List Of 84th Annual Academy Award Nominations

First Published: January 24, 2012 9:44 AM EST Credit: Fox Searchlight Caption George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in Fox Searchlights The Descendants, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Complete list of 84th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday: 1. Best Picture: The Artist, 'The Descendants, 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 'The Help, 'Hugo, 'Midnight in Paris, 'Moneyball, 'The Tree of Life, 'War Horse. 2. Actor: Demian Bichir, A Better Life; George Clooney, The Descendants; Jean Dujardin, The Artist; Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Brad Pitt, Moneyball. 3. Actress: 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. 4. Supporting Actor: Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn; Jonah Hill, Moneyball; Nick Nolte, Warrior; Christopher Plummer, Beginners; Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. 5. Supporting Actress: Berenice Bejo, The Artist; Jessica Chastain, The Help; Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids; Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs; Octavia Spencer, The Help. 6. Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Alexander Payne, The Descendants; Martin Scorsese, Hugo; Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris; Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life. 7. Foreign Language Film: Bullhead, Belgium; Footnote, Israel; In Darkness, Poland; Monsieur Lazhar, Canada; A Separation, Iran. 8. Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants; John Logan, Hugo; George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March; Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball; Bridget OConnor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 9. Original Screenplay: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids; J.C. Chandor, Margin Call; Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris; Asghar Farhadi, A Separation. 10. Animated Feature Film: A Cat in Paris; Chico&Rita; Kung Fu Panda 2; Puss in Boots; Rango. 11. Art Direction: The Artist, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, 'Hugo, 'Midnight in Paris, 'War Horse. 12. Cinematography: The Artist, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 'Hugo, 'The Tree of Life, 'War Horse. 13. Sound Mixing: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 'Hugo, 'Moneyball, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 'War Horse. 14. Sound Editing: Drive, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 'Hugo, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 'War Horse. 15. 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. 16. Original Song: Man or Muppet from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie; Real in Rio from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett. 17. Costume: Anonymous, 'The Artist, 'Hugo, 'Jane Eyre, 'W.E. 18. Documentary Feature: Hell and Back Again, 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, 'Pina, 'Undefeated. 19. Documentary (short subject): 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. 20. Film Editing: The Artist, 'The Descendants, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 'Hugo, 'Moneyball. 21. Makeup: Albert Nobbs, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, 'The Iron Lady. 22. Animated Short Film: Dimanche/Sunday, 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, 'La Luna, 'A Morning Stroll, 'Wild Life. 23. Live Action Short Film: Pentecost, 'Raju, 'The Shore, 'Time Freak, 'Tuba Atlantic. 24. 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. Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sony's 'Awakening' poised for weekend B.O. win

Sony Screen Gems' fourth "Underworld" installment, "Awakening," is poised to win the weekend box office with an estimated domestic take of $23 million to $25 million. B.O. observers base that number off of early Friday grosses, which indicate that the film will likely take in $9 million-$10 million today. Twentieth Century Fox's "Red Tails" is angling to come in second, with B.O. watchers pegging the film in the mid-to-high teens through Sunday. While matinees for the pic have held strong, observers caution that the pic has been hard to estimate, in part due to the unknown quantity of group sales ahead of the pic's release. Relativity's "Haywire" also opens this weekend, with observers putting the pic's weekend earnings in the $8 million-$9 million range. That's based off of estimates that Steven Soderbergh's female-driven action pic will gross about $3 million for the day. Meanwhile Warner Bros.' "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" expands this weekend to 2,630 theaters. Early estimates point to a Friday take of $3.5 million-$4 million, leading the way for a three-day gross of $9 million-$11 million. U's "Contraband," now in its sophomore sesh, is looking to hold well. Box office observers say the pic will likely earn between $3.5 million and $4 million today and $11.5 million-$13 million for the weekend. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

MTV Movie Brawl 2012: 'Hunger Games' Vs. 'Woman In Black'

