Hugo, The Artist Lead Oscar Nominations
Hugo received the most nominations — 11 — for the 84th Academy Awards, followed closely by Best Picture favorite The Artist with 10.
The Martin Scorsese will be one of nine films vying for Best Picture against The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse. Under new Academy rules, the Best Picture race will now feature between five and 10 nominees.
Scorsese is up for Best Director against Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Alexander Payne (The Descendants), Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) and Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life).
Front-runners and Golden Globe winners George Clooney (The Descendants), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Octavia Spencer (The Help) all earned acting nominations. Streep has now extended her nomination record to 17 — but she still only has two wins.
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There were a few surprises in the acting races. Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) edged out The Descendants' Shailene Woodley for a Supporting Actress nomination, while The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo bumped precursor favorite Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) off the Best Actress short list. The actor categories featured the biggest shockers: Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) made the cut over Albert Brooks (Drive) in Supporting Actor, and Demian Bichir (A Better Life) and Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) got into the Lead Actor race. This is Oldman's first nomination.
Oldman's competition and BFFs George Clooney and Brad Pitt each got two nominations: for Best Actor, and Clooney for adapting The Ides of March screenplay and Pitt as a producer on Best Picture nominee Moneyball.
The 84th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, airs Sunday, Feb. 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET/ 5:30 p.m. PT on ABC.
Check out the nominees below.
Picture:
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Lead Actor
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Lead Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Adapted Screenplay
Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Foreign Language Film
Bullhead, Belgium
Footnote, Israel
In Darkness, Poland
Monsieur Lahzar, Canada
A Separation, Iran
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