Good morning! We’re going to be posting the Oscar nominations right here on this page (almost) as quickly as they are announced. Keep refreshing for the titles and names and be sure to sound off in the comments section below. The ten major categories will be posted here immediately and the rest will be posted once they’re made public from the Academy (usually within a couple of hours)
AMPAS President, Tom Sherak and last year’s Oscar nominee, Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone) took to the stage to make the presentations. This year’s anticipatory surprise was to see exactly how many nominations there would be for best picture. We knew a minimum of five and a maximum of ten, but where would it fall? That question was answered with 9.
Take a look at the full list of nominees printed below. See anything interesting or surprising? Anyone snubbed or is anything garnering undeserved attention? Make it known in the comments below!
The award winners will be announced on February 26th at 8pm ET live on ABC at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Billy Crystal will be back once again to guide us through that journey. We’ll see you then for a live blogging/discussion session and hopefully some good times (and lots of snark from our resident buzzkill, Kurt Halfyard!).
TOTAL NOMINATIONS:
Hugo = 11
The Artist = 9
Moneyball = 6
War Horse = 6
The Descendants = 5
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo = 5
Midnight in Paris, The Tree of Life, The Help, Albert Nobbs, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy = 3
BEST MOTION PICTURE:
The Artist
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
DIRECTOR:
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
ACTOR:
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
ACTRESS:
Viola Davis (The Help)
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Artist
Midnight in Paris
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
A Separation
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Descendants
Moneyball
Hugo
The Ides of March
Tinker Tailor Solder Spy
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
A Separation (Iran)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
Footnote (Israel)
Bullhead (Belgium)
ANIMATED FILM:
Rango
Kung Fu Panda 2
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Puss in Boots
ART DIRECTION:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 2)
Hugo
War Horse
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
COSTUME DESIGN:
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
DOCUMENTARY:
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
EDITING:
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
MAKE-UP:
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 2)
The Iron Lady
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
ORIGINAL SONG:
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyrics by Siedah Garrett
SOUND EDITING:
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
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
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
HUGE THANKS TO JANDY for getting up at the buttcrack of dawn (in California) to help me get these nominees posted so fast. Impossible to do it on your own. Impossible I say!
Not ONE nomination for We Need to Talk About Kevin. I thought Swinton was a shoe-in!
Well there is a lot of snubbing going on so far (TinTin, Albert Brooks)
I thought the only competition Rango had was Tin Tin but since it’s not nominated for animated film, Rango got this in the bag.
Kevin had ZERO push. Most of my friends who are in the industry didn’t even get screeners. Kind of makes me mad, because it should EASILY be in the running for actress, director, and picture.
And NOTHING for Drive, either. Boo on that.
Extremely disappointed that SENNA was not nominated for BEST Documentary. Missed the boat on that one!!
I wouldn’t be so sure about Rango, Chico & Rita got some amazing reviews and had just about enough coverage to be in with a chance.
Oh and Andrew that one film is “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”. That was the surprise for me because that movie just looks terrible.
Wow, other than a couple glaring omissions, as per usual, this is the most *YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN* in years for the nominations.
Andrew: While Tilda has had lots of love from Oscar before (ahem, Michael Clayton and her sweaty armpits), her performance is far to DARING to factor into this years Oscars. It’s to bad, because Ms. Swinton can complete command herself when giving an Oscar Speech.
Only two songs up for best song? Well at least we don’t have to sit through as many during the ceremony
However, you have to remember two years when they omitted best song performances entirely, yet had interpretive dance numbers for the Best Score nominees.
That was pretty WTF.
*shudders* I tried to scrub that from my memory…
I really enjoyed Chico & Rita as a film. But its still an animation category, and its the same rehashed animation that a lot of foreign films use. Whereas theres no film that looks like Rango.
Kind of surprised to see nothing for THE LADY (Michelle Yeoh/David Thewlis), but it may not have played in the qualifying ZOne.
Also, the Academy award trend to highlight smaller animation (The Cat in Paris, and Chico and Rita are this years Secret of Kells)
The Lady was eligible this year. No love.
I agree about Swinton Kurt, but most prediction sites had her in there almost for sure. And the ones I go to got it almost exactly right on every category this year. Except Swinton.
Missing Fassbender is a surprise. As is Albert Brooks. Would have liked to see Brad Pitt nominated twice, Money Ball and Tree of Life.
I’m now really regretting missing BULLHEAD at last years Fantasia and was on a lot of the Twitch guys top 10s. It’s a first feature too, so good for that guy.
I have to agree. Fassbender not being on there is a little surprising. But the only one you could take off is Demian Bichir I think. I haven’t seen the movie so no idea – it’s probably a deserved nomination.
Hollywood is kicking it film-history style with Hugo and The Artist being the two most nominated film.
Hugo does it with technology and blockbuster language hiding a film history lesson.
The Artist does with by, you know, being ENTERTAINING
Thank you Kurt! While visually stunning, I found Hugo extremely boring. The Artist kicks its ass, love-letter-to-cinema wise.
