Who missed the chance for gold?

Meryl Streep, “The Hours” Although Streep shouldn’t being crying too hard because she did get nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “Adaptation.” Many expected though her role as Clarissa Vaughn in “The Hours” would have resonated in a Best Actress nomination. With her one nomination, Streep became the most nominated actor in history with 13, breaking the record of Katharine Hepburn.		Richard Gere, “Chicago” Gere has always been seen as an outside in Hollywood especially on his Buddhist beliefs. He did win the Golden Globe, which many thought would equal an Academy Award nomination. His role in “Chicago” is primarily a supporting one. For this reason, the voters probably couldn’t decide what category to place him in.
Michelle Pfeiffer, “White Oleander” Pfeiffer’s omission for the Oscar is not as surprising as the others because the Academy Awards haven’t nominated her since 1992 in “Love Field.” Pfeiffer was thought to be a favorite last year for her role in “I Am Sam.” Her co-star, Sean Penn was even nominated. Pfeiffer is an incredible subtle actress but Queen Latifah stole her slot in the supporting actress category.		Dennis Quaid, “Far From Heaven” Quaid has been a critical darling for his role in “Far From Heaven.” He received nominations from all of the other major awards including the Golden Globe and Screen Actor’s Guild. The film, which was highly-regarded, did not receive a ton of nominations except for Julianne Moore and a few technical awards. The momentum of “Far From Heaven” has decreased over the past weeks and this can be the reason for his omission.

Nominations for the 75th Annual Academy Awards

Best picture
“Chicago”
“Gangs of New York”
“The Hours”
“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”
“The Pianist”

Best director
Pedro Almodovar, “Talk to Her”
Stephen Daldry, “The Hours”
Rob Marshall,“Chicago”
Roman Polanski, “The Pianist”
Martin Scorsese, “Gangs of New York”

Best actor
Adrien Brody, “The Pianist”
Nicolas Cage, “Adaptation”
Michael Caine, “The Quiet American”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Gangs of New York”
Jack Nicholson, “About Schmidt”

Best actress
Salma Hayek, “Frida”
Nicole Kidman, “The Hours”
Diane Lane, “Unfaithful”
Julianne Moore, “Far From Heaven”
Renee Zellweger, “Chicago”

Best supporting actor
Chris Cooper, “Adaptation”
Ed Harris, “The Hours”
Paul Newman, “Road to Perdition”
John C. Reilly, “Chicago”
Christopher Walken, “Catch Me If You Can”

Best supporting actress
Kathy Bates, “About Schmidt”
Julianne Moore, “The Hours”
Queen Latifah, “Chicago”
Meryl Streep, “Adaptation”
Catherine Zeta-Jones, “Chicago”

Best original song
Eminem, “Lose Yourself” (“8 Mile”)
Elliot Goldenthal, “Burn It Blue”
(“Frida”)
John Kander and Fred Ebb “I Move On”
(“Chicago”)
Paul Simon, “Father and Daughter”
(“The Wild Thornberrys Movie”)
U2, “The Hands That Built America”
(“Gangs of New York”)