“For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be…I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”
— Benjamin Button, played by Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which topped the Oscar nominations this week with 13–and helped Warner Brothers claim three of the four most nominated films. Warner Brothers, owned by Fortune parent Time Warner , also put out Slumdog Millionaire and The Dark Knight. I have yet to see Slumdog, but so far I’m betting on Milk, from NBC Universal’s Focus Features, to take Best Picture. I saw Button with Pattie at a screening at Viacom , whose Paramount Pictures co-distributed with Warner Brothers. — Jessica Shambora