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Actress Salma Hayek (L) and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announce the nominees. |
The biggest winner was the biggest loser at the Oscar nominations on Tuesday, as uplifting musical "Dreamgirls" walked away with eight nods but was snubbed for the top prizes.
The film about the rise of a 1960s female soul trio had been viewed as a hot contender for the best picture award but instead was bumped out of the reckoning by Clint Eastwood's war movie "Letters from Iwo Jima."
The omission of "Dreamgirls" leaves Martin Scorsese's bloody crime epic "The Departed" and Golden Globes winner "Babel" - which won the second-highest number of nods, with seven - as the front-runners.
Offbeat comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The Queen," a fictionalised account of life inside the British royal family following the 1997 death of Princess Diana, complete the lineup.
Here's the list of leading feature films with multiple nominations
| Film | Nominations |
| "Dreamgirls" | 8 |
| "Babel" | 7 |
| "Pan's Labyrinth" | 6 |
| "The Queen" | 6 |
| "Blood Diamond" | 5 |
| "The Departed" | 5 |
| "Letters from Iwo Jima" | 4 |
| "Little Miss Sunshine" | 4 |
| "Notes on a Scandal" | 4 |
| "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" | 4 |
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