DIANE'S CELEBRITY DIRT- WEDNESDAY, JAN 24

*The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday. Dreamgirls led the pack with 8 nominations, although the movie was snubbed for Best Picture. Babel got 7 nominations. Here's a list of the nominees:

*BEST PICTURE: Babel, The Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen

*BEST ACTRESS: Helen Mirren - The Queen, Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal, Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada, Penelope Cruz - Volver, Kate Winslet - Little Children

*BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond, Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson, Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland, Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness, Peter O'Toole - Venus

*BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorcese - The Departed, Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima, Stephen Frears - The Queen, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel, Paul Greengrass - United 93

*BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls, Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal, Rinko Kikuchi - Babel, Adriana Barraza - Babel, Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine

*BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls, Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond, Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children, Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine

*BEST ANIMATED FILM: Cars, Happy Feet, Monster House