Academy Awards viewing party at Planet Hollywood
If you feel like going out and dressing up for the 80th Annual Academy Awards and you have a spare $250 and you want to benefit a good cause and you don't mind going somewhere to watch the Oscars on TV, stop by Planet Hollywood this afternoon.
The Arthritis Foundation of Southern Nevada is the charity, and the Grand Ballroom at Planet Hollywood is the host of the red carpet gala that begins at 4 p.m. with a cocktail reception and silent auction, then dinner at 5 p.m. and the only TV viewing party sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The event is $250, with proceeds going to the Foundation.
For more information, call (702) 367-1626.
Here are the major nominations. We see shut-outs in the top awards for Michael Clayton and Atonement, which, had they been released separately another year, would've swept.
Our picks in bold (after the jump).
Best Actor
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
* Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth II)
* Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
Laura Linney (The Savages)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There) (way to go Cate, two nominations)
Ruby Dee (American Gangster)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
* Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
Best Original Screenplay
* Juno (by Diablo Cody)
Lars and the Real Girl (by Nancy Oliver)
Michael Clayton (by Tony Gilroy)
Ratatouille (by Brad Bird)
The Savages (by Tamara Jenkins)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Atonement (by Christopher Hampton)
Away from Her (by Sarah Polley)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (by Ronald Harwood)
* No Country for Old Men (by the Coen Bros.)
There Will Be Blood (by Paul Thomas Anderson)
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
* The Coen Bros. (No Country for Old Men)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Jason Reitman (Juno)
Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
