While the writers’ strike has put Hollywood’s biggest night in jeopardy, nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards were announced as scheduled earlier this morning.

Officially, the Academy claims to be moving ahead with the red carpet and awards ceremony as usual, so her are the nominees:

Best Motion Picture:

- Atonement
- Juno
- Michael Clayton
- No Country for Old Men
- There Will Be Blood

Performance By An Actor In a Leading Role:

- George Clooney - Michael Clayton
- Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
- Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
- Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Performance By An Actor In a Supporting Role:

- 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

Performance By an Actress In a Leading Role:

- Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Julie Christie - Away From Her
- Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
- Laura Linney - The Savages
- Ellen Page - Juno

Performance By an Actress In a Supporting Role:

- Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
- Ruby Dee - American Gangster
- Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
- Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
- Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Achievement in Directing:

- Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Jason Reitman - Juno
- Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
- Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Adapted screenplay:

- Christopher Hampton - Atonement
- Sarah Polley - Away From Her
- Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Original screenplay:

- Diablo Cody - Juno
- Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
- Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
- (Screenplay) Brad Bird (Story) Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird - Ratatouille
- Tamara Jenkins - The Savages

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:

- Persepolis
- Ratatouille
- Surf's Up

Best Documentary Feature:

- No End in Sight - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
- Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience - Richard E. Robbins
- SiCKO - Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
- Taxi to the Dark Side - Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
- War/Dance - Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best Documentary Short Subject:

- FreeheldCynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
- La Corona (The Crown) - Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
- Salim Baba - Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
- Sari's Mother - James Longley

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:

- Beaufort - Isreal
- The Counterfeiters - Austria
- Katyn - Poland
- Mongol - Kazakhstan
- 12 - Russia

The winners will be announced on Sunday, February 24 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The awards will be telecast live on ABC starting at 5 p.m. PT.

Can't wait!