Los Angeles  - The following is a complete list of Oscar nominees:

Best Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire.

Actor: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor; Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Sean Penn, Milk; Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler.

Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie, Changeling; Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Meryl Streep, Doubt; Kate Winslet, The Reader.

Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk; Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight; Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road.

Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Doubt; Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Viola Davis, Doubt; Taraji P Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler.

Director: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon; Gus Van Sant, Milk; Stephen Daldry, The Reader; Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire.

Foreign Film: The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany; The Class, France; Departures, Japan; Revanche, Austria; Waltz With Bashir, Israel.

Adapted Screenplay: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; John Patrick Shanley, Doubt; Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon; David Hare, The Reader; Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire.

Original Screenplay: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River; Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky; Martin McDonagh, In Bruges; Dustin Lance Black, Milk; Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, WALL-E.

Animated Feature Film: Bolt; Kung Fu Panda; WALL-E.

Art Direction: Changeling; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Dark Knight; The Duchess; Revolutionary Road.

Cinematography: Changeling; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Dark Knight; The Reader; Slumdog Millionaire.

Sound Mixing: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Dark Knight; Slumdog Millionaire; WALL-E; Wanted.

Sound Editing: The Dark Knight; Iron Man; Slumdog Millionaire; WALL-E; Wanted.

Original Score: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alexandre Desplat; Defiance, James Newton Howard; Milk, Danny Elfman; Slumdog Millionaire, AR Rahman; WALL-E, Thomas Newman.

Original Song: Down to Earth from WALL-E, Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, AR Rahman and Gulzar; O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire, AR Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.

Costume: Australia; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Duchess; Milk; Revolutionary Road.

Documentary Feature: The Betrayal (Nerakhoon); Encounters at the End of the World; The Garden; Man on Wire; Trouble the Water.

Documentary (short subject): The Conscience of Nhem En; The Final Inch; Smile Pinki; The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306.

Film Editing: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Dark Knight; Frost/Nixon; Milk; Slumdog Millionaire.

Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Dark Knight; Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

Animated Short Film: La Maison en Petits Cubes; Lavatory - Lovestory; Oktapodi; Presto; This Way Up.

Live Action Short Film: Auf der Strecke (On the Line); Manon on the Asphalt; New Boy; The Pig; Spielzeugland (Toyland).

Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Dark Knight; Iron Man. (dpa)