The MTV Movie Brawl 2012 is officially on! After the initial play-in, wild card, Sweet 16 and Elite 8 rounds, we're finally down to only four movies competing to be crowned the can't-miss movie of the year. As always, the choice remains entirely up to YOU. Which movie will win the brawl for it all? Vote at MTV Movies Blog and make your choice known! Ladies and gentlemen, your trip to Mars has been postponed all thanks to an unassuming archer named Katniss Everdeen. "John Carter's" valiant quest for MTV Movie Brawl 2012 supremacy has finally come to an end, after rounds and rounds of the Taylor Kitsch-led movie surpassing expectations and cracking into the Elite Eight. Alas, in the end, it was no match for the top-ranked "Hunger Games," which continues on its expected path towards the final round. Tributes have had an easier time in the brawl for it all than most competitors, but the "Hunger Games" may have finally met its match in the form of a former boy wizard. Indeed, "The Woman in Black" has been on a tear, unexpectedly toppling "Snow White and the Huntsman" in the Sweet 16 and "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in the Elite 8. Daniel Radcliffe fans can hold their heads high as they march forward through the brawl. But with an epic battle between "Hunger Games" and "Woman in Black" now underway, the decision of who moves onto the final round is completely in your hands. Who continues in this competition: the fan-favorite, or the dark horse?

Exclusive: The Key Circle Casts Cassie's Mysterious Father John Blackwell

Britt Robertson, Joe Lando It is the moment The Key Circle fans happen to be awaiting because the new CW series opened: Cassie's father, the mysterious John Blackwell, is visiting Chance Harbor. Exclusive: The Key Circle lands two new bad boys Joe Lando continues to be drawn on to portray Blackwell, whose original title within the L.J. Cruz book series was Black John, an old person in the Circle hundreds of years ago who had been wiped out by their own coven after he started to dabble in dark miracle. Within the CW series, Blackwell is referred to like a commanding, enigmatic and effective witch with lots of opponents. He'll go back to Chance Harbor in Episode 15 (entitled "Return") declaring to become a transformed guy, and going to safeguard Cassie (Britt Robertson) and her Circle. The Key Circle's Britt Robertson: Cassie is prepared for love Lando is better-noted for playing Byron Sully in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Lady and starring alongside A.J. Prepare and Hayden Christensen within the short-resided series Greater Ground. His other TV credits range from the Melrose Place reboot, NCIS and ABC Family's Wildfire. The Key Circle airs Thursdays at 9/8c around the CW.

Paul Bettany talks The Avengers

When reading the above headline, you might momentarily have been confused. "Wait, Paul Bettany isn't in The Avengers," you might have thought. But you'd have been wrong.Bettany voices the computer programme known as JARVIS, a role he also played in the two Iron Man movies. Although according to Bettany, he occasionally struggles to remember that fact himself."I forgot I was in Iron Man," reveals the British star. "Someone said, 'I loved you in Iron Man'. I said, 'You've got me mixed up with someone else.' I forgot I did the voice because it was only 30 minutes in a recording studio laughing my arse off!"And as for his work on The Avengers, Bettany isn't afraid to admit that it was the easiest money he'd ever made."I have no input with [The Avengers] other than spending half an hour sitting in a studio doing the voiceover," he explains. "It's the best job I've ever had. I say the lines and they pay me money."A refreshingly honest take on one of the most hyped movies of the year, there. You can listen to Bettany's dulcet tones when the film arrives in UK cinemas on 27 April 2012.

Lorre 'grateful' for 'Men' rebirth

It was a grateful Chuck Lorre that came to TCA on Wednesday to address the rebirth of "Two and a Half Men" after the blowup last year with former star Charlie Sheen. Lorre opened the sesh by emphasizing "we are grateful to be here." He and co-creator Lee Aronsohn also stressed that they knew it was a long shot to relaunch the show with Ashton Kutcher. "It's been a fun, exciting, challenging, terrifying experience," Lorre said. "We've been laughing a lot." The questions about Sheen were kept to a minimum. Of the prospect of a reconciliation, Lorre said: "I wish him well. I'm glad he's sober, happy and healthy." Aronsohn made a point of noting that the talk of strife between Lorre and Sheen during the show's eight seasons of production was misstated. "I never saw that," he said. "All of that came up after Charlie left the show. What's been built up as a feud never really existed." Lorre mostly deferred questions about the show's future next season to CBS execs. He said he felt the show had the legs to continue creatively "based on what's going on now in the writers' room -- absolutely." Kutcher was a little coy when pressed about the question of returning, as he only signed for the current season when he was recruited last spring. He said he was viewing the postseason period as "a hiatus" and said he's "interested in coming back if we can work that out." Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

