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84th Annual Academy Award Nominations Announced

 
 
 
 

It's time to roll out that famous red carpet as Hollywood prepares for the 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV).  This year's nominations were announced Tuesday morning in Los Angeles by actress Jennifer Lawrence and included some surprising (and not so surprising) nominees.

So what famous stars woke up to The Good news?  Here's a list of this year's Oscar hopefuls.

Actor in a Leading Roll

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

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max Von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Best Picture

"The Artist (2011)" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants (2011)" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo (2011)" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight In Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree Of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse (2011)" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Directing

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

 Animated Feature Film

"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Foreign Language Film

"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran

The Academy Awards will be held Sunday, February 26th at 7e/4p live on ABC.

For a complete list of nominees, visit the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences official Oscar website. 
   

 
 

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Written By:  Jennifer Maurer (Sr. Staff Writer) on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 6:49am PST
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