Nominations and Winners For Academy Awards of Merit
The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2009, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and the Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker.
The film with the most nominations was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 22, 2009.
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