HEATH Ledger's family face a bittersweet anniversary of his death tomorrow, with the talented young actor almost certain to be nominated for an Oscar a year to the day after he died.
Ledger is expected to get a nod for best supporting actor for playing The Joker in The Dark Knight – his last full film role before his death from an accidental prescription drug overdose in New York.
The Academy Awards nomination ceremony will be held just after midnight tonight Australian time.
But while Ledger appears a sure thing, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman and almost 20 other Australian Oscar hopefuls are not such certainties.
Months of multi-million-dollar campaigns have been aimed at swaying the 6000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Will Blanchett rebound from snubs at the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards and pick up a nomination for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?
If so, it will be Blanchett's fourth Oscar nomination in five years. Or does the Academy think it is time for Blanchett to have a year off?
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