Hungry for Oscar

The nominations for the Academy Awards were officially announced today. The full nominee list can be found here on Oscar's official website. You may be surprised by some or disappointed by others and there's probably quite a few flicks you've never even heard of.

Here's a few nominations you might care about that probably won't be mentioned on your evening news:

Achievement in costume design

“Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
“The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
“Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
“Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in makeup

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat
“Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
“Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

The real star of this 81st annual celebration will be the dresses and after parties. And let's not forget the after after parties, aka when you ditch all the fine dinning for greasy goodness. A fave award memory that earned a hearty helping of press was Hilary Swank's celebratory meal at Astro Burger in West Hollywood after winning for Million Dollar Baby back in '05. The place still has a framed image of Swank's hungry face. A Pretty favorite at Astro are their chicken quesadillas and fried zucchini. This is a perfect meal for two and it'll definitley bring out your hungry face.

Hilary image via Crackteam.org; Astro image via nlbelrades.com