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  • And The Oscar Nominees For 2012 Are…

    24 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone in Celebrities, Entertainment, Movies, Vibe, World
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    Who made the cut for this year’s Oscars?

    The 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony is rapidly approaching, and while much of Cape Town and surrounds (yes you, rest of South Africa!) dither over the DASO bringing sexy back, some of us are fretting over how many flicks will get the Best Picture nod (recall they’ve upped the potential list of candidates to ten), whether “The Artist“ will steal everything, and whether “Iron Lady” Meryl will get the nomination she so richly deserves.

    We’ve got the full list of nominees hot off the press from the early morning announcement at Oscars HQ in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles!

    And the Nominees are, in no particular order:

    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”

    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 Leading Role

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

    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”

    Best Picture

    • “The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
    • “The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
    • “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
    • “The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
    • “Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
    • “Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
    • “Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
    • “The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
    • “War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

    Animated Feature Film

    • “A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
    • “Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
    • “Kung Fu Panda 2” Jennifer Yuh Nelson
    • “Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
    • “Rango” Gore Verbinski

    Directing

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

    Foreign Language Film

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

    Music (Original Score)

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

    Music (Original Song)

    • “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
    • “Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

    Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

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

    Writing (Original Screenplay)

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

    You can check out the full list of Nominees on the Oscars homepage.

    Some big surprises, including a Best Score nom for a silent film (“The Artist”), a snub for ons se Charlize in the excellent “Young Adult“, while Scorsese leads the nomination field with his Paris-based, “Hugo”, and is that Jonah Hill with an Oscar nomination for “Moneyball“!?

    Well film fans, thoughts on the nominations for 2012?

    [Source: Guardian, Oscars.org]

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