Just saw Hugo last night – it’s entertaining, too, but it’s a lot rougher in pacing and tonal balance than The Artist. The Artist takes its tonal shifts in stride, but Hugo could’ve used a little smoothing. That said, that last forty-five minutes or so of Hugo? Yeah, they should just use that as the promo for The Film Foundation. Not gonna lie, I teared up a bit. Or a lot.
Unrelatedly, I STILL cannot keep Emily Mortimer and Kelly MacDonald straight. Every single time I see one of them, I think it’s the other until the credits roll. I don’t know why. They don’t even look that much alike.
“I STILL cannot keep Emily Mortimer and Kelly MacDonald straight.” Obviously you are not a guy.
Obviously.
Is it a surprise or a non-surprise that there is no love for MELANCHOLIA anywhere…? Probably a non-(grata) surprise.
Actually, for all the usual, par for the course, griping, kudos on The Artist folks for nailing down so many nominations. It’s a weak Oscar Year, and I have no problem with the Academy awarding a breezy and entertaining film that reminds us why we fell in love with the movies in the first place.
As much as I would love to see Melancholia in the race, there was no way the Academy would nominate both Tree of Life and Melancholia in the same year. There is usually only room for one polarizing Best Picture nominee. I am shocked though that Kirsten Dunst did not get a nomination. I guess if Elizabeth Olsen was not worthy to make the cut, then Dunst probably did not stand a chance.
I completely agree about having no problem with The Artist winning this year. It is the first time in several years where I am actually cheering for the frontrunner to take it.
I feel more angry about these nominations than years previous. I shouldn’t be surprised but in such an incredibly interesting year in film, these nominations are subpar at best. I have NO interest in seeing Extremely Loud and Incredibly Manipulative at any time soon!
I saw the trailer. That was almost more than I could stomach.
Agreed. I saw the Extremely Loud trailer and the One for the Money trailer (Stephanie Plum movie starring Katherine Heigl) in theaters three times this last weekend.
You’d have to tie me down to get me to ever voluntarily watch either of those two movies.
Yeah, this is an extremely boring set of nominations. There are a few welcome ones, but by and large, the lack of Kevin, Drive, and Melancholia in almost every category make this a pretty laughable list for me. It’s not been a bad year for movies at all, but I guess it’s been a bad year for Oscar-type movies – the distinction between those two things seems even more pronounced this year than usual.
Are we going to do our own nominations again? I want to nominate Cafe de Flore for editing, since not even the Genies can apparently get that right.
a big hearty, “Amen!” to all the points you made above, Jandy!
They certainly may be a bit boring but pretty predictable I think. Is anyone genuinely surprised by anything?
The only thing I can think of pdf the top of my head that I’m actually surprised about is the lack of Albert Brooks.
I guess not surprised as much as just disheartened. Again. I should stop letting the Oscars disappoint me. It’s like an abusive relationship.
Actually a little surprised to see Chastain here. Not because she doesn’t deserve it, but I thought maybe her votes might split with The Help, Take Shelter, Tree of Life and The Debt and get her snubbed.
I really don’t understand the Midnight in Paris love. And I don’t mean it in a “I hate this movie” or a “this movie sucks” way.
I love Woody Allen – I really liked “Melinda and Melinda” and “Whatever Works” and “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” – movies that most people didn’t like. (Jade Scorpion and Scoop were horrible, though.)
I’m glad Woody was nominated and I wouldn’t mind if he took home an Oscar or two. I’m just really baffled that people see more in it than just a cute fable with an interesting time travel element. Maybe I need to see it again.
I’m a big fan of “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” which for some reason (lack of literary celebrity caricatures) didn’t get the love that Midnight in Paris did.
Like MiP’s simple moral, “Nostalgia is dangerous”, YWMaTDS has a very simple moral, “The Grass is always Greener on the other side of the hill,” but attacks it in a fun and interesting way, with a much better collection of performances and characters.
I didn’t hate YWMaTDS, but didn’t find it overly entertaining and didn’t particularly enjoy the performances either. I know you don’t have to love the characters to love the film, but I didn’t care about any of those people. Whereas MiP provided me one character I genuinely was interested in (two if you include Cotillard’s) and added some light charm and fun (though excising McAdams’ character from it sure would have made it better).
That doesn’t necessarily make it a Best Pic nom, but it made it far more interesting and enjoyable for me.
Sorry. I know we’ve already been around this block, but there is NOTHING “fun or interesting” about Tall Dark Stranger. It was one of the most bland films I saw that year. Like Bob, no hate. Just bored and unimpressed.
MiP has flash, fun and pomp and circumstance all over it.
One of these days I’m going to write a post about why the people who don’t like MiP, don’t like it for the wrong reasons.
I’m looking forward to it. I don’t dislike MiP, I just don’t see what the fuss is about. Like I said, I like Woody, and am willing to be convinced. I’m just really, sincerely puzzled.
And yes Jericho – Scoop was atrocious.
Then again, I’m not a fan of Scarlet Johansson.
