The 2013 Academy Awards, affectionately known as the Oscars, for outstanding film achievements of 2012 were presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and were televised live by the ABC Television Network with Seth Mcfarlane as the host.

"Lincoln" had led the way with 12 nominations but came in with just two wins including Daniel Day Lewis as best actor. "Life of Pi" was the big winner with four Oscars including best director for Ang Lee.

Argo picked up three wins including best picture.

For a full look at the 2013 Academy Awards winners, click on the read more button below if you're on the home page.

Winners in bold

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
• Denzel Washington – Flight

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alan Arkin – Argo
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams – The Master
• Sally Field – Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

Animated Feature Film

• Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• Frankenweenie – Tim Burton
• ParaNorman – Sam Fell and Chris Butler
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Peter Lord
• Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore

Production Design

• Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• Les Misérables – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life of Pi – David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln – Rick Carter and Jim Erickson

Cinematography

• Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński
• Skyfall – Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
• Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
• Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood

Directing

• Michael Haneke – Amour
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Documentary (Feature)

• 5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching for Sugar Man

Documentary (Short Subject)

• Inocente – Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• Kings Point – Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
• Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
• Open Heart – Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
• Redemption – Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Film Editing

• Argo – William Goldenberg
• Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
• Lincoln – Michael Kahn
• Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• Zero Dark Thirty – Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

• Amour (Austria)
• Kon-Tiki (Norway)
• No (Chile)
• A Royal Affair (Denmark)
• War Witch (Canada)

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• Les Misérables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

• Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
• Argo – Alexandre Desplat
• Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
• Lincoln – John Williams
• Skyfall – Thomas Newman

Music Original Song

• Before My Time" from Chasing Ice – J. Ralph
• "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted – Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane
• "Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi – Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
• "Skyfall" from Skyfall – Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• "Suddenly" from Les Misérables – Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best Picture

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Les Misérables
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Short Film (Animated)

• Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
• Fresh Guacamole – PES
• Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
• The Longest Daycare – David Silverman
• Paperman – John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)

• Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
• Buzkashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr
• Curfew – Shawn Christensen
• Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw) – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
• Henry – Yan England

Sound Editing

• Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
• Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
• Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

• Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• Les Misérables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
• Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• Marvel's The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Argo – Chris Terrio
• Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life of Pi – David Magee
• Lincoln – Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Amour – Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
• Flight – John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards affectionately known as The Oscars.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET.

"Lincoln" leads the way 12 nominations including best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay and acting nods for stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. "Life of Pi" came in second with 11 nominations

For a full look at the 2013 Academy Awards nominations, click on the read more button below if you're on the home page.

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
• Denzel Washington – Flight

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alan Arkin – Argo
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams – The Master
• Sally Field – Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

Animated Feature Film

• Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• Frankenweenie – Tim Burton
• ParaNorman – Sam Fell and Chris Butler
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Peter Lord
• Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore

Production Design

• Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• Les Misérables – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life of Pi – David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln – Rick Carter and Jim Erickson

Cinematography

• Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński
• Skyfall – Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
• Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
• Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood

Directing

• Michael Haneke – Amour
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Documentary (Feature)

• 5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching for Sugar Man

Documentary (Short Subject)

• Inocente – Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• Kings Point – Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
• Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
• Open Heart – Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
• Redemption – Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Film Editing

• Argo – William Goldenberg
• Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
• Lincoln – Michael Kahn
• Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• Zero Dark Thirty – Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

• Amour (Austria)
• Kon-Tiki (Norway)
• No (Chile)
• A Royal Affair (Denmark)
• War Witch (Canada)

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• Les Misérables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

• Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
• Argo – Alexandre Desplat
• Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
• Lincoln – John Williams
• Skyfall – Thomas Newman

Music Original Song

• Before My Time" from Chasing Ice – J. Ralph
• "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted – Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane
• "Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi – Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
• "Skyfall" from Skyfall – Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• "Suddenly" from Les Misérables – Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best Picture

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Les Misérables
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Short Film (Animated)

• Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
• Fresh Guacamole – PES
• Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
• The Longest Daycare – David Silverman
• Paperman – John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)

• Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
• Buzkashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr
• Curfew – Shawn Christensen
• Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw) – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
• Henry – Yan England

Sound Editing

• Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
• Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
• Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

• Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• Les Misérables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
• Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• Marvel's The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Argo – Chris Terrio
• Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life of Pi – David Magee
• Lincoln – Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Amour – Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
• Flight – John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

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The 2012 Academy Awards affectionately known as The Oscars were held on Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

“Hugo” and “The Artist” were the big winners last night coming away with five Oscars. “The Artist” picked up wins for best actor (Jean Dujardin), best picture, best director, costume design and music (original score).

