2012 Academy Award nomination list

The nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards have been released.

The list for the various categories include:

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

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 Actress:
 Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"; 
Viola Davis, "The Help"
; Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"; 
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"; 
Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"

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

Best Director: 
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"; 
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"; 
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
; Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
; Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"
; Steven Spielberg, "War Horse"

Best Original Screenplay
: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"; 
JC Chandor, "Margin Call"
; Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"
; Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"; 
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids"

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

Best Animated Feature
: "A Cat In Paris"
; "Chico & Rita"
; "Kung Fu Panda 2"
; "Puss in Boots"
; "Rango"

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