Brits battle it out in Oscar nominations

Success Story: Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for the best movie title and its director Danny Boyle is in the running for best director

11 April 2012

Kate Winslet has been nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in The Reader today, while British film Slumdog Millionaire is in the running for best movie.

Rags-to-riches tale Slumdog has had 10 nominations in categories including adapted screenplay, cinematography and sound editing, as well as two original song nominations.

Other best picture nominees include Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which scooped 13 Academy Awards nominations.

The late Heath Ledger was given a supporting actor nomination for Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight.

Britons Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and Stephen Daldry (The Reader) were nominated for best director Oscars while Mike Leigh received a best screenplay nomination for Happy-Go-Lucky.

For a full list of this year's Oscar nominations CLICK HERE