Best Picture

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

Best Actress

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Viola Davis, The Help
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

Supporting Actress

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

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 Director

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

Best Original Screenplay

Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Foreign Feature

Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation

Best Animated Feature

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

Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

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 Subject

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

Film Editing

Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Kevin Tent, The Descendants
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball

Makeup

Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady

Music (Original Score)

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

Music (Original Song)

“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett

Sound Editing

Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Sound Mixing

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

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

Kirk Douglass. Melissa Leo’s F-bomb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAKYnTYaKQ8

Billy Crystal. He should have hosted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY97SAp9YT8

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law bickering like a old married couple and being introduced by Bob Hope.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTWI33cOMF0

Sandra Bullock. Colin Firth’s Acceptance Speech. It would have been awesome if he really started dancing on stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aO5R6ezqio

Auto-Tuned Movies. A+++

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXAZ38EG7_M

You can see a list of all the winners here.

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I watched 8 out of the 1o Films nominated for Best Picture this year. (Phew!) Besides the two that turned out to be something totally different than what I was expecting, I wasn’t really impressed with the crop of films this award season. With that said honestly film wise the best this year out of the nominees was Inception. Despite whether you understood the film or not, it was just a great cinema experience. Will it win top honors? No. That would be a huge surprise if it did. Black Swan and Winter’s Bone were the two films that took me into left field because they weren’t what I was expecting. I had a “what in the world am I watching?!” face the whole time throughout both.The Social Network I thought was a horrible film. I was bored wondering when is this movie going to end. i love David Fincher’s work usually but was very disappointed.

Who Will (Probably) Win:

The King’s Speech or The Social Network

Best Actor

I did not like 127 Hours or thought it was worth a nomination for James Franco. If it was up to me I would chose Jeff Bridges because he was brilliant in True Grit. I will go even further and say that I get why The King’s Speech is an Oscar bair movie, but not sure if Colin Firth was the best of the crop but he was definitely good in it.

Who Will (Probably) Win:

Colin Firth

Best Actress

As weird and odd Black Swan was, Natalie Portman did go a good job playing a pyscho,sexual confused/frustated ballerina and she will win this.

Who Will (Probably) Win:

Natalie Portman

Supporting Actress

Sorry but Hailee Steinfeld was so good in this. I don’t care about the others, she should win this.

Who Will (Probably) Win:

Melissa Leo

Supporting Actor

Christian Bale. The Fighter. Drug Addict. Oscar Gold.

Who Will (Probably) Win:

Christian Bale

Director

Because I love David Fincher I want him, it’s really between him and David O. Russell.

Who Will (Probably) Win:

David Fincher

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are just over 3 hours away and here are the who I think should win this year.

Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”  but don’t count out George Clooney for Up in the Air

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” but Meryl Streep is a strong contender or maybe even Gabourey Sidibe

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film

• “Up” Pete Docter I think this is a tougher category than Best Film. So many great animation features this year but if the rare chance Pixar doesn’t take the category Coraline or The Princess and the Frog should win.

Directing

• “Avatar” James Cameron everyone is saying Kathryn Bigelow will win this for The Hurt Locker. I don’t care if she does, this award belongs to James Cameron.

Music (Original Song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman either or because I think both songs were great.

Best Picture

• “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino