Oscar Nominees To Be Announced

Tuesday’s the day we find out who is up for an Oscar this year – but a huge question mark still hangs over whether or not there will be a ceremony this year.

The list of nominees is expected to include a slew of A-listers including George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis and Angelina Jolie.

Potential Oscar nominees include Sweeney Todd stars Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, along with the film's director, Tim Burton.

However, without the cooperation of the striking Writers Guild of America, celebrities might honor the union's picket lines and stay away from the Oscars, leaving the show's planners to either scrap the telecast or come up with some new form of Oscar ceremony unlike anything audiences have seen before.

The word around Hollywood is that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a backup plan to put on the show without the blessing of writers and stars, but they declined to disclose details.

Gil Cates, producer of the Oscar telecast, has vowed the show will come off no matter what, hinting the program could be padded with clips from 80 years of Oscar history if writers and stars do not cooperate.