‘Hugo’ and ‘The Artist’ Each Score 10 Oscar Nominations
Written on January 23, 2012 by Koby Jeffery
Start ordering your cheese and wine and planning your Oscars parties, the nominees have been announced for the 2012 Academy Awards. Hot off the win from the Golden Globes, The Descendants scored five nominations in big categories but it was Hugo and The Artist that both roped in 10 nominations to lead the way. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close snagged a few nominations after being completely shut out in the Golden Globes.
Poor, Michael Fassbender. The Academy turned their backs on him after he gave us four excellent performances this year (Shame, X-Men First Class, Jayne Eyre, and A Dangerous Method) and may have had the best year as an actor. Also leading the parade of the snubbed were Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar, The Adventures of Tintin, and Hollywoods trendy movie mood setters Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for their score for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
More interesting nominations and snubs include:
• For Best Leading Actor: Demián Bichir in A Better Life • For Best Leading Actress: Rooney Mara in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo • For Best Supporting Actor: Nick Nolte in Warrior • For Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmainds • For Best Animated Feature: A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita • For Best Original Score: John Williams was nominated twice for War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin
• SNUB: Adventures of Tintin for Best Animated Feature • SNUB: Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) for Best Supporting Actress • SNUB: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) for Best Score • SNUB: Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of The Apes) for Best Leading Actor • SNUB: Michael Fassbender (Shame and many others) for Best Lead Actor • SNUB: Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) for Best Lead Actress • SNUB: Leonardo DiCaprio (J.Edgar) For Best Lead Actor • SNUB: Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre) for Best Lead Actress
The Oscars also righted some wrongs from the Golden Globes including giving Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) a Directing nomination over George Clooney (Ides of March), leaving Cars 2 off of the nominations, leaving Madonna and her original song for W.E. as well as the films original score off the nominations, getting Man or Muppet on the ballot and also nominating Gary Oldman for Best Lead Actor.
Tune into ABC on Sunday, February 27, 7pm EST to find out who takes home the Academy Awards. Below is a complete list of the nominees:
Best Picture • The Artist • The Descendants • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close • The Help • Hugo • Midnight in Paris • Moneyball • The Tree of Life • War Horse
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 Actor • Demian Bichir, A Better Life • George Clooney, The Descendants • Jean Dujardin, The Artist • Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy • Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Supporting Actor • Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn • Jonah Hill, Moneyball • Nick Nolte, Warrior • Christopher Plummer, Beginners • Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best Supporting Actress • Berenice Bejo, The Artist • Jessica Chastain, The Help • Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids • Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs • Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Cinematography • The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth • Hugo, Robert Richardson • The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki • War Horse, Janusz Kaminski
Best Costume Design • The Artist, Mark Bridges • Hugo, Sandy Powell • W.E. Arianne Phillips • The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman • Jayne Eyre, Michael OConnor
Best Art Direction • The Artist, Laurence Bennett and Robert Gould • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan • Hugo, Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Chiavo • War Horse, Rick Carter and Sandales
Best Editing • The Artist, Ann-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius • The Descendants, Kevin Tent • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall • Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker • Moneyball, Christopher Tellefsen
Best Director • Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen • The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius • The Descendants, Alexander Payne • Hugo, Martin Scorsese • The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick
Best Foreign Language Film • Bullhead Belgium, Michael R. Roskam, director • Monsieur Lazhar Canada, Philippe Falardeau, director • Footnote Israel, Joseph Cedar, director • In Darkness Poland, Agnieszka Holland, director • A Separation– Iran, Asghar Farhadi, director
Best Animated Feature • A Cat in Paris • Chico Rita • Kung Fu Panda 2 • Puss in Boots • Rango
Best Animated Short • La Luna, Enrico Casarosa • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenbug • Dimanche/Sunday, Patrick Doyon • Wild Life, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby • A Morning Stroll, Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Best Life Action Short • Pentecost • Raju • The Shore • Time Freak • Tuba Atlantic
Best Original Song • Man or Muppet from The Muppets • Real in RIO from RIO
Best Original Score • The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias • The Artist, Ludovic Bource • Hugo, Howard Shore • War Horse, John Williams
Best Makeup • Albert Nobbs • The Iron Lady • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Documentary Feature • 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 Bagdad • Saving Face • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Best Adapted Screenplay • The Descendants, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash • Hugo, John Logan • The Ides of March, George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon • Moneyball, Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin. • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bridget O’ Connor and Peter Straughan
Best Original Screenplay • The Artist, Michael Hazanavicius • Bridesmaids, Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig • Margin Call, J.C. Chandor • Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen • A Separation, Asghar Farhadi
Best Sound Editing • Drive, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Ren Klyce • Hugo, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty • Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl • War Horse, Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Best Sound Mixing • Hugo • Moneyball • Transformers: Dark of the Moon • War Horse • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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
Are you surprised by any of the picks? Think something else should have made it? Did we miss a snub? Let us know your Oscar snubs and picks below and tell us what was your Best Picture of the year and why, below.
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