Just in time for the 2005 Academy Awards™, Audible has compiled a collection of recent Charlie Rose interviews with some of this year?s top nominees. Interviews include: Martin Scorsese and Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress); Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator, Best Actor); Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture); and more.

A conversation with the stars of the 81st Academy Awards: Frank Langella, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep and Mickey Rourke.

With the Academy Awards coming up on Sunday, February 25th, we take another look back at conversations with Academy Award nominees: Peter O'Toole, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Cruz, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Stephen Frears, Martin Scorsese, Cate Blanchett, Todd Field, John Lasseter, Alfonso Cuaron, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Deepa Mehta, and Guillermo del Toro.

A look back at conversations with Academy Award nominees.

A preview of the 2008 Oscars with A. O. Scott of the New York Times, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, David Edelstein of New York magazine, and David Denby of The New Yorker.

Oscar-winning writer-director Max, whose star is clearly beginning to dim, wakes up the morning after the 2003 Academy Awards lying next to his lover and feeling understandably groggy from the previous evening's festivities. But this is no time for Max to lounge about and chat his way idly through a hangover. There's a houseful of guests to worry about, and they all need attention.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) lays out the plans and promises of a Democrat-controlled congress along with his review of the recent State of the Union address by President Bush. Then, Gallup editor in-chief Frank Newport gives a historical overview of how much or how little the State of the Union address affects public opinion on government and key policy issues, and more.

Bob talks politics with regular Monday guest David Broder of The Washington Post, and more.

First, Bob talks with Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) about domestic surveillance, the Patriot Act, and Biden's presidential aspirations. Then, there are only a few days left before Oscar madness so today we bring back Bob's conversation with Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman's been nominated for Best Actor for his leading role in Capote. The film covers the tumultuous period in Truman Capote's life leading up to the publication of his true-crime masterpiece In Cold Blood.

Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, talks to Charlie Rose about the challenges facing Afghanistan and the role of the United States in the process of rebuilding. Also, Time magazine's Joe Klein on his exclusive interview with the President of Syria, Bashar Assad. Finally, a discussion with Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, the directors of the Academy Award-winning documentary Born Into Brothels.