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84th Academy Awards Nominations Tue 24.Jan.12 • Awards Sun 26.Feb.12 Rich's comments: This year's nominations list is one of the flabbiest in recent memory, ignoring virtually all of the inventive, challenging and most artistically progressive films of 2011 in lieu of overwrought slush like Hugo, War Horse and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Those are very good films, of course, but they are all undermined by painfully obvious emotional manipulation. And they pale in comparison to the snubbed cutting-edge work by actors and filmmakers in Drive, Shame and We Need to Talk About Kevin. But then, Oscar nominations are always more noted for who they ignore than who they include. The ones Oscar got right include A Separation and Margin Call for screenplay, Rooney Mara for actress, Terrence Malick for director and Chico & Rita for animation. But you know something's rotten when Transformers 3 gets more nominations than A Separation and Drive combined... See also: SHADOWS SWEEPSTAKES: WHO DESERVES TO WIN > > And: Rich's comments on Oscar 2011 > >
N O M I N E E S . . . 11 HUGO 10 THE ARTIST 6 MONEYBALL WAR HORSE 5 THE DESCENDANTS THE GIRL WITH... 4 THE HELP MIDNIGHT IN PARIS 3 ALBERT NOBBS HARRY POTTER 8 TINKER TAILOR... TRANSFORMERS 3 THE TREE OF LIFE 2 BRIDESMAIDS EXTREMELY LOUD... MY WEEK WITH... THE IRON LADY A SEPARATION 1 ANONYMOUS BEGINNERS A BETTER LIFE BULLHEAD A CAT IN PARIS CHICO & RITA DRIVE FOOTNOTE HELL AND BACK AGAIN IF A TREE FALLS IN DARKNESS JANE EYRE KUNG FU PANDA 2 MARGIN CALL MONSIEUR LAZHAR PARADISE LOST 3 PINA PUSS IN BOOTS RANGO REAL STEEL RIO RISE OF THE PLANET... ADVENTURES OF TINTIN THE IDES OF MARCH THE MUPPETS UNDEFEATED W.E. WARRIOR	A L L T H E N O M I N E E S
	P I C T U R E The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse	F O R E I G N F I L M Bullhead - Belgium Footnote - Israel In Darkness - Poland Monsieur Lazhar - Canada A Separation - Iran A N I M A T E D F I L M A Cat In Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Rango
	D I R E C T O R The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius The Descendants - Alexander Payne Hugo - Martin Scorsese Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick	D O C U M E N T A R Y Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Pina Undefeated
	A C T R E S S 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	A C T O R Demian Bichir - A Better Life George Clooney - The Descendants Jean Dujardin - The Artist Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt - Moneyball
	S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S Berenice Bejo - The Artist Jessica Chastain - The Help Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer - The Help	S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn Jonah Hill - Moneyball Nick Nolte - Warrior Christopher Plummer - Beginners Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
	O R I G I N A L S C R E E N P L A Y The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig Margin Call - JC Chandor Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen A Separation - Asghar Farhadi	A D A P T E D S C R E E N P L A Y The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Hugo - John Logan The Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
	S C O R E The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams The Artist - Ludovic Bource Hugo - Howard Shore Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias War Horse - John Williams	S O N G Man or Muppet - The Muppets Real in Rio - Rio
	C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y 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	A R T D I R E C T I O N The Artist - Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Stuart Craig, Stephenie Mcmillan Hugo - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo Midnight in Paris -Anne Seibel, Helene Dubreuil War Horse - Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
	F I L M E D I T I N G The Artist - Anne-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	C O S T U M E S Anonymous - Lisy Christl The Artist - Mark Bridges Hugo - Sandy Powell Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor W.E. - Arianne Phillips
	E F F E C T S Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes Transformers: Dark of the Moon	M A K E - U P Albert Nobbs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 The Iron Lady
	S O U N D M I X I N G The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse	S O U N D E D I T I N G Drive The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse
	S H O R T F I L M S LIVE-ACTION: Pentecost Raju The Shore Time Freak Tuba Atlantic DOCUMENTARY: The Barber of Birmingham God Is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad Saving Face The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom ANIMATED: Dimanche/Sunday The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore La Luna A Morning Stroll Wild Life	S P E C I A L A W A R D S HONORARY OSCARS: James Earl Jones Dick Smith JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD: Oprah Winfrey SCIENTIFIC & ENGINEERING: tbc TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT: tbc

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