84th Academy Awards Nominees

The nominees for the 84th Academy Awards (2012) were announced yesterday, January 24, 2012, by Jennifer Lawrence and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Tom Sherak at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Most of the recent Golden Globe winners are nominated at the Oscars this year. And since the Academy Awards doesn't separate drama from comedy, most of them are going against each other.

The Descendants and The Artist, Meryl Streep and Michelle Williams, as well as George Clooney and Jean Dujardin are vying for the same categories at the Oscars when they were all winners at the Golden Globes for either drama or comedy/musical.

The Best Foreign Language Film category (in which Eugene Domingo's Ang Babae sa Septic Tank didn't make the shortlist of) has five nominees: Bullhead (Belgium), Monsieur Lazhar (Canada), A Separation (Iran), Footnote (Israel) and In Darkness (Poland).

The 84th Oscars will be presented on February 26 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and will be televised live by ABC. It will be aired via satellite in the Philippines by ABS-CBN on the morning of February 27.

Here is the complete list of nominees for the 84th Oscars.

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

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

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

Best Actress
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

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Animated Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)

Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
War Horse

Best Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
E.W.

Best Film Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Best Makeup
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady

Best Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Original Song
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
“Real In Rio” from Rio

Best Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Sound Mixing
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best 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

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 Subject)
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

Best Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mrs. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

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