
The Academy Awards is the arguably the biggest night in Hollywood. The best and most talented of the industry are honored for the films of the recent year.
Best Picture
Nominees:
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
The Help War Horse
The Tree of Life
And the Oscar goes to: The Artist
Best Actress
Nominees:
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
And the Oscar goes to: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Actor
Nominees:
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
And the Oscar goes to: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Director
Nominees:
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Best Animated Short Film
Nominees:
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
And the Oscar goes to: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Best Documentary Short Subject
Nominees:
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
And the Oscar goes to: Saving Face
Best Live Action Short Film
Nominees:
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
And the Oscar goes to: The Shore
Best Original Screenplay
Nominees:
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
JC Chandor, Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
And the Oscar goes to: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominees:
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughn, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
And the Oscar goes to: The Descendants
Best Original Song
Nominees:
Man or Muppet, The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
Real in Rio, Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
And the Oscar goes to: The Muppets
Original Score
Nominees:
The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams
And the Oscar goes to: The Artist
Best Supporting Actor
Nominees:
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
And the Oscar goes to: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
And the Oscar goes to: Hugo
Best Animated Feature
Nominees:
A Cat In Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
And the Oscar goes to: Rango
Best Documentary Feature
Nominees:
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
And the Oscar goes to: Undefeated
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Nominees:
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
And the Oscar goes to: Hugo
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
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
And the Oscar goes to: Hugo
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Nominees:
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
And the Oscar goes to: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Best Supporting Actress
Nominees:
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
And the Oscar goes to: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
And the Oscar goes to: A Separation
Best Makeup
Nominees:
Albert Nobbs, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
And the Oscar goes to: The Iron Lady
Best Costume Design
Nominees:
Anonymous, Lisy Christl
The Artist, Mark Bridges
Hugo, Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre, Michael O’Connor
W.E., Arianne Phillips
And the Oscar goes to: The Artist
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
And the Oscar goes to: HUGO
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
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
And the Oscar goes to: HUGO
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