LARRY CROWNE WINS 8TH OOPSIES AWARDS

You voted, you decided. Here they are: the Oopsies awards winners. The Oopsies are for the worst among past Oscar winners and nominees.

WORST PICTURE
LARRY CROWNE

WORST DIRECTOR
Tom Hanks, LARRY CROWNE

WORST LEADING ACTOR
Nicolas Cage, TRESPASS

WORST LEADING ACTRESS
Julia Roberts, LARRY CROWNE

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tim Robbins, THE GREEN LANTERN

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hilary Swank, NEW YEAR'S EVE

THE 10 BEST MOVIES OF 2011

Here they are: the best movies of 2011 in my humble opinion.

# 10. HORRIBLE BOSSES
America loved BRIDESMAIDS too much, when actually the best comedy of the year was HORRIBLE BOSSES. And it wasn't even necessary to put some girls in a spanish restaurant. Check Jennifer Aniston's performance.

#9. MONEYBALL
The movie is even better than we thought. Brad Pitt gave his best performance since BABEL. Jonah Hill also scored an Oscar nod, but I still don't understand why.

#8. WARRIOR
Did somebody notice this movie? You should. It's very different from THE FIGHTER and they are both very good. Nick Nolte totally deserves his Oscar nod.

#7. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Woody Allen is back and we loved to see his Paris. After New York, London, Venice, Barcelona, Allen returns to Paris to do what he can do best: give a city the best leading role.

#6. PAGE ONE: A YEAR INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES
The best documentary of the year is also one of the best pictures of the year. The future of print media deserves this discussion.

#5. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO
Stieg Larson's masterpiece was a great beginning, but David Fincher really also put his mark on this great story.

#4. SUPER 8
How could this movie be completely ignored by all the best 10 ranks is a mystery to me. Spielberg and Abrahms made a great unforgettable movie.

#3. THE HELP
Yes. The movie is great, the performances are great. But actually, my favorite was the one given by Jessica Chastain. Viola Davis is the Oscar frontrunner, but Meryl Streep is the one who should get the award.

#2. HUGO
It's easy to fall in love with this Scorsese's masterpiece. We don't care if it is not the usual Scorsese movie. It's a love letter to cinema: to his past and to his future. But...

#1. THE ARTIST
... the best love letter to the cinema is THE ARTIST. A masterpiece and one of the best movies that will win the Oscar for best picture. For the first time since THE RETURN OF THE KING, the Academy will finally give the Oscar to the best picture of the year.

MERYL'S NEXT OSCAR NOD IS...

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that Academy Award®-winning actresses Julia Roberts (EAT PRAY LOVE) and Meryl Streep(THE IRON LADY) are attached to AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning play by Tracy Letts, and directed by John Wells ("Shameless", THE COMPANY MEN). The announcement was made by TWC Co-Chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
Said Roberts, "After seeing Meryl Streep's mesmerizing portrayal as Margaret Thatcher in THE IRON LADY, it has me even more excited and proud to co star with her."
"I'm delighted and feel very privileged to have the opportunity to direct Meryl and Julia in this magnificent piece written by Tracy Letts," said Wells. "Meryl's extraordinary body of work made her the only conceivable choice to play Violet. Coupled with Julia's effortless mastery of every role she undertakes and her fearlessness as an actress, I'm confident this first ever collaboration with Meryl and Julia will produce an exciting and moving film."
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Letts' play made its Broadway debut in December 2007 after premiering at Chicago's legendary Steppenwolf Theatre earlier that year. It continued with a successful international run.
Streep has been cast as pill-popping matriarch Violet Weston, and Roberts will play her complicated adult daughter Barbara. Streep has been nominated for the 2012 Best Actress Academy Award® for THE IRON LADY, and recently won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award® for her performance.

MERYL STREEP RECEIVES HONORARY GOLDEN BEAR

UGGIE RETIRES AFTER THE OSCARS

THE ARTIST's dog, Uggie, "announced" that he will retire from showbizz after the Oscars. Actually, that was what his trainer said. Last night, Uggie won the Golden Collar Award, betting Blackie from HUGO.

