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  • 25 Feb

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    RowThree Oscar Pool Winners

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    Thanks to everyone who played our annual Oscar Pool this year. Mixing it up a bit this year with some “funkier” question was a little bit more fun and some of those responses did make or break the line between winning and losing – especially the “second chance” question.

    A complete breakdown of all the responses are below. Before the winners are contacted, feel free (in fact, PLEASE DO!) review your answers and make sure my math is correct! You’ll have three full days to look over the responses and look for any discrepancies. If you find something amiss, leave a comment in the appropriate section below or feel free to shoot me an email. Thursday night will be the deadline for corrections. After that, winners will be official and will be contacted to receive their prizes.

    Thanks again to Corey and CriticalMassCast for sponsoring this contest and providing the DVD prizes!

    A few interesting statistics:
    – We had 42 total responses
    – 88% of respondents answered ARGO for Best Picture (five people did not and all five picked something different).
    – For the “how many Tweets” question, the range of [serious] answers was from 12,000 to 25 million (answer was 8.9 million)
    – Five-way tie for the closest correct answer to the Tweet question at 5,000,000
    – 17 people took correct advantage of the “second chance” question and received the extra 5 points
    – No need for the tie breaker question, but the closest answer to the correct one (215 min.) was 211 minutes
    – Biggest surprise (collectively) was Best Director. 65% incorrectly picked Spielberg. 21% correctly picked Lee
    – 93% of respondents correctly picked Day-Lewis to win best actor
    – 91% of respondents correctly picked Hathaway to win best supporting actress
    – 95% of respondents correctly picked Amour for best foreign language film
    – 93% of respondents correctly picked Adelle for best song with “Skyfall”

    and now on to the winners…
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  • 25 Feb

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    Academy Award Winners

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    The private orgy of the stars is still going on at Jack Nicholson’s house but we’ve got more important things to discuss. Like winners and losers in art. All of the nominees are below with the winners in bold red.

    TOTAL WINS COUNT:
    Life of Pi = 4
    Argo = 3
    Les Misérables = 3
    Lincoln = 2
    Django Unchained = 2
    Skyfall = 2

    BEST MOTION PICTURE:
    Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Silver Linings Playbook
    Zero Dark Thirty
    Lincoln
    Les Misérables
    Amour
    Argo
    Life of Pi
    Django Unchained

    DIRECTOR:
    David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
    Michael Haneke (Amour)
    Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
    Benh Zietlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

    ACTOR:
    Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
    Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
    Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
    Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Denzel Washington (Flight)

    ACTRESS:
    Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
    Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
    Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
    Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

    SUPPORTING ACTOR:
    Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
    Phillip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
    Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Alan Arkin (Argo)
    Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
    Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
    Sally Field (Lincoln)
    Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
    Amy Adams (The Master)

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  • 25 Feb

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    Oscars. Have at It.

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    To be honest I was somewhat, nay very baffled by all of the early Seth MacFarlane hate. We was far more entertaining than the last few years have offered up in terms of hosts – at least since Hugh Jackman. But as the show wore on, the hate waned a bit and people started to have fun with all of the great music and classic set design and general good will from the presenters and winners alike.

    Anyway, many of us were sitting right in the middle of the third row and saw the whole show unfold before our eyes. Whether you were near, far, or are Jewish, what were your thoughts on anything Academy Award related? Wins, losses, speeches, gowns highlights, lolights, sock puppets and Babs. Plenty to discuss, so feel free to sound off below…

    PS: Yay Tarantino!
    PPS: We’ll have all the winners listed in a later post very soon.

  • 21 Feb

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    Row Three (Last Minute) OSCAR POOL!

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    Because of popular demand, we’ve put together a fun little Oscar Pool for you this year. We’re doing things a little bit differently this year. We’ve put together a point system based on various Oscar prediction sites, Vegas odds and a little of my own inklings of arbitrary.

    Here’s how it works. Based on “difficulty”, each answer is worth anywhere from one to five points. Best picture is worth a whopping ten points because… well, it’s best picture and that’s the way I did it. No answer is required but there’s no penalty for getting it wrong (other than you don’t get the points), so you might as well guess. Person with the most points wins! You may re-submit your responses at any time (last set of responses will count as your official entry). Pool closes sometime Sunday afternoon; so get your picks in ASAP!

