BEST PICTURE

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

BEST ACTOR

George Clooney – “The Descendants”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “J. Edgar”
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Michael Fassbender – “Shame”
Ryan Gosling – “Drive”
Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”

BEST ACTRESS

Viola Davis – “The Help”
Elizabeth Olsen – “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
Tilda Swinton – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Charlize Theron – “Young Adult”
Michelle Williams – “My Week With Marilyn”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Branagh – “My Week With Marilyn”
Albert Brooks – “Drive”
Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
Patton Oswalt – “Young Adult”
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
Andrew Serkis – “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Berenice Bejo – “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
Carey Mulligan – “Shame”
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Asa Butterfield – “Hugo”
Elle Fanning – “Super 8”
Thomas Horn – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Ezra Miller – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Saoirse Ronan – “Hanna”
Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March

BEST DIRECTOR

Stephen Daldry – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
Nicolas Winding Refn – “Drive”
Martin Scorsese – “Hugo”
Steven Spielberg – “War Horse”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
“50/50” – Will Reiser
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
“Win Win” – Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
“Young Adult” – Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” – Eric Roth
“The Help” – Tate Taylor
“Hugo” – John Logan
“Moneyball” – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“The Artist” – Guillaume Schiffman
“Drive” – Newton Thomas Sigel
“Hugo” – Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” – Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” – Janusz Kaminski

BEST ART DIRECTION

“The Artist” – Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art Director: Gregory S. Hooper
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” – Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
“Hugo” – Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“The Tree of Life” – Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank
“War Horse” – Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales

BEST EDITING

“The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
“Drive” – Matthew Newman
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“Hugo” – Thelma Schoonmaker
“War Horse” – Michael Kahn

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

“The Artist” – Mark Bridges
“The Help” – Sharen Davis
“Hugo” – Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” – Michael O’Connor
“My Week With Marilyn” – Jill Taylor

BEST MAKEUP

Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
My Week With Marilyn

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
The Tree of Life

BEST SOUND

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

BEST ACTION MOVIE

Drive
Fast Five
Hanna
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8

BEST COMEDY

Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Horrible Bosses
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

In Darkness
Le Havre
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Where Do We Go Now

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Project Nim
Undefeated

BEST SONG

“Hello Hello” – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet
“Life’s a Happy Song” – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“The Living Proof” – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. – The Help
“Man or Muppet” – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“Pictures in My Head” – performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman – The Muppets

BEST SCORE

“The Artist” – Ludovic Bource
“Drive” – Cliff Martinez
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“Hugo” – Howard Shore
“War Horse” – John Williams

These are amazing. 8 for Drive!!!! Please let this get Oscar love too! It's been doing really well so far. I really think it deserves a Best Sound nomination too.

Great to see Elizabeth Olsen make it in for Best Actress. Maybe all hope is not lost for her. No Glenn Close. I'm thinking she's out of the Best Actress race. Reviews for the film are poor and most have been leaving her out.

Glad Fassbender and Mulligan made it for Shame.

Glenn Close is out barring SAG and Golden Globe nods later this week.

So excited for Thursday's Globe noms!

Another fantastic showing for Drive.

Extremely Loud made it in both Picture and Director here, which probably bodes well. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo didn't get in either though.

Another Melissa McCarthy nomination. IS SHE HAPPENING?

Glenn Close is officially out of the running, imo. Davis, Williams, Streep are all locked, and the other two will be some combination of Swinton/Theron/Mara/Olsen.

Here comes Extremely Loud.

Complete shutout for TTSS. How it hasn't done better in critics awards has become one of the big mysteries that I've ever witnessed in recent years.

Is Serkis happening also?

McCarthy will for sure happen. It would be impossible for her to get shut out at this point.

Right now I'm mostly on edge over Olsen. Really hope she can get in. A small film like MMMM can use all of the help it can get. Not long ago I felt Olsen and Dunst were pretty much neck and neck when it came to probability of getting nominated, but Olsen has clearly taken the lead as of late. I feel bad for Dunst as she's really deserving, but the Best Actress race is just too crowded this year.

I'm also really pulling for Drive to get several noms. Maybe then they will give it a nice little re-expansion in theaters that could take it to 40 Million before it hits DVD/Blu-ray at the end of January.

It would definitely not be impossible. Bigger snubs have happened.

Is Serkis even eligible for the Oscars? Unless they've changed the rules, the same thing that prevented him from getting nominated for The Two Towers is gonna stop him this time.

Well yeah, but it's very unlikely .

You can't say that at this point in time. We haven't even seen the GG and SAG nominations yet. Mila Kunis got all three (BFCA, GG, SAG) and was shut out at the Oscars.

I would love for McCarthy to get nominated but it's way too early to say it's unlikely she'll be snubbed.

I wouldn't even say that. She's still a comedic actress in an Apatow film. There's not a lot of precedent for her to get nominated.

I don't think he didn't qualify for TTT, there was just a lot of reluctance at the time about Mo-Cap performances. However, it's a LOT more common now in the last ten years, and Serkis is being heavily pushed by Fox right now. If another precursor vouches for the performance, he might actually be a force in the race.

And McCarthy is far, far from guaranteed, but if SAG and/or the Globes nominate her I think she's in. The comparison point for her would probably be Robert Downey, Jr. getting in for Tropic Thunder. Right now at least she's an awesome strong contender.

RDJ got in for a myriad of reasons, including the controversy, the buzz over his Iron Man performance, and the fact that Heath Ledger had the category so sown up that most other nominees didn't bother campaigning. I don't think McCarthy has any of that, unless you want to argue that Mike & Molly will somehow aid her.

It actually does, to a point I think. She's been getting a LOT of buzz this year thanks to Bridesmaids and Mike and Molly, and even got on the covers of Entertainment Weekly and Hollywood Reporter for it. Also, Bridesmaids was both better received than Tropic Thunder and also a much bigger hit. It stands a minor shot at getting into Original Screenplay, considering how barren it is after The Artist and Midnight In Paris, and a nomination there would help her even more. I'm not quite predicting her yet (To make any new predictions before SAG and the Globes announce is silly), but she's very close to the Top 5 right now.

I don't think there's any possible way she'll miss the Globe.

Hmm, Hugo is really a strong force...too bad it's not having much support from the acting branch. It'll rule the techs, though.

Drive is REALLY beloved by the critics, but looks like this might not translate to industry love as seen by the SAG noms.

No Midnight in Paris Ensemble nod....weird. I'm also surprised at Margin Call missing Best Original Screenplay.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close comes alive at last and Daldry is being mentioned! The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...rather weak showing.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy completely shut out...what the hell?

My predicted winners:

BEST PICTURE

The Artist

BEST ACTOR

George Clooney – “The Descendants”

BEST ACTRESS

Michelle Williams – “My Week With Marilyn”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Albert Brooks – “Drive”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Octavia Spencer – “The Help”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

The Descendants

BEST DIRECTOR

Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY


“The Tree of Life” – Emmanuel Lubezki

BEST ART DIRECTION


“Hugo” – Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo


BEST EDITING


“Hugo” – Thelma Schoonmaker

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

“Hugo” – Sandy Powell

BEST MAKEUP

Albert Nobbs

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

BEST SOUND

Super 8

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE


Rango

BEST ACTION MOVIE

Drive

BEST COMEDY

Bridesmaids

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A Separation

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Project Nim

BEST SONG

“Life’s a Happy Song” – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets

BEST SCORE

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Quoted for laughter.