2008 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War

Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild

Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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

Ruby Dee - American Gangster

Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone

Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Animated Film

Persepolis

Ratatouille

Surf's Up

Best Director

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Julian Schnabel

Juno - Jason Reitman

Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy

No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

Lovely song for Lovely Lovers!!!! Enjoy it

My life is brilliant.

My life is brilliantmy love is pure.

I saw an angel.Of that I'm sure

.She smiled at me on the subway.

She was with another man.

But I won't lose no sleep on that,'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.You're beautiful, it's true.

I saw your face in a crowded place,and I don't know what to do,'

Cause I'll never be with you.Yes,

she caught my eye,

As we walked on by.

She could see from my face that I was,Fucking high

,And I don't think that I'll see her again,

But we shared a moment that will last 'till the end.You're beautiful. Y

ou're beautiful.You're beautiful, it's true.

I saw your face in a crowded place,And I don't know what to do,'Cause I'll never be with you.

La la la la la la la la la

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.You're beautiful, it's true.

There must be an angel with a smile on her face,

when she thought up that I should be with you.

But it's time to face the truth;

I will never be with you.

Vaarnam Aayiram Climax Twist

If one had a close look at two of the biggest hits of Gautham Menon – Kaaka Kaaka and Vettaiyadu Vilayadu, apart from both being cop stories and backed by power performance of the cast, there was another line of similarity - the lead ladies of both the movies, be it Jyothika of Kaaka Kaaka or Kamlini Mukherjee of Vettaiyadu Vilayadu, get killed. Even Jyothika in Vettaiyadu Vilayadu was shown to be killed in the initial days of release of the movie only to be changed later and in DVD version.If a birdie from Kollywood is to be believed, even in the director’s upcoming Vaaranam Aayiram, the heroine (Sameera Reddy) is killed due to unfortunate circumstances of events. This is when the twist in the story creeps up with the arrival of Ramya into the scene. Seems like the director believes that the death of his heroines could bring his movies some luck as well as a huge empathetic fan-following for the Hero as well. A story about a go-getter and the impact of these two heroines on his life, the same birdie also lets us know that Vaaranam Aayiram has the potential to be the best of Gautham with some great music by Harris Jeyaraj and breath taking camera by Ratnavelu. With big time expectations cropping up on this Surya-Gautham combination after Kaaka Kaaka, we hope the same magic is weaved by Gautham and his excellent team of cast and crew. So until then let’s keep our fingers crossed and see if this proves to be yet another feather in Gautham’s cap.