And the Shiny Gold Man Thingy™ nominees are...

The nominations for the 152nd Annual Oscar Awards That May Not Happen Due To The Writers Strike were announced this morning.


CongRATS are in order mostly to Disney's "Ratatouille" who, while also being almost freaking impossible to spell correctly, is nominated for 5 awards including Best Animated Feature Film, Original Screenplay, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, and Original Score.

"Surf's Up" is also nominated for Best Animated Feature Film as well as Movie We Totally Forgot About.

"Transformers" joins "Ratatouille" in many areas including Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, as well as getting its own nod in the Visual Effects department. Apparently there was more to the film than meets the eye your fun and games are threatening to poke out.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is also nominated for Visual Effects. Maelstroms don't make themselves you know.

"Enchanted" is way over exposed in the Original Song department, proving that princesses truly are a greedy lot. "Happy Working Song," "So Close," and "That's How You Know" are all nominated and are equally going to be truly terrible to hear Robin Williams try to do impressions of if there actually is a ceremony on February 24th.

The 2008 HSX Award Options will be IPOed on Wednesday.