The Oscars were just announced a few hours ago and there’s a few big surprises, it looks like the critics choices of “The Artist” and “Hugo” led the pack with 10 and 11 nominations respectively. One big surprise is that Ryan Gossling was not really recognized at all. He should get some sort of award for being in just about every genre of film in one year’s time.
Also, we can’t go into the list without congratulating “The Muppets” on their best song nomination for Man or Muppet.
BEST PICTURE
The Artist
The Descendants
War Horse
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
BEST ACTOR
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
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
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo – Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor – Margin Call
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash – The Descendants
John Logan – Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willomon – The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin – Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Bullhead – Belgium
Footnote – Israel
In Darkness – Poland
Monsier Lazhar – Canada
A Separation – Iran
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
Jeff Cronenweth –The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Robert Richardson –Hugo
Emmanuel Lubezki –The Tree of Life
Janusz Kaminski –War Horse
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
BEST 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
BEST FILM EDITING
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Iron Lady
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
John Williams – The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource –The Artist
Howard Shore – Hugo
Alberto Iglesias –Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Williams –War Horse
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” – The Muppets
“Real in Rio” –Rio
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE-ACTION)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
BEST 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