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2012 Oscar Nominees List

By Yahoo! Movies Staff | Coverage of The 84th Annual Academy Awards® – Thu, Jan 26, 2012 12:13 PM EST

Best Picture

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

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best 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

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 Director

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Animated Feature

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

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GiGi • 3 months ago
Oscar should go to Gary Oldman, he can act rings around Clooney and Pitt, they really aren't that good. Why no Alan Rickman for best supporting actor for his 10 years of Snape??
- Old Broad 3 months ago
  Alan Rickman is so under rated! Great actor at whatever he does.
- Tracked by Republi-bots 3 months ago
  That why I checked this list in the first place: to see if Rickman got nominated for DHp2, but nope. Unfortunate. :-(
- brian 3 months ago
  Yeah really, where the hell is Harry Potter part 2 period???? Extremely Loud got #$%$ ass reviews, it doesn't deserve to be there, the Oscar committee is a joke now. They look more like Grammys now...
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Ken K • Sacramento, California • 3 months ago
Where are the rest of the nominations?
- Don S 3 months ago
  I know, right?!?!? They did say a complete list.
- janetc 3 months ago
  america doesn't care about the other nominations, so, they just leave 'em out. think of this story sort of like USA TODAY compared to the NY TIMES. at Y AHOO "we only give you the headlines of the news"
- A Yahoo! User 3 months ago
  Nobody cares except the employees in the film biz.
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Me • Beverly Hills, California • 3 months ago
the nominees are! george clooney! for being George Clooney,
brad pitt, for being brad pitt in a movie!
but we sure need them in attendance so we can sell the commercial time slots!
- DavidE 3 months ago
  I wish I had said that!!!
- Howard 3 months ago
  there is nothing more i hate than so called actors who act the same in every #$%$ movie their in of which george clooney is the poster boy. i just don't get why folks think he is a great actor, it must boil down to his looks.
- R 3 months ago
  I also get tired of the Clooney/Pitt insiders' buddy buddy schtick. I can't be alone on this!
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l • 3 months ago
Should be a special award for the Harry Potter series, much like they did for the Lord of the Rings. You may not like the genre, but you have to admit, they have been great filmmaking, special effects, makeup, costuming, etc. and the last two movies were really good when compared to the books.
- . 3 months ago
  NO WAY, the Harry Potter films are AWFUL. The first 2 were good, but as the actors got older they no longer even resembled the characters. Plus the directors changed after the second film so it went downhill from there. YOU CANNOT COMPARE IT WITH THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY. Peter Jackson is awesome, NOTHING like the directors of Harry Potter. But I do love all 7 books of Harry Potter. I hope someday somebody SMART will direct a remake of the series, maybe a TV series so it can be more detailed and have better actors who fit the roles.
- Sweetcakes 3 months ago
  yeah canada, sure thing! Silly.
- Coya C 3 months ago
  Not let's not go too far and attack the books... they were all fantastic. Readership world wide has the numbers to proove that. Chatham-Kent take off your trekkies suit and come back to planet earth. You need to put down some of that cheep medical mary jane you all get up there in the Great North Ey? LOTR is great but no where near the story behind Harry Potter. And the movie are compelling from Playful to Dark. Its my opinion but, I think you'd get hazed even by your fellow LOTR backers on this one.
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Doom Tints • Austin, Texas • 3 months ago
There are too many awards shows.
- Carl E. 3 months ago
  but this is the awards show.
- A Yahoo! User 3 months ago
  i agree, but if you have to take one away, don't take away the Oscars.... it is THE awards show. take away a stupid one like the golden globes or something like that.
Kae S • Cloverdale, Indiana • 3 months ago
Alan Rickman deserves an award for his portrayal of Severus Snape.
AnothaGiantsPassrushonyoa ... • Washington, District of Columbia • 3 months ago
What's Hollywood's beef with Leonardo Dicaprio, their most talented actor. Who did he #$%$ off?
Oc • 3 months ago
jonah hill got an oscar nomination? whaaatttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
GetMoneyForTexts • 3 months ago
Disappointing list of movies, maybe that's why they are losing money, not piracy, no?
C • Winnipeg, Canada • 3 months ago
Nick Nolte FTW!! Warrior was really well done, it's a shame more people didn't see it. All the performances were great.
David • Wallingford, Pennsylvania • 3 months ago
If Meryl Streep doesn't win Best Actress something is terribly wrong. "Midnight in Paris" sucked. It was a good movie, but why is everyone going all (lady) gaga over the "The Descendants" is beyond me. It wasn't anywhere near as good as "Sideways". Clooney is overrated.
gino • San Diego, California • 3 months ago
its not even worth it to watch the academy this year, the list of nominees are not worth deserving except for meryl streep.
Flippo • 3 months ago
In other news I am wearing a blue shirt today
Jeff B • Tampa, Florida • 3 months ago
Funny how the movie goers and movie makers have such different ideas about what defines “best”. None of these movies are in the top ten for viewers. At the box office The Help was the highest at 13th.
Anonymous in NJ • Nanuet, New York • 3 months ago
Oh, and Meryl Streep is a phenominal actress !
prince_of_dragons • Los Angeles, California • 3 months ago
I can't believe Joesph Gordon Levitt for 50/50 is not nominated
in the country • Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 3 months ago
Movie Stars are like NFL players, Over rated & OVERPAID!
Dan • Peoria, Illinois • 3 months ago
Thomas Horn (the kid in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) SHOULD have gotten an Oscar nomination. He was fantastic in that movie. What a performance, in his first screen role.
DougD • Englewood, Colorado • 3 months ago
Michael Parks should have been nominated for "Red State."

I'm also getting tired of these overly padded "Best Picture" lists. Keep it below six, guys. Dropping overly pretentious crap like "Tree of Life" would be a good start.
J. • Elgin, Illinois • 3 months ago
"Tree of Life" best picture?? What a joke. Biggest piece of crap movie I've ever seen. If I ever meet Brad Pitt I'm asking for my money back for renting that steaming pile.