The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards have been announced, and appreciating you're here to read them, rather than sit through us guff on, here they are...

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
War Horse
Moneyball
The Tree Of Life
The Help
Midnight In Paris
Hugo
Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close

Best Actor

Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Demian Bachir (A Better Life)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Best Actress

Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bijou (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Woody Allen (Midnight In Paris)
Terrence Malick (The Tree Of Life)

Animated Feature

A Cat In Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss In Boots
Rango

Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
War Horse

Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree Of Life
War Horse

Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Documentary Feature

Hell And Back Again
If A Tree Falls Short: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Documentary Short

The Barber Of Birmingham: Foot Soldier Of The Civil Rights Movement
God Is The Bigger Elvis
Incident In New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami And The Cherry Blossom

Editing

The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Foreign Language Film

Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation

Music (Score)

The Adventures Of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Music (Song)

The Muppets
Rio

Short Film (animated)

Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Short Film (live action)

Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Sound Editing

Drive
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
War Horse

Sound Mixing

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
War Horse

Visual Effects

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

Writing (Adapted)

The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides Of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Writing (original)

The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight In Paris
A Separation

The 84th Academy Awards will be presented on February 26th 2012. Billy Crystal will be hosting...

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