Academy Award Nominees 2012

The nominations for the 2012 Oscars have been announced.

best picture:

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

best director:

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

best actor:

Demian 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

best actress:

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

best supporting actor:

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

best supporting actress:

Bérénice Bejo in The Artist
Jessica Chastain in The Help
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer in The Help

best original screnplay:

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor for Margin Call
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation

best adapted screenplay:

Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon for The Descendants
John Logan for Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian for Moneyball
Peter Straughan and Bridget O’Connor for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Academy Award Nominations 2012 Forecast

Here are the nominations we should hear tonight, in the order in which they could possibly be nominated:

best picture-

The Artist
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris

If there will be more nominees, we might see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Moneyball or Bridesmaids.

best director-

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

David Fincher might replace Malick with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

best actor-

George Clooney in The Descendants
Brad Pitt in Moneyball
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar

Other possibilities are Michael Fassbender (in Shame) and Demian Bichir in (A Better Life).

best actress-

Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Viola Davis in The Help
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk about Kevin

Others who might sneak in- although dark horses- are Rooney Mara (in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Kirsten Dunst (in Melancholia).

best supporting actor-

Christopher Plummer in Beginners
Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Albert Brooks in Drive
Nick Nolte in Warrior

Others who could step in are: Armie Hammer (in J. Edgar); Patton Oswalt (in Young Adult); and, Max Von Sydow (in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close).

best supporting actress-

Octavia Spencer in The Help
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Berenice Bejo in The Artist
Jessica Chastain in The Help
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs

Shailene Woodley (in The Descendants) might still make the cut.

best original screenplay-

Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life

Other possibilities: Will Reiser (for 50/50) and Tom McCarthy (for Win Win).

best adapted screenplay-

Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian for Moneyball
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash for The Descendants
Tate Taylor for The Help
John Logan for Hugo
Steven Zaillian for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Other possibilities: Peter Straughan and Bridget O’Connor (for Tinker Tailor Solider Spy) and George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon (for The Ides of March).

BAFTA Nominations 2012

The nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards have been announced.

best film:

The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

outstanding British film:

My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk about Kevin

best film not in the English language:

Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

best director:

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Tomas Alfredson for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lynne Ramsay for We Need to Talk about Kevin

best original screenplay:

The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Guard
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris

best adapted screenplay:

The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

best leading actor:

George Clooney in The Descendants
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Michael Fassbender in Shame
Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt in Moneyball

best leading actress:

Berenice Bejo in The Artist
Viola Davis in The Help
Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk about Kevin
Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn

best supporting actor:

Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
Jim Broadbent in The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Ides of March
Christopher Plummer in Beginners

best supporting actress:

Jessica Chastain in The Help
Judi Dench in My Week with Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Carey Mulligan in Drive
Octavia Spencer in The Help


best cinematography:

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

best editing:

The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

best production design:

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

best costume design:

The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

best make up and hair:

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
Hugo
The Iron Lady
My Week with Marilyn

best sound:

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

best special visual effects:

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
War Horse

best original music:

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

best animated film:

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango

best documentary:

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Poject Nim
Senna

outstanding British debut by a director or producer:

Richard Ayouade for Submarine
Paddy Considine & Diarmid Scrimshaw for Tyrannosaur
Joe Cornish for Attack the Block
Ralph Fiennes for Coriolanus
Will Sharpe, Tom Kingsley, & Sarah Brocklehurst for Black Pond


The Artist leads with 12 nominations, followed by Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with 11. Hugo has nine, but was shut out of the best picture race.

Bejo is nominated as a lead actress, and Albert Nobbs was ineligible.

Winners at the Golden Globe Awards 2012

Here are the winners of this year's Golden Globes:

for film-

best drama: The Descendants

best actor: George Clooney in The Descendants
best actress: Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady

best comedy or musical: The Artist

best actor: Jean Dujardin in The Artist
best actress: Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn

best director: Martin Scorsese for Hugo
best screenplay: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris

best supporting actor: Christopher Plummer in Beginners
best supporting actress: Octavia Spencer in The Help

best animated movie: The Adventures of Tintin
best foreign language film: A Separation (from Iran)

best original score: Ludovic Bource for The Artist
best original song: "Masterpiece" from W.E.


for television-

best drama: Homeland

best actor: Kelsey Grammer in Boss
best actress: Clair Danes in Homeland

best comedy or musical: Modern Family

best actor: Matt LeBlanc in Episodes
best actress: Laura Dern in Enlightened

best miniseries or TV movie: Downton Abbey
best actor: Idris Elba in Luther
best actress: Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce

best supporting actor in a TV series, miniseries, or TV movie: Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones
best supporting actress in a TV series, miniseries, or TV movie: Jessica Lange in American Horror Story

Golden Globes 2012 Forecast for Television

Here are my predictions on who will possibly win the Golden Globe on Monday:

best drama:

will win- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
should win- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

best actor:

will win- Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
should win- Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire

best actress:

will win- Claire Danes in Homeland
should win- Claire Danes in Homeland


best comedy:

will win- Modern Family (ABC)
should win- Modern Family (ABC)


best actor:

will win- Thomas Jane in Hung
should win- Johnny Galecki in The Big Bang Theory

best actress:

will win- Zooey Deschanel in New Girl
should win- Laura Linney in The Big C


best supporting actor:

will win- Eric Stonestreet in Modern Family
should win- Eric Stonestreet in Modern Family

best supporting actress:

will win- Sofia Vergara in Modern Family
should win- Sofia Vergara in Modern Family

Golden Globes 2012 Forecast for Film

Here are my predictions on who will the Golden Globes on Monday, in the order in which they could possibly win:


best motion picture- drama:

The Descendants
The Ides of March
Hugo
The Help
Moneyball
War Horse

best lead actor:

George Clooney in The Descendants
Brad Pitt in Moneyball
Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar
Ryan Gosling in The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender in Shame

lead actress:

Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Viola Davis in The Help
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


motion picture-comedy or musical:

The Artist
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
Bridesmaids
50/50

lead actor:

Ryan Gosling in Crazy Stupid Love
Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 50/50
Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris
Brendan Gleeson in The Guard

lead actress:

Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn
Charlize Theron in Young Adult
Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids
Jodie Foster in Carnage
Kate Winslet in Carnage


director:

Martin Scorsese for Hugo
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
George Clooney for The Ides of March

screenplay:
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist Alexander Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon for The Descendants Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian for Moneyball

supporting actor:

Christopher Plummer in Beginners
Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn
Viggo Mortensen in A Dangerous Method
Albert Brooks in Drive

supporting actress:

Jessica Chastain in The Help
Shailene Woodley in The Descendants
Octavia Spencer in The Help
Berenice Bejo in The Artist
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs


original score:

Ludovic Bource for The Artist
Howard Shore for Hugo
John Williams for War Horse
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Abel Korzeniowski for W.E.

original song:

"Hello, Hello" by Elton John and Lady Gaga from Gnomeo and Juliet
"The Living Proof" by Mary J. Blige from The Help
"Lay Your Head Down" by Sinead O'Connor from Albert Nobbs
"Masterpiece" by Madonna from W.E.
"The Keeper" by Chris Cornell from Machine Gun Preacher


best animated feature film:
Rango (directed by Gore Verbinski)
The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg)
Puss in Boots (Chris Miller)
Cars 2 (John Lasseter)
Arthur Christmas (Sarah Smith)