For a full look at the 2012 Academy Awards winners, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

Winners in BOLD

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

Costume Design

• “Anonymous” Lisy Christl
• “The Artist” Mark Bridges
• “Hugo” Sandy Powell
• “Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
• “W.E.” Arianne Phillips

Directing

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

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”
  Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
• “Pina”
  Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• “Undefeated”
  TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

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

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

Foreign Language Film

• “Bullhead” Belgium
• “Footnote” Israel
• “In Darkness” Poland
• “Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
• “A Separation” Iran

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

Music (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

Music (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 Picture

• “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

Short Film (Animated)

• “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

Short Film (Live Action)

• “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

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

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

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

Writing (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

Writing (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

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards affectionately known as The Oscars.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET.

“Hugo” leads the way 11 nominations including best director for Martin Scorsese and best film of the year. “The Artist” came in second with 10 nominations

For a full look at the 2012 Academy Awards nominations, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

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”

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”

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”

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”

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

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

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

Costume Design

• “Anonymous” Lisy Christl
• “The Artist” Mark Bridges
• “Hugo” Sandy Powell
• “Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
• “W.E.” Arianne Phillips

Directing

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

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”
  Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
• “Pina”
  Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• “Undefeated”
  TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

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

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

Foreign Language Film

• “Bullhead” Belgium
• “Footnote” Israel
• “In Darkness” Poland
• “Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
• “A Separation” Iran

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

Music (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

Music (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 Picture

• “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

Short Film (Animated)

• “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

Short Film (Live Action)

• “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

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

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

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

Writing (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

Writing (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

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The 2011 Academy Awards affectionately known as The Oscars were held on Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. The event was broadcast on ABC and hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Ironically, Franco was also a Best Actor nominee for his role in “127 Hours”.

“The Kings Speech” which led the way with 12 nominations was a big winner as they picked up four wins in the Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best director (Tom Hooper) and Originial Screenplay (David Seidler).

“Inception” which had eight nominations won four Oscars while “The Social Network”, which also had eight nominations, picked up three wins on the night. Natalie Portman won Best Actress for her role in “Black Swan”.

For a full look at the 2011 Academy Awards winners, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

Winners in bold red

BEST PICTURE

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production
  Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
• The Fighter (Paramount) A Relativity Media Production
  David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
• Inception (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. UK Services Production
  Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers)
• The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production
  Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production
  Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) An Hours Production
  Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production
  Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
  Darla K. Anderson, Producer
• True Grit (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production
  Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions) A Winter’s Bone Production
  Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)
• Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount)
• Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
• James Franco in “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
• John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
• Jeremy Renner in “The Town” (Warner Bros.)
• Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
• Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
• Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate)
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
• Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)
• Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Amy Adams in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
• Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
• Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
• Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” (Paramount)
• Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” (Sony Pictures Classics)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

• How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount), Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
• The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics), Sylvain Chomet
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Lee Unkrich

ART DIRECTION

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
• Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
• The King’s Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
• True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Matthew Libatique
• Inception (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Danny Cohen
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Jeff Cronenweth
• True Grit (Paramount), Roger Deakins

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Colleen Atwood
• I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures), Antonella Cannarozzi
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Jenny Beavan
• The Tempest (Miramax), Sandy Powell
• True Grit (Paramount), Mary Zophres

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
• The Fighter (Paramount), David O. Russell
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
• True Grit (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency), Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz, A Paranoid Pictures Production
• Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic, A Gasland Production
• Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics), Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs, A Representational Pictures Production
• Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment), Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, An Outpost Films Production
• Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films), An Almega Projects Production

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

• Killing in the Name, Nominees to be determined, A Moxie Firecracker Films Production
• Poster Girl, Nominees to be determined, A Portrayal Films Production
• Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
• Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger, A Sun Come Up Production
• The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon, A Thomas Lennon Films Production

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Andrew Weisblum
• The Fighter, Paramount, Pamela Martin
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tariq Anwar
• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Jon Harris
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

• Biutiful, Mexico
• Dogtooth, Greece
• In a Better World, Denmark
• Incendies, Canada
• Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi), Algeria

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

• Barney’s Version (Sony Pictures Classics), Adrien Morot
• The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment), Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• The Wolfman (Universal), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• How to Train Your Dragon, (Paramount), John Powell
• Inception, (Warner Bros.), Hans Zimmer
• The King’s Speech, (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat
• 127 Hours, (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
• The Social Network, (Sony Pictures Releasing), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)

• Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Day & Night (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Teddy Newton
• The Gruffalo, A Magic Light Pictures Production, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• Let’s Pollute, A Geefwee Boedoe Production, Geefwee Boedoe
• The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment), A Passion Pictures Australia Production, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), A Sacrebleu Production, Bastien Dubois

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

• The Confession, (National Film and Television School), A National Film and Television School Production, Tanel Toom
• The Crush (Network Ireland Television), A Purdy Pictures Production, Michael Creagh
• God of Love, A Luke Matheny Production, Luke Matheny
• Na Wewe, (Premium Films), A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
• Wish 143, A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

• Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
• Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
• True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
• Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

• Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
• Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
• True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
• Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
• Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
• Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
• The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the nominees for the 2011 Academy Awards affectionately known as The Oscars.

