2005 oscar nominations announced

the oscar nominations were announced today (jan 25) with the aviator gathering the most amount of nominations with 11 nods, while finding neverland and million dollar baby got 7.

surprisingly hot contenders javier bardem (the sea inside), paul giammati (sideways), jim carrey (eternal sunshine...) and liam neeson (kinsey) all got the brush off.

also big newsmakers the passion of the christ and farenheit 9/11 both failed to woo the the nomination board of the academy.

finally, one of the more interesting awards of the year falls under the best documentary section. out of this years list, 4 out of the 5 nominees have screened across the US to much acclaim and popularity, proving that this form of storytelling will only get bigger in the coming years.

to see the full list and watch all the nominated films' trailers go to the oscar site here .