I guess it’s the predictability that makes this fairly yawn-worthy. I like a number of the films being nominated (and love Tree Of Life though it doesn’t stand a chance of getting the win – I was a bit surprised it even managed a nom) and agree with Kurt that a win by The Artist is perfectly fine by me. Midnight In Paris and Moneyball are fairly lightweight too, but I do very much like them both.
I don’t see anything to get upset at here (I haven’t seen Extremely Loud, so I can’t get overly angry at why I “think” the Academy voters chose it). I truly don’t think anyone should be pissed that Take Shelter, Shame or Melancholia didn’t get any nominations – did anyone really expect them to? I mean seriously expect that the artier, non-studio backed films would win over Academy voters? I’m not trying to be overly cynical here, just realistic. We know what the Oscars are about. I still enjoy the spectacle and the friendly debate over what should have got nominated, but don’t let it ruin your day. Otherwise, Harvey Weinstein wins…
Also, I do wish we could please, PLEASE stop using the term “snubbed” simply because a favourite artist, song or film doesn’t get nominated. I suppose that some definitions of the word include “ignore” or “fail to recognize”, but normally it’s used to show a deliberate offence to someone or a humiliation. You can disagree about the choices and call the Academy members a bunch of horses’ asses, but they didn’t all get together and purposely decide to thumb their noses at your pick.
Unless of course we’re talking about Steve James – whose cat did he run over to continually get passed over (and as far as I know each of his films has been eligible)?
With sort of a weak year for actors, yeah, I’m surprised that Fassbender didn’t get nominated, if ONLY to recognize the sheer number of great performances he turned in this year, in big films and small. It’s not unlike the Academy to do that. Shannon I think is one of the best performances of the year, but I agree, he was a long shot.
I guess I hoped that since this is kind of a weak year for Oscar-bait films, some of the edgier films might find their way in, but looks pretty much the opposite happened.
Why do we even pay so much attention to the Oscars? I do it, too, I know, but basically the only reason they carry any weight at all is because people pay attention to them. Why do we? They’re not worth it.
I pay attention because I like the game of predicting who’s going to win. I actually won $50 in Amazon.com credit last year by winning an online Oscar pool.
Wow, I can believe that Extremely Loud and Incredible Close go nominated.
Thank God that Car did not get nominated!
Guessing that The Artist will get best pic, Malick Best Director, Clooney actor, Williams or Close for actress, Plummer for supporting actor, and Chastain for supporting actress . And Woody for screenplay.
THE ARTIST is clearly the film to beat this year. I don’t see anyone else coming close. Though I said that last year about Social Network and then the King came along and stomped everything. So we’ll see. Still, no way I’m checking off anything but The Artist for best picture on my ballot this year.
After that, I predict:
Director = Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Actor = George Clooney (The Descendants)
Actress = This is a tough category to predict this year. Streep vs. Close. A black woman and Michelle Williams as Monroe. No idea where the Academy will go with this one. Just don’t check off Mara.
Sup. Actor = Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Sup. Actress = Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Orig Screenplay = depends, is it only screenwriters that vote for this cateogry or everyone? If everyone, then MiP. If only screenwriters, then Artist.
Adap Screenplay = Moneyball
Foreign = A Separation (Iran)
Animated = Rango
Smart calls, but I think Malick will get director — the Academy seems like it wants to make up for overlooking things in the past, and Tree of Life seems ripe to give Malick his due; if only in a simplistic sense.
But these awards disregard the number of amazing movies that came out this year,
I don’t really get people are making a fuss over this set of nominations which seem to be completely in line with every other critics award/guild/etc. With the exception of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close which might be the worst reviewed Best Picture nominee ever. Yeah, the nominations are middle of the road, but that’s what the Academy is. There wasn’t likely to be nominations for Drive and Attack the Block anymore than there was likely to be nominations for Harry Potter, Planet of the Apes, and Bridesmaids.
FWIW, I’m glad Tree of Life got a Best Picture nom and I’m glad A Separation got a screenplay nod. Documentary looks to be a mixed bag as usual. Foreign Language Film looks strong this year. And I’m looking forward to Rango getting a much deserved award.
Anybody think The Artist isn’t going to win at this point? Honestly, I can only really see Hugo or Midnight in Paris or maybe The Help pulling off the upset. The rest, save Tree of Life, don’t seem to inspire strong emotions and Tree of Life is much too arty for the academy anyways.
Can somebody please tell me what kind of a world we live in, in which Gary fucking Oldman has never been nominated for an Oscar before today?
filed under: The Contender.
I love all these performances, but I am firmly on Team Oldman this year.
Batman! Batman! Batman! That comment works on so many levels.
I’m just glad to finally after 26 years see Gary Oldman get some Oscar love.
I hate the Oscars. No disrespect to 9/11 at all but I feel that is the only reason it got nominated. It didn’t even get that good of reviews. Where is Melancholia and Drive. O wait Drive get a nom for sound editing. I’m not even going to watch it this year.
Sorry the 9/11 movie I was talking about is extremely loud
Still absorbing all the Oscarness but wanted to note Artist is up for 10 (as opposed to 9).
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