From The Telegraph:
The ceremony Monday at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel proceeded like a traditional Hollywood-style awards show. Actors including "NCIS" star Pauley Perrette and "Hot in Cleveland" star Wendie Malick presented trophies for the best dog performances on the big and small screens.

Uggie, the four-legged star of "The Artist," was named top dog in a movie. His owner-trainer, Omar Von Muller, was on hand to accept the award.

Von Muller said the Jack Russell terrier, who stole hearts in the silent film that’s up for 10 Academy Awards, is a “great performer, but he’s also a great family member.”

“He sleeps with us,” Von Muller said.

The Golden Collar Awards, dreamed up by Alan Siskind of the website dognewsdaily.com, drew other stars of “The Artist,” including James Cromwell and Missi Pyle, as well as studio representatives and media outlets from around the world.


“I’m delighted to be here because I owe my career to a pig,” said Cromwell, who played the farmer in “Babe.”

The ceremony walked a fine line between being a farce of an awards show and a meaningful recognition of dog and trainer achievements. Proceedings were broadcast online by the Hollywood Reporter, and Siskind said he expects the ceremony to be televised next year.

Martin Scorsese, who wrote an editorial in the Los Angeles Times that inspired a write-in campaign for the Doberman in his Oscar-nominated movie “Hugo,” appeared at the ceremony by video. His star dog, Blackie, lost out to Uggie, who was nominated twice in his category (for both “The Artist” and “Water for Elephants.”)

Other winners included French bulldog Brigitte, who plays Stella on TV’s “Modern Family,” and Hercules of “Pit Boss,” who tied with Giggy of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” for best dog in a reality television series.

Their respective owners accepted the awards. Shorty Rossi, star of “Pit Boss,” noted, “This is the first time a pit bull’s been nominated for anything.”

Elizabeth Snead, an entertainment journalist who served as a Golden Collar judge, said the dog-awards show is more exciting than the Oscars.

“Everybody identifies with the dogs,” she said, holding her Maltese, Posey. “And it makes it more accessible for humans who don’t really care about awards season.”

MERYL WILL WIN 3RD OSCAR BECAUSE...

I wrote last month that Clooney was not a lock for best actor. Last night, BAFTA proved that Jean Dujardin is the real frontrunner: he won Cannes, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and he will win the Oscar. He will have the big five of the movie awards and he will be the first.

I also wrote that the best actress race is the most exciting this year. I predicted that it would be difficult for Meryl to win the SAG, because she won with DOUBT. But I also said that the BAFTA, in the last 5 years, seem to be a better Oscar predictor than the SAG. "And Meryl will definitely win the BAFTA for her portrait as Margaret Thatcher. Even if Viola wins the SAG, Meryl can easily gain momentum after the SAG and, with a BAFTA in her hand, she can get her third Oscar", I wrote.

I said everybody were underestimating 2 things, and I add other more:

1) Academy loves biopics and Meryl plays the real Margaret Thatcher. Academy loves protraits of real people and the past years prove it: Colin Firth, Sandra Bullock, Sean Penn, Marion Cotillard, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Reese Withersoon, Jamie Foxx, Charlize Theron, Adrien Brody, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Hilary Swank are examples. Penn won over Rourke, Cotillard over Christie... We have to major exceptions: Jeff Bridges over Morgan Freeman - not a great Mandela; Denzel over Russell Crowe - he won the previous year.

2) Harvey Weinstein is always Harvey Weinstein. This is the guy that gave the Oscar to Roberto Benigni, Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Michael Caine, etc... and he will give it to Dujardin and to Streep.

3) Meryl has the Oscar performance. Academy loves fireworks and Streep's portrait of Thatcher is all about fireworks.

4) No Oscar love for THE IRON LADY? The movie is a lock for best makeup.

P.S.: BTW, if it was Glenn Close or other actress to do Thatcher the way Streep did, wasn't Close a lock for best actress? Why Meryl isn't?

