The Oscar Nominations are In

Early this morning the Academy announced their nominations for this years 84th Annual Academy Awards. The ceremony will be held on February 26th. We’ll be adding additional awards, more features, trailers and photos to this list throughout the day so keep checking back.  And the nominees are:

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Best Picture:

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

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Actor in a Leading Role

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

    

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Actress in a Leading Role

• 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

    

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Actor in a Supporting Role

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

    

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Actress in a Supporting Role

• Berenice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer, The Help

    

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Animated Feature Film

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

    

• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• Margin Call
• Midnight in Paris
• A Separation

    

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Writing (Best Adapted Screenplay)

• The Descendants
• Hugo
• The Ides of March
• Moneyball
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    

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Cinematography

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

Art Direction

• The Artist, Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part  2, Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan
• Hugo, Dante Ferretti, Francecsa Lo Schiavo
• Midnight in Paris, Anne Seibel, Helene Dubreuil
• War Horse, Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

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

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

Foreign Language Film

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

Makeup

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

Music (original score)

• The Adventures of Tin Tin, John Williams
• The Artist, Ludovic Bource
• Hugo, Howard Shore
• Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, Alberto Iglesias
• War Horse, John Williams

Music (original song)

• “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
• “Real in Rio” from RIO, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown

Short Film (animated)

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

Short Film (live action)

• Pentecost
• Raju
• The Shore
• Time Freak
• Tuba Atlantic

Sound Editing

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

Sound Mixing

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,
• Hugo
• Moneyball
• 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