DGA Nominations 2012: Martin Scorsese, Woodsy Allen, Alexander Payne, Michel Hazanavicius and David Fincher Honored

It appears like "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo" is not dead from an honours perspective in the end. Under per week following the film received an unexpected nomination in the Producers Guild of America, David Fincher was designated through the Company directors Guild of America among the five best company directors of 2011 for his focus on the thriller. Fincher's inclusion likely stored Steven Spielberg around the outdoors. The director was among the assumed DGA faves for "War Equine," but his title remained from the final ballot. What this may for Spielberg's Oscar chances remains to appear, but: not great! Other DGA nominees: Michel Hazanvicius for "The Artist," Alexander Payne for "The Descendants," Martin Scorsese for "Hugo" and Woodsy Allen for "Night time in Paris." Tate Taylor -- who directed honours-favorite "The AssistanceInch -- seemed to be snubbed through the DGA, however with a PGA nomination along with an ensemble jerk from SAG, his film ought to be one of the selected ones for the best Picture once the Oscar nominees are introduced later this month. [via DGA] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Frederica Sagor Maas dies at 111

Frederica Sagor Maas, one of the last surviving screenwriters, if not the last, with credits dating back to Hollywood's silent era, died Thursday in La Mesa, Calif., of natural causes. She was 111. Maas contributed to the screenplays of 15 films from 1925-28. She was an uncredited contributor to the Greta Garbo-John Gilbert classic "Flesh and the Devil" and to the Clara Bow starrer "It," but perhaps most significantly, she earlier co-adapted "The Plastic Age," a 1925 hit film that proved a huge career break for Bow. Maas felt repeatedly misused by the film industry and detailed her unhappy experiences in the 1999 memoir "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood," published when she was 99. In the wake of the success of "The Plastic Age," she was signed to a contract at MGM, where she claimed others took credit for her work, including "The Waning Sex"; her contract was not renewed. At Tiffany Prods. she drew credits on flapper comedies "That Model From Paris" and "The First Night." She married Fox-based producer Ernest Maas in 1927, after which they teamed on scripts, but she soon found frustration again. She scripted "Silk Legs" for Fox and worked for Paramount on Bow pictures "It," "Red Hair" and "Lula" as well as the Louise Brooks film "Rolled Stockings." But a script they wrote called "Beefsteak Joe" was, she claimed, misappropriated and made into the Victor Fleming-directed Paramount film "The Way of All Flesh" (unrelated to the novel of the same name), and Maas found that her career momentum had slowed considerably after the couple returned from an extended European vacation. She was credited on Fox's rural comedy "The Farmer's Daughter" but hated the assignment. The Maases could only get rewrite work in the early 1930s. In 1935 "Silk Legs" was remade, in Spanish, by Fox, and the couple reviewed plays for the Hollywood Reporter from 1934-37. They continued to write screenplays but couldn't get them produced; in 1941 she wrote "Miss Pilgrim's Progress," a sober treatment of women in the workplace that sold for a song and eventually became Fox's 1947 pic "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim," a lighthearted musical comedy vehicle for Betty Grable. The couple eventually considered suicide, and Frederica Sagor Maas eventually became an insurance adjuster. In her 1999 book, which film historians consider an important reference on the inner workings of early Hollywood, she was harshly critical of legendary figures including Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and of the pervasive sexism and chicanery she repeatedly encountered in the industry. Born in NY City to Russian immigrant parents, Frederica Sagor attended Columbia College, from which she was hired away in 1920 by Universal Pictures to be an assistant story editor; the job involved attending Broadway plays to determine whether the material was suitable for bigscreen adaptation. She moved to Hollywood, eventually, because she wanted to pen scripts herself. Ernest Maas died in 1986 and the couple had no children. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com