    Prizes will be dished out to the first and second place winner. Thanks to Corey Pierce and CriticalMassCast for sponsoring this contest and providing the DVD prizes. All RowThree contributors are encouraged to participate for fun but are not eligible for the prize pack. For official rules, please call 1-800-figureitoutyourself.

    Not every single official category is here but to make up for it I added some of my own categories. I hope you’ll approve. Let the games begin…

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  • 11 Feb

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    Watch All of the Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts Online [i.e. right here]

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    As has become the practice in the past few years, all of the Oscar nominated shorts are now streaming online. Many theaters around the nation/world are currently showing them on the big screen – which is probably the preferred way to check them out, but if you don’t live in a major city or are scrambling for dollars these days, you can watch them all right here totally free and legally.

    We posted Paperman a few days ago for your viewing pleasure, and now here are the other four of the nominees in alphabetical order. The winners will be announced at The Oscar presentation show happening on February 24th.

    ADAM AND DOG:

     

    FRESH GUACAMOLE:

     

    HEAD OVER HEELS:

    Maggie Simpson short under the seats (autoplays)
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  • 28 Jan

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    SAG Awards Results

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    Sorry folks, packing up on my last day of vacation so I don’t have a ton of time to get things posted, but here are the movie results from last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards held in Los Angeles, CA. The SAG awards are often a good indicator of what to expect on Oscar night. So everyone might want to get their Benna Fleck hats on with “Argo” getting the major award last night. The Television awards winners can be found under the seats. Also, yay Anne Hathaway!
     

    FILM:

    Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

    Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

    Supporting actor: Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”

    Supporting actress: Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”

    Ensemble Cast: “Argo”

    Stunt ensemble: “Skyfall”

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  • 10 Jan

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    85th Annual Academy Award Nominations [Oscars]

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    Good morning! We’re going to be posting the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards 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).

    One interesting note, not related to the actual nominees is that for the first time since 1972, the host of the actual Oscar ceremony (Seth MacFarlane) helped present the nominations. Charlton Heston is the only other host in history to have this honor. Also on hand for nominee announcements was Hollywood’s new “it” girl, Emma Stone (Easy A, Paper Man, Crazy Stupid Love). Both her and MacFarlane took to the stage to announce 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 (obvious omission: The Master).

    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 24th at 7pm ET live on ABC at the Dolby 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! – especially since his favorite movie wasn’t nominated).

    TOTAL NOMINATIONS COUNT:
    Lincoln = 12
    Life of Pi = 11
    Les Misérables = 8
    Silver Linings Playbook = 8
    Argo = 6
    Zero Dark Thirty = 5
    Django Unchained = 5
    Amour = 5
    Skyfall = 5

    BEST MOTION PICTURE:
    Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Silver Linings Playbook
    Zero Dark Thirty
    Lincoln
    Les Misérables
    Amour
    Argo
    Life of Pi
    Django Unchained

    DIRECTOR:
    David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook
    Ang Lee Life of Pi
    Michael Haneke Amour
    Steven Spielberg Lincoln
    Benh Zietlin Beasts of the Southern Wild

    ACTOR:
    Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
    Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
    Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
    Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Denzel Washington (Flight)

    ACTRESS:
    Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
    Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
    Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
    Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

    SUPPORTING ACTOR:
    Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
    Phillip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
    Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Alan Arkin (Argo)
    Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
    Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
    Sally Field (Lincoln)
    Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
    Amy Adams (The Master)

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
    Flight
    Zero Dark Thirty
    Django Unchained
    Amour
    Moonrise Kingdom

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
    Lincoln
    Argo
    Silver Linings Playbook
    Life of Pi

    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
    Amour (Austria)
    No (Chile)
    War Witch (Canada)
    A Royal Affair (Denmark)
    Kon-Tiki (Norway)

    ANIMATED FILM:
    Frankenweenie
    Brave
    Wreck-It Ralph
    ParaNorman
    The Pirates

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  • 13 Dec

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    70th Annual Golden Globe Nominations

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    I understand that nobody really takes these awards very seriously (except me… kinda). But we would be remiss if we didn’t at least mention the Golden Globe awards that are generally accepted as the pre-cursors to the Oscars. As well as “Hollywood’s biggest party”. Not to mention a pretty good indication as to the nominees and winners that we’ll likely see at said Academy Awards.

