2012 Academy Awards Nominations Officially Announced

This morning's announcement of the 84th Academy Award nominations, announced by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Academy member and Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence, put Martin Scorsese's 3-D children's fantasy Hugo, a vibrant film-history lesson and train-station adventure a top a nine-movie best-picture field with eleven nods. Right behind it, with ten, was The Artist, a silent comedy-drama that recreates Old Hollywood, about a silent-film actor fretting at the dawn of talking movies. The rules changed this year as there is a total of nine Best Picture nominees this year, including The Tree of Life, The Help, Moneyball, Hugo and of course The Artist. Without further introductions, check out the list of 2012 nominees below: Picture:

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

Director:

• Alexander Payne – The Descendants
• Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
• Martin Scorsese – Hugo
• Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
• Terrence Malick – Tree of Life

Actor:

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

Actress:

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

Supporting Actor:

• Christopher Plummer – Beginners
• Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
• Nick Nolte – Warrior
• Jonah Hill – Moneyball
• Max Von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Supporting Actress:

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

Original Screenplay:

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

Adapted Screenplay:

• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants
• John Logan – Hugo
• Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian – Moneyball
• George Clooney – The Ides of March
• Peter Straughan & Bridget O'Connor – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Animated Feature:

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

Foreign Language Film:

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

Cinematography:

• The Artist
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Documentary Feature:

• Pina
• Hell and Back Again
• If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front
• Paradise Lost 3
• 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

Animated Short:

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

Live-Action Short:

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

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

Art Direction:

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• War Horse

Costume Design:

• Anonymous
• The Artist
• Hugo
• Jane Eyre
• W.E.

Makeup:

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• The Iron Lady

Film Editing:

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Moneyball

Sound Mixing:

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Moneyball
• Hugo
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

Sound Editing:

• Drive
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

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

Original Song:

• 'Man or Muppet' from The Muppets
• 'Real in Rio' from Rio
• Congrats to all this year's nominees, but especially Mara Rooney for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo!

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