BAFTA: THE ARTIST WINS 7; MERYL RULES

BEST FILM: THE ARTIST

DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST

LEADING ACTOR: Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST

LEADING ACTRESS: Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Octavia Spencer, THE HELP

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER: TYRANNOSAUR

DOCUMENTARY: SENNA

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: THE ARTIST

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: THE SKIN I LIVE IN

ANIMATED FILM: RANGO

ORIGINAL MUSIC: THE ARTIST

CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE ARTIST

EDITING: SENNA

PRODUCTION DESIGN: HUGO

COSTUME DESIGN: THE ARTIST

SOUND: HUGO

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART II

MAKE UP/HAIR: THE IRON LADY

SHORT ANIMATION: A MORNING STROLL

SHORT FILM: PITCH BLACK HEIST

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD: Adam Deacon

THE 25 BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2011

Here it is. Our annual "The 25 best performances". Check the past winners: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. For the first time ever, the best performance of the year, in my opinion, may not win the Oscar...

1. Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
2. Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
3. Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
4. Viola Davis, THE HELP
5. Thomas Horn, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
6. Démian Bichir, A BETTER LIFE
7. Jessica Chastain, THE HELP
8. Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST
9. Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
10. Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
11. Max von Sidow, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
12. Brad Pitt, THE TREE OF LIFE
13. Kenneth Brannagh, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
14. Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL
15. Shailene Woodley, THE DESCENDANTS
16. Nick Nolte, WARRIOR
18. George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
19. Glenn Close, ALBERT NOBBS
20. Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO
21. Gary Oldman, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
22. Kirsten Dunst, MELANCHOLIA
23. Tilda Swinton, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
24. Jessica Chastain, THE TREE OF LIFE
25. Kate Winslet, CARNAGE

THE 10 BEST ACTORS WITHOUT AN OSCAR

It's an annual tradition in Oscarcountdown.com. Every year, we select the 10 best actors without an Oscar. Last year, Christian Bale was the winner, but then he finally won. Here is this year rank:

1. Glenn Close
2. Julianne Moore
3. Leonardo DiCaprio
4. Johnny Depp
5. Annette Bening
6. Ed Harris
7. Amy Adams
8. Viola Davis
9. Max von Sidow
10. Michelle Williams

h0norable mention: Jessica Chastain, for her epic multiple work in 2011

Agree? Don't agree?

OUR BAFTA PREDIX

BEST FILM
THE ARTIST – Thomas Langmann

DIRECTOR
THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius

LEADING ACTOR
GARY OLDMAN – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

LEADING ACTRESS
MERYL STREEP – The Iron Lady

SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER – Beginners

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
OCTAVIA SPENCER – The Help

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – _Tomas Alfredson, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
TYRANNOSAUR – Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)

DOCUMENTARY
GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD – Martin Scorsese

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A SEPARATION – Asghar Farhadi

ANIMATED FILM
RANGO – Gore Verbinski

ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE ARTIST – Ludovic Bource

CINEMATOGRAPHY
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Hoyte van Hoytema

EDITING
DRIVE – Mat Newman

PRODUCTION DESIGN
HUGO – Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

COSTUME DESIGN
JANE EYRE – Michael O’Connor

SOUND
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 – James Mather, Stuart Wilson, Stuart Hilliker, Mike Dowson, Adam Scrivener

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White

MAKE UP/HAIR
THE IRON LADY – Marese Langan

SHORT ANIMATION
A MORNING STROLL – Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

SHORT FILM
CHALK – Martina Amati, Gavin Emerson, James Bolton, Ilaria Bernardini

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD
EDDIE REDMAYNE

MERYL HAS TO WIN...

...just because she gave the best performance of the year. Here she is at Nominees Lucheon.

THE IRON LADY TV STOP

OUR FIRST PREDIX - ARTIST WINS 7 OSCARS

THE ARTIST will win 7 Oscars.