“The Kings Speech” leads the way with 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor nods for stars Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush.

“True Grit”, a film from the Coen Brothers, picked up ten nominations while “The Social Network” and “Inception” both picked up eight each.

For a full look at the 2011 Academy Awards nominations, click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

BEST PICTURE

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production
  Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
• The Fighter (Paramount) A Relativity Media Production
  David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
• Inception (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. UK Services Production
  Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers)
• The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production
  Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production
  Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) An Hours Production
  Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production
  Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
  Darla K. Anderson, Producer
• True Grit (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production
  Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions) A Winter’s Bone Production
  Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions)
• Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount)
• Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
• James Franco in “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
• John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
• Jeremy Renner in “The Town” (Warner Bros.)
• Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
• Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features)
• Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate)
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions)
• Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)
• Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Amy Adams in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
• Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company)
• Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount)
• Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” (Paramount)
• Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” (Sony Pictures Classics)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

• How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount), Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
• The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics), Sylvain Chomet
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Lee Unkrich

ART DIRECTION

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
• Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
• The King’s Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
• True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Matthew Libatique
• Inception (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Danny Cohen
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Jeff Cronenweth
• True Grit (Paramount), Roger Deakins

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Colleen Atwood
• I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures), Antonella Cannarozzi
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Jenny Beavan
• The Tempest (Miramax), Sandy Powell
• True Grit (Paramount), Mary Zophres

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
• The Fighter (Paramount), David O. Russell
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
• True Grit (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency), Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz, A Paranoid Pictures Production
• Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic, A Gasland Production
• Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics), Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs, A Representational Pictures Production
• Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment), Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, An Outpost Films Production
• Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films), An Almega Projects Production

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

• Killing in the Name, Nominees to be determined, A Moxie Firecracker Films Production
• Poster Girl, Nominees to be determined, A Portrayal Films Production
• Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
• Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger, A Sun Come Up Production
• The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon, A Thomas Lennon Films Production

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Andrew Weisblum
• The Fighter, Paramount, Pamela Martin
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tariq Anwar
• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Jon Harris
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

• Biutiful Mexico
• Dogtooth Greece
• In a Better World Denmark
• Incendies Canada
• Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) Algeria

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

• Barney’s Version (Sony Pictures Classics), Adrien Morot
• The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment), Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• The Wolfman (Universal), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• How to Train Your Dragon, (Paramount), John Powell
• Inception, (Warner Bros.), Hans Zimmer
• The King’s Speech, (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat
• 127 Hours, (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
• The Social Network, (Sony Pictures Releasing), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)

• Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Day & Night (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Teddy Newton
• The Gruffalo, A Magic Light Pictures Production, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• Let’s Pollute, A Geefwee Boedoe Production, Geefwee Boedoe
• The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment), A Passion Pictures Australia Production, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), A Sacrebleu Production, Bastien Dubois

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

• The Confession, (National Film and Television School), A National Film and Television School Production, Tanel Toom
• The Crush (Network Ireland Television), A Purdy Pictures Production, Michael Creagh
• God of Love, A Luke Matheny Production, Luke Matheny
• Na Wewe, (Premium Films), A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
• Wish 143, A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

• Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
• Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
• True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
• Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

• Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
• Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
• True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

• Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
• Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
• Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
• Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
• The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

The 82nd Oscars were presented on Sunday night in a ceremony that aired on ABC from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. “The Hurt Locker” which was nominated for nine Academy Awards came away with six of them, including “Best Picture” and “Best Director”. A full look at the winners after the jump. Continue reading →

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the nominees for the 2010 Academy Awards affectionately known as The Oscars. “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” both lead the way with nine nominations.  Also take note that there are ten films nominated for best picture instead of five. You will notice some notable omissions from the awards such as Julianne Moore in “A Single Man” and “Invictus” in the best picture category. The 82nd Oscars will be presented March 7 in a ceremony airing on ABC from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be your hosts. A full look at the nominations after the jump. Continue reading →

For those who wonder why I venture into these sorts of posts about movies it’s because I’m a movie buff. I love watching movies, new or old. So each year when the awards come out, I always look to see how many of the movies and television shows I’ve seen or watch. So without further adieu, here is the list of the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Award Winners and those who were nominated after the jump. Continue reading →

For those who wonder why I venture into these sorts of posts about movies it’s because I’m a movie buff. I love watching movies, new or old. So each year when the awards come out, I always look to see how many of the movies and television shows I’ve seen or watch. So without further adieu, here are the winners of the 2010 Golden Globes after the jump. Continue reading →