News -- Eligible Original Songs released

Here's is the long long list of original songs eligible to be nominated this year.

"All is Love" -- Where the Wild Things Are
"Almost Over You" -- My One and Only
"Almost There" -- The Princess and the Frog
"AyAyAyAy" -- The Maid
"Back to Tennessee" -- Hannah Montana The Movie
"Being Bad" -- Duplicity
"Blanco" -- Fast & Furious
"Brothers in Arms" -- Brothers at War
"Butterfly Fly Away" -- Hannah Montana The Movie
"Cinema Italiano" -- Nine
"Colorblind" -- Invictus
"Depression Era" -- That Evening Sun
"Don't Walk Away" -- Hannah Montana The Movie
"Dove of Peace" -- Bruno
"Down in New Orleans" -- The Princess and the Frog
"Fly Farm Blues" -- It Might Get Loud
"Forget Me" -- I Love You, Beth Cooper
"God Bless Up Everyone" -- Disney's A Christmas Carol
"Here" -- Shrink
"Hideaway" -- Where the Wild Things Are
"Hoedown Throwdown" -- Hannah Montana The Movie
"I Bring What I Love" -- Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
"I See You" -- Avatar
"(I Want to) Come Home" -- Everybody's Fine
"If You're Wondering" -- The Lightkeeers
"Impossible Fantasy" -- Adventures of Power
"Innocent Child" -- Skin
"Invictus 9,000 Days" -- Invictus
"Legendary" -- Tyson
"Let Freedom Reign -- Skin
"Loin de Paname" -- Paris 36
"Ma Belle Evangeline" -- The Princess and the Frog
"My One and Only" -- My One and Only
"Na Na" -- Couples Retreat
"Never Knew I Needed" -- The Princess and the Frog
"New Divide" -- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
"New Jersey Nights" -- Adventures of Power
"New York is Where I Live" -- Did You Heart about the Morgans?
"No Time for Love" -- Simon & Malou
"One Day" -- Post Grad
"Only You" -- The Young Victoria
"Other Father Song" -- Coraline
"Petey's Song" -- Fantastic Mr. Fox
"Ponyo on th Cliff by the Sea" -- Ponyo
"Possibility" -- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
"Raising Sunshine" -- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
"Running Out of Empty (Make Ourselves at Home)" -- Lymelife
"Smoke without Fire" -- An Education
"Somebody Else" -- Crazy Heart
"Stu's Song" -- The Hangover
"Take It All" -- Nine
"Through the Trees" -- Jennifer's Body
"Trust Me" -- The Informant!
"Un Bouquet des Violettes" -- New York, I Love You
"We Are the Children of the World" -- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
"We Love Violence" -- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" -- Crazy Heart
"When You Find Me" -- Adams
"Winter" -- Brothers
"The Word Is Love" -- Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
"You Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger" -- An Education
"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" -- Hannah Montana The Movie
"You've Been a Friend to Me" -- Old Dogs

NEWS -- The DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Shortlist

The field has been narrowed down to 15, and 5 films will be chosen as the nominees from these finalists. A few noticeable films missing, particularly "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", "Capitalism: A Love Story", "It Might Get Loud", and "Tyson".

The finalists are:

The Beaches of Agnes
Burma VJ
The Cove
Every Little Step
Facing Ali
Food, Inc.
Garbage Dreams
Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without Borders
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Mugabe and the White African
Sergio
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Under Our Skin
Valentino: The Last Emperor
Which Way Home

This list puts The Cove, Every Little Step, and Food Inc. soundly in the driver seat for the Oscar this year. I thought all 3 were fantastic and all worthy.

We Will Have 5 Nominees for ANIMATED FEATURE

The Academy has released the shortlist of all eligible contenders in the Animated Feature category, and due to the number of entries, we will have 5 nominees in the race this year. This is only the 2nd time in the category's history that we have more than 3 nominees, and the first time since 2002.

The eligible films are:

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Astro Boy
Battle for Terra
Cloudly with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Disney's A Christmas Carol
The Dolphin - Story of a Dreamer
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Mary and Max
The Missing Lynx
Monsters vs. Aliens
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Planet 51
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
A Town Called Panic
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My preditions as of right now are:

Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
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