BEST PICTURE
1. THE ARTIST
2. HUGO
3. THE HELP
4. THE TREE OF LIFE
5. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
6. THE DESCENDANTS
7. MONEYBALL
8. WAR HORSE
9. EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
2. Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE
3. Martin Scorsese, HUGO
4. Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
5. Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
2. George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
3. Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL
4. Demián Bichir, A BETTER LIFE
5. Gary Oldman, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
2. Viola Davis, THE HELP
3. Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
4. Glenn Close, ALBERT NOBBS
5. Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
2. Max von Sydow, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
3. Nick Nolte, WARRIOR
4. Kenneth Branagh, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
5. Jonah Hill, MONEYBALL

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
2. Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST
3. Jessica Chastain, THE HELP
4. Melissa McCarthy, BRIDESMAIDS
5. Janet McTeer, ALBERT NOBBS

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DESCENDANTS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE ARTIST

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
RANGO

BEST ART DIRECTION
THE ARTIST

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE TREE OF LIFE

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
JANE EYRE

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM

BEST FILM EDITING
THE ARTIST

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A SEPARATION

BEST MAKEUP
THE IRON LADY

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
THE ARTIST

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Man or Muppet", THE MUPPETS

BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE

BEST SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION
THE SHORE

BEST SOUND EDITING
DRIVE

BEST SOUND MIXING
HUGO

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

BEST SUPP ACTRESS AND DOUBLE NODS

A funny thing happened this year. Double supporting actress nominees for the same movie. Seems normal? Yes, but did you notice it's a fourth time this happens in a row? It's the second time this happens in Oscar history. The last time was between 1947 and 1950. Here are the last 4 years:

2011 - Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer for THE HELP
2010 - Amy Adams and Melissa Leo for THE FIGHTER
2009 - Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga for UP IN THE AIR
2008 - Amy Adams and Viola Davis for DOUBT

But, funny thing, since 2000, double supporting actress had happened 4 times:
2006 - Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi for BABEL
2002 - Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah for CHICAGO
2001 - Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith for GOSFORD PARK
2000 - Kate Hudson and Frances McDormand for ALMOST FAMOUS

8 times in 12 years!!! And, before that, in 84 years of Oscars, that happened had happened many times, like no other acting category:
1994 - Jennifer Tilly and Dianne Wiest for BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
1989 - Lena Olin and Anjelica Huston for ENEMIES: A LOVE STORY
1988 - Joan Cusack and Sigourney Weaver for WORKING GIRL
1985 - Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery for THE COLOR PURPLE
1982 - Teri Garr and Jessica Lange for TOOTSIE
1979 - Meryl Streep and Jane Alexander for KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1973 - Tatum O'Neal and Madeline Kahn for PAPER MOON
1971 - Cloris Leachman and Ellen Burstyn for THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
1970 - Helen Hayes and Maureen Stapleton for AIRPORT
1965 - Joyce Redman and Maggie Smith for OTHELLO
1963 - (THREE) Joyve Redman, Diane Cilento and Dame Edith Evans for TOM JONES
1957 - Hope Lange and Diane Varsi for PEYTON PLACE
1956 - Eileen Heckhart and Patty McCormack for THE BAD SEED
1954 - Jan Sterling and Claire Trevor for THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
1950 - Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter for ALL ABOUT EVE
1949 - Celeste Holm and Elsa Lanchaster for COME TO THE STABLE
1948 - Barbara Bel Geddes and Ellen Corby for I REMEMBER MAMA
1947 - Celeste Holm and Anne Revere for GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
1945 - Eve Arden and Ann Blyth for MILDRED PIERCE
1943 - Gladys Cooper and Anne Revere for THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
1942 - Teresa Wright and Dame May Whitty for MRS. MINIVER
1941 - Teresa Wright and Patricia Collidge for LITTLE FOXES
1939 - Hattie McDaniel and Olivia De Havilland for GONE WITH THE WIND

It's not even comparable with best supporting actor. Why this happens often a lot?

DUJARDIN AND DAVIS TAKE SAG

THE HELP won ensemble cast, Dujardin and Davis, Plummer and Spencer for actors. It´s for Meryl to have a new campaign. The BAFTA is on the bag.

FINAL SAG PREDIX

This is an exciting night. Viola or Meryl? If Meryl wins, a sure Oscar is coming.

Best Ensemble: The Artist
Best Actor: George Clooney, The Descendants
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help

NEW "EW" OSCAR COVER

WATCH OSCARS 2012 ANIMATED SHORTS

Here is where you can watch this year's beautiful best short film animated Oscar 2012 nominees on the web:

DIMANCHE/SUNDAY: HERE (**This film will be streaming free online for a limited time only.**)

THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE: HERE

WILD LIFE: HERE (**This film will be streaming free online for a limited time only.**)

OSCARS 2012 PRINTABLE BALLOT HERE

DOWNLOAD THE OSCARS 2012 PRINTABLE BALLOT HERE!

OSCAR NOMS! - HUGO LEADS WITH 11

84th Academy Awards® Nominations Announced



Beverly Hills, CA – Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 24) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar® nominee Jennifer Lawrence.

Sherak and Lawrence, who was nominated for an Academy Award® for her lead performance in “Winter’s Bone,” announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Lists of nominations in all categories were then distributed to the media in attendance and online via the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.

Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominations are selected by vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

Nominations ballots were mailed to the 5,783 voting members in late December and were returned directly to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the international accounting firm, for tabulation.

Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will begin for members this weekend at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings also will be held at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area.

All active and life members of the Academy are eligible to select the winners in all categories, although in five of them – Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject and Foreign Language Film – members can vote only if they have seen all of the nominated films in those categories.

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. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.


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Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards

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" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"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

WATCH OSCAR NOMINATIONS LIVE HERE

POSSIBLE OSCAR SURPRISES TOMORROW

There is always a major suprise when the Oscar nominations are announced. Here is what it can happens:

1) Glenn Close is not nominated for best actress

2) Berenice Bejo moves to best leading actress

3) WAR HORSE has more praise and Spielberg gets a directorial nod.

4) Leonardo DiCaprio don't have a nod.

5) Jessica Chastain is nominated not for THE HELP but for any other movie.

"THE ARTIST" WINS PGA

THE ARTIST won the Producers Guild of America, just like NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, THE HURT LOCKER and THE KING'S SPEECH. Can THE ARTIST be stop at this point?

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN won for best animated feature, which means that TINTIN can beat RANGO.

OOPSIES AWARDS NOMINATIONS HERE!

Here they are! The 8th annual Oopsies Awards! Don't forget to vote! LARRY CROWNE lead with 4 nods. Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts have two nods each. Depp and THE RUM DIARY also nominated, just like Jodie Foster and THE BEAVER. Nicolas Cage is back, after his last year's victory.

The OOPSIES are the awards for the worst among those who were supposed to be the best. One rule: only past Oscar winners or nominees can be nominated for an OOPSIE. You really have to vote for a past Oscar winner or contender who sucked badly this year.

We give them the name OOPSIES based on the expression "oopsy-daisy", which is "an exclamation made when encouraging a child to get up after a fall". That is what we want: encourage our great actors and directors to get up after a major flop.

Winners will be announced February 19th!


WORST PICTURE
THE BEAVER
THE BIG YEAR
FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN
LARRY CROWNE
THE RUM DIARY

WORST DIRECTOR
Tom Hanks, LARRY CROWNE
Jodie Foster, THE BEAVER
Julian Schnabel, MIRAL
Jim Sheridan, DREAM HOUSE
John Singleton, ABDUCTION

WORST LEADING ACTOR
Nicolas Cage, TRESPASS
Matt Damon, THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
Johnny Depp, THE RUM DIARY
Harrison Ford, COWBOYS & ALIENS
Tom Hanks, LARRY CROWNE

WORST LEADING ACTRESS
Jodie Foster, THE BEAVER
Nicole Kidman, TRESPASS
Helen Mirren, ARTHUR
Natalie Portman, NO STRINGS ATTACHED
Julia Roberts, LARRY CROWNE

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Alda, TOWER HEIST
Paul Giamatti, THE HANGOVER PART II
Greg Kinnear, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT
Tim Robbins, THE GREEN LANTERN
Christopher Waltz, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Halle Berry, NEW YEAR'S EVE
Toni Colette, FRIGHT NIGHT
Frances McDormand, TRANSFORMERS: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
Julia Roberts, FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN
Hilary Swank, NEW YEAR'S EVE

DGA PREDIX

DGA awards are tonight: I predict THE ARTIST to win.