The little golden man will have more than a touch of pink this year.
LGBT-related movies dominated the Oscar picks for this year—none more so than Brokeback Mountain. The story of two male ranch hands who become romantically involved led all movies with eight nominations for the 78th annual Academy Awards, according to CNN.
Brokeback, based on a short story by E. Annie Proulx, picked up nods for best picture, best director ( Ang Lee ) , best actor ( Heath Ledger ) , best supporting actress ( Michelle Williams ) and best supporting actor ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) . Its screenplay adaptation, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, was also nominated.
The film already has won several awards this season, including best picture honors from the Golden Globes ( drama ) , Broadcast Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle.
Other nominees for best picture are Good Night, and Good Luck; Capote ( about gay author Truman Capote ) ; Crash; and Munich.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who has garnered the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for his portrayal of the titular writer in Capote, was nominated for best actor, creating an interesting battle with Ledger for the Oscar, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The best actress category is seen as a two-person race between Reese Witherspoon, who played June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, and Felicity Huffman, for her performance as a pre-op transsexual in Transamerica. Other nominees include Charlize Theron, who has already won an Oscar for her role as lesbian serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster.
The awards will be held March 5 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
At the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 29, Hoffman, as previously mentioned, won for best actor, MTV.com reported. However, for Huffman and the cast of Brokeback Mountain, the news was not as good. Huffman lost to Witherspoon in the best actress category while, in an upset, the cast of Crash prevailed over Brokeback's for the best ensemble award. ( However, Huffman did win for best actress in a TV drama for 'Desperate Housewives.' )
Also, on Jan. 28, Brokeback was named 2005's best feature at the 58th annual Directors Guild of America Awards dinner, adding to the film's momentum, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Brokeback was also named feature of the year by the Producers Guild of America.
