Well 2009 is now upon us! We want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and good luck at keeping to all your new years resolutions!

We’d like to take a look back at the year that has passed for Amy Adams. Here is a compilation of our favorite 2008 moments, by myself for Amy Adams Fan. Feel free to shout out with your on selections here or at the forum!

Best News: This has been an amazing year for Amy and us fans! What with the release of Miss Pettigrew and Doubt, several nominations and acclaim for her performance as Sister James in Doubt all of the incredible magazine editorials: Interview, Elle and not one, but two Vanity Fair covers! and last but not least the engagement of Amy to long time romance Darren Le Gallo. We’re happy Amy is truly having an enchanting time in her life and career right now!

Worst News: The rumor/announcment Amy is possibly no longer attached to Noah Baumbach’s Greenburg [view entry].

Favorite Magazine Cover:

Va-va-voom! Amy looks so gorgeous whilst channeling the late, great Rita Hayworth.

Amy Adams will help hand out trophies at the Jan. 8 ceremony in Santa Monica, Calif. at the Critics’ Choice Awards.

Doubt is nominated in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Actress (Streep), Best Supporting Actress (Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Hoffman), Best Acting Ensemble, and Best Writer.

Previously announced presenters include Marisa Tomei, Eva Longoria Parker, Josh Brolin, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Dakota Fanning, Sarah Silverman and Forest Whitaker.

The Critics’ Choice Awards, presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, honor the best in film in 17 categories. Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead nominees with eight each. The ceremony will air live on VH1.

Huge congrats to Amy! She has done it again! Miss Adams is nominated yet again for her performance in Doubt at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards! This time nabbing herself two nominations!

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams / Sister James – Doubt
Penelope Cruz / Maria Elena – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis / Mrs. Miller – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson / Queenie – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet / Hanna Schmitz – The Reader

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Not only was Amy nominated, but the rest of the Doubt family continues to reign high as well. Meryl Streep was nominated for Best Actress, Viola Davis will be against Amy again in the supporting category, Philip Seymour Hoffman is up for Best Actor and as you can see the entire cast was nominated for ensemble!

The awards will take place Sunday, January 25, 2009, with a live telecast airing on TNT/TBS at 8 PM (EST).

From: The San Fransisco Chronicle

“In Julie and Julia and Night at the Museum 2, I play people who are a little more womanly. I’m excited to continue the exploration of being a woman, as opposed to being girly,” she says, although she allows of her Amelia Earhart in Museum: “I think she’s girly. It’s me, I’m girly. I’m only playing with the instrument I have to play with. I’m a girly girl.”

“I think I’m harder on myself than anyone else is – well,” she switches tracks, her voice picking up the perkiness of a daily affirmation. “I’m sure there are some bloggers who dislike me more than I dislike myself, and that is OK.”

When asked if Meryl Streep, who appears with her in Doubt and the forthcoming Julie & Julia, is stalking her: “She was signed on to play Julia Child before I was attached, so technically I’m stalking her, I guess. But that’s not going to surprise anybody reading this. That was a little bit of pressure going into Doubt – if she hates me, then we’ve got another movie, and she’d be like, ‘Oh, her.’ “

Several wonderful articles have been published this week about Miss Amy and today I’ve rounded some up. Be sure to pay special attention to The Washington Post as it’s my favorite and totally adorable! There was also two stunning photoshoot pics with it.

From: The Washington Post: The Real Thing

“Everyone’s always like: ‘You’re so typecast,’ ” Adams says, referring to the recent roles on her CV. “But actually, when I came out to L.A., I was always the bitchy girl.” What changed? “My hair!”

“I’ve never played super-dark in a film. I think I’d be curious to do it. If a character comes along that I find really compelling and it works out that the director wants to go that direction with me, I’m totally willing to try. I’ve actually auditioned, but I think people have a hard time making the leap from — I don’t want to use this as a cop-out, but my energy is not dark, my being is not dark.”

“Oh, gosh — I can be very dark,” she says. “Of course I can. . . . Light can’t exist without dark. It just can’t. But if my darkness comes out in public, people are going to be so confused, like, ‘Who’s this girl?’ I become very Eeyore.” She sighs, just like the mopey Winnie-the-Pooh sidekick, and suddenly you can envision her curled up on the couch at home, watching Dr. Phil in her pajamas.

“I’m actually a lot of fun! I’m a hoot!”

Amy Adams tells Extra:

“I am so honored to be nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for Doubt, along with John Patrick Shanley, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis. Helping to bring John’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the screen was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career.”

Variety is reporting that Amy Adams will be honored with the Spotlight Award for her performance in Doubt at the 20th annual Palm Springs Film Festival.

The award, which honors a supporting performance during the preceding year, will be awarded to Adams on Jan. 6th, 2009.