Martin Scorsese, Salma Hayek, Tim Robbins, Orlando Bloom, Renée Zellweger, and Charlize Theron.

The 77th Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2004 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST / 8 p.m. EST with a half-hour arrival segment.

The complete list of nominations for the 77th Annual Academy Awards may be accessed at Oscar.com.