<p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">I just watched the 80<sup>th</sup> Academy Award nominations for the 2007 Oscar nominees.  
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">They were live from Los Angeles (at 5:30 AM PST) so I'm sure the phones are ringing throughout California and waking up some actors too tired to wake this early.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">None of the films the Academy President or Kathy Bates (why was she announcing or even in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater!?!) were really surprising.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">Some may say the Academy Awards are stuffy and the Golden Globes are the fun awards show. 
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">Sure the Golden Globes are fun but when you think of Hollywood glamour it's always been the Academy Awards that comes to mind for me.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">And this year, several actor parents are nominated -    
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">Casey Affleck (dad of two) for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443680/"><span style="color:#003399; text-decoration:underline">The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</span></a> in the best supporting actor category.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">Cate Blanchett (mom of two, expecting baby #3 in April) for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414055/"><span style="color:#003399; text-decoration:underline">Elizabeth- The Golden Age</span></a> and for <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0368794/"><span style="color:#003399; text-decoration:underline">I'm Not There.</span></a> in the best supporting actress category.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">Johnny Depp (dad of two) for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/"><span style="color:#003399; text-decoration:underline">Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</span></a> in the best actor category.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">Ruby Dee (mom of three) for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/"><span style="color:#003399; text-decoration:underline">American Gangster</span></a> in the best actress category.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">Tilda Swinton (mom of two) for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/"><span style="color:#003399; text-decoration:underline">Michael Clayton</span></a> in the best actress category.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">And even Paul Thomas Anderson (dad of Pearl with Maya Rudolph) received a nomination for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/"><span style="color:#003399; text-decoration:underline">There Will Be Blood</span></a> as best director.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">Congrats to all of them. 
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:9pt">I'll be watching the Academy Awards on February 24<sup>th</sup> to which of these cool parents get an Oscar.</span></p>