I pasted this Oscar® Nominations list from the Press Release that the Academy Awards® sent to my email this morning. I did fool around with the order of nominees …
Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount)
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)….

I Tweeted A Day-Before-Oscars Question:
‘What Oscar Nominated Acting Performance Knocked Your Socks Off?’
Here are some of the tweets that I got back:

A site called ‘oscarsijmen’ made up a list of all actors that were ever nominated for an Oscar©.
Here is the list, by name.

From The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences, The Press Release With Full Nominee List:
Beverly Hills, CA — Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, February 2) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak, Oscar® [ACTING] nominee Anne Hathaway…
The Nominees Are….

Kate Winslet, Accepting The Best Actress Award, For Her Performance In “The Reader” ::: Video:::Photos
Penelope Cruz, Accepting The Best Supporting Actress Award, For Her Performance In Vicky Christina Barcelona::Video::Photos

She is a spirited woman in the midst of all these aging people, who are getting ready to die. She is a cherishing, loving mother, to this child who was born an old man. And, even when he’s Brad Pitt, she convinced me of her maternal love for Benjamin Button.

    PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE   Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” Meryl Streep in “Doubt” PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Amy Adams in “Doubt” Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” Viola Davis in “Doubt” Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case [...]

Well, I was drawing from my life, too, from my mom. We were the only black family in Central Falls, Rhode Island in 1965. She had to fight doctors who wanted to experiment on us when we were sick, and she had to fight parents who saw us as thugs and bad influences on their children, though we were just rambunctious, creative kids. She had to fight teachers who just didn’t see our intelligence at times.