Perennial Oscar nominee Kevin O'Connell failed to make the cut when the Cinema Audio Society announced nominations for the best sound mixing this year, perhaps because his two 2008 films -- "The Ruins" and "Space Chimps" -- were less than successful at the box office. Last year, he picked up nod No. 12 from the CAS and his 20th Oscar nomination for "Transformers," but lost both bids and remains winless with both kudos.

Count on several of this year's CAS nominees -- "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man," "Quantum of Solace," "Slumdog Millionaire," and "Wall-E" -- to make it into the final five when Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22. Over the last 15 years, the CAS nominees have gone on to take 54 of the 75 Oscar slots for sound mixing. The last year the slate matched up was in 2003. And the winners have repeated only half the time, the last being in 2006 when the "Dreamgirls" won both awards. Last year, "The Bourne Ultimatum" team took the Oscar while "No Country for Old Men" won the CAS award.