Oscar Nominations: Lord of the Rings picks up 13 nominations
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring led the way with 13 nominations, including best picture, as the nominations for the 74th annual Academy Awards were announced today.
The other best picture nominees are A Beautiful Mind, In the Bedroom, Moulin Rouge, and Gosford Park.
Nominees for best actor are Russell Crowe for A Beautiful Mind, Denzel Washington for Training Day, Will Smith for Ali, Sean Penn for I Am Sam, and Tom Wilkinson for In the Bedroom.
Sissy Spacek picked up a best actress nomination for In the Bedroom. The other best actress nominees are Nicole Kidman for Moulin Rouge, Halle Berry for Monster's Ball, Judi Dench for Iris, and Renee Zellweger for Bridget Jones's Diary.
Best supporting actor nominees are Ben Kingsley for Sexy Beast, Jim Broadbent for Iris, Jon Voight for Ali, Ethan Hawke for Training Day and Ian McKellen for The Lord of the Rings.
Best supporting actress nominees include Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind, Maggie Smith for Gosford Park, Helen Mirren for Gosford Park, Marisa Tomei for In the Bedroom, and Kate Winslet for Iris.
Nominees for best director include Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind, Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings, Ridley Scott for Black Hawk Down, David Lynch for Mulholland Drive, and Robert Altman for Gosford Park
The nominees were announced by last year's Oscar winner for best supporting actress, Marcia Gay Harden and Academy president Frank Pierson. The awards ceremony is scheduled to be broadcast March 24 from the Kodak Theatre.
