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    Full 2012 Oscar nominee list: Hugo and The Artist lead this year's nominees

    By Jeffrey Van Camp | Digital Trends – Tue, Jan 24, 2012

    We just finished watching the live nominee announcements for the 84th annual Academy Awards. The nominations were quite enlightening, to say the least. 2011 was a year without many standout films. Usually we go into these awards with an idea of what might be nominated, but this year, almost anything was up for grabs. They also confirm a point Roger Ebert made in his predictions piece yesterday: many of the nominations this year are all about film nostalgia. From The Artist, which is a black and white silent film to Hugo, which is about the beginning of movies themselves, many of the biggest nominees are from films that celebrate the history of the medium. My Week with Marylin and Midnight in Paris are also deeply nostalgic films. The Descendants, The Ides of March, and The Iron Lady were also nominated, proving that anything George Clooney or Meryl Streep star in will pick up at least one nomination. 

    We’ll have to save the deep predictions and trends for another time, but we’ve fixed up and presented the full list of nominees below. For your entertainment pleasure, we’ve also included a list of films that got the most nominations. The 84th annual Academy Awards air on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7pm EST. Be sure to grab a pillow because they probably won’t end until midnight. 

    Biggest films of the year (by number of nominations)

    Hugo (11 nominations)The Artist (10 nominations)Moneyball (6 nominatons)War Horse (6 nominations)The Descendants (5 nominations)The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (5 nominations)The Help (4 nominations)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (3 nominations)Midnight in Paris (3 nominations)Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (3 nominations)Transformers: Dark of the Moon (3 nominations)The Tree of Life (3 nominations)Bridesmaids (2 nominations)Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2 nominations)My Week with Marylin (2 nominations)A Separation (2 nominations)The Iron Lady (2 nominations)

    Best Picture

    (A quick note about Best Picture. Last year, the rules for Best Picture were altered and we had 10 nominees, but this year, the voting methods were changed, making it possible to have anywhere from 5 to 10 nominees. We ended with 9. 

    The ArtistThe Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe HelpHugoMidnight in ParisMoneyballThe Tree of lifeWar Horse

    Best Actor

    Demián 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 Actor

    Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)Jonah Hill (Moneyball)Nick Nolte (Warrior)Christopher Plummer (Beginners)Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

    Best Supporting Actress

    Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)Jessica Chastain (The Help)Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)Octavia Spencer (The Help)

    Best Animated Feature Film

    A Cat in ParisChico & RitaKung Fu Panda 2Puss in BootsRango

    Best Cinematography

    The ArtistThe Girl With The Dragon TattooHugoThe Tree of LifeWar Horse

    Best Art Direction

    The ArtistHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2HugoWar Horse

    Best Costume Design

    AnonymousThe ArtistHugoJane EyreW.E.

    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 Music (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 Feature-length Documentary

    Hell and Back AgainIf a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation FrontParadise Lost 3: PurgatoryPinaUndefeated

    Best Short Documentary

    The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights MovementGod is the Bigger ElvisIncident in New BaghdadSaving FaceThe Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

    Best Film Editing

    Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)Kevin Tent (The Descendants)Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)Thelma Schoonmaker (Hugo)Christopher Tellefsen (Moneyball)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Belgium, “Bullhead”Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar”Iran, “A Separation”Israel, “Footnote”Poland, “In Darkness”

    Best Makeup

    Albert NobbsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2The Iron Lady

    Best Original Song

    “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets (Bret McKenzie)“Real in Rio” from Rio

    Best Animated Short Film

    Dimanche/SundayThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris LessmoreLa LunaA Morning StrollWild Life

    Short Film (Live Action)

    PentecostRajuThe ShoreTime FreakTuba AtlanticHallvar Witzø

    Best Sound Editing

    DriveThe Girl with the Dragon TattooHugoTransformers: Dark of the MoonWar Horse

    Best Sound Mixing

    The Girl with the Dragon TattooHugoMoneyballTransformers: Dark of the MoonWar Horse

    Best Visual Effects

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2HugoReal SteelRise of the Planet of the ApesTransformers: Dark of the Moon

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    The Descendants (Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash)Hugo (John Logan)The Ides of March (George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon)Moneyball (Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin)Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan)

    Best Original Screenplay

    The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig)Margin Call (J.C. Chandor)Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)

    This article was originally posted on Digital Trends

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    3 comments

    • Cranky
      Cranky  •  Whitehall, Montana  •  4 mths ago
      Hollywood is not entertainment - it is all message.

      I stopped watching television and Hollywood garbage years ago.
    • fact1
      fact1  •  4 mths ago
      Not 1 movei ever has george clooney ever made me believe
      he was that character.
      I don't dislike him but get real,
      the guy is stereo typed & is not a very good actor.
      Clooney bought this nomination.
    • fact1
      fact1  •  4 mths ago
      Lmao, clooney.
      This guy can't act, seriously.
      He bought his nomination.
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