Romance/war epic Atonement leads the nominations for the Empire magazine's movie awards along with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.Both movie have bagged six nods a piece including Best Actress and Best Actor for both films.Atonement finds itself in the Best British Film category with Hot Fuzz, Sunshine, Control and This Is England.Harry Potter has been nominated for Best Film with Zodiac, Ratatouille, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.Atonement, which is nominated for seven Oscar and fourteen Baftas, has already won Best Picture at this year's Golden Globes and now finds itself shortlisted for Best Actress for Keira Knightley, Best Actor for James McAvoy, newcomer for Saoirse Roman and Best Director for Joe Wright.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the series, has also been nominated in the Best Actor, actress and director categories for Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and David Yaes as well as Best Sci-fi/fantasy movie.Katherine Heigl for Knocked Up, Angelina Jolie for A Mighty Heart and Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age complete the Best Actress category.Joining James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe are Simon Pegg for Hot Fuzz, Matt Damon for The Bourne Ultimatum, and 300's Gerard Butler.

Readers of the magazine and website will vote for the winners and they will be announced 9 March at the Grosvenor Hotel.

The Sony Ericsson Empire Awards 2008 Nominations

Best Newcomer

Shia LaBeouf (Transformers)

Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)

Sam Reily (Control)

Gemma Arterton (St. Trinians)

Thomas Turgoose (This Is England)

Best Comedy

Superbad

Hot Fuzz

Knocked Up

Ratatouille

Run Fat Boy Run

Best Sci-fi/Fantasy

Sunshine

Stardust

Transformers

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

300

Best Horror

30 Days Of Night

28 Weeks Later

Saw IV

Death Proof

1408

Best Thriller

Zodiac

American Gangster

Eastern Promises

The Bourne Ultimatum

Disturbia

Sony Ericsson Best Soundtrack

Control

Atonement

Once

Hairspray

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

Best British Film

Atonement

Hot Fuzz

Sunshine

Control

This Is England

Best Actress

Keira Knightley (Atonement)

Emma Watson (Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix)

Katharine Heigl (Knocked Up)

Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)

Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)

Best Actor

Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix)

James McAvoy (Atonement)

Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz)

Gerard Butler (300)

Best Director

Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Joe Wright (Atonement)

David Yates (Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix)

Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz)

David Fincher (Zodiac)

Best Film

The Bourne Ultimatum

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

Ratatouille

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

Zodiac

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw.

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