Oscar nominations 2012
Oscar nominations 2012_ Oscar nominations 2012: The list of nominees
The Academy Award nominations have been announced. What made the cut? Here’s the list, with more categories being added as we get them. See how it synched up with our predictions, via the gallery below.
Best picture
“War Horse”
“The Artist”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Descendants”
“The Tree of Life”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Best actress
Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis, “The Help”
Rooney Mara, “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”
Demian Bichir, “A Better Life”
George Clooney, “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Gary Oldman, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”
Best supporting actress
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer, “The Help”
Best supporting actor
Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn”
Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”
Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
Nick Nolte, “Warrior”
Max von Sydow, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Best director
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
Terrence Malick, “Tree of Life”
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
“The Artist”
“Bridesmaids”
“Margin Call”
“Midnight in Paris”
“A Separation”
Best adapted screenplay
“The Descendants”
“Hugo”
“The Ides of March”
“Moneyball”
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
Best foreign language film
“Bullhead”
“Footnote”
“In Darkness”
“Monsieur Lazhar”
“A Separation”
Best animated feature
“A Cat in Paris”
“Chico & Rita”
“Kung Fu Panda 2”
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”
Best animated short film
“Dimanche/Sunday”
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
“La Luna”
“A Morning Stroll”
“Wild Life”
Best live action short film
“Pentecost”
“Raju”
“The Shore”
“Time Freak”
“Tuba Atlantic”
Best art direction
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”
Best cinematography
“The Artist”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”
Best costumes
“Anonymous”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Jane Eyre”
“W.E.”
Best documentary feature
“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Libration Front”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
“Pina”
“Undefeated”
Documentary short subject
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
“God is the Bigger Elvis”
“Incident in New Baghdad”
“Saving Face”
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”
Film editing
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”
Make-up
“Albert Nobbs”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“The Iron Lady”
Original score
“The Adventures of TinTin”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy:
“War Horse”
Original song
“Man or Muppet”
“Real in Rio”
Sound editing
“Drive”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”
Visual effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences paid homage Tuesday morning to the early days of cinema by bestowing the lion's share of Oscar nominations on two films that are valentines to the early days of cinema.
"Hugo,"Martin Scorsese's heartfelt love letter to filmmaking, earned the most nominations with 11, including best picture, best director and best screenplay as well as several technical Oscars. "The Artist," the low-budget black-and-white silent movie that offers a glimpse of Hollywood during its transition to the "talkies" earned 10 nominations, including nods for best picture, best director, screenplay, actor and supporting actress.
George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Octavia Spencer were among the performers receiving nominations, while"The Descendants" and"Moneyball" also scored best picture nods as the field for the 84th Academy Awards was announced in Beverly Hills.
With the nominations, "The Artist" was catapulted to front-runner status even though the black-and-white silent film about Hollywood's transition to "talkies" has not been widely seen. (It has only made just over $12.1 million at box office.) But it's stealing the lion's share of critics awards as well as a Golden Globe for best picture. It earned an extra boost Saturday when it won the Producers Guild Award. The award is one of the more reliable predictors of Oscar gold: Over the last four years, the PGA and the academy have agreed on best picture.
Rounding out the nine best picture nominees are "War Horse," "The Tree of Life," "Midnight in Paris," "The Help," "Hugo," and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close." Disappointing comedy fans was the no-show "Bridesmaids," which some had suggested could win a best picture nod. However, the raunchy girl comedy wasn't completely shut out. Melissa McCarthy picked up a best supporting actress nomination, and the film received a best original screenplay nomination for "Saturday Night Live" superstar Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.
It was a particularly good morning for buddies Clooney and Pitt. In addition to Clooney's best actor nod for playing a middle aged father of two in "The Descendants," he also earned an adapted screenplay nomination for the political thriller, "The Ides of March." Pitt earned a nomination for lead actor as Oakland A's general manager Billy Bean in "Moneyball," he also picked up a nomination as producer of that best picture nominee.
Besides Clooney and Pitt, the best actor contenders are Demian Bichir in "A Better Life," Jean Dujardin in "The Artist" and Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." Vying with Streep, who earns her 17th Oscar nomination as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," are: Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs," Viola Davis in "The Help," Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn." Missing from the best actress list was Tilda Swinton for "We Need to Talk About Kevin," which had earned her several nominations and wins including the Golden Globe.
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While Hollywood is always accused of being obsessed with youth, that certainly isn't the case in the supporting actor category. All but one of the nominees is over 50, and two of them -- Christopher Plummer, for "Beginners," and Max Von Sydow for "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" -- are 82.
Joining them is Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn," Nick Nolte "Warrior" and the baby of the bunch, Jonah Hill in "Moneyball."
One of the most tightly watched races of the year will be in the best director category: The director of "The Artist," Michel Hazanavicius, is pitted against academy favorite Scorsese, who directed "Hugo." Oddly enough, both are seen as valentines to the early days of cinema.
Perhaps the only sure thing is that the Oscar ceremony is expected to be a lot more entertaining than last year when James Franco and Anne Hathaway misfired as co-hosts. That's because Billy Crystal and his quick wit are back.
The ceremony is scheduled for Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre. It is to be aired on ABC.