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Oscar Nominations

The nominations for film’s biggest mainstream awards came out a few days ago. Here they are in one handy list!

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in A Better Life
George Clooney in The Descendants
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt in Moneyball

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis in The Help
Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep in Iron Lady
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Animated Feature Film

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Cinematography

Guillaume Schiffman for The Artist
Jeff Cronenweth for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Robert Richardson for Hugo
Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
Janusz Kaminski for War Horse

Art Direction

Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould for The Artist
Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Shiavo for Hugo
Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil for Midnight in Paris
Rick Carter, Lee Sandales for War Horse

Costume Design

Lisy Christl for Anonymous
Mark Bridges for The Artist
Sandy Powell for Hugo
Michael O’Connnor for Jane Eyre
Arianne Phillips for W.E.

Directing

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Alexander Payne for The Descendant
Martin Scorses for Hugo
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick for Tree of Life

Documentary Feature

Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Documentary Short

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

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

Foreign Language Film

Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iraq)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)

Makeup

Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle for Albert Nobbs
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland for The Iron Lady

Music (Original Score)

John Williams for The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource for The Artist
Howard Shore for Hugo
Alberto Iglesias for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Williams for War Horse

Music (Original Song)

“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets (Music and lyrics by Bret McKenzie)
“Real in Rio” from Rio (Music by Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown; lyrics by Siedah Garrett)

Short Film (Animated)

Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Short Film (Life Action)

Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Sound Editing

Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis for Drive
Ren Klyce for The Girl with the Dragon Tatto
Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty for Hugo
Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl for Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom for War Horse

Sound Mixing
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tom Fleischman, John Midgley for Hugo
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Ed Novick for Moneyball
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin for Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson for War Horse

Visual Effects
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning for Hugo
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg for Real Steel
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett for Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier for Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

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

Writing (Original Screenplay)

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

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