Kate Winslet is nominated for Best Actress and former child actor Jackie Earle Haley, (“The Bad News Bears” 70s version), scored a Best Supporing Actor nod. Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Connelly star in “Little Children,” the latest work from Oscar-nominated writer/director Todd Field. Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta, “Little Children” centers on a handful of individuals whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways.