It’s over! The deadline for turning in completed Oscar ballots has passed and it’s up to the accountants at PricewaterhouseCoopers to tally up 5,829 (give or take a few) ballots. Now that all that’s left is to figure out the totals, let’s take a look at some of the more interesting number-related tidbits concerning this year’s nominees. For example, did you know four of the five nominees in the Best Supporting Actress category are first timers? Only dual-nominee Cate Blanchett’s been to the big dance before. Blanchett was nominated for an Oscar in this category in 2006 for Notes on a Scandal and won the Oscar in 2004 for The Aviator. Additionally, Blanchett scored a nomination in the Best Actress category in 1998 for taking on the title role in Elizabeth. The sequel, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, earned her a spot in this year’s Best Actress group. A batch of newcomers also dominate the Best Original Screenplay category. Only Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava from the Ratatouille gang have earned Oscar nods in prior years.

Three newbies are looking to strike gold on their first Oscar try in the Best Directing category. Writer/director Tony Gilroy earned two nominations this year for his work on the legal drama Michael Clayton, which marked his directorial debut. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly helmer Julian Schnabel and Juno’s Jason Reitman earned their way into this elite group for the very first time, while Oscar veterans Paul Thomas Anderson and Joel & Ethan Coen are old hands at handling the Academy Awards hoopla. It’s interesting to note that while Anderson has been nominated twice previously in the screenplay category, this is his first nomination for directing. Anderson’s also competing in the Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay categories. The Coen Brothers are also multiple category entrants (Director, Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, and Editing [under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes]). With four nominations in the same year for the same film, the Coen Brothers now share a record held by Warren Beatty (1978’s Heaven Can Wait and 1981’s Reds) and Warren Menken (1991’s Beauty and the Beast).