The Oscar Nominations are here!

The Academy Awards nominations have just been announced and there were a few surprises among the nominees. First of all, the question about the number of Best Picture nominees has been answered and they are 9. In the Best Actress category, Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin wasn't offered a nomination giving her place to Rooney Mara from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. As for the Best Actor category, Gary Oldman was given a nomination for his great work in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Surprises can also be found in the category of Best Director as Terrence Mallick was the fifth nominee for his unique film The Tree of Life. But here are all the nominees:

BEST PICTURE

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

BEST ACTOR

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

BEST ACTRESS

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Kenneth Branagh from My Week with Marilyn
• Jonah Hill from Moneyball
• Nick Nolte from Warrior
• Christopher Plummer from The Beginners
• Max von Sydow from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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

BEST DIRECTOR

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

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• Margin Call
• Midnight in Paris
• A Separation

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Descendants
• Hugo
• The Ides of March
• Moneyball
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Bullhead, from Belgium
• Monsieur Lazhar, from Canada
• A Separation, from Iran
• Footnote, from Israel
• In Darkness, from Poland

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Artist
• The Help
• Hugo
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

ART DIRECTION

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt.2
• Hugo
• War Horse

COSTUME DESIGN

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

FILM EDITING

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

MAKE UP

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 2
• The Iron Lady

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

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

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

• "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets
• "Real in Rio" from Rio

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 pt. 2
• Hugo
• Real Steel
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

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

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

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

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

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

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

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