and the Oscar nominees are...

and the nominees are...

Best Motion Picture of the Year

The Artist: Thomas Langmann

The Descendants: Jim Burke,

Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Extremely Loud & Incredibly

Close: Scott Rudin

The Help: Brunson Green, Chris

Columbus, Michael Barnathan

Hugo: Graham King, Martin

Scorsese

Midnight in Paris: Letty

Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum

Moneyball: Michael De Luca,

Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt

The Tree of Life: Sarah Green, Bill

Pohlad, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill

War Horse: Steven Spielberg,

Kathleen Kennedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir for A Better Life

George Clooney for The

Descendants

Jean Dujardin for The Artist

Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor

Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt for Moneyball

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis for The Help

Rooney Mara for The Girl with the

Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams for My Week

with Marilyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh for My Week

with Marilyn

Jonah Hill for Moneyball

Nick Nolte for Warrior

Christopher Plummer for

Beginners

Max von Sydow for Extremely

Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo for The Artist

Jessica Chastain for The Help

Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer for The Help

Best Achievement in Directing

Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist

Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life

Alexander Payne for The Descendants

Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011/II)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids: Kristen Wiig,

Annie Mumolo

Margin Call: J.C. Chandor

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen

A Separation: Asghar Farhadi

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

The Descendants: Alexander

Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Hugo (2011/II): John Logan

The Ides of March: George

Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau

Willimon

Moneyball: Steven Zaillian,

Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy:

Bridget O'Connor, Peter

Straughan

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

A Cat in Paris : Alain Gagnol,

Jean-Loup Felicioli

Chico & Rita : Fernando Trueba,

Javier Mariscal

Kung Fu Panda 2: Jennifer Yuh

Puss in Boots: Chris Miller

Rango: Gore Verbinski

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Bullhead: Michael R.

Roskam(Belgium)

Footnote: Joseph Cedar(Israel)

In Darkness: Agnieszka Holland(

Poland)

Monsieur Lazhar: Phili

Falardeau(Canada)

A Separation: Asghar

Farhadi(Iran)

Best Achievement I Cinematography

The Artist: Guillaume S

The Girl with the Dragon

Jeff Cronenweth

Hugo (2011/II): Robert

Richardson

The Tree of Life: Emma

Lubezki

War Horse: Janusz Kam

Best Achievement in Editing

The Artist: Anne-Sophie

Michel Hazanavicius

The Descendants: Kev