Oscar Nominees Announced For 84th Academy Awards Show

On February 26th, the 84th annual Academy Award show will commence and 2011’s best movies and performances will be highlighted. Which will instinctively lead to many people calling out various s...
Oscar Nominees Announced For 84th Academy Awards Show
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  • On February 26th, the 84th annual Academy Award show will commence and 2011’s best movies and performances will be highlighted. Which will instinctively lead to many people calling out various snubs, and undeserving winners.

    Here’s a list of the major category nominees, and here’s a full category list:

    Best Motion Picture of the Year
    The Artist
    The Descendants
    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
    The Help
    Midnight in Paris
    Moneyball
    The Tree of Life
    War Horse

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    Demian Bichir – A Better Life
    George Clooney – The Descendants
    Jean Dujardin – The Artist
    Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Brad Pitt – Moneyball

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    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 Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
    Jonah Hill – Moneyball
    Nick Nolte – Warrior
    Christopher Plummer – Beginners
    Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    Berenice Bejo – The Artist
    Jessica Chastain – The Help
    Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
    Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
    Octavia Spencer – The Help

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

    I’m really behind viewing most of the films on the “best motion picture” list, only seeing two of them so far – Moneyball and The Help. Twitter has blown up with reactions to the list; many naysayers and people calling for snubs.

    No Tintin for Best Animated Feature. That’s shocking. And not in the Best Picture nomination as well. Kind of a fail by the academy for me. 2 minutes ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry · powered by @socialditto

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 5 nominations, but not Best Picture. I guess the Academy hates violent dark chilly somber films? 3 minutes ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    I saw some really good movies last year, and with the exception of Midnight in Paris, none of them are included in this Best Picture list. 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    So “Extremely Loud” which was reasonably well panned, gets nominated for best picture. I’m guessing it was a weak year in the theaters. 13 minutes ago via Twitterrific for Mac · powered by @socialditto

    In other movie opinions, I saw The Artist this weekend. It was a charming novelty, but I expected more from a best picture winner. 1 minute ago via HootSuite · powered by @socialditto

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is nominated for Best Picture isn’t that a FUNNY JOKE?! 1 minute ago via txt · powered by @socialditto

    While there’s always negativity surrounding subjective award giving, there’s always plenty of positive mojo as well. ‘Man or Muppet’ is one of the two nominees for “Best Achievement in Music, Original Song”. It’s one of the leading individual Oscar trends since the list was revealed. With most celebrating the nomination. Here’s the song, if you haven’t heard it yet.

    I think we can all agree that Man or Muppet being nominated for an Oscar is good for America. #oscars 19 minutes ago via Buffer · powered by @socialditto

    Would it be too much to hope for a “Man or Muppet” duet at the #Oscars between @BillyCrystal & @SteveMartinToGo? http://t.co/HfgXhXqo 42 minutes ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Man or Muppet needs to freaking WIN because duh? It’s Jim Parsons and Jason Segel! 48 minutes ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Man or Muppet was amazing and definitely deserves the nomination it got. It also shows that the Muppets aren’t completely obsolete. 1 minute ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Man or Muppet was nommed for Best Original Song. That was the only one I really cared about. 2 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    I really want “Man or Muppet” to win best song. And I really want @jasonsegel and Walter to sing it live. #oscars 51 minutes ago via web · powered by @socialditto

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