The nominations are in for the 2012 Academy Awards.  Here are all of the nominees for awards that will be telecast at the ceremony.  For a complete list, including the technical categories, go to www.oscars.org.  The asterisks next to a film/person(s) are the best guess at who will take Oscar home--but more on that later because it does not mean we agree.

The Nominees Are:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Demián Bichir in A Better Life (Summit Entertainment)
George Clooney in The Descendants (Fox Searchlight)
Jean Dujardin in The Artist (The Weinstein Company) **
Gary Oldman in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Focus Features)
Brad Pitt in Moneyball (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Kenneth Branagh in My Week With Marilyn (The Weinstein Company)
Jonah Hill in Moneyball (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Nick Nolte in Warrior (Lionsgate)
Christopher Plummer in Beginners (Focus Features) **
Max von Sydow in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs (Roadside Attractions)
Viola Davis in The Help (Touchstone)
Rooney Mara in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Meryl Streep in Iron Lady (The Weinstein Company)
Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn (The Weinstein Company) **

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Bérénice Bejo in The Artist (The Weinstein Company)
Jessica Chastain in The Help (Touchstone)
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids (Universal)
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs (Roadside Attractions)
Octavia Spencer in The Help (Touchstone) **

Best animated feature film of the year

A Cat in Paris (GKIDS) Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico & Rita (GKIDS) Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2 (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss In Boots (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) Chris Miller
Rango (Paramount) Gore Verbinski **

Achievement in cinematography

The Artist (The Weinstein Company) Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo (Paramount) Robert Richardson **
The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight) Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse (Touchstone) Janusz Kaminski

Achievement in costume design

Anonymous (Sony Pictures Releasing) Lisy Christl
The Artist (The Weinstein Company) Mark Bridges **
Hugo (Paramount) Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre (Focus Features) Michael O'Connor
W.E. (The Weinstein Company) Arianne Phillips

Achievement in directing

The Artist (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Alexander Payne **
Hugo (Paramount) Martin Scorsese
Midnight In Paris (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen
The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight) Terrence Malick

Best documentary feature

Hell and Back Again (Docurama Films) A Roast Beef Limited Production, Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Marshall Curry Production, Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory An @radical.media Production, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Pina (Sundance Selects) A Neue Road Movies Production, Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Undefeated (The Weinstein Company) A Spitfire Pictures Production, TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Achievement in film editing

The Artist (The Weinstein Company) Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Kevin Tent
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Hugo (Paramount) Thelma Schoonmaker **
Moneyball (Sony Pictures Releasing) Christopher Tellefsen

Best foreign language film of the year

Bullhead A Savage Film Production, Belgium
Footnote (Sony Pictures Classics) A Footnote Limited Partnership Production, Israel
In Darkness (Sony Pictures Classics) A Studio Filmowe Zebra Production, Poland
Monsieur Lazhar (Music Box Films) A micro_scope Production, Canada
A Separation (Sony Pictures Classics) A Dreamlab Films Production, Iran **

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

The Adventures of Tintin (Paramount) John Williams
The Artist (The Weinstein Company) Ludovic Bource **
Hugo (Paramount) Howard Shore
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
War Horse (Touchstone) John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie **
“Real in Rio” from Rio (20th Century Fox) Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best motion picture of the year

The Artist (The Weinstein Company) A La Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production, Thomas Langmann, Producer **
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) An Ad Hominem Enterprises Production, Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Producer
The Help (Touchstone) A DreamWorks Pictures Production, Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and    Michael Barnathan, Producers
Hugo (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production, Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
Midnight In Paris (Sony Pictures Classics) A Pontchartrain Production, Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
Moneyball (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production, Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight) A River Road Entertainment Production, Nominees to be determined
War Horse (Touchstone) A DreamWorks Pictures Production, Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Adapted screenplay

The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash **
Hugo (Paramount) Screenplay by John Logan
The Ides Of March (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Moneyball (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Focus Features) Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Original Screenplay

The Artist (The Weinstein Company) Written by Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids (Universal) Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call (Roadside Attractions) Written by J.C. Chandor
Midnight In Paris (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Woody Allen **
A Separation (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Asghar Farhadi

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