The 84th Academy Awards (2012)

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Performance by an actor in a leading role
* 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"

Performance by an 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"

Performance by an 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"

Performance by an 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 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

Achievement in art direction
* "The Artist" Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
* "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
* "Hugo" Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
* "Midnight in Paris" Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
* "War Horse" Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Achievement in cinematography
* "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

Achievement in costume design
* "Anonymous" Lisy Christl
* "The Artist" Mark Bridges
* "Hugo" Sandy Powell
* "Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
* "W.E." Arianne Phillips

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

Best documentary feature
* "Hell and Back Again" Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
* "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
* "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
* "Pina" Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
* "Undefeated" TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Best documentary short subject
* "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
* "God Is the Bigger Elvis" Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
* "Incident in New Baghdad"James Spione
* "Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
* "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Achievement in film editing
* "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

Best foreign language film of the year
* "Bullhead" Belgium
* "Footnote" Israel
* "In Darkness" Poland
* "Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
* "A Separation" Iran

Achievement in makeup
* "Albert Nobbs" Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
* "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
* "The Iron Lady" Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
* "The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
* "The Artist" Ludovic Bource
* "Hugo" Howard Shore
* "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
* "War Horse" John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
* "Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best motion picture of the year
* "The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
* "The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
* "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
* "The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
* "Hugo" 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" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Best animated short film
* "Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
* "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
* "La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
* "A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
* "Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Best live action short film
* "Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
* "Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
* "The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
* "Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
* "Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Achievement in sound editing
* "Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
* "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
* "Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
* "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
* "War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Achievement in sound mixing
* "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
* "Hugo" Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
* "Moneyball" Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
* "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
* "War Horse" Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects
* "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
* "Hugo" Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
* "Real Steel" Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
* "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
* "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay
* "The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
* "Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
* "The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
* "Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
* "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Original screenplay
* "The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
* "Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
* "Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
* "Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
* "A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi
 
What are your predictions people? I haven't seen any of the movies that have been nominated in the major categories.

The best I can do is:

Best animated feature film
Kung Fu Panda 2 (I haven't seen any of the others)

Acheivement in Art Direction
HP and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (I haven't seen any of the others)

Achievement in Makeup
HP and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (I haven't seen any of the others)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie (I haven't seen the other one, but man this was cool).

Achievement in visual effects
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (the only other one I've seen is Harry Potter)
 
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"

Best animated feature film
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Achievement in art direction
"Midnight in Paris" Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil

Achievement in cinematography
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki

Achievement in directing
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Achievement in film editing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Achievement in makeup
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias

Best motion picture of the year
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers

Achievement in sound editing
"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis

Achievement in sound mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson

Achievement in visual effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson

Adapted screenplay
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

Original screenplay
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
 
The Oscars are this Sunday. Any thoughts?

I've now seen the Artist, so I've seen one of the movies that are up for best picture, best actor, best supporting actress, best art direction, best cinematography, etc. Does it deserve to win? I don't know.
 
clearly this was a big hit.

I generally can't stand award shows. I can handle the Grammys because I care more about music than movies or TV and there are performances, but generally they are just big stupid circle jerks.
 
what's a circle jerk?

Figuratively speaking, which is how I am using it here, it's a bunch of people sitting around slathering each other in self-congratulatory blah blah blah.

Literally speaking it's obscene.
 

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