    This year’s noms are a pretty wide spread of films and stars. Looks like there is no clear front runner, though Spielberg’s Lincoln does lead the charge with seven. The two Christmas Day movies, Les Mis and Django Unchained come in second place with Argo and Silver Linings Playbook. The biggest surprise to me is probably seeing Salmon Fishing In The Yemen up for best picture.

    What say you? Anything tickling your fancy here or are you one of the negative nancies when it comes to the foreign press slapping Hollywood on the back year after year?

    Best Picture – Drama
    Argo
    Django Unchained
    Life Of Pi
    Lincoln
    Zero Dark Thirty

    Best Picture – Comedy/Musical
    Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    Les Miserables
    Moonrise Kingdom
    Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
    Silver Linings Playbook

    Best Director
    Ben Affleck – Argo
    Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
    Ang Lee – Life Of Pi
    Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
    Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty

    Best Actress – Drama
    Rachel Weisz – The Deep Blue Sea
    Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
    Naomi Watts – The Impossible
    Marion Cotillard – Rust And Bone
    Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty

    Best Actor – Drama
    Richard Gere – Arbitrage
    Denzel Washington – Flight
    Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
    Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
    John Hawkes – The Sessions

    Best Actress – Comedy/Musical
    Judi Dench – Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    Meryl Streep – Hope Springs
    Maggie Smith – Quartet
    Emily Blunt – Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
    Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

    Best Actor – Comedy/Musical
    Jack Black – Bernie
    Bill Murray – Hyde Park On Hudson
    Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
    Ewan McGregor – Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
    Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook

    Best Supporting Actress
    Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
    Sally Field – Lincoln
    Amy Adams – The Master
    Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy
    Helen Hunt – The Sessions

    Best Supporting Actor
    Alan Arkin – Argo
    Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
    Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
    Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
    Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master

    Best Screenplay
    Chris Terrio – Argo
    Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
    Tony Kushner – Lincoln
    David O Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
    Mark Boal – Zero Dark Thirty

    Best Original Score
    Alexandre Desplat – Argo
    Dario Marianeli – Anna Karenina
    Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil – Cloud Atlas
    Mychael Danna – Life Of Pi
    John Williams – Lincoln

    Best Original Song
    Keith Urban – “For You” (Act Of Valor)
    Taylor Swift – “Safe & Sound” (The Hunger Games)
    Hugh Jackman – “Suddenly” (Les Miserables)
    Adele – “Skyfall” (Skyfall)
    Jon Bon Jovi – “Not Running Anymore” – (Stand Up Guys)

    Best Animated Feature Film
    Brave
    Frankenweenie
    Hotel Transylvania
    Rise Of The Guardians
    Wreck-It Ralph

    Best Foreign Film
    Amour
    The Intouchables
    Kon-Tiki
    A Royal Affair
    Rust & Bone

    Jessica Alba dishing out Nominations

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  • 05 Dec

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    National Board of Review loves “Zero Dark Thirty” Apparently

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    Essentially kicking off another award season is the well respected set of movie awards given out by The National Board of Review. I’ve forgotten this but they essentially kick-off list making time as well with their “Ten Best Films of 2012″ list.

    There are all sorts of welcome surprises and interesting turns in the list of winners below. Not the least of which is Katherine Bigelow taking home best film and best director for Zero Dark Thirty. Jessica Chastain is recognized as well for her role in the film; getting the nod for best actress. Didn’t see that coming.

    So get buckled in for the next two months as more of these lists and awards start cropping up. It’s more than likely that you’ll begin to hear about many of these same titles over and over again as they’re placed into various lists and awards over the coming weeks.

    Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty
    Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
    Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
    Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
    Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo Dicaprio, Django Unchained
    Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd, Compliance
    Best Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, Looper
    Best Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
    Best Animated Feature: Wreck-it Ralph
    Special Achievement In Filmmaking: Ben Affleck, Argo
    Breakthrough Actor: Tom Holland, The Impossible
    Breakthrough Actress: Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts Of The Southern Wild
    Best Directorial Debut: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts Of The Southern Wild
    Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
    Best Documentary: Searching For Sugar Man
    William K. Everson Film History Award: 50 Years Of Bond Films
    Best Ensemble: Les Misérables
    Spotlight Award: John Goodman (Argo, Flight, Paranorman, Trouble With The Curve)
    Nbr Freedom Of Expression Award: Central Park Five
    Nbr Freedom Of Expression Award: Promised Land

    UNDER THE FOLD: top ten films, top five foreign films, top five docs, top ten indies…
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  • 27 Nov

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    Independent Spirit Awards NOMINEES

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    Moonrise Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook lead the Indie Spirit Award noms collecting five nods each, including best picture.

     
    I guess it’s that time of year already. The Gotham awards were last night and from here until Oscar night there will be loads of movie award presentations and publications. A favorite of RowThree is of course the Indie Spirit Awards. Unlike the Oscars it is very much low-key and casual. Flip-flops and cans of Coors can be readily spotted at the “ceremony”.

    That isn’t to say the awards don’t hold some regard. Many believe these awards are more important and even apropos than Oscar and certainly more than The Golden Globes. So excitement begins to build as the nominees were announced today. Very happy to see Beasts of the Southern Wild getting some love and of course one of my ladies Rosemarie DeWitt is in here too. Seeing Ann Dowd of Compliance is a delightful surprise as well.

    How bout you? Anything on the below list catching your eye?

    BEST FEATURE
    Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Bernie
    Keep the Lights On
    Moonrise Kingdom
    Silver Linings Playbook

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
    Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
    David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
    Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
    Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

    BEST FEMALE LEAD
    Linda Cardellini, Return
    Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere
    Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
    Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

    BEST MALE LEAD
    Jack Black, Bernie
    Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
    John Hawkes, The Sessions
    Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On
    Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
    Wendell Pierce, Four
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  • 20 Oct

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    Please Help “How to Write a Joe Schermann Song” Win a Gotham Award

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    It’s no secret that here in the third row we’re big fans of indie filmmaker Gary King. One of things we like about King’s pictures are that he’s not afraid to take chances and try new things. His latest film, How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song is a musical dramedy; and in the world of film today, it certainly can be said that this is a risky choice. But per usual, Gary and his fantastic cast and crew were really able to pull it together. In fact, it’s pulled together so well that it’s made it to the short list for an IFP Gotham Audience Choice Award!

    While the possibility of an actual nomination for a Gotham Award is pretty exciting, the film is going to need your help to get there. I don’t have my personal review for the film posted quite yet, but trust me when I say the film is worth supporting (trailer). It’s been taking home awards left and right from various festivals and in fact just took home the award for Best Director at Flyway Film Festival (where I am right now as I type this out).

    So please take just a moment or two to poke this link with your digital arrow and place your vote. You get five votes total if you’ve got personal investment in any of the other films, but please vote for Joe Schermann as at least one of your five choices (you can only vote for one if you choose). Up against higher profile films like Silver Lining Playbook and Beasts of the Southern Wild, it’s going to need everyone’s help to (deservedly) stand above the rest.

    The 5 nominees will be chosen from your votes and will be invited to attend the Gotham Awards where the winner will be announced live. The second round of voting will begin on November 5th, 2012 and will feature the top 5 films from round one. The winner of the Audience Award, powered by Festival Genius will be announced at the 22nd Gotham Independent Film Awards on November 26th, 2012.

  • 26 Feb

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    84th Annual Academy Award Winners [Oscars]

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    So it’s all over but the drinking. Crystal came back and delivered his thing. Sacha Baron Cohen was a moron. And Berenice Bejo looked ravishing. Those were the only locks of tonight. Well, that and The Artist winning best picture. But there were a few upsets as well. There will be much dissection of the Academy Awards over the next couple of days I’m sure (including a couple of our own podcasts here in the third row), so let’s just get to it. And the winners are